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Homeseller’s Handbook – Your Guide to a Fast Sale for Top Dollar

Now **Corey Chambers, Broker** California DRE#01889449

How to Be Certain You Select & Hire the Best Agent to Sell Your Property!

The Chambers Team

www.WeSellCal.com

Entar® Real Estate and Investment Technologies

Dear Homeseller,

Thank you for taking a look at this collection of important information about the sale of your home. For most people, the sale of their home is one of the five most important financial transactions of their entire life. All real estate agents are definitely NOT the same, so you want to select the one you trust to handle the sale of your home most carefully. The information I have provided can help you do that. Please do NOT hire an agent until you have read the enclosed material.

In the last 12 years, I have helped numbers of people with their Real Estate transactions. Many have come to me only after having horrible experiences, false starts, and long delays. I would like for you to avoid all the frequently made mistakes and enjoy the End of smooth experience that occurs when working with a true professional.

For some people, selling their home is a natural life milestone to be celebrated. For others, the sale may be motivated by a career move or transfer, a change in finances, or something else not of their choice, so the sale of the family home is a difficult decision. Either way, you simply do not need added stress of promises not kept, confu.sion, unnecessarily large numbers of unqualified “lookers” marching through your home at all hours, and pricing and presentation mistakes made that cost you tens of thousands of dollars. The information I’ve sent can help you avoid all of this.

I look forward to hearing from you and to being of service.

Sincerely,
Corey Chambers
213-880-9910
corey@coreychambers.com

List of information enclosed here:
4 The Biggest Mistake a Homeowner Can Make When Interviewing Agents
6 Real Estate Agent Selection Factors
9 Your Personal Shortlist and 13 Key Questions to Ask Agents
10 Top 4 Mistakes to Avoid
13 Facts and Answers to Selection Criteria
14 About the Exclusive Chambers Citywide Buyers’ Network
16 Who Hires The Chambers Team?
18 Warning & Shocking Fact All Homeowners Should Know Al:Knit
20 The Chambers Team — 6 Satisfaction Guarantees
22 Who Will Write the Ad That Sells Your House?
24 Prestige Real Estate Marketing Plan

The Biggest Mistake a Homeowner Can Make when Interviewing Agents…

There is a lot of questionable advice out there from “personal finance experts” on TV or from friends and family. They tell you, “Interview 3 or 4 or 5 agents. then pith one.” When somebody tells me that, what they,e going to do, I ask: “What criteria are you going to use to compare them, judge them, and pick oner Many admit that they don, know. They are going to spend 3, 4, or 5 evenings interviewing different real estate agents with no pre-determined way to pick the one they will ultimately trust to handle one of the biggest and most important financial events of their life!

Let me give you a comparison you may or may not know. When a company decides to hire somebody for an important job, let’s say one that costs the company $100.000.00 or $200,000.00 a year, they have a pre-determined set of questions – a set criteria they will use to judge the people they interview. They know in advance what they are looking for. To do otherwise is to play ‘Blind Archery’. and that’s dangerous! They NEVER interview 2 bunch of people and go with the one they “like”. Or rely on, “He or she seemed nice, No, they use reason and logic. You are hiring somebody to do a very important job You should NOT play ‘Blind Archery.’

You need to know in advance he kind of agent you want, the things that are most important to you, the sm. questions to ask. For example. is the agent, track record at getting top dollar more or less important to you than the commission they quote you? Is the fact that they are a lone wolf and may be constantly and immediately accessible to you more important than their success percentage or the percentage of homes they list that actually sell? And on and on. In the following page, you will read through a fist of different “Selection Factors” to consider and weight against each other. From this list, you can make your own “Short List,” in the space provided, of the five most important things you are looking for from the agent you will hire. You also find my Facts and Answers to all of di.e Selection Factors, in abbreviated form, of course. Also included, is a list of the Top 4 Mistakes Most Commonly Made when choosing an agent. The most frequent r.ults of th.e mistakes are: the home never sells, is tied up for months, and eventually the agent is fired. The home is sold for much le. than it should have sold for, because the owner is stuck with an under-performing agent, is worn out, and just wants to get it over with.

