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Summer 2016 My partner and I entered the home buying process in Toronto with a lot of trepidation after hearing horror stories of multiple bidding wars from our friends. John Pasalis and Gus Papaioannou are consummate professionals with a serious passion for not just real estate but uniting buyers with their true match in a home that reflects...

Kiera & Kia

Summer 2016

My partner and I entered the home buying process in Toronto with a lot of trepidation after hearing horror stories of multiple bidding wars from our friends. John Pasalis and Gus Papaioannou are consummate professionals with a serious passion for not just real estate but uniting buyers with their true match in a home that reflects their actual needs and budget. These guys made an otherwise grueling process fun and educational while always being accessible and ready to have a frank discussion based on our evolving needs. They are such a blast to work with, we couldn’t have done it without them!

Kiera & Kia

Summer 2019 We are first time home buyers in Toronto; we were assisted by Gus Papaioannou and had an excellent experience with him. He was very professional, courteous and paid attention to detail. Being new to Toronto, it was very import...

Bhawna Dhayal & Sanjeet Mishra

Summer 2019

We are first time home buyers in Toronto; we were assisted by Gus Papaioannou and had an excellent experience with him. He was very professional, courteous and paid attention to detail. Being new to Toronto, it was very important for us to find someone trustworthy and Gus turned out to be the man for us. He always kept our best interest in mind and never pressured us into buying. He displayed a very thorough understanding of the real estate market within Toronto and Greater Toronto and used actual data/data analysis to back his advise. We always had a sense of security working with Gus and knew that we wouldn’t be swayed into making emotional decisions. Gus’s advise to us was to put together a list of top priorities for us and work accordingly towards finding a home. And, this was really the key towards identifying our dream home in Forest Hill, one of Toronto’s most plush neighbourhoods. During the transaction negotiation, although Gus was out of the country on his annual vacation with his family, he still went over and beyond to take out time for us and advise us, which we deeply valued, as there were offers and counter-offers between us and the seller. We feel truly lucky to have found Gus, who started out as our realtor but ended as a trusted friend, during this very important decision-making process and would highly recommend him.

Bhawna Dhayal & Sanjeet Mishra

Sold Winter 2020 Gus was beyond imagined when he assisted me with selling my house. He is always patient, available and willing to share with you his knowledge about what you really need to know. His professionalism and attention to detai...

Ada Leung

Sold Winter 2020

Gus was beyond imagined when he assisted me with selling my house. He is always patient, available and willing to share with you his knowledge about what you really need to know. His professionalism and attention to detail is truly a gem. I first touched base with him last year in the middle of October and he consistently checks in from time to time. I am always informed and with his help, my house was listed in March and was sold in 9 days.

Ada Leung

Bought Spring 2020 Just closed on our first home purchase and are very grateful to have worked with Gus. He was incredibly informative, honest and patient. I’m sure we weren’t the easiest clients, having spent over a year looking for th...

Lauren & Jack

Bought Spring 2020

Just closed on our first home purchase and are very grateful to have worked with Gus. He was incredibly informative, honest and patient. I’m sure we weren’t the easiest clients, having spent over a year looking for the right house, viewing many houses and frequently changing our criteria. Gus was always very responsive, never pressured us to make a decision we weren’t 100% comfortable with and helped us remain disciplined. Would gladly recommend Gus to any home buyers.

Lauren & Jack

Sold Spring 2020 I had a great first-time selling experience with Gus and Realosophy. He took the time to answer all my questions and concerns that came up during the process. He was very professional, flexible, friendly, knowledgeable an...

Aradhna Srivastava

Sold Spring 2020

I had a great first-time selling experience with Gus and Realosophy. He took the time to answer all my questions and concerns that came up during the process. He was very professional, flexible, friendly, knowledgeable and knows the market and area extremely well. We ended up with a great result and would recommend him to anyone!

Aradhna Srivastava

Sold Summer 2020 We had a great experience with Gus and his team during our real estate transaction. I liked his hands-on approach and attention to detail. Gus was very responsive to emails and phone calls (as needed). Gus’s team did a ...

Sofia W

Sold Summer 2020

We had a great experience with Gus and his team during our real estate transaction. I liked his hands-on approach and attention to detail. Gus was very responsive to emails and phone calls (as needed). Gus’s team did a great job with staging and promoting our listing, so we were able to get a fair price for our condo. The signing of the documents was quite convenient as well, with many things available via electronic signing and all steps of the process explained clearly to us. From my experience, Gus and his team truly work with their client to understand their needs and level of comfort, and tailor their approach accordingly. I would use Gus’s services again in the future.

