Real estate isn't about the time period we're in; it's about the future. Anytime you are considering a major decision about real estate, you should look ahead as far as possible. Why do you want to buy or sell real estate? Does that reasoning make sense given what may happen in life and the market in the long term?
My name is Brandi Whitaker. I work under the Wildwood Realty brokerage and you've found my website - Dilithium Real Estate. I specialize in representing sellers and buyers of residential real estate located in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Please navigate around my website to learn about how I combine knowledge, technology, passion, and inherent geekiness to provide my clients with a unique and highly successful real estate experience!
My name is Brandi Whitaker. I work under the Wildwood Realty brokerage and you've found my website - Dilithium Real Estate. I specialize in representing sellers and buyers of residential real estate located in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Please navigate around my website to learn about how I combine knowledge, technology, passion, and inherent geekiness to provide my clients with a unique and highly successful real estate experience!
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I am Brandi Whitaker, a licensed Oregon real estate broker working under the Wildwood Realty brokerage. This website is my tool to help people discover that they deserve more from their agent than the traditional transaction-based real estate approach. If you are looking for a broker that offers a modern perspective and a more strategic path to buying and selling homes, please contact me, I would love to speak with you.
My name is Brandi Whitaker and I am a licensed Realtor in the state of Oregon. I'm also a bit of a geek and a veritable font of information. Contact me directly if you have any questions about buying or selling real estate or just want to chat. Also, please follow me on my social media! Weekly Open House list in my area Please indicate in the Message what areas of Portland you are interested in, price range, and other relevant details.
Reviews (23)
Damon B.
Nov 27, 2021
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Brandi is a fantastic agent. We were new to Portland and she was great at explaining all the intricacies of the market and what to expect. When we went to look at houses she has an expert eye and can see all the issues - and sometimes potential - you don't. Really good at giving level-headed advice about places. Got us a good deal in a tough market and once you have the house she has great contractor contacts. Highly recommend.
Courtney G.
Nov 13, 2021
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Brandi helped my partner and I buy our first house in NE Portland. She was amazing throughout the entire experience from our very first call to the day we moved in. Her continuous support and critical eye were immensely helpful at every stage of the process. It also helps that she's always as cool as a cucumber!
I honestly don't know how we could have made it through this without Brandi. We feel so lucky to have found her. I would recommend Brandi to anyone starting their house hunting journey.
I honestly don't know how we could have made it through this without Brandi. We feel so lucky to have found her. I would recommend Brandi to anyone starting their house hunting journey.
D. McKeon
Sep 22, 2021
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Brandi Whitaker is a solid professional, an excellent communicator in
multiple media, is thorough, realistic, resourceful, and a fine negotiator.
For out-of-state buyers in a hot seller's market she provided detailed
honest advice on the market, the timing patterns of listings and offers
in our price range, and practical approaches to finding and buying a
home we could feel comfortable with.
She made her own video tour of a property we were interested in, showed
every element, positive and negative, and filled with observations
and advice. Her attention to detail left us ready to make an
multiple media, is thorough, realistic, resourceful, and a fine negotiator.
For out-of-state buyers in a hot seller's market she provided detailed
honest advice on the market, the timing patterns of listings and offers
in our price range, and practical approaches to finding and buying a
home we could feel comfortable with.
She made her own video tour of a property we were interested in, showed
every element, positive and negative, and filled with observations
and advice. Her attention to detail left us ready to make an
Kim Bennett
Aug 07, 2021
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If you're looking for a lazy, bumbling, incompetent realtor, then skip this review. But if you're hoping to find what must be the very best combination of a hard working, experienced, knowledgeable and personable agent on the planet, then pick Brandi Whitaker.
We were living 15 time zones away, looking online at properties in an area we'd never been to before. Brandi communicated with us day and night (she was even willing to download and learn a new phone app to facilitate the matter), and made the process of identifying, bidding, inspecting, and finally purchasing our new home as easy as if
We were living 15 time zones away, looking online at properties in an area we'd never been to before. Brandi communicated with us day and night (she was even willing to download and learn a new phone app to facilitate the matter), and made the process of identifying, bidding, inspecting, and finally purchasing our new home as easy as if
Nicholas Murphy
Jul 06, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Responsiveness, Value
Honestly we can not say enough good things about Brandi. Super-responsive, super-professional, deeply understands real estate in a way I've never experienced with any other realtors. It's not easy to get 30+ 5.0 reviews, and there's a reason she has that.
