Michele Renee Messina

So how did I find this awesome lady? At a homebuyer's education workshop held by CDCLI. She presented and I told my boyfriend right then and there, oh she's ours! We're definitely choosing her to be our attorney. BEST DECISION made! She's so witty and on her game! She helped me throughout my whole pr...ocess. She gave me advice on what to do what not to do, what to ask what not to ask during my home search. She offered kind words of encouragement when I lost accepted offers to cash buyers and higher offers. She never once made me feel like the only time I could speak to her was once I was ready to sign a contract. She always let me know "any time." She answered all my questions and promptly. Then when I finally got an accepted offer that stood, and came in to sign my contract, I met her amazing staff! They are just as awesome, especially that ANNIE!! The closing table, WHOA! what an overwhelming experience! But Michele explained everything to us in layman's terms and eased our stresses. Even my father-in-law (total hard ass) was impressed with the way she explained ALL those documents. I would recommend her to any and everyone who needs a real estate attorney.

In my opinion, Michele Messina is tenacious, incredibly intelligent, and professional. However, I personally can't recommend her services based on my personal experience nor have her represent me in the future. Ms. Messina gave a presentation at my first-time home buyers class and was very impres...sive. I hired her and it seems to me that she gets a lot of first-time home buyers this way. I imagine that most of those deals are pretty easy, but it seems to me that she has too many clients to devote a lot of time to some of the more difficult cases, which was mine. I rarely felt like my case was a priority. I felt like I needed to call them every day to get some movement and/or information about my case, especially when we were getting into contract and then trying to get my deposit back, which was a total nightmare for me. The deal fell through and I didn't get my money back for over a year. As this was a large sum of money for me, it was disappointing and often frustrating. However, I also recognize that she knows her stuff and works hard to protect her clients, despite any difficulties.

Recently my husband passed away and within months I needed to make a lot of life changes. One of which was selling my home as soon as possible. Ms. Messina and her wonderful staff lead me through the entire process from contracts to closing, as hard as it was to sell my home and while still grievi...ng my husband, I didn't have to worry and follow up and stress about the sale of my home. Whenever I called the office the staff was efficient and friendly and all the girls in the office were up to speed on what was happening with my file. Ms. Messina and her office made this so easy for me and I am very appreciative of all their hard work. I would recommend Michele Messina and I would definately use Ms. Messina for any legal issues in the future. She was outstanding!