E.Merging Educational Consulting

As a local real estate agent, I’ve had the opportunity to work with Laura Barr on multiple occasions through my clients in need of guidance with their children and schools. Laura and her team have been and continue to be a valuable asset and resource to me and my business. Laura has worked closely with a number of my clients and helped place their children in the right school and setting for them and their particular needs. This has been especially beneficial for my out-​of-​state clients moving into Colorado and needing the personal and caring guidance Laura and her team offer. Anytime I have clients looking for help in the educational department, I know I can refer them to Laura and feel confident they will be well served.

On Expertise:
We used Laura Barr to help us find the right school for our offspring. In the first discussion we had with her, Laura was «convinced» that school A was right for our child. When the date for a decision got a little closer, we had a second discussion (with no real new data) and this time she was «convinced» that school A wasn’t a good choice and school B was the perfect fit (along with another type of school that she previously didn’t «like at all» for our child).
This type of inconsistency leads me to believe that she’s working more off of whims/​the moment rather than any sort of facts, data, and personal needs, but perhaps it’s just me.
On Cost:
Lots of cost and empty gestures, but not a lot of deliverables. You’d better get your money’s worth out of the first meeting, because followup discussions to clarify things cost money and the free routes (e.g. email, phone/​voicemails), get you little or no responses (see next item).
On responsiveness:
For such a very small operation, one would hope they would be more attentive to client needs. E-​mails and phone calls go days even weeks without a response until 2 or 3 followups. Sometimes it was because they were on vacation (and there was no indication of this on web site, voicemail, e-​mail, etc), other times it felt like they were just too busy to be bothered.
This is *not* how your treat clients.
I honestly cannot recommend E. Merging *at all*