Tim Lenihan & Associates

Tim is an excellent broker – knowledgeable, friendly, responsive, and professional.
Tim does a great job of being helpful and effective, without being pushy or high-​pressure. Tim listened to what my fiancée and I wanted, and made suggestions based on that. Tim never tried to force his view or pressure us about what «the market is doing.»
As our house and neighborhood preferences evolved, Tim paid attention to what we liked and disliked and adapted his suggestions. He has really great local knowledge and a great network of contacts, so he was able to be helpful regardless of what we felt like exploring.
When it came time to place a bid, Tim responded immediately, walked us through the process, helped us think through offer prices and terms, and followed up with the other party’s broker.
We couldn’t have asked for anything more.

Before using Tim, I thought a realtor was a realtor was a realtor. Wow was I mistaken! Tim is definitely the best realtor we have ever worked with and we would recommend him for anyone looking for a knowledgeable, honest, and hard-​working agent. Him and his team go out of their way to ensure you have a great buying experience. They made us genuinely feel like they were out for our best interest and it wasn’t just a business transaction. Choose him and you will never use anyone else again!

Tim is a gem of a real estate agent. He is SO friendly, easy to work with, and incredibly responsive. I could always rely on getting a call or email response within the hour. Tim also helped us get our offer accepted on our dream home, which was a nice bonus! I would recommend Tim to pretty much anyone I know.

We loved working with Tim. He was very responsive and made time to show homes on evenings and weekends. His negotiation skills really helped us out too — we ended up getting a home that we originally thought was out of our price range after it had been on the market for a few weeks, and got we wanted out of the inspection process. He also found a really great inspector for us and I felt he cared about whether we were buying a home that was a good long-​term investment.

I would recommend Tim to anyone I know that is buying or selling a house. We didn’t give Tim an easy task when we went to sell our place. My husband was relocating out of state for a new job and couldn’t list the house until after our family moved away from Seattle. Tim wasn’t fazed and dove right in, taking care of the details and allowing us to focus on our move. Tim has strong marketing skills. He knows what will appeal to buyers and how to position a property, including bringing in a great stager and photographer. He was there to guide us every step of the way, giving a point of view but leaving the final decisions up to us. Tim is a great communicator and gave us timely and frequent updates throughout the process. We could feel that Tim had our best interests in mind and he definitely pushed to get us the best deal possible. My husband and I were thrilled with the final results.

We had a great experience with Tim from beginning to end. As first time home owners, we were convinced that selling our home wound be a daunting and stressful experience. This was not the case whatsoever. Tim made everything so easy and stress-​free! He was professional, patient, kind and organized. We sold our house in 5 days, we got everything we wanted and more. We would definitely work with Tim again, feel that he did an outstanding job with the sale of our house. He went above and beyond to make this experience an exceptionally good and easy one.

Tim helped us purchase our first rental property. He was very helpful and easy to work with. He encouraged us without being pushy and made a somewhat scary purchase seem not scary at all. I feel confident that he will continue to offer advice if we need it.

Tim is without a doubt the greatest Realtor on Earth. Wow, did I just say that out loud… yes I did and I’ve got the proof to back it up. My wife and I recently moved to the Seattle area from Southern California and we were quite apprehensive about leaving sunny SoCal to move to the Pacific North West where rain is considered the norm. Having lived in SoCal for over 15 years we were under the impression that home ownership was just a dream and unless a home was bequeathed to you from a dead relative, you would never be a home owner. Well that all changed when we moved to Seattle and figured we’d take a look at what the market had to offer. Having lived in a small town and being walking distance to all the bars and restaurants, we had big demands to find that quaint little neighborhood feel but yet be close enough the action if we wanted. To add some salt to the equation, we also just found out we were parents-​to-​be and had about a year to find something a bit more permanent before junior arrived. So now we got an even bigger list of demands. We want something walking distance to some entertainment, we need to be close to schools and a park for junior, and it needs to be close to a bus line so pops can catch a ride to work on public transportation if needed. So the hunt was on to find the perfect home.
Initially we were introduced to Tim via some friends and this was before we actually left Huntington Beach. So at first it was a quick «Hi» and «How are you» but again we were in the mindset of we have no intention of buying as we could never afford a home. Well Tim was not aggressive in any way and just shot us an email to say, well when the time is right and you’d like to look, just let me know. About a month went by and Tim sent another email just as a casual «hello» and this was about the time we were relocating to Seattle. Again we were in the rental mode and said, well since we just moved up here we are not sure if we want to continue renting or perhaps look at what is possible to buy. But we figured this was a great opportunity to get a good tour of some Seattle neighborhoods to see what is out there.
So we scheduled a day with Tim and asked him to show us some potential homes and gave him our price range. We provided some basic minimum requirements and let him go in search of what is out there. The following weekend Tim had put together this fantastic booklet of 5 homes from all different neighborhoods based on our price range and desires. After a day of visiting different neighborhoods and seeing various houses, we were quite fortunate. We were dead set on Queen Anne and it was only confirmed after a second weekend of venturing out. We knew what we wanted and now it was just finding the right home in Queen Anne.
About two weeks went by and our mind set went from we should continue to rent to, now is the time to buy. This may have been elevated by the news of finding out we were parents to be in about 9 months. But more importantly, we were paying more rent that we wanted to and now was the time to consider putting our money into something more permanent.
On our second outing with Tim, we stumbled across the perfect home. It had the location, the look, and the price was almost achievable. On first impression we thought, we could never afford this, but man it would be so great to own this home. Well after waiting a week and looking at other homes with Tim we kept coming back to our dream home. So now we have waited two weeks and thought there is no home like the one we want. Trouble was, the home had only just been put on the market and making an offer so soon would have provided no negotiation room. So on total pins and needles for about a month we sat and waited. In the mean time Tim took us out one more time to look at additional homes and at this point it only confirmed… Goddammit, we want that home.
At the thirty-​day mark we could wait no longer and told Tim… Let’s make an offer. We absolutely love this home and need it. Perhaps the owner would be willing to come down quite a bit to make this home something we can afford.
Without going into too much detail, Tim had us over for a bottle of wine and helped us draw up the most amazing offer. We had our whole strategy laid out and it helped that Tim knew the seller’s Realtor so we were able to get some helpful info about where our offer stood.
Tim was incredibly knowledgeable about home buying strategy, he was easy to work with, professional, and very responsive. My wife and I never felt rushed, under any pressure, and genuinely had an amazing home buying experience. It took a couple of offers going back and forth with the buyer but in the end, we were able to find an amazing middle ground which ended up about 10% below the original asking price which was huge.
Tim also held our hand throughout the entire escrow process and left no stone unturned. Tim ultimately turned a dream into reality!