In the process of buying a house, my wife and I had many realtors to choose from including friends and acquaintances. I decided it was best to find someone unbiased in the process and after living in Chicago for 3 years, the best place to start was Yelp. Unfortunately, not many people in Champaign use Yelp but Mariya had 8 reviews (all 5 star) compared to maybe 1 for any other realtor. This indicated to me that many of the people that chose her were savvy and non-local consumers that had a great experience with her.

After reading reviews and looking at her website, I liked her military background which I thought would make her a good negotiator, one of the most important things in my mind with buying a house. She did not disappoint and was always calm and collected.

Mariya is very knowledgeable about the buying process. She has a great website that makes it easy to follow houses that come on the market. She takes photos of each showing to help you remember the house and important concepts to consider. As a matter of fact, I have a colleague who used a different realtor and when I showed him Mariya's website and what it allowed us to do, he was pretty impressed and wished his realtor had that capability.

I recommend her highly and will definitely use her again should it be selling or buying a house.