Honestly we can not say enough good things about Brandi. Super-responsive, super-professional, deeply understands real estate in a way I've never experienced with any other realtors. It's not easy to get 30+ 5.0 reviews, and there's a reason she has that.
Guillaume P.
May 26, 2021
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I very seldom review any service/company or anything but our experience navigating a very difficult housing market with Brandi is deserving of a strong, unreserved five star review. Brandi is the ultimate professional: responded immediately with well-thought out answers, provided in depth analysis on every house we considered purchasing (providing a written report that probably better then that prepared by the appraiser), and the offers she put together were well thought out and flawless. Other realtors (sellers) seem to desire working with her, a fact for which I am not surprised considering her
Karen F.
May 18, 2021
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Cynthia B.
May 12, 2021
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Nancy Hesemann
Apr 04, 2021
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Whether you are looking to buy or sell, Brandi will exceed your expectations. If you have ever experienced the super passive, "I accept whatever I'm told" agent know this DOES NOT describe Brandi.
Home inspector says you have X, Y and Z issues that are going to cost $A, $B, and $C to fix? She challenges each utilizing her extensive network of specialists, and her network is extensive, professional and quick to respond to Brandi.
Opposite agent needs to be given a dose of common sense? Twice in our negotiation she skillfully navigated unreasonable asks.
Looking to buy but not sure where you want
Home inspector says you have X, Y and Z issues that are going to cost $A, $B, and $C to fix? She challenges each utilizing her extensive network of specialists, and her network is extensive, professional and quick to respond to Brandi.
Opposite agent needs to be given a dose of common sense? Twice in our negotiation she skillfully navigated unreasonable asks.
Looking to buy but not sure where you want
Kay L.
Apr 02, 2021
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We just purchased a condo home with Brandi's help. We didn't know anything about Portland and needed a good patient agent. She was energetic, detail-oriented, ethical with all of her comments and findings, and most pleasant. We're very lucky that we found her. We chose her through this yelp site, so we are returning the favor by letting others know how good she is.
Diana Biller
Mar 28, 2021
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Brandi was enormously helpful during the complicated process of selling my mother's house after her death. She is friendly and straightforward, which was a particular blessing during an emotional time. She navigated the legal complexities of the sale smoothly and went above and beyond in helping me to get the house ready for sale (this was huge, because I was an out-of-town seller). In the end we had several excellent offers, and she helped me navigate them as well.
Charity A.
Mar 18, 2021
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Our experience working with Brandi was top notch. I honestly do not even know where to begin, but begin I must so here goes... Brandi basically knows everything about houses. This was not our first time buying a home but this time was SO different. Brandi knows a ton about home construction and the appraisal process and she was able to help us understand every step of the process in a way we had not before. We felt relaxed and not stressed at all during the process, which is really saying something because buying a home can be really stressful!
Our transaction there were multiple offers, but
Our transaction there were multiple offers, but
Sandy S.
Jan 09, 2021
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We had a great experience working with Brandi! We live in LA, but had a condo in Portland and were looking to sell. We flew up to Portland to meet with Brandi and she took care of the rest. Brandi is very knowledgeable with the Portland market & was very helpful as she had connections to get things done quickly before the property was listed. Brandi was always quick to respond if we had any questions, a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend her to anyone looking to sell their home!
Melissa M.
Nov 24, 2020
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Brandi was instrumental in helping us navigate the crazy pandemic market and buy a great home. Brandi was incredibly responsive, proactive, and scheduling home tours was a breeze. She was realistic about the market, timing, and our budget and helped us find a home that we really love. Brandi was also really smart about how we approached our offer in a crowded market, helping to make our offer stand out amongst many others. I have admittedly very high standards for people I work with, and Brandi exceeded my expectations at every turn. In addition to all that, she's also funny and down to earth
Erica K.
Sep 11, 2020
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Brandi went above and beyond helping us find a house. We were competing against everyone frantically buying in a market where houses were going for well above asking in a matter of days. We got a terrific house at a totally reasonable price!
The thing you might need to know is that realtors really need good connections for inspection, repairs, and general estimates. Once the inspection happened Brandi mobilized this enormous team to get in quotes for everything, even with the super fast sale we were in.
