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“Mike Gardner is one of the most technology-savvy real estate agents on the national scene. He was one of the first to blog, one of the first to use social media, and one of the first to understand how new media could help his clients and sell homes. There is nothing old school about this guy.”

Ann Brenoff
Senior Writer
AOL Real Estate/Huffington Post

(wrote the nationally syndicated Hot Property column for the Los Angeles Times)

 

The best way for you to get to know me is by what others have said. Here are some recent testimonials from clients!

Number One

“Recently, I closed an >$10MM transaction in Malibu with Mike. I initially found Mike online through his real estate blog and he seemed to have the inside scoop in Malibu. It was refreshing to read content written first-hand by an agent who knew just about all there was to know about what was going on in his town.

He worked with me for over a year before I finally found a property that I wanted to buy. During that time, he kept me up to date on new listings (and — more importantly — pocket listings/rumored listings/etc). I felt informed about the market when I was ready to write an offer.

One of the best things about Mike is that he is not “stuck in the 1980s” like many agents. Most of our communication was email, text messages, Excel spreadsheet analysis, etc — languages I prefer to speak. I closed the deal from my laptop on the beach (literally) using electronic signatures on all the forms, which Mike set up.

I highly recommend Mike Gardner for any of your real estate needs. -Mark

Number Two

“My family and I have happily landed in Malibu due in great part to the caring efforts of our agent Michael Gardener!  For years we contemplated a move to Malibu from Seattle.  We found Mike G by visiting his friendly blog, which was our main source of the “low down” on Malibu real estate.  After contacting him, he took us under his wing – not only showing us homes that would work for our family in the best family neighborhoods in Malibu, but also introducing us to the way of life, the people, places and special points of interest that make Malibu the most special place. Now with our feet firmly planted here (in the sand) Mike G continues to be our friend, keeping us on top of all the events we can be a part of, checking in on us and helping to make Malibu a real home for us. Mike G is the best Malibu real estate agent!” Jessica on Point Dume

Number Three

“I’d like to take a moment to let any prospective home seller know that Mike Gardner did an excellent job marketing our home, Villa Cascata, that was on the market in 2010 for $15,000,000. Mike is a great Malibu real estate agent and has a passion for utilizing avenues to market homes, both on-line and in various media outlets, that resulted in more showings for us in the first 90 days than the previous agents had managed in 12 months . We were continually kept up to date with the volume of traffic generated by our websites, and the on-line visibility clearly made an impact with how many appointments were being made to see out home. Mike managed to have our home featured on the NBC show called “Open House” arranged, for our home to be mentioned in several newspapers and magazines, as well as being featured as ” Estate of the Day” on AOL’s Luxist website. I can confidently say that if you are looking for an agent in Malibu who understands real estate marketing and goes the extra mile, then you’ve found one of the best in Mike Gardner ” -Audrey

Number four

To Whom it May Concern:

I am writing this letter of recommendation on behalf of Mike Gardner of Prudential Realty in Malibu, California.

My name is Mitch Hagerman and I am the Director of Marketing for Marisol, Malibu, a large master planned development located in Western Malibu comprising 17 bluff top estates amongst 80 acres with a comprised value of real estate in excess of $100m.

Mike Gardner has consulted and provided advice to Marisol in relation to the development and creation of our website and has provided many other PR and marketing ideas and strategies for our project.

Mike was instrumental in getting Marisol to be featured on NBC’s LA Open House and advise on how to best reach out to the Malibu real estate agent community in an effort to educate them about Marisol’s unique property offering.

I have found Mike to be extremely competent and professional in his approach to marketing real estate and second to none of all the agents I have met with an understanding and appreciation for the ability to create a strong online presence to profile and promote a property.  This is further evidenced and augmented by Mike’s own real estate blog, “Malibu Real Estate” newsletter / blog that he actively promotes.

In meeting with other Malibu real estate agents, Mike is well liked and respected by his peers which is important for a listing agent to achieve this status as beyond Mike’s own marketing and sales efforts to procure a buyer it is critical that a listing agent can effectively network amongst all the other prolific Malibu agents and it is clear he can be effective in this capacity given his reputation.

I would recommend Mike’s abilities to effectively position and market a property to maximize value for a property owner to any one with confidence. He’s a grea Malibu real estate agent. -Mitch Hagerman, Director of Marketing at Marisol

Ok my turn.

Welcome to the Malibu Real Estate Blog, giving you the low down on the high end! My name is Michael Gardner and I’m a tech savvy  “get you information fast” kind of Malibu real estate agent. If you want seriously straight talk about the Malibu real estate market then call me. If you don’t, I suggest you call a Realtorsaurus.

You can reach me many different ways. Call for anything about Malibu, even just for a recommendation about where to eat. I love answering questions about this great town, so give me a ring! I look forward to showing you why I’m one of the best Malibu real estate agents around.

• Call me on my cell at 310 699 8428
• Text me your real estate wish list and email address!!
• Email me Maliburealestate@mac.com
• International buyers can Skype me at Malibumikeg located in city of Malibu or just hit the skype button.

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