Find Your Home on Orcas Island
Sandi Friel
House Whisperer
Certified Negotiation Expert
sandi@twilliamsrealty.com
Born and raised in Florida, I spent a decade in marketing before turning my passion for homes and design into a career. In 1996 I earned my real estate license and began buying, upgrading and reselling homes. I found the renovation process so gratifying that I became a Certified Kitchen Designer (CKD) and joined an award-winning residential building contractor as its pre-construction manager, planning extensive remodels and seeing them through to completion. After falling for Orcas and moving here in 2006, I helped launch T Williams Realty and hit the ground running as a Washington real estate broker. I’ve never looked back!
In this business, finding the right property for a buyer or the right buyer for a seller is just the beginning. Every real estate deal is fraught with potential landmines. During the process, my “project manager” mode kicks in and my clients can relax knowing I’m on top of the details and keeping things on track. When challenging situations arise, my skills as a Certified Negotiation Expert help smooth the way to a positive outcome.
For me, being a Realtor goes well beyond writing contracts or overseeing transactions. It’s a lifestyle I’ve chosen because of the personal satisfaction I get by helping people navigate what’s likely one of their biggest decisions and transitions in life. Buying or selling a property is an emotional process, and even more so when you’re moving to or from your Orcas Island dream home. Creating a positive experience for my clients simply makes my heart sing.
Sandi has earned the trust of these clients
Painless Process
Roger Gahan
Sandi made the whole process painless; she explained everything to me in a way that I could understand. I’m almost tempted to buy another house just so I could have Sandi sell it for me. If I am ever in the market to buy a house in her area I will definitely be going through her.
Responsive and Proactive
P. King
Sandi is the most professional Realtor that I have worked with. She is extremely responsive and proactive. The whole process was smooth and the advice Sandi gave us was spot on at every stage of the sale. I would definitely choose Sandi as our Realtor again and can highly recommend her.
Her skill set is vast
C. Allan
We took a full year to do all the homework required to ensure the island property we loved made sense as a purchase. We were not easy clients. Despite the back-and-forthing, Sandi was clear, professional, incredibly efficient at getting us the massive quantities of info we felt we needed, and persistent on our behalf when interacting with the seller/seller’s agent. Her skill set is vast. She could work at a high level in any of a number of professions. We feel grateful to have had her as our realtor.
Fantastic, on top of it
L. McCoy
Sandi is fantastic! She helped us before we thought we were ready to move by preparing a list of things we should do to get our place in order when the time would come to move on. It came sooner than expected by a phone call one day with private offer. We responded and immediately started looking for a place to move. Within a week, we found the perfect place for us. As our home of 58 years was unusual, it took four months to work with geologists, septic designers, divers, the county and most of all the Department of Natural Resources. It involved a lot of negotiations with the party buying our home and the sellers of the home we wanted to buy, who were afraid we might have to drop out and they would lose the summer market. Sandi was on top of knowing what was happening with all of the parties concerned and steered the whole event to a happy ending— the most difficult of her career!! Sandi is the BEST!
A superb Realtor
S. Silva
Sandi Friel is a superb Realtor. Being previous real estate investors, we’ve worked with many real estate agents and my husband even became one. Thus, we are picky when it comes to working with an agent as we are knowledgeable and understand how important a solid Realtor can be. A Realtor can “make or break” a deal. This is where Sandi is phenomenal. Her calm, confident demeanor guided our wishes and wants in a direction that lead to results. She is extremely organized, she’s an incredible listener, and she gives personal attention that had us feeling like we were her only client. Sandi is a high integrity person who gives her all and truly works hard to achieve success. I would highly recommend her.
