1 – There was a buyer of mine lastyear who liked a Battiata home. We submitted an offer but the seller didn’t take it.. We came in about 5% under asking. The home never sold. Matt (Battiata) was very nice to deal with over the phone and I hold no beef against him.
2 – I had some clients in Vista who used him to sell thier home. It never sold so they called me. I took the listing and priced it significantly lower then the price was when Battiata had the listing and the home sold. I also got to have the listing in the spring where Battiata had it through the winter and fall. Also Matt was VERY nice to me and let me use the same pictures he took (which he did not have to do) on the listing. I would also surmise that he did indeed advise the sellers to lower the price while he had the listing and they were most likely stubborn so most likely no fault to him. So they were sufficiently softened up by the bad market when they came to me.
So overall my dealings were positive with Battiata. In both instances I worked with Matt.
