I recently bought a house in San Jose with Katy's help, and I couldn't recommend Katy more!
As a first time home buyer, I was thankful for Katy's help in navigating the entire buying process. Starting with the pre-approval process and how to get the best pre-approval letters, to finding the right houses to visit, to writing offers with the best terms to be more appealing to sellers, and ultimately to closing on the house. Even after closing, Katy still helped by sending me contacts from people she worked with in the past to help me with the house.
One area that I've found Katy to be particularly good at is negotiating. First by working with me on an offer price and terms, then by reaching out to the seller's agent to understand how close/far my offer was, and finally by allowing me, whenever possible, to improve on my initial offer. Her negotiating skills were I believe a large factor in my offer being ultimately accepted.
I would definitively work with Katy again in the future!