Client Reviews

I had the pleasure of working with Z as my real estate agent and cannot recommend her highly enough. As a first-time homebuyer, I was naturally anxious about the process, but Z's patience and dedication quickly put my fears to rest. She was incredibly attentive, taking the time to thoroughly explain every step and answered all my questions. Her go-getter attitude ensured I had access to the best properties within my budget and preferences. Z's guidance and support made the entire experience go smoothly and I enjoyed working with her on my purchase. Z was a knowledgeable and caring real estate professional and the perfect choice!

Choosing the Unruh Realty Team was the first best choice we made when we embarked on our home buying experience. Their reputation as the leading realty team in Aquia Harbour is what initially drew us to the Unruh Realty Team. We quickly realized it is the personal dedication, and above-and-beyond service and commitment to their clients is what they really provide. As first-time home buyers, Mike and his staff patiently answered our questions, explained things which helped us make decisions, and met every one of our needs during the home buying experience. What we saw as a daunting and overwhelming challenge, Mike and his staff smoothed the waters and expertly guided us along the entire way. Their persistent advocacy in making sure our interests were well-represented and protected, ensuring we were able to negotiate the best deal that worked for us. This led to us closing on the house we wanted within the time frame we had as a military family. We are extremely pleased and highly recommend the Unruh Realty Team for your all your home-buying and home-selling needs. Thanks again Mike!

We were happy with the service that Mike and the Unruh Team provided. Mike provides helpful guidance at every stage of the process and was very knowledgeable of the local area and real estate market. He was a trusted resource and held frequent open houses, marketed the house on Facebook and watched over the property after we moved out of the area.

A great team to work with on the purchase of our home. They were extremely responsive and worked with us to navigate some difficult situations caused by the sellers during the contract/negotiation process.

Professional, polite, prompt, pro-active, knowledgeable and mature team. No regrets - nothing but positive - I would use them again and recommend without hesitation. We really enjoyed working with Mike and his team!!!

I can't possibly say enough about the Unruh Team!! They not only are the best in their business, but they are just amazing people. I was PCS'ing to FL for work, which is stressful enough, but on top of that I needed to sell my house, be able to make enough of a profit to reinvest the money in a new home and it needed to move fast. Mike was extremely responsive!! He came into my 1970's home and gave me wonderful advice on things I could update/fix within my home to make it more marketable; with the move my budget for these items was very small, and Mike was able to work within my budget, w/o pushing me to spend a ridiculous amount of money that I didn't have!!! I made the changes and away I went to FL; while in FL Mike and the team did EVERYTHING to get my home on the market, ready for closing and through the final sale/closing!!! I didn't have to worry about a single thing!!!! It was amazing!! At the end of it all, I had a great house, we found a buyer who appreciated it all and my home sold Above List Price, with no Home Inspection Contingency and in Just 6 Days! There are so many options when it comes to Real Estate Agents in NOVA, but put your trust and faith into the Unruh Team, I promise you will be so happy you did!!!!!

Mike worked with us for a couple of months and was instrumental helping us find and purchase our new home. Never gave up until he found THE home for us and was always willing to help and take our calls.

The second time using Unruh Team to sell a home. We quickly realized, once again, why we use them, and why we had them sell a second home. They are simply amazing, attentive, cooperative, and selfless in everything they do. From the initial meeting to closing, simply amazing customer service. We look forward to using them again to sell a third home when we are ready.

We didn’t choose the Unruh Team first and that was our only regret but once we changed agents we couldn’t have been happier because Mike and Marriah were able to sell our home when other agents couldn’t. They know the market and work extremely hard to get you the best deal they can whether your buying or selling a home, we highly recommend them. We will definitely use them in the future when the time comes....

The Unruh Team represented themselves as consummate professionals handling both the sale of my old home and the purchase of my new one like the pros they were recommended to me as...And they delivered what I can only guess few home buyers can experience: a  seamless transition between old home and new home in less 4 days' time! That's a record in my book for certain. Their representation of me on the sale of my home netted me OVER $10K more than I expected - simply stupendous! And they demonstrated your personal and professional ethics in the home purchase transaction - when the builder made a mistake and had a higher commission than was agreed to on the closing disclosure, they contacted them and had it corrected, even though it meant earning less. I will always remember that and tell everyone I know how they made my home selling and home buying experience absolutely perfect! I couldn't be happier and anyone who is lucky enough to have them as their Realtors will be happy too! 

We highly recommend the Unruh Team! They are very thorough, professional and managed the process seamlessly; generating a lot of interest and selling our house shortly after the listing went live.

5 Stars! As first time home buyers, the Unruh Team made the process very simple and answered all of our endless questions that made it easy to understand. We looked at plenty of houses but we were never pushed into making a decision right away and guided us to our perfect home! I would recommend them to everyone in the Northern VA area.

We could not have chosen a better team to handle the sale of our house. They know Aquia Harbour like no one else. They were communicative, keeping us informed along the way, got us the price we wanted and proceeded to a smooth closing. They are the absolute BEST!!

Very happy we chose to work with the Unruh team - selling our house became a quick and simple process, and they kept us informed throughout. We asked around and were told nobody was better in our area - they were right.

I previously submitted a review for the Unruh Team as our buyers agent. We recently closed on our Aquia Harbour home sale and were represented by Mike. As before, no one should consider anyone else to represent them when buying or selling. His on-line/print advertising allowed our home buyers to know in advance the house was coming on the market and schedule a 90 minute appointment the first day of it being listed. Two showings and two offers in two days. Need I say anything else...Mike "nailed" the suggested selling price and provided valuable guidance in the counteroffers. I would never consider using anyone besides Mike.