Thank you for all of your hard work and steadfast guidance
Dan
T Rex: Thank you for all of your hard work and steadfast guidance these past months. Not once did Linda or I feel anything other than peace and a resolute confidence that we had the best help in selling our house or that our personal interest was foremost in your mind. A difficult job well done!! Your Friend, Dan
A great communicator
M. Graves
Sandi was very knowledgeable and on point with the market and market values in my area. I will continue to use Sandi as an agent in my future real estate investments. She is also always the person I direct other clients/ friends to when asked for advice of real estate prospects. Sandi is friendly, honest and a great communicator. A very 5 star person!!
Excellent listening skills
E. Stewart
Focused, knowledgable, organized advocate
A. Macfarlane
Focused, knowledgeable, thoroughly organized, great buyer’s advocate. Sandi was fantastic to work with throughout the property search and buying process. She guided us seamlessly through, at times, a challenging home purchase due to several “surprises” caused in large part by a lack of full disclosure on certain issues and poor legal contract management by the Seller’s agent (IMO). Through it all, Sandi maintained an even keel and was an absolute pleasure to work with. Great person and well respected in the Orcas and San Juan community at large based on feedback we received during our due diligence and our overall experience.
Skilled negotiation, insightful ways
K. Kimball
Our particular sale had some unexpected curves. Without Sandi’s skilled negotiation, level-headed thinking, and sense of humor, those curves would have led to a dead-end. She worked many hours developing creative solutions to new challenges and used her talents to show us possibilities where we saw problems. The result is that we are in a home beyond our dreams, still pinching ourselves at our good fortune.
We’ve been involved in nine real estate transactions. Some of the agents were above average, but none came close to matching Sandi’s skill, intelligence, diligence and insightful ways. We hope to live in our house for many years to come, but should we decide to sell, Sandi is unquestionably the Realtor® we will call.
You want Sandi to represent you
J. Suthergreen
Our first choice
C. Fleming
One-of-a-kind and truly a master
R.W. Spreen
Following our first contact we sent Sandi a detailed list of what we were looking for in a home. She did her homework, and showed us a number of potential fits for our needs, even though we were not ready to make a purchase immediately. The fact that we did not find anything that was “just right” did not deter her in the least. Properties like we sought are few and far between on Orcas Island, but Sandi never lost sight of our original goals list during our 3-year search. When we finally found the perfect place we knew it, and so did Sandi. She was like family, always keeping our desires in sight, and always watching out for us. During the pre-purchase inspection and evaluation period Sandi was a priceless resource for getting the very best people to help us in a critically timely way, and provided the much-needed voice of reason and calm. Incredibly detail-oriented and focused, she handled the inevitable surprises with skill and creativity, and made the process infinitely easier for us. Her negotiation skills are superb; she always seemed to know what would create success. Since our purchase, she has continued to connect us with creative, talented people to help us customize our dream home. Words truly fail us to describe the impact Sandi has had on our experience. She is one-of-a-kind, and truly a master at her craft. Potential clients should look no farther to find the ultimate professional and advocate in finding their island home
Integrity, energy and professionalism
Eric Paerels and Laurie St. Aubin
Our utmost respect and admiration go to Teri and Sandi at T Williams Realty for helping us realize the purchase of a spectacular lot on Orcas Island. The purchase of raw land is not easy and particularly so if it is done long distance; we reside on the opposite side of the world, in Australia. The integrity, energy and professionalism at T Williams Realty gave us the confidence and comfort that nothing will be left to chance. T Williams Realty followed the letter of the Sale Agreement and worked tirelessly to insure that the selling agent did not deviate; there were plenty of opportunities to take the “easy” road. Teri’s depth of experience in real estate transactions combined with her many years of construction permitting gives her an edge in the real estate market that not many can match. Her experience in this combined arena allowed us to ask the right questions and request the necessary documentation to insure we can build our future home per our expectations. Congratulations to a superb team!
Realized our Orcas Dream
N. Henegan
Sandi was instrumental in enabling us to identify, assess, and close on our property. As an out-of-state buyer, Sandi provided us with her local insight and referrals to assist us through negotiations, financing, and due diligence phases of our purchase. We would not have realized our Orcas dream without her support and coaching. Thank you Sandi!