Jeffrey M. Sayre

Jeff has guided us through two purchases of real estate. One dealt with a property that was an purchasing a family property. This required real strategy to work with a family selling the home that was not accustomed to dealing in real estate and worrying about family perceptions of the sale. The ot...her was the sale between family members that required that everyone felt as if everything was completed in the most professional manner. In both cases beyond the exceptional legal advice Jeff also guided us through business strategy that worked very effectively toward completion of the sales. I highly recommend Jeff for real estate transactions.

My work involves negotiating particularly complex business relationships, and drafting the underlying contractual agreements, but I know enough to know that I still need expert counsel to inform my residential real estate transactions (particularly amidst the nutty Seattle and Eastside housing market...s). Jeff came highly recommended to me by one of my attorney colleagues, and my experience working with him and his team was exemplary. As an overly detail-oriented person, I valued his point-by-point responses and moreover his responsiveness. Jeff responded so quickly to my various inquiries (including requests to review documents and my proposed clauses) over the course of roughly 3 months that I often felt like I was his only client! In many cases, he even would respond to me over weekends. And when he did take a vacation, his colleague (also his brother) was able to address my concerns swiftly. This is one of the many benefits of retaining a smaller law firm, where agility, a lack of administrative bureaucracy and an obsessively client-based focus can combine to yield significant benefits to clients. I also deeply valued the very practical nature of Jeff's counsel, which gave me the ability to decide how hard I wanted to press a particular matter, given the risk/reward trade-offs associated with each scenario. In my own experience, practical legal guidance is a rare commodity as many attorneys will tend to gravitate toward one extreme or another. Jeff's wealth of experience navigating various types of real estate transactions over many years (and particularly within this wacky housing market) clearly affords him a uniquely balanced, measured perspective. That translates to far more informed risk management calculus, which further strengthens his clients' negotiation strategies and improves their decision-making. I most certainly will retain Jeff for my next real estate transaction.