Ryan Breeden W/Long & Foster

I enlisted Ryan Breeden’s services as my realtor based on his excellent reviews that were posted on the internet. His services exceeded all of my expectations; being very responsive to my emails, text and phone calls. Due to living over 400 miles away, I am not sure any other realtor would have had the patience and time to deal with my circumstances and walk me through the entire selling process as precise and calmly as he did.
Ryan was honest, patient and demonstrated a sincere desire to help me. I also found him to be professional and easy to work with. With this in mind, I can highly recommend his services to my family, friends and anyone who is in search of a quality realtor.

Being a first time home buyer my husband and I were a little intimidated when entering into house hunting. We were very blessed to work with Ryan as our realtor as he is easy to talk to definitely knows his stuff! He took time to explain the entire process, listened to all of our wants and needs, and pointed us in the right direction. We really appreciated Ryan’s honesty throughout the process and felt at ease since we always knew he had our best interest in mind. Not to mention that Ryan got us the best deal on our sized town home that year! We would definitely recommend Ryan to our friends and family and already have!

I lucked out and was assigned Ryan as my realtor after submitting a web form online. I've now used him to buy 2 homes and sell a home and I couldn't recommend him more!

I've seen friends have little success with many Realtors and decide that they're unnecessary or no different from one another. Ryan is proof that this isn't true.

When buying he has a knack for getting to the meat of what you need and what you're willing to compromise on. He has a good feel for when you're motivated to house hunt and when you're feeling frustrated because what you're looking for hasn't hit the market yet. He doesn't push when you need to take a step back, and doesn't hesitate to devote full energy to the hunt when you're determined.

He's very knowledgeable on home updates, maintenance needs, pricing, and red flags. He went above and beyond with research on any question I asked him by answering the question and also doing the research to answer any tangentially related questions I didn't think to ask yet.

As a seller's agent, his work ethic is no different. He's happy to see your home early and give tips for staging and preparing the house to sell so that it's perfectly situated to sell quickly once it's on the market. He has a good grasp of the seller's budget to prepare the house and doesn't expect miracles out of the seller.

All of the above contributes to a smooth buying and selling experience, but where Ryan really excels is in negotiations. He does thorough research to find the fair market value of a house, and he encourages buyers to push for a better price. He knows the contract inside and out and never lets something slip, and knows when to stay quiet and when to push back. When we sold we sold within 5k of list price. When we bought we were able to buy for 20k under list price (which Ryan believed was fair market value). He encouraged us to keep negotiating and fought harder than one could ever hope for to save us money and hassle.

Every time I've worked with him I've walked away feeling like he earned his commissions and then some. I've referred him to at least 3 friends who are now just as enthusiastic about Ryan as I am.

Ryan Breeden is the best real estate agent there is. He truly LISTENS to every wish, need, want, and concern you have about selling your current home and purchasing the new one. I loved that there were no, "surprises" in the process. He was open and honest about the process every step of the way. He was readily available whenever we needed him, even late at night when questions popped up out of the blue. Once you work with Ryan, you will never work with anyone else again. He is our agent for life!

Not only did we get an absolute steal on our house, but we got a steal on our real estate agent Ryan Breeden. Ryan's attention to detail, sense of urgency and his commitment to get us the best deal was over the top. Buying a house is a significant investment and it's absolutely imperative that you have someone like Ryan that can level set with you on the realities when purchasing a home. Also, it was great to have someone on your side that is fighting for you to maximize every detail to your advantage so that you're getting the absolute best deal you can get. His experience in the real estate market really showed and we will definitely use him again if we ever have to buy a house.

We have purchased 3 homes over the past 40 years and each time it seems that our agent forgot something or something went wrong in the process of purchasing the home or there was an issue at settlement...until we purchased a property through Ryan Breeden from Long and Foster Real Estate in Columbia, Md. In our first visit with Ryan he assured us he would be available to show us as many homes as we wanted to see and had a list ready for us.
The one thing that impressed me the most about Ryan was, he never said anything negative about a property that we looked at. He always made positive comments about a particular room or some way we could make a change to the property.
There was one property that we were interested in and I noticed a small spring behind the house. He suggested we wait on putting in a bid so he could check on the flood plain in the area. It turned out that it was a major flood plain and we would need extra insurance. Needless to say we decided against putting a bid on the property and instead put a bid in for another property.
Ryan guided us through the negotiation process and did the comps in the area to ensure we got the best price for the property. We did get the property and just love it. During settlement Ryan was ready with all the important papers and our settlement went smoothly without any issues at all.
I would highly recommend using Ryan Breeden as a Real Estate Agent. He is highly professional, friendly and is very quick to respond to any and all of your needs during the house hunting process.