She was also really helpful and calm, and both encouraging and realistic about each house
The thing you might need to know is that realtors really need good connections for inspection, repairs, and general estimates. Once the inspection happened Brandi mobilized this enormous team to get in quotes for everything, even with the super fast sale we were in.
She was also really helpful and calm, and both encouraging and realistic about each house
Lisa Slade
Jun 25, 2020
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Working with Brandi was a dream! We moved to Portland from the East Coast, and we were terrified of how hot the market was, how low inventory was, and we honestly thought it might not be possible to purchase a house within our budget. (We heard so many horror stories of people putting in dozens of unsuccessful offers and walking away with nothing!)
Brandi first helped us pinpoint areas of town where we might be successful and worked with us to set realistic parameters for our future home. She started shopping for us while we were still in transit, sending us tons of informative (and funny!) videos
Brandi first helped us pinpoint areas of town where we might be successful and worked with us to set realistic parameters for our future home. She started shopping for us while we were still in transit, sending us tons of informative (and funny!) videos
Katie Avery
May 03, 2020
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Brandi absolutely deserves five stars for her hard work and commitment to her clients. From start to finish, Brandi exceeded our expectations as first time home buyers. From our initial contact, she took the time to explain the entire home-buying process with helpful documents and answered any questions we had before diving in to the home-buying process together. We were "interviewing" several real estate agents, however we knew she was "the one" off first impressions alone! She even gave a great recommendation for a local mortgage lender who we ended up choosing over another mortgage lender we
B. H.
Jan 23, 2020
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My husband and I would highly recommend Brandi to anyone looking to purchase a home.
We were lucky enough to stumble into one of her open houses, and we decided we liked her so much that we quickly called to schedule a follow-up meeting. After also meeting with a few other realtors, we knew Brandi was the best choice. This was our first home buying experience so we were walking in blind. Brandi was very patient and thoroughly explained the process to us and answered our many questions. She was always quick to respond and made herself available to us any time we needed her. My husband is a structural
We were lucky enough to stumble into one of her open houses, and we decided we liked her so much that we quickly called to schedule a follow-up meeting. After also meeting with a few other realtors, we knew Brandi was the best choice. This was our first home buying experience so we were walking in blind. Brandi was very patient and thoroughly explained the process to us and answered our many questions. She was always quick to respond and made herself available to us any time we needed her. My husband is a structural
P. S.
Dec 02, 2019
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Brandi was amazing, we could not be happier with her work. Between her local knowledge, her connections, her quick responses, her thoughtful approach and her organization, she made the process smooth, easy and understandable. I cannot recommend her enough, if you are buying or selling in the area you have to use her.
Kayla Q.
Apr 25, 2019
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Brandi was amazing to work with! My fiance and I met her browsing open houses a year before we were ready to really look, and knew we wanted her as our agent. She was just brimming with knowledge and curiosity in the inner workings of the housing market and finding the right neighborhood and house to fit her clients. Before we were ready to really look, she kept in touch without being pushy, and introduced us to some Portland history.
When we were ready to shop, she paid attention to what we said we wanted and what we were consistently drawn to, narrowing down our search. She also always asked
When we were ready to shop, she paid attention to what we said we wanted and what we were consistently drawn to, narrowing down our search. She also always asked
Paul H.
Jun 06, 2018
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Lynsey M.
Mar 20, 2018
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Across 5 home purchases/sales, Brandi has been the best real estate agent I've worked with to date. She is a top notch professional - direct, informative, and goes above and beyond. She stuck with me through 2 complicated transactions, even when the onus was not on her to do so. Her communication is on point, with a seemingly effortless timeliness. Brandi will be my go to agent for any future real estate transactions and I recommend her highly.
Sarah S.
Mar 08, 2018
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We worked with Brandi for three months to find our perfect 2nd home. She was great! She's methodical, listens well, has a sharp memory, and knows both her clients and the prospective properties inside and out.
Brandi got thrown a real curveball from us when we were, for 2 months straight, looking at only properties with 3+ acres of land out in the country and then wanted to look at a house that had zero acreage and was in the middle of the city. She didn't miss a beat with collecting information about the house.
Her background truly lends itself to an impeccable set of realtor skills
Brandi got thrown a real curveball from us when we were, for 2 months straight, looking at only properties with 3+ acres of land out in the country and then wanted to look at a house that had zero acreage and was in the middle of the city. She didn't miss a beat with collecting information about the house.
Her background truly lends itself to an impeccable set of realtor skills
