Meredith Drews

Meredith helped us sell our home after it had been on the market for over a year and then guided us through buying our next place. Shes so knowledgable and experienced which really helped calm my nerves! She stayed positive, patient and proactive the whole time, kept us informed, and handled the details so we didn’t have to. She came up with so many creative ideas to move forward in a really tough market and we felt comfortable with the ideas she proposed. It worked! We ended up with a smooth sale and a home we’re excited about. Highly recommend for anyone who needs a realtor who won’t give up until you have what you want. Your terms! Excellent help!

Source: Zillow

We trusted Meredith with helping our family make a cross-country move into a home we only saw virtually, and we are so happy we did. Meredith went above and beyond helping our family not only purchase the home but set up amazing local vendors for all of our needs prior to arriving. She was there for us prior to hiring her, and after! I wish I could hire her as my own personal Aliso Viejo assistant!

Source: Zillow

Meredith was an absolute pleasure to work with throughout our rental search and move-in process. From the first showing through signing the lease and getting our keys, she was responsive, professional, patient, and genuinely kind.

My wife and I had plenty of questions along the way and Meredith always took the time to explain things clearly and make sure we felt comfortable with each step. She helped coordinate everything from the application and lease details to HOA information, move-in logistics, and key pickup, and she made the entire experience feel incredibly smooth.

What we appreciated most was how personable and attentive she was. We never felt like just another transaction. She helped make a major life transition feel exciting rather than stressful.

We absolutely love our new home and are so grateful Meredith was the one who helped us get there. We would gladly work with her again and highly recommend her to anyone looking for someone trustworthy, responsive, and easy to work with.

Source: Zillow

Meredith is simply amazing, I could not have asked for a better real estate agent. We had a complicated situation, needing to sell an old family home while not living locally, but she handled all the complications with ease and we always felt like we were getting her immediate attention when any hurdles came up. She knows the market inside and out, gave us great advice, outlined an easy to understand timeline/flowchart of how the process was unfolding, and in general had the situation under control at all times. AND her fees were extremely reasonable, especially given some of our special circumstances. She is a consummate professional and tireless advocate, and you will be happy you chose to work with her.

Source: Zillow

DO NOT HIRE MEREDITH DREWS
After closing over 100 real estate transactions, I’ve seen what strong professional service looks like — and what falls short. By my mid-30s, I had built a portfolio of 51 properties that includes apartment buildings, commercial buildings, 20+ retail locations I operated as part of my primary business, coastal beachfront homes (including three properties on Beach Road in Dana Point), additional residential properties in San Clemente, Capistrano Beach, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Palm Springs, and Lake Arrowhead, plus a corporate office, warehouse and distribution center in Irvine Spectrum for my own business. In that time, I’ve come to expect solid listening skills, responsiveness, professionalism, objectivity, and attention to detail from real estate professionals.
This agent demonstrated what effective property mismanagement looks like in practice. She lacked objectivity from early on and appeared to have formed strong preconceived opinions that served her own agenda rather than our needs. We wanted nothing more than a positive resolution and worked very hard toward that outcome, but the process did not move forward due to the roadblocks she created. As a result, we spent more than three months on the process before it became clear it was not advancing productively. When we pointed out clear errors and incorrect information she had shared, she went completely silent and refused to respond. Instead of correcting the mistakes or acknowledging them, she doubled down on her inaccurate claims, insisted our information was wrong, and stood by her opinions as if they were facts — even though extensive research confirmed she was incorrect and not dealing in objective facts.
I’ve never had a problem owning my own mistakes or apologizing when I’m wrong, so it particularly pains me to encounter professionals who refuse to take accountability. Even worse, the person she works with — another individual associated with her firm who was also involved in this matter — showed the exact same pattern. When that person made a mistake, they doubled down instead of owning it, then lashed out by yelling at my wife over the phone while she was sick in bed with COVID. This level of unprofessional and disrespectful behavior from people who are supposed to help clients is unacceptable.
I deeply regret ever engaging with her and her associates. This was a total regret — we wasted significant time and money only to realize at the end that the outcome appeared predetermined from the start. The misleading information, refusal to take accountability, lack of objectivity, and poor treatment were completely unacceptable and, frankly, sad and unfortunate. If this is how she and her team handle experienced clients, I can only imagine the frustration and regret they cause for others.
Buyers and sellers — especially anyone who expects clear communication, fairness, professionalism, and basic respect — should avoid any transactions with her and anyone connected to her. I hope others see this before making the same mistake.

Source: Zillow