Steve & Mike Kirk, RE-MAX Kelowna

Earlier this year, my wife and I made the decision to purchase a property in the Kelowna area to be closer to one of our children for part of the year. This decision is how we came to know her acquaintance, realtor Mike Kirk. As we are Ontario residents, our first communications with Mike involved numerous emails and telephone calls in October. Through these initial communications we decided to narrow our search for a suitable property to Big White Ski Resort. We learned a number of things about Mike, that gave us lots of confidence moving forward. Mike told us he grew up in Kelowna, and he was familiar with Big White. He was up front from the very start, admitting he was new to the real estate business, although his family have been Kelowna realtors for many years. That's an honest person. My response to that comment was, "You have to sell a first house before, you sell a second, and you have to sell a second before you can sell a thousandth". This gave us no cause for concern. We learned he has a great family team he could call upon when seeking answers to our many questions. He set us up with a real estate program online where we could view and comment on potential properties prior to our planned trip to Kelowna. We found this useful, and I'm certain this assisted Mike to plan our viewing trip as we narrowed down our choices. We flew to Kelowna for a long weekend in mid November. Mike had arranged approximately 10 properties to view at Big White. We found him to be punctual, and very well organized, providing us with material on each property including the specifics including taxes, strata fees and the like. As an added bonus, Mike was able to provide us with much local knowledge of Big White. Once we identified the property we wished to pursue, Mike prepared the offer quickly, providing us with some conditional subjects to add to the offer to purchase that we had not considered. We returned to Ontario, and over the course of a few days we had an accepted conditional offer. The following couple of weeks were rather busy. Mike assisted us greatly, going so far as to accompany our home inspector as the building was assessed. He worked what seemed long hours to obtain documentation we required to fulfill certain subjects in the contract. He worked with our selected lawyer, making the purchase process for us rather simple actually. In fact our lawyer stated Mike went well beyond what he (the lawyer) would expect any realtor to do to acquire the necessary information in order to complete the purchase. We found the communication he provided to us throughout the entire purchase was beyond anything we would ever have expected. He is professional, courteous, and sincere. Mike displayed confidence every step of the way. He seemed to know when it was appropriate to seek advice from his colleagues. In fact, we could not think of any criticism of Mike throughout the entire process. With the help of Mike we completed the purchase in November 2017. Should we wish to purchase or sell in the future, Mike is who we will call. Michelle & Steve Ontario, Canada

Steve was outstanding. I highly recommend him. You won't be disappointed. Thanks for all your hard work Steve

Steve is amazing! He went above and beyond the call of duty numerous times over and made the whole buying process fun and easy. He is extremely patient and explains everything clearly. No question is treated as a silly question or waste of time. I cannot say enough good about Steve! He is friendly, personable, down to earth and honest. Never once did I feel that he had anything but our best interests at heart. And he was able to negotiate a fantastic deal on the home. I'm still shocked that you were able to pull that off! It says a lot about Steve's ability to put people at ease and how genuine he is. There's no games. Just genuine interest in securing the best deal he can for his client, all while maintaining his high level of integrity. If you are in the market for a home, or looking to sell yours, give Steve a call. You will not regret it! Thank you so much, Steve for all of your hard work and making a stressful time in life, fun and enjoyable! You're the best!

Mike was excellent to work with on the purchase of our new home. As first time buyers, his knowledge helped guide us through the process and left no questions unanswered. He was able to provide us with a much better understanding of what we were really looking for. Communication was always clear, timely and Mike continually found the answers to all our questions in this manner.

Mike is an absolutely amazing realtor! His insights and attention to detail made the process easy and simple!! He'd meet us any time of day or night to view houses that had just popped up. As first time home buyers it was comforting to know we had Mike in our corner!! Would recommend to every and anyone!!

Mike did an excellent job of helping me purchase my first home. He was prompt in returning texts/calls and answering any questions. He was accommodating when we wanted to view properties as well as knowledgeable about all aspects of the process. He was detail oriented and thoroughly explained all the contract information to me which was appreciated. Mike was personable and professional in all of our interactions. I will definitely use Mike again for my future real estate needs and would absolutely recommend him to my family and friends.

We've used Steve Kirk to buy our very first home ten years ago, and we've just used him again to buy our next property. I would recommend Steve's services without hesitation. His professional yet easy-going demeanor will make you comfortable to deal with him. Steve's knowledge of in and outs of the purchases is vast, and if he doesn't know something, he always puts it on the backburner and follows up after doing research to bridge the gap. He's also very patient - we've looked at countless properties, put in an offer on a different property, and never ever has he pushed us to complete the sale or shown frustration with our slow process. Anytime we didn't like something, he'd simply say "Let's go to next one" without getting tired of the process and showing nothing but enthusiasm. He'd create a checklist for us, follow up with us at certain periods of the deal with what needs to be done and addressed. When the deal was about to close, he'd communicate its progress to us with possible problems and solutions. Steve also makes him available anytime for questions and always happy to help, but if he can't he'll get somebody to help us in a timely manner. Overall, I can safely say that if you're dealing with Steve, you're in good hands and will have a great buying experience. Thanks to Steve we now have a great view in the home of our dreams. Thank you, Steve!

Mike has been awesome in selling our home, purchasing a lot and finding a place to live in between. He takes all the time needed to review every document in great detail, explain it to us and guide us through the process.