Mike and Mariah were amazing to work with. They were able to quickly get us listings in our budget and work with us on every step of the process. They were available at all times and were always happy to respond to any of the questions we have including letting us look at the property as many times as we wanted. We were first time home buyers and purchased a short sale. The process was laid out clearly and everything went smoothly thanks to their efforts. At no point did we feel pressured or uninformed about each step in the process

Here are just a few of the reasons the Unruh Team are the number 1 agents in Aquia Harbour.

They live in the Harbour and are extremely knowledgeable of the market within Aquia Harbour. As members of the community, they know how to promote the positive aspects that adds value to your homes listing.

Every step in the home selling process was handled professionally by them.

The photos for the listing. If you have spent any time at all looking at listings online then you have seen some really bad photos posted by other agents. The Unruh Team hires professionals and took hundreds of photos of our home to professionally represent our home to potential buyers.

Results. Our home sold after just the third showing. We couldn't have been happier with the effort put forth by the Unruh Team that made this possible.

The Unruh Team is the best and have proven results to back it up!

We can't recommend Mike and Marriah enough! They helped us through two lengthy real estate transactions (one short sale from the buying side, one lease-to-purchase from the selling side) with patience, competence, good humor, and lots and lots of good communication.

I have found in this life that it is more common to complain than it is to give compliments, so I have always tried to give praise when it is well deserved. Mike and Marriah Unruh are a real estate team who deserve the highest marks possible in the business of buying and selling homes. 

We were not going to move unless the “ideal” home came on the market, which of course, it did. The home was a “For Sale by Owner” and it was perfect for us in all respects. We signed on with Mike and Marriah not only to represent us in the new purchase, but also to sell our current home. With the Unruh’s guidance, quality marketing skills, and Marriah's expertise in home staging, our home showed above the competition and sold in 2 weeks with multiple offers. With the current market, this quick sale was unheard of in our area.

After a whirl wind move, we were in our new home. The previous owners had sold us the home with a home warranty, which turned out to be a good thing since all the appliances were rather old. Never having dealt with home warranties before, we did not envision the problems we ended up facing when we were due payouts for appliance repairs and replacements. We had to call our realtor more than once to intervene for us and get us the money we were due. The biggest problem was the air conditioner which completely broke down. The warranty company kept sending technicians to put band aids on the problem causing us to suffer during the extreme heat this summer and never fixing the problem. The unit was old and needed replacing, so we contacted the company to replace the unit. Because we were getting the run around from the warranty company, Michael contacted the head of the company who immediately took care of the problem and sent us a check for the maximum allowed in the warranty contract.

When the Unruh team takes you on as a client, you become much more to them. They give so much of themselves to get the job done. Their clients become their friends and they go above and beyond what is required to help them. When people work as hard as Mike and Marriah do, they deserve the highest praise. As previous clients our praise continues in the form of recommendations. We have recommended the Unruh team to many friends, several who were having problems selling their homes, and after signing up with Mike and Marriah, had successful and marvelous experiences.

We wish all business people had the same work ethics as Mike and Marriah Unruh. As far as we are concerned, the Unruh team is the best there is!

This is the second house Mike and Marriah Unruh have helped us buy. We have recommended them to many others and will certainly use them for our future purchases. They always seem to go above and beyond what is expected, and we appreciate that they take the time to do so. 

The Unruh Team is truly a buyer's/seller's dream agents. We have used them in our previous transactions in Aquia Harbour and recommended them to many other people, all of whom expressed great satisfaction. I have never worked with more professional, honest, and dedicated agents. The Unruh Team is the best there is!

Mike Unruh- Best in the world? Probably not. Best in Northern Va? Definitely! Mike as recommended to us by a previous customer who was a veteran and had extremely good service. We being veterans as well were more then happy to take a recommendation by our friend who could not stop bragging. From the time we met Mike, he listened to our needs and what we were looking for and started taking us around to various houses. Even when we changed our ideas of what we wanted, he adjusted for us and showed us more houses we were interested in. When it came time to close, he made it easy for us, walked us through everything, and even followed up with us after closing multiple times to see how we liked our new house. My wife and I were totally impressed by his services throughout our home buying experience. We would highly recommend them to any active duty, retired, or veteran of the armed forces. Even if your not a vet, I would highly recommend the Unruh Team! They go above and beyond what is required for a Realtor. If we ever buy a house again, we will definitely use them again. Mike sets the bar extremely high for anyone else. We highly recommend them.

I am writing this letter to praise the exceptional service I received from Mike. From the very first day I began looking for a home, I have experienced nothing but professionalism, dedication and honesty.

I was, admittedly, a difficult client: I am very picky, yet I wanted to see all my options; my opinion of an "ideal" home changed constantly; and I waa not willing to look higher than my set amount. Couple this with the unbelievable Spring market frenzy, and most agents would have given up on me after only a week. Mike, on the other hand, stayed solid.

He quickly learned which features appealed to me and which did not and was able to help me weed through all the "maybe's" and focus on the "definite's." He was always upbeat and positive, even when I was ready to give up. After four straight weeks of seeing or talking just about every day, after reviewing hundreds of properties on paper and visiting dozens, after writing seven different offers, his persistence and commitment paid off, and I bought the perfect townhouse, my first home purchase. Mike breaks all the negative stereotypes associated with real estate agents: he was always available when I needed him, he was honest at every step in the process, and he genuinely cared. I cannot recommend him enough, everyone I know will know to use him!