To Get Your Home Sold, Call The Chambers Team at (213) 880-9910
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Your Guide to a Fast Sale For Top Dollar

Real Estate Agent Selection Factors

WARNING: Not all of these criteria will leave you with the most money in your pocket. Some of them are, quite frankly, common Seller traps. Read on for more information.

Rank each item, 1-8 (1 = Not Important To You; 8 = Very Important to You)
Not Important Very Important

1 Must have strong marketing systems that will help my home stand out ys. other homes on the market.

2 must have a well thought out list price for my home that reflects current market conditions and the prices of comparable homes in my area.

3 Must have a proven track record of selling homes.

4 Must have a proven system for attracting buyers.

5 Must be able to demonstrate to me how I will NET the most amount of money possible on my home sale (i.e. how I will end up with the most money in my pocket).

6 Must demonstrate that my listing is important and explain the systems they employ to ensure that I receive regular feedback and updates.

7 Must quote me the highest list price. Must quote me the lowest commission. Must be likable and friendly; I must “feel” good about them.

Your Home Sold Guaranteed To Get Your Home Sold, or I’ll Buy It•

Chambers Team (213) 880-9910 Corey Chambers

Homeseller’s Handbook – www.WeSellCal.com

Your Personal “SHORT LIST”

From the Selection Factors on the previous page, make note of the five that are most IMPORTANT to you, starting with the MOST IMPORTANT.
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13 Key Questions to Ask Agents

1 How long have you been an active, full-time real estate agent?
2 How many homes have you listed in the last 6 months? The past year?
3 How many homes have you sold in the last 6 months? The past year?
4 What’s the average amount of time one of your listings is on the market before it sell,
5 How does your average sale price compare to the original list price?
6 How will you market my property?
7 How ma, homes are you currently marketing? more al managing m, lig., A. a km nrrrirnad Amp,
8 What can you tell me about your share of the marketplace compared to other agents in the area?
9 Do you have a Team? How many are licensed?
10 How will you attract buyers to my property?
11 How many buyers are you currently working with?
12 How will you make sure my needs are attended to?
13 Do you utilize a professional transaction coordinator to ensure a smooth closing?
To Get Your Home Sold, Your Home Sold Guaranteed Call The Chambers Team at (213) 880-9910 Call Corey Chambers for Details Today,

Top 4 Mistakes to AVOID

1 Going with the agent who promises you the the most amount of money (even if the price seems unrealistic)
2 Choosing the agent who promises to save you more: the commission rate
3 Choosing the “nice” agent
4 Choosing an agent who works alone, because you think they’ll work a lot harder and give you more personal attention

The Most Frequent Results of These Mistakes Are …

1 The inflated list price you were quoted (in order to get your listing) results in few buyers coming to view your home (because they can gee a comparable, properly priced house for less money) and you end up having to endure a series of price reductions which result in your home filially selling for BELOW its true market value.
2 A lower commission does not guarantee you will net more on your home sale. According to Real Estate consultant Bernice Ross, there is a “Big Lie” in real estate. It’s the lie that reducing the commission always results in more money for the seller. Nothing could be further from the truth. Virtually all sellers want to obtain the highest price possible for their property. No matter what you are selling, maximum exposure to the marketplace is a critical factor in achieving the highest price possible. Companies who cut services in exchange for taking a lower commission often cost clients much more than the extra one to three percent they save in commission. Depending on pricc, the cost can be tens of thousands of dollars.
3 Your agent may be nice, but this doesn’t necessarily qualify them to do the best job of selling your home. Your agent’s personality will mean very little to you if you ultimately discover that they don’t have the marketing expertise to market your home properly so it sits on the market and either doesn’t sell, or sells for lower than market value. (The Chambers Team members are all great to work with AND we have a proven system to get your home sold Fast and for Top Dollar.)
4 Your agent ends up neglecting some important steps, because they are so over-busy trying to do everything all on their own (and you end up with an inferior result).

