Dr. Stephen and Linda Bailey

“We asked Bob to help sell our house in one of the toughest real estate markets in memory. From the start he was the complete professional—-always well dressed, always calm and courteous, always upbeat, and always available. He explained at each step, kept us informed, and anticipated potential changes in advance and was prepared to respond to them. His long history of local real estate sales has given him all of the contacts necessary to stage property, do small repairs and perform the many surveys and inspections necessary for property sales. Bob is the kind of person we would enjoy spending social time with, but most importantly, we would ask him to sell our home for us with absolutely no hesitation.

PS: I mean every word of the endorsement.”

Danuta Bennett, Ph.D.

“I just wanted to say that I am so sorry that we are not “easier” buyers and have so many difficulties with getting the loan. I feel like you are finding “miracle deals” and home for us and we are hitting wall after wall.

I just want you to know that we really appreciate your effort in finding the house for us and showing us such a great possibilities. The house in Montecito would be amazing for many reasons… we can rent it out, Matt could have his practice there, which would make our payments easy. I wish the financial people also could see how minimal risk this house is for us.

But I am particularly grateful that you did not give up on us and our dream of having a house. I can see that particularly you but also other people trying to make this happen for us… and we really appreciate it.  We feel comfortable working with you and you do seem to really understand our needs. So I hope you don’t mind if we express our emotions sometimes since we never experienced buying a home before.

Thanks again and talk to you soon.”

Anne, Butch, Julie, Ryan, and Sam Wells

“We value Bob Widing as our realtor, for the second time, because of his detailed knowledge of the Santa Barbara real estate market and his ability to guide us in finding the right home for our family. Bob is much more than a realtor. His commitment to our needs, his integrity, and kindness sets him apart from the rest. We highly recommend Bob as a top notch realtor.”

Robert D. Dominguez (Attorney At Law)

“As first-time homebuyers, we were lucky to have Bob Widing working on our side.  With Bob, we were able to buy the exact home we wanted.  My wife and I found Bob to be an extremely knowledgeable and personable real estate agent.  What is more, the depth and breadth of his experience allows him to dispense sound advice, which is an invaluable asset in what can be an unpredictable real estate market.  What we appreciated most about Bob was his focus on customer service.  Bob timely returned all of our calls and was even kind enough to facilitate certain home inspections even when my wife and I couldn’t get away from work.  We would recommend Bob to any first time (or experienced) homebuyer looking in the Santa Barbara area.”

Herb Bundgen (Pacific West Realty and Investments Inc.)

My name is Herbert Bundgen, I am the principal broker of Pacific West Realty and Investments Inc. I have been a licensed California Real Estate broker since 1976. Our office is located at 436 Alisal Rd in Solvang. I am writing this letter in behalf of Bob Widing with whom I have been doing business for more then 20 years on a regular basis. Matter of fact, when our family had property we owned in Santa Barbara I called on Bob to handle our affairs on our behalf, as I specialize primarily in Santa Ynez Valley properties and Bob is an experienced hand in the greater Santa Barbara area.

Based on my many years of knowing how Bob does business and his extensive experience and knowledge of the market, I am very pleased to be able to give him my highest recommendation as a well rounded and knowledgeable Realtor who knows how to market a property and put a transaction together, no matter how complex. Bob is a very qualified negotiator who will always keep his clients best interests at heart. When hiring Bob, you will have a hard working partner on your side and in the present challenging market it is a must to work with someone who has gone through all the ups and downs of the business and Bob has certainly done that.

In regard to my own person I would like to state that I have been a multi million dollar producer each year since the early 1980’s. I am a past president of the Board of Realtors, also a past Realtor of the year and have served as a director of the local Realty Board for many years and was elected chair person for the Associated Boards of Realtors of the Central Coast. In addition I have been the co-founder of the Solvang Breakfast Rotary club and a past president of that club and also a director of the Solvang Chamber of Commerce.

If you should have any additional questions about Bob, I would be delighted to answer them in person or by e-mail.

Sincerely, Herbert W. Bundgen

Kirk & Geri Su

Bob is an absolute pleasure to work with.  He is friendly, courteous, approachable, and always quick to following up.   Backed by several decades of experience, Bob comes prepared with a wealth of knowledge and provides effective strategies for acquiring and selling real estate particularly in difficult market conditions.  We’d highly recommend Bob to anyone considering a real estate transaction.

Suketu “Chuke” Prajapati (General Manager – Santa Barbara Nissan)

I’ve yet to meet anyone that provides service like you so, I’ll be sending you all my referrals. With you, I know they will get the service they deserve!

Bruce Zipf (NRT President and CEO)

“I would like to commend you on your remarkable sales performance during the past 3 months. For the second quarter of 2006, your gross commission income ranks you amon NRT”s top 1,000 sales associates in the nation. Consider that we have a sales force of 64,000 nationwide, this is a spectacular achievement.

It takes a great deal of talent, knowledge and patience to be successful in the real estate business, and you excel in all these areas and more. Our organization wouldn’t be successful without hard-working, determined sales assocates, and I consider you to be in the top of this special category.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and resolve in driving such success into your business. I, personally am very grateful to have you as a member in our extended family of companies.

