With Rama's track record of $900M sales in San Ramon and other areas in the Tri-Valley since 2004, one would assume that she started out in the most ideal way.

You might be surprised to know that the first transaction Rama did was with lots of obstacles along the way.

This only paved the way for her to truly become one of the most excellent agents in San Ramon and even beyond!

HOW RAMA STARTED TO WORK AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT IN SAN RAMON

So, I got into real estate in San Ramon about 18 years ago and I used to work a full-time job when I started my real estate career and at that time my HR Manager wanted to buy a home.

And I helped her buy her first home. And during the times when the downturn happened, I had moved on from that job and she had moved overseas leaving her son and her elderly mother behind in the home.

Unfortunately because of the loss of her job and income she was unable to meet up with the payments and wanted to short-sell her home.

So she was the first client who actually trusted me in helping her buy. What the market did was something that was, you know, not known to any of us that it would ever happen.

DIFFICULTIES OF SELLING A HOME IN SAN RAMON THAT TIME

So while she was overseas I got on with her and figured out a way to negotiate with the banks to get her home short-sold. It was sad to short-sell the home but unfortunately the financial circumstances were such that she had to undergo that situation.

I negotiated a relocation package for her family. 

Until today we're friends. We communicate and it was such a great learning experience sitting with the banks at four o'clock in the morning because they were all working eastern standard time and getting that stuff negotiated for her. It just felt so good and it was such a big learning experience for me to start in short sales at that moment.

SHOUT OUT TO RAMA'S FIRST CLIENT IN SAN RAMON

A shout out to Allegra! We miss you! I know you're well settled now overseas and who knows whether you'll ever come back to the US but we miss you and once again from my heart I thank you so much for the opportunity to trust in me! 

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What do you think of Rama's first client's story? 

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