Your Guide to a Fast Sale For Top Dollar

Facts and Answers to Selection Criteria

Your Home Sold Guaranteed or I’ll Buy It*

Fact: There is no substitute for proven, aggressive and effective marketing on your home. Effective marketing calls out to the buyers most qualified to buy your home. The right marketing on your home will say the right things, be in the right place at the right time, and compel qualified buyers to pick up the phone to find out more. The process of attracting buyers to your home cannot be left to chance. The exact words used to promote your home are critical. Our advertising is so effective that, at any one time, we are working with a database of over 4,359 qualified buyers.
Fact: According to published Real Estate consultant Bernice Ross, a lower commission does not guarantee you will net more on your home sale. There is a Big Lie in real estate. It’s the lie that reducing the commission always results in more money for the seller. Nothing could be further from the truth. Virtually all sellers want to obtain the highest price possible for their property. No matter what you are selling, maximum exposure to the marketplace is the critical factor in achieving the highest price possible. Companies and agents, who cut services in exchange for taking a lower commission, often cost clients much more than the extra one to three percent they save in commission. Depending on price, the cost can be tens of thousands of dollars.
Fact: There s a big difference between just selling your home, and getting your home sold ‘right’. There are many things to do to get your home sold for the best possible result. An agent who operates all by themselves really has to hussle to make it all happen the way it should, and it’s tough for a lone wolf’ when he/she is juggling more than one listing. Important details sometimes fall through the cracks. I know this from experience because 1 used to operate on my own. But just as doctors, lawyers and other profcmionals hire assistants to handle the small but important details that do not require their expertise, I gathered a highly talented and knowledgeable Team to ensure that you are always our top priority, that we are never too busy to address your need, and no details are overlooked.
Fact: listing a home for on unrealistically high price almost always results in an unrealistically low selling price the price a home sells for is subject to the law of supply and demand. When a home is priced too high vs. comparable homes in the area, prospective buyers won’t bother to view it. Why? Because they are able to view homes with similar features that are listed for a lower price. As a result, the home that is listed too high sits on the market fora long time causing prospective buyers to assume there is something wrong with it. In order to get things moving a price reduction is often required, and in the end, the home can end up selling for much less than it would have if it had been priced correctly in the first place.

Who Hires the Chambers Team?
In general, here are the people who most frequently hire The Chambers Team and Why…

CEO’s, Executives Business Owners
Why? Because they run their businesses as “Teams,” so they understand and appreciate The Chambers Team System. These people are accustomed to bringing people who play different, specialized roles together as a team, and know that to be the most productive approach to complex situations — rather than having one person trying to juggle all the balls, wear all the hats. They know from their own experience that no one person can be good at everything.

Sales Professionals & Marketing-Oriented Entrepreneurs
Why? They quickly recognize the benefits of The Chambers Team’s sophisticated System for selling homes as quickly as possible & for top dollar. They have the background and experience

to understand the power of the multi-media, multi-step System that Corey Chambers has perfected. They respect the fact that Corey pays to use Craig Proctor’s marketing System, and to be trained and coached by Craig — including 400 + top producers, including several Thy 10 Agents from major franchises! They see, quite simply, that The Chambers Team does more things simultaneously to get their home sold.

