Leyla has an intimate knowledge of Boulder and its varied neighborhoods. She got to know my wife and I and intuitively grasped what kind of home and neighborhood we would like. As “long distance” clients for several months she helped educate us as to the local market and inventory via daily web links and updates such that when we arrived in town, over the course of three whilrwind days she helped us narrow down our choices to four. Leyla introduced us to Boulder’s Planning Department and helped us understand local zoning and building codes. She knew we were prepared to do some work so ultimately we settled on a home in a great location but which needs some significant work to be our “retirement”. What we thought would be a simple home buying process (as we’ve done this multiple times eleswhere) became a maze of legal and seller’s family issues involving an estate sale and circuitous ownership. Through it all, Leyla was a “rock” calming us and navigating multiple parties. After the deal closed though, she was not done. She helped as again now as out of area homeowners with multiple matters up to and including some rental arrangements. Leyla’s been great to work with and having worked with residential realtors across the country and through multiple family relocations, we feel we’re a pretty good judge of expertise. She’s the best!