Sure… there are lots of folks in the residential real estate profession — pretty much«a dime a dozen.» But because of our positive experience with Alpine Funding, I felt it the right thing to do to give accolades to Steve Ventimiglia of Alpine Funding, Inc. He is the consummate professional. He is not the pushy, condescending or cheesy real estate type which is all too common in the industry. And«no,» the property purchase/sale does not have to be in the east San Diego County area. Here’s how I met Steve Ventimiglia and why I highly recommend him as a real estate agent or loan officer. Yup — he does both. We sold our house just recently in Clairemont and the buyers used Steve as their agent and loan officer. I was very impressed how he worked with us and our agent. Although he represented the buyers, there was never a hint of an adversarial relationship; mainly because of his friendly and pleasant personality. He made it a point to update us with status in a timely manner and always returned phone calls and e-mails promptly. Although he represented the buyers, he worked as a friendly advocate for all parties. Because of our positive experience with the sale of our house, we decided to use Steve as our loan officer for the purchase of our new home in University City. And I am sure glad we did. He locked us into a great loan rate just before it leapt up another ½ point. We even ran into one obstacle which Steve helped resolve: we had reached the final phases of escrow and the lender we were working with all of a sudden decided not to fund the loan because of a peculiar room addition. Steve quickly took action and produced an eloquent letter justifying why funding our loan was very low risk and sent it immediately to the lender; but at the same time, he was already contacting other lenders(just in case the current lender wouldn’t budge with their decision). Fortunately, our original lender decided to fund our loan. I give a lot of credit to Steve because of his exceptional communication skills. In conclusion, anyone who needs a qualified real estate agent or loan officer should give Steve Ventimiglia a call. I think you will be satisfied.