Doctors, Hospital Administrators & Nurses
Why? Like the cxecutives, they are thoroughly familiar with the benefits of a Team Approach. It is the way they work all the time.
Exceptionally Busy People
Why?
Because The Chambers Team’s System features methods of marketing and selling their home that minimizes their involvement

and inconvenience. For example we rarely hold a traditional “Open House.” That’s because agents tend to use your home to find buyers to work with. Those buyers rarely buy the open house they come to. We find buyer’s without displacing our clients for bag Saturday and Sunday open houses. Our preselection and quail ,ing process reduces the number of people who troop in and out of the home with no real interest in it or ability to buy it immediately.
People Who Are Not Real Estate Investors or Experts Why? Most successful people have become expert in what they do, in their occupation, profession or business. They have not had the time or inclination to also become expert in finance, investments, real estate and real estate law. They do not want a “rookie” or a part time “dabble’ handling one of the most significant Financial transactions of their lives They want someone
supervising every aspect of the sale of their home that is a leading authority and globally recognized expert with many years of successful experience. In short, they want the best person they can get.
People Who Do Not Have Time for “Do-Overs” Why? Corey tends to attract the client who wants it done right the first time. That’s because Corey sells 98% of the homes he lists — compared to the MIS average success rate of around 84%. If you hire the wrong agent, after weeks or even months go by without your home being sold, you have to start all over again with a new agent Many sellers go through these three times before getting their home finally sold – and then they tend to compromise their price severely. The homeowner who is determined to get it right the first time compares Corey’s track word to others, and makes the obvious choice.

WARNING & SHOCKINC: FACT
72% of ALL Home Sellers DO NOT Go Back to the Some Real Estate Agent to do Another Transaction!

① Poor communication ② Over-promised, under—delivered results ③ Promised a selling price far from reality ④ Promised speed of sale far from reality ⑤ Were less experienced than they presented themselves to be ⑥ Wasted a lot of time showing the home to unqualified possible buyers ⑦ Left out a critical detail ⑧ Lack of professionalism ⑨ Hard to get a hold of ⑩ Didn’t market my home properly ⑪ Never showed my home ⑫ Too pushy ⑬ Did not help stage my home for sale ⑭ Didn’t keep in touch/no feedback ⑮ Lack of representation ⑯ Poor negotiating skills ⑰ Sold my home for low price ⑱ Too busy ⑲ My home did not sell ⑳ Didn’t do anything I couldn’t have done myself

Well, our most recent Client Survey shows that 96% of our clients say they WOULD come back to The Chambers Team! Here’s why!

“Corey Chambers helped us to sell our home for 101% of asking price, all cash, 24% faster than the average sale in the building. Corey then helped us to find a larger home and to negotiate a fair price with repairs included. He was very responsive to calls and if he didn’t know the answer to a question that we had, he always found the answer out in a timely manner. We plan to use Corey again in future real estate transactions and highly recommend him to others.” — Tammy Johnson and Mike Barker

‘‘Corey is the best realtor I have worked with by far. He is the most intelligent, intuitive, resourceful and creative realtor I have ever encountered. I will recommend him to everyone I know without any hesitation. He has been so patient with me which I really appreciate and has always listened to me. He had real conversations with me weighing the pros and cons of different options. He never once lost patience or got frustrated. I am so happy to have found Corey.” – Lauren Han

How does The Chambers Team Get a 96% Satisfaction Rate? See the next page for our Exclusive Six Point Satisfaction Guarantees!

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Six Point 100% Satisfaction Guarantees
REALTY SOURCE Chambers Team

COMMUNICATION GUARANTEE: Because you have the entire Chambers Team working for you. The primary agent responsible for the sale of your home will either be immediately accessible to you via cell phone, or will return any of your calls within 24 hours, but usually the same day. You will not need to chase us to know what’s going on. We will, without your asking, give you an update every week on the progress and status of the marketing and sale of your property. GUARANTEE: If we fail to update you weekly or fail to return your call within 24 hours, we will give you a $200 cash credit at closing*.

HONEST PROMISES GUARANTEE: Guarantee #1 is a good example. We are not going to wildly promise you the moon and stars to get your business. We tell you what we can and will do exactly how we operate, as well as what we will not do, upfront, in clear language. When we list your home, we give you a detailed, professional service agreement in writing. GUARANTEE: If, at any time, we fail to honor that agreement, we will give you a $200 cash credit at closing*.