Keep up the excellent work! “

Sheila Rao, CCPA

“I wanted to thank Coldwell Banker but especially Bob Widing on closing the sale of my home at 277 Calle Esperanza…I live in Conneticut now, and when I decided I had to sell the property back in April, I picked up the phone and called Bob. His phone number is always accessible…….Since I was very happy with the two other deals he handled, there was no hesitation on my part on working with him again….You probably remember the details, but the property was in escrow within one week and closed in 30 days. It was a record selling price for the Hope Village development….He is very savvy with information technology and this gives him an edge over other realtors. I was amazed a how much we accomplished without my being there….Also, like in the other transactions, he kept my worries to a minimum…”

H. Edward Heron (Vice President – Coldwell Banker Santa Barbara)

“Bob Widing is one of the best! His ability to put to use for his clients the lessons learned in a 19 year career is unbelieveable. Bob is a gentleman and his ability to create relationships with other real estate professionals pays great dividends when it comes to accomplishing what’s best for his clients. Bob’s goal is the complete satisfaction of his client and he does a consistently reliable job at accomplishing it. I’m proud to be his manager.”

Robert P. Ruccione (Vice President Branch Manager – Coldwell Banker Santa Barbara)

“Caring, Experienced, Integrity, Knowledge, Determination & Focus…just a few of the many words used to describe Bob Widing. As a true Real Estate professional, Bob has laser focus on customer service, implements innovative and proven marketing techniques which incorporate his firm command of technology. Bob Widing truly embodies the Coldwell Banker philosophy of “Truly Remarkable Service” I am very proud to have Bob Widing as a member of our Company and equally proud and pleased to be his Manager.”

Steve Golis (Radius Group Commercial Real Estate)

I wanted to express my complete satisfaction in which Bob and his team handled the sale. He was very attentive to scheduling showings, inspections around our schedules, and our dogs! Bob did an excellent job on following up on all aspects of our escrow in handling the details that we all know are crucial to a successful close.

Jane Overbaugh & Karin Roser

While this letter of recognition for Bob Widing is long overdue, the appreciation we have for the work he did on our behalf almost a year ago remains strong. In fact, it continues to grow over time as we become increasingly comfortable in our new home and realize how lucky we are to have landed where we did.

We met Bob at an open house in our neighborhood several years ago…………..He worked with us off and on over the years…….He endured our fairly constant dismissal of one property after another……….And he stuck with us as we vacillated between staying where we were and buying something else……….Throughout our relationship Bob was insightful and knew not to try to push us into something that wasn’t quite right………Buying and selling a home is extremely stressful. Bob’s personality seems to lend itself to helping to instill calm, reassure when necessary and create sense of urgency when the situation requires it.

Gordon & Cindy Keeble

–And we are still very happy we found you to be in charge of selling the condo on McCaw for us–

It went so very very smooth and you were very helpful and definately kept your word to us. As to keeping in touch and keeping us updated and informed. Many many thanks.

We were dreading the sale because of the distance from here to there. You made it so easy, and once more ~ we than you very much. Your integrity, above all, was most appreciated.

Oh…and as far as the “History Exam” included in your email? Yup…we discovered we are indeed…

Older than dirt!

Thanks again for your email.

Angela Berenstein

“I’ve heard that buying a house can be a stressful experience, but you’ve made this cross-country relocation virtually stress-free! (I think the only stress we’ve encountered was the week we were choosing the house, and that was primarily from lack of sleep due to jet lag and excitement.) Thank you for all of your work so far, we are so grateful you have made our first home-buying experience a pleasant one!”

Ellen Sesma

“I’ve said this will be my last move, but I’m sure when we decide to move, probably in another 10 years (?) we will certainly have Bob represent us.”

David and Christina Boardman

“After spending just one day looking at houses with us you knew exactly what David and I were looking for. We were very impressed with your insight and efforts and can only recommend you!”

Sig and Deborah Lokensgard

“Bob, you did a great job. I especially appreciated your patience and thorough explanation of everything for us as first-time homebuyers.”

Roy DeMarco

“Bob, from the first time I called you in a panic, you were nothing less than the ultimate professional. You made things happen (22 days I believe). Rest assured, should I or anyone I know need real estate service, you will be called!”

Bobby and Deanna Quintanilla

“Is that what it was. a real estate transaction? Ha! You assisted us to such lengths that we felt as though we were your own kids getting the utmost care and diligence that a loved one would deserve!”

Kirk Wrede and Krisi Raymond

“You were thorough and straightforward. We benefited from the information and assistance you provided and made some good decisions based on your advice. Not overbearing or pushy.”

Bette Carnell

“I was always confident that we were being well represented and Bob was doing all that could be done.”

Andrea and Chuck Guernsey

“We both feel that Bob’s experience as a realtor and his determination to protect our interest, made this a most successful transaction.”

Faye Mather

“It is rare these days to find someone who does a wonderful job professionally and cares so much on a personal level.”

Pat Croft

“You went way beyond the call of duty by not only securing people to do what needed to be done, but by being there to let them in when Donna and I had to be at work.”

T.C. Allen

“I am very grateful for the time & effort you put into making this possible. I really felt that you were watching out for my best interest and I needed that.”

Donald J. Wiley

“I have purchased, sold, and rented many properties over the last 20 years utilizing many different brokers and/or agents. Please understand that this was the smoothest and most efficient escrow that I have ever experienced.”

Ralph B. Behrsin (Vice President, Group & Incentive Sales RBB/lec)

“Bob Widing is a STAR!”

Edna White

“He was very kind to answer all my questions and to guide me through a very stressful time.”

Lois White

“A servant worthy of his hire. Served above and beyond the call of duty.”