Make it easier for you - USCTrojanCPA on this forum, his info is below.  You'll find a ton of references for him here, I've personally used him on 3 transactions.  Easy to work with and all around good guy who knows his stuff.

Martin Mania, CPA
AgencyOne
CA BRE License # 01799007
CA CPA License # 107675
mmania001@yahoo.com
714-747-3884 cell

Hi folks,

I'm a first time home buyer and looking to buy a home in Irvine. I met some realtors by referrals from friends and recommendation from internet. Some of them are in top 100 in terms of transactions while the others don't have many transactions.

Speaking to the top realtors, I got the impression that they are well aware of the market and gave us reasonable market analysis and forecast, which is a great selling point. Also, they emphasized on their network to find good listings and make a strong offer.

For the other realtors, they seemed more focused on our life style and trying to find the home based on it. And, they mentioned that they can take more time on us than other agents who have a lot of transactions. Also, mentioned that the top realtors may look over things as they're busy and tend to delegate their work.

Can you please give us general advice on finding a realtor especially for a first time home buyer?

I hope your advice will be helpful for other home buyers as well.

Hey guys - Any good local flooring companies recommendations?  I'm looking to re-do flooring for a new construction to a few months.

Venetian and Tompkins were the top 2 when I was vetting.

Tompkins went above and beyond for me, the floors that came in were not even close to the sample, they took it all back and said we'll give you your deposit back if you want to hold off on flooring.  The one we picked wasn't something that every company had a similar color of, too bad, now we're probably going to wait a couple of years until the kids get older to start shopping again.

I checked the Pizza Hut site thinking I may order the Detroit pizza for dinner and it wasn’t on their website. I wonder if you have to call in the order :-(

Playing musical chairs where half the players are employed by the guy running the music.