Mary Gonzalez is seasoned real estate professional in Ventura County and the surrounding Southern California areas. Originally from Mexico, she has lived in Ventura County for over 50 years. Maria’s passion for learning about and helping others drove her to a career in real estate and she has spent over 30 years helping her neighbors in the community buy, sell and their home(s). Mary specializes in residential real estate with an emphasis on listing for sale, first time home buyers, 1031 exchanges, the simultaneous sale of a current home to buy a new home, rental and income property, etc. She works for a local, independently owned real estate company for the past 13 years: Experts of Real Estate. Prior to that she worked at Century 21 and RE/MAX. Throughout her career she has won multiple awards such as the Century 21 Centurion, RE/MAX 100% Club, RE/MAX Platinum Club, and the RE/MAX Hall of Fame. These awards are given to agents with the most real estate transactions in a single year and/or to agents who have had the most success through the entirety of their career. She is most proud of what those awards stand for which is the hundreds of families, individuals and investors she has helped in buying or selling a home. The benefit of many years of experience with a reputation of putting her clients needs first is that many of Mary’s real estate transactions are with long term, repeat clients. She is also bilingual and works equally with both English and Spanish speaking communities so she can help you cast a wide net of potential buyers or sellers for your home. Instead of simply using the real estate Multiple Listing Service, she leverages her large community influence to help her clients find homes for sale before they are posted on websites like Zillow Redfin and Trulia. For that same reason, she sells over half of her homes on her own so her sellers can feel confident in getting their home sold for the best possible price in the time they need. Mary is more than just a Realtor, she is truly an “Expert of Real Estate.” Aside from being able to help you with the economics and legality process of buying a home, she is there to help you every step of the way. Her established history in the industry has led to many close relationships with other people that can play key roles in buying or selling your home. Whether you need someone to help you with financing, a recommendation for someone to help with a home inspection, a termite report, staging your home and taking the best photos for maximum value when getting ready to sell, she knows someone for every step of the way so you can feel confident about one of the largest transactions you will make in your life. Mary married her husband Juan Pablo in 1992 and has three adult children: Michelle, Art and John Paul. She is a woman of prayer who in her free time enjoys hosting dinner/lunch parties, travelling with her adult children, finding new restaurants with her sister and spending time with her minipoodle Chloe.