Kevin Schmidtchen

I’d like to thank Kevin for his outstanding work as a real estate agent.
My girlfriend and I met Kevin in October of 2014 to view a few homes that I have been keeping my eye on. He was very knowledgable about the surrounding area and took us on a great trek through Santa Barbara, Montecito and Ventura.
He was also able to show us a few homes that matched our desired design style that hadn’t even hit the market yet. When a Realtor can know exactly what you are looking for from reviewing a few homes you like, I consider that a major asset.
From this point forward, I will be calling up Kevin to review homes each time I make my way out to Santa Barbara. I will also be quick to refer him to my friends and family when they have questions regarding their home buying adventures!

Honest and horough from start to finish. Saved us $. As good as it gets. Extremely knowledgable about properties and surrounding areas.

This is my first Unilocal review and I’m glad it is! Kevin helped me purchase my first condominium and I could not ask for a better agent to represent me. During the discovery process, he was readily available to show me any listings that interested me. He was very knowledgeable about the SB/​Goleta area since he grew up in town. I really appreciated that he answered all my questions, no matter how «stupid» they were since it was my first time through the process. He is a professional, down-​to-​earth, nice guy who is a real partner in the process and I never felt like he was putting pressure on me to make his commission. Kevin fought hard for me and put pressure on the seller who was unfortunately very difficult to work with and kept delaying the process to a point when I almost gave up on the property. Kevin was very honest about the entire process and I felt zero pressure to continue through with the purchase. Ultimately, it all worked out! I will definitely seek Kevin out to represent me on any future real estate needs in the SB area.

We cannot recommend Kevin Schmidtchen highly enough. Our experience with Kevin went back about five years and he patiently showed us properties on each of our visits to Santa Barbara. Having grown up in town, Kevin has a very unique and specialized knowledge of the area, and he shares his knowledge with a very confident and common sense approach. He always let us know his honest unbiased opinion about every property he showed us without any pressure. We felt totally comfortable with Kevin’s professional knowledge and when he identified the perfect home for us on the Riviera, we sat back and watched him make the transaction happen for us in a very competitive market. He held our hand every step of the way, and went way beyond the call of duty during the inspection and escrow period. There are many fine realtors in Santa Barbara, but Kevin is in a league of his own.

We found Kevin Schmidtchen via the Internet when we decided to buy a second home in SB. We were living in LA at the time and had no idea about neighborhoods here or what type of house we could find, given our budget. Boy, did we get lucky! Though we were ready for a disappointment, we were pleasantly surprised by Kevin’s expertise. Turns out that Kevin was a major asset: He took us through the steps of home purchasing, showed us different areas, communicated succinctly through the process and as a result made this daunting process a real pleasure. Kevin’s assets are: knowledge of the area, honest communication, realistic and unbiased advice, reliability, timely communication, meticulous follow-​ups, availability and a calming, pleasant & professional attitude. We consider ourselves lucky to have landed Kevin as our agent, as we too have had our share of hard-​to-​work-​with agents. Best of all, he has been a great resource to us, new in Santa Barbara, by recommending various people including handymen, painters, and electricians. We will definitely call on Kevin next time to either sell our house or buy another. We recommend him without any reservation.
~Stephanie & Joe D.

Kevin is a fantastic realtor and person. I would recommend him to anyone interested in buying or selling a home in the Santa Barbara area. In 2010, he helped us find and buy our dream house here in Santa Barbara — before it went on the market. Without his creative thinking, knowledge of the Santa Barbara community, and connections, we would never have been able to find and buy this house.
He knows the Santa Barbara area and its real estate market through and through. He has realistic views of value that helped us assess whether potential properties were good values. He is interested in matching people with the deals that work for them, which I really appreciate. He also is very responsive and service minded, but he is relaxed and easy to work with. I recommend him very highly.

Kevin Schmidtchen is God.

Kevin Schmidtchen (and I’m sure I’ve done a wretched job on his name) sold my condo for me in ’03. Because of a thoroughly unpleasant board, who did everything they could to block the sale, I had to jump through a lot of hoops. In the end, w/Kevin’s help, the unit sold for $ 10K more than I’d originally been offered for it. He then helped me purchase a house in Carpinteria… giving me v. good advice, which went against my less practical nature. I now own a remarkable property that has almost doubled in value. He knows his stuff. Here’re a few more points about him: He’s very responsive; was always willing and available to answer my questions/​anxieties; willing to find out if he didn’t know something, and back up his statements w/​facts & figures. Long history in the area, too – was born/​raised in SB. That adds credibility to his understanding of the market. Very proactive. A huge thumbs up to Kevin (and I have better things to do w/​my time-​energy than write reviews like this… I’m writing it because I really mean it. And one more thing, I’m a tough customer… if he wasn’t all of this, I’d be perfectly happy to write a review that reflected my disappointment… but there wasn’t any). Good luck!

Kevin is your Santa Barbara real estate man! He worked tirelessly for me from the search process all the way through closing — super attention to detail, great negotiator and just super personable. He gave us great advice that saved us $$$ — Kevin is awesome and if you ever need anyone to help you in Santa Barbara with real estate needs, he’s your guy.