Kevin A Hatanaka

It’s been1 month since I moved and settled into my new condo and finally writing a review for Kevin. I was a first time buyer and I didn’t know much about real estate. I went online and submitted a request to Kevin’s company (Keller Williams — Richard Shulman) and within 5 minutes of submitting the request for more information, I get a call from Kevin. I had no idea who he was and how experienced he was, but from how he answered my questions in a very knowledgeable and humble way, I was convinced that I was in good hands. He listened and took notes of all my needs and wants and soon sent me options. I started looking in December and Kevin found me the perfect house by end of January after touring 15 – 20 properties. Just to say how efficient he is and he won’t waste your time. Throughout the whole process, Kevin was professional, responsive, honest and definitely a 5 star experience!
He navigated me through the whole process and even introduced me to a great lender and later a contractor. You cannot go wrong with Kevin. He knows his stuffs well and the great thing about Kevin is that he is so willing to share his knowledge (and he has a wealth of knowledge from location, quality of house, legality of things, mortgage even when I needed a contractor to fix a few things). With such a warm and down to earth personality, he explained everything to me from A to Z and made sure I understood everything I was doing. He gained my trust! I also felt I was well taken care of.
I would definitely recommend Kevin and his team to anyone. You can’t go wrong with him and his team! Even now, I would reach out to Kevin if I have any issues or don’t understand anything and I would get a response so quickly and have my peace of mind! THANK YOU KEVIN!

We’re first-​time home buyers and we couldn’t have chosen a better agent !!
Besides agreeing with what other reviewers have said about Kevin’s knowledge, responsiveness, concern for his client’s interest… thanks to Kevin we got a move-​in ready home with multiple offers for $ 15K under asking price in this tough market. What else can we say!!!

A year after moving into my condo, I’m having issues with my homeowner’s association. I emailed Kevin about possible solutions, and he responded within minutes with several possible avenues.
Kevin will take care of you even after you’re done buying your home! So grateful we found Kevin!

First time home buyer…
Kevin was great throughout the search process — he reached out, orchestrated a series of showings, and provided the right fiduciary advice in making the formal offer. He was diligent and ahead of schedule w all follow up items during escrow.
Highly recommend Kevin for all first time home buyers within the Westside area — his knowledge and patience separate him from other agents.

Nice guy, not only as a professional realtor but a good friend! Kevin helped us to buy a condo in one month and only another month to closing the escrow.

We are very lucky to have Kevin as our realtor, and now as our neighbor as well!
As first-​time home buyers, we were suspicious of all realtors. However, as Kevin showed us property after property, we realized what a gem he truly is. He asked sellers and agents the right questions – questions that we thought to ourselves, «Why didn’t we think to ask that?» He noticed and inquired about every little detail, surprising even the sellers themselves. One seller admitted, «Wow, no other realtor noticed the change in texture of the ceiling.» His keen eye and years of experience distinguish him from others.
The best characteristic of Kevin is his honesty. We had signed the seller’s counter offer and sent the signed document to Kevin to send to the seller’s agent. He could have easily sent the document and closed the deal. However, after another glance, he noticed a few unreasonable requests and suggested we counter the counter offer. We did, and we closed the deal with our terms. Even though Kevin could have submitted our signed counter offer, he still had our best interests at heart. From that point on, he earned our utmost respect and recommendation.
Kevin always kept his word and never let us down. We highly recommend Kevin and look forward to continuing working with him.

We were looking to buy an investment property in West LA and asks Kevin for his help. He was very thorough in asking questions to make sure that he understands exactly what we are looking for. Then he started searching for properties that met our criteria. It was not an easy task given the warm-​to-​hot market on the west side real estate. We found some properties that interested us. Kevin helped us to visit those properties. Gave us advice and put in offers. Although we didn’t get the property but his analysis about the local market was dead-​on. We realizes that we need to make some changes and be patient to find the right property. It was a great experience!
We would definitely use Kevin’s service when we look for property on the west side and be happy to recommend Kevin to anyone.

Richard Schulman and Kevin Hatanaka did an amazing job helping me to find my home. I was a first time home buyer with very little knowledge about the ins and outs of the home buying process and their expertise was invaluable. They were available at any time of the day, always responded quickly and were invaluable at guiding me through this complex process. I cannot recommend them enough, these guys are amazing real estate agents and great people to work with.

Richard Schulman and Kevin Hatanaka are most awesome, professional, hard working/​non BS realtors I have ever met. I was looking for my first home and had bad experience with my former realtor and decided to look for a new one. After reading the reviews on the Unilocal,I texted Richard Schulman. Guess what, he responded literally right away and set up an appointment with me for house hunting. After I went over to his office and met him and Kevin, we started looking right away.
Kevin did all the showings with me. He’s just awesome. He’s funny, knowledgable, extremely responsive to any questions. He updated me daily and replied emails late in the night. We would be the first ones on the new properties – that’s how fast he works. I was looking for a condo at west LA and the market was very competitive. The good condo usually sold within a week or even couple days. That’s one reason I highly recommended him because he got me the showing really quickly. He did also, mentioned by another Unilocaler, climbed over the fence to open the door for a showing. Richard also called me regularly and checked in with me. After a month or so, we went to see a condo in the area I love on the first day of showing, and we decided to put in an offer right away. Long story short, I got the place among multiple offers (six or seven) with the help of Kevin and Richard. Again, their professional opinion and hard working helped me to get my dream home.
I have moved in for about three weeks to my condo and Kevin continued to answer/​support me of any remodeling questions I came up with. This dude just went above and beyond and I love to work with somebody that is passionate about their job.
So I would highly recommend Richard and Kevin to anybody who is looking for a new place. I felt so lucky as a first time buyer that they were there to help me to get over this very stressful event in my life.