In this testimonial, David Warnes recounts his experience buying a home in Tucson after relocating from Texas. With only a month and a half to secure a house, he turned to Tony Ray Baker and Darren after previous agents failed to meet his urgent needs. Tony and Darren quickly grasped his specific requirements, provided targeted listings, and made the often stressful home‑buying process enjoyable. David highlights their genuine care, personal rapport, and willingness to go beyond typical realtor duties, describing them as friends who truly understood his situation. He strongly recommends Tony and Darren to anyone moving to Tucson, emphasizing the importance of an agent who listens and exceeds expectations.
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Hey David, so I want to like learn a little bit about the experience kind of when you bought or sold a house with Tony Ray Baker. Can you let the customers know a little bit about kind of like that process?
Yeah, so when I moved here from Texas about a year ago, I only had about a month and a half before I had to purchase my house when I accepted my offer letter. So I was under a time constraint. So Tony and Darren were recommended to me by a close friend of mine. And I called Tony and I very straightforward told him that I needed a house immediately. And his reaction was a chuckle because, uh, so actually before I started working with Dering and Tony, I was working with two previous agents and they didn't really understand my needs. I had requirements and they weren't really fulfilling them. Um, and then like I mentioned earlier, I was under a time constraint. So I contacted Tony and Dering and the first weekend I talked to them, we had an actual sit-down where they understood all my requirements that I needed, and from then on they started sending me listings that fell within the bounds that I provided to them. So they made it very easy, they understood exactly what I needed, and they made the process very fun even though it is very hard to make your first home purchase exciting. They, they made it very fun for me, and that's one of the main reasons that we still maintain contact.
Okay, if you could like sum up Tony in maybe one word that kind of like falls into maybe what he would be like, if you— that's a terrible question. I don't even know where I was trying to get to at that one. If you could maybe sum up Tony in maybe one word of like kind of his work ethic, what would it be?
He cares. He very much cares. They go, him and Darren go beyond the expectations. Of a REALTOR®. They actually become your friend. They, they get to know you on a personal level, and that is very important when you're actually finding a house that you're going to live for, you know, for several years.
Yeah.
Okay, so that's a very unique quality.
Okay, and is there anything else that you would say if you were talking to a friend, um, someone that would be like talking— like, let's say you have a friend that's moving to Tucson, what would you tell that friend?
Oh, I highly recommend Dering and Tony everywhere I go. Every friend, every personal friend, or any colleague for that matter that are looking for a house that currently have an agent, I always recommend them to Tony and Darren because I know that I have very high expectations and they definitely met those. And I always tell people that they should make sure that they get along with their agent and that their agent knows their requirements. And I think Tony and Darren definitely did that and they went above and beyond. The regular expectations of a REALTOR®.
Okay, perfect, David. I appreciate it, and thank you very much for your time.