Paul E. Stansen

From the moment of our first contact, Paul was immediately responsive, and had already done homework on our property, and the sellers. We had found ourselves in the midst of massive non-disclosures on the property we had purchased, facing a huge amount of money to make it habitable and functional, an...d were at a total loss on how to handle it all. We finally decided that we needed to do something about it legally, and reached out to Paul, who had been referred by a close friend. Paul worked tirelessly with us over the next few months, sending information to us, responding immediately to all questions, and making us laugh when we wanted to cry. He is quite the detective, searching out every angle possible until he finds the key that fits. Paul would not let us give up, and when we finally said we just wanted OUT of the nightmare, he said let's go for that angle. In the end, we achieved the unheard of...the sellers agreed to purchase back the property! With this incredible turn of events, we were able to immediately start looking for another property, which we found that same week. Paul navigated us forward and through it all...juggling back and forth as we sold back our property and purchased our new one (in the midst of our being on vacation out of the country!). We are now very happily living in our new home/property...something that would not have been possible without Paul, who has now become a dear friend as well as Attorney. We cannot thank him enough for all he did for us.

We hired Paul Stansen to get our $10,000 rental deposit back from a real estate company/landlord and homeowner who weren't willing to return our deposit after we moved out of a rental house. He was smart, tenacious, and determined in his fight to get our money returned to us, reading the contract car...efully and pointing out to the landlord and owner (separately) their obligation to return the full deposit. He sought a second opinion from another firm (at no charge to us) and helped guide our response to the situation with clear and concise communication. He set deadlines for responses from the other parties, communicated actions to be taken, and demanded results from them. He responded quickly and assertively to responses from the parties we were battling. Thanks to him clearly, precisely, and repeatedly spelling out the obligations each party had, they returned our full deposit. We are thrilled with the result!

As a Real Estate agent who has experience with closing several "Short Sales" I found myself about to lose my first short sale transaction. It was discovered that there was a $42,000 judgment against the property, the buyer decided to back out, the property was scheduled for a "Trustee Sale" within tw...o weeks and the lender refused to grant me an extension. As a last resort, I swallowed my pride and called Paul Stansen, who had done a presentation several months earlier at our office. I did not hold out much hope that even Mr. Stansen could negotiate a successful short sale transaction with the seemingly insurmountable amount of obstacles that I had asked him to leap over! Not only did he negotiate a settlement of $2,000 on the original $42,000 judgment, the Trustee Sale was postponed "As a direct result of Paul Stansen's track record of Professionalism" a quote from the lender's negotiator, we were able to close a success transaction after only 3 weeks of Mr. Stansen's involvement. Thank you Paul Stansen!!!

Paul was called in to assist our family in the 11th hour of a declining situation. Paul was decisive and aggressive in our defense. He was able to get through to the bank long after we thought any possibility of a short sale was lost, and after some jumping through hoops, he pushed our sale throug...h. His service was invaluable to our small family and I would recommend him with the highest of confidence to anyone facing a challenge with the banks.

Paul demonstrated a high degree of knowledge and experience with the real estate short sale process. From our initial analysis, we were educated and informed through his straightforward communications. Our mortgage with a loan servicing center (not a bank) proved to be complex & required multiple neg...otiations for short sale approval. On our behalf, Paul successfully negotiated the resolution of our second mortgage with a difficult lender, paving the way for approval of the first mortgage short sale. Despite a total lack of transparency of the lenders throughout, Paul remained focused, purposeful & honest with us at every step and every new obstacle. His fees were more than reasonable particularly given that our short sale took 16 months. We appreciate his diligence & tenacity.