Sofia W

Sold Summer 2020 Ill never have enough great things to say about Gus. He helped us with our first ever real estate sals and given Covid, boy are we grateful that we found him. Gus was always honest, respectful and hard working. We had to ...

Abid A

Sold Summer 2020

Ill never have enough great things to say about Gus. He helped us with our first ever real estate sals and given Covid, boy are we grateful that we found him. Gus was always honest, respectful and hard working. We had to manage the sale remotely and he was there from day 1 working with us on strategy. He virtual staged the condo, put it up on social media and did everything that he could to drum up traffic. He was always prompt in responding to questions, following up with other Realtors, providing us with updates on the market and sending over detailed advice and analysis. He was never pushy, always fair and balanced and always a pleasure to engage with no matter when. The condo sold successfully and we were overall very happy with how things went. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend hind it’s no question who we’d call if we ever wanted some guidance on Toronto’s market.

Abid A

Bought Summer 2020 As first time homebuyers, we really liked and appreciated Gus because he is REAL! He has a great no-nonsense approach, he is responsive, warm, and understands people. We didn’t feel pressured, and he told us when he...

Amy Walsh

Bought Summer 2020

As first time homebuyers, we really liked and appreciated Gus because he is REAL! He has a great no-nonsense approach, he is responsive, warm, and understands people. We didn’t feel pressured, and he told us when he didn’t think we should offer as high as we wanted to sometimes because he didn’t think the house was actually worth it (Invaluable in this market!). Gus really listened to what we wanted, he was honest, realistic and always professional. My husband and I highly recommend Gus and if we ever move again we will definitely be calling him.

Amy Walsh

Bought Summer 2020 Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value Let me preface this by saying that I am the DIY type. The type of person that would spend time researching to gain confidence and try to do things how I want ...

Neil Magugat

Bought Summer 2020

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value

Let me preface this by saying that I am the DIY type. The type of person that would spend time researching to gain confidence and try to do things how I want it done. And this is definitely the path I was charting towards when the idea of selling my condo and upgrading to a new home came to mind especially because of the bad experience I had with another agent when I initially purchased my condo. However, due to other ongoing projects and work obligations I do not have the time to get comfortable with the process quickly enough and felt like giving agents another try even though I am skeptical already. Oh boy were we happy that I did do the google search and found Realosophy and Gus. Not only is he very knowledgeable and good communicator, he also took the time to educate my wife about the market and set our selves up for success. He works hard and will watch out for your best interest as evidenced by how many houses we went on to view during the height of the boom due to the pent-up demand just after the initial lockdowns. We must’ve seen close to 50 houses and he tirelessly showed and go through every single one of them with us and never did he made us feel that it was a waste of his time even if the house seems out of our criteria. We did lose a few bidding wars but his pricing advise is almost always on point hence we are almost always have offers that are very competitive except for there are bids that are just out of the world. He never ever pushed us to go to prices that we were uncomfortable with so despite losing we are ready to move on right away because we know we didn’t end up overpaying. In addition, he also constantly remind us of our goals along with our wants and needs to make sure that we are not just settling for any house due to fatigue. He kept our spirits up during the entire search and was an encouraging voice despite the fact that we are dealing with a very hot market. So his patience with us paid off and we got a house that we really love, for a market as hot as Durham during the summer (of 2020), getting 5 out of 6 of our major criteria was a very big win. After buying our new house, he also helped us navigate the Condo market in Toronto that although still pretty hot, was starting to show some weakness due to market forces. He clearly laid out our strategy and plan of attack and he executed on this and kept us disciplined and help managed our anxiety levels due to the softening condo market, but lo and behold we actually sold our condo within two weeks when other similar units in our area are sitting for more than a month already. With that said, I highly recommend Gus if you are looking for an agent to help with your real estate needs. Also I wanted to add that I am not the type to recommend anyone even to my friends in the fear that my recommendation will disappoint and don’t want that on my friends to be disappointed. However with Gus, I am actually voluntarily share information and actually hyping him up to all my friends and relatives because I know he will do an awesome job for them just as he did for us.

Neil Magugat

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