I recently bought a home in Santa Barbara, CA to be closer to our children and grandchildren. For several years I had been looking from my home in Maryland and had very narrow requirements in terms of location and price. I met Kevin several years ago at an elementary school function and told him of my needs. He listened carefully and kept me posted on all houses coming on the market. On more than one visit to Santa Barbara, Kevin patiently showed my wife and me numerous houses. They were always within the scope of possibility; he never wasted our time. When the opportunity arose, I was able to go from offer to closing with only one brief trip to San...

We came back to the Hall Team three times. About eight years ago, we helped our daughter and son-in-law buy their first home. It was a short-sale situation, and the Hall team was there to make it happen. Kevin is an extraordinary guy: patient, persistent, professional, and highly experienced. Short sales can be complicated and drawn out, but Kevin came through in a timely fashion and helped push it through. A couple of years later, while we lived on the East Coast preparing to eventually retire here in Goleta to be near our daughter and her husband, we scouted with Kevin to find a suitable property to purchase and rent out until our retirement. Agai...

As our kids have grown, my wife and I decided it was time to leave the house we had little kids in, and look for a quieter neighborhood with a little more property. We were quite fortunate to have Kevin Hall (and his wife, Leslie) help us in the complicated process of buying/selling simultaneously. Our situation was quite complex, involving contingencies, deadlines, rent backs, etc., in a very competitive real estate market. We have sold a house before, but never in such a high-pressure market. We interviewed Kevin initially and could tell immediately that he has a very good "big picture" of the local market, an understanding of the large variation ...