REALITY-BASED SELLING PRICE RANGE: We get you top dollar. Our track record and statistics prove it. But, we will never play the ‘bait-and-switch’ game of promising to get you a wholly unrealistic price just to get your listing, wearing you down with low-ball offers. Unfortunately, this goes on in the real estate business! GUARANTEE: For every 5,000 we sell your home for, below the agreed-upon price range, we will give you a $200 cash credit* (up to a maximum of $600) at closing. We will also buy your home for a pre-agreed price at any time you like*.

REALITY BASED TIMETABLE: We implement a complete marketing program to sell your home. You know in advance what will occur step by step, and will receive weekly marketing updates. We set a target range for the timing of the successful sale of your home. In many cases, we will sell your home faster. GUARANTEE: If we fail to present an offer on your home within 29 days, we will give you a $200 cash credit for each week after that dash up to a maximum of $1,000 – at asterisk. We will also by your home for a pre-agreed at any time you like*.

HONEST PRESENTATION OF EXPERIENCE AND TRACK RECORD: Everything stated about The Chambers Team throughout these materials is an accurate, factual presentation, fully supported by documentation, provided on request. GUARANTEE: If you can demonstrate that any of these statements of statistics is false, The Chambers Team will donate $400 to the charity of your choice after closing.

QUALIFIED BUYERS GUARANTEE: Nothing inconveniences a seller more than being kicked out of their home during the showing process, or accepting an offer on their home only to discover, weeks later, that the buyer cannot secure their home loan. The resulting loss of time and the distress a seller feels can be a crushing economic and emotional blow: GUARANTEE: If we ever show your home to a buyer who later tells us that they cannot afford your home, we will give you a $400 cash credit at closing.

Who Will Write the Ad That Sells Your Home?
Words Matter. Corey Chambers has written hundreds of real estate ads. Craig Proctor, our Real Estate Mentor and Coach, has written more than 100,000 real estate ads. Corey Chambers has paid thousands of dollars for the privilege of using those ads and learning how to write ads and other material, to present properties in the best light possible. And Corey personally writes or approves every ad, every flyer, and every website for every property — including yours. Consider this simple example: Backyard With Mountain View
There is one letter — not even a word — one letter that makes a significant difference. Further, there are over 100 descriptive words to choose from, to put in front of Mountain Views. Tranquil Mountain Views; Private Mountain Views; Breathtaking Mountain Views

Different descriptive words attract different types of buyers, prepared to pay different prices. There is a SCIENCE to this, perfected by Craig Proctor over 18 years, over 8,000 transaction, over One-Billion in total homes sold.

The Word Wizards Behind The Curtain

Corey Chambers and The Chambers Team members have invested tens of thousands of dollars learning ad creation from one of the best copywriters in North America. Only a very small percentage of agents have invested in teaming advertising strategies and obtaining licensing rights to use exclusive copy. Just one letter can make a difference!

To Get Your Home Sold,
Call The Chambers Team at (213) 880-9910
— Your Home Sold Guaranteed or I’ll Buy It. Cal! Corey Chambers for Details Today!

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Home Prices Over The Last Year
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How A Lack Of Listings Impacts The Market
Dispelling The Myth About Home Affordability
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Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter March 2022 – The SoCal Home

Hopefully, the Ground Hog got it Right…

All I can say is WOW!

I am busy helping people find their new homes thinking of how grateful I am for the value you bring to my real estate business, looking around out in the world I see blooms in the trees, and the days have been warmer. It looks like Spring has Sprung. For many across the country, it’s still cold, grey, and snowy! It very well could hail and snow in the foothills around LA. But one thing is for sure, this winter season is coming to an end. It does every year without fail. | PDF

Just like the weather seasons come and seasons go, so do the seasons of life. I’m sure you have noticed as I have the older I get the faster they move by. These “seasons of life” go by so fast, my hope is that you enjoy each one. Yes, some will be hot and others will be cold highs and lows. The lows we want to move by quickly, the highs we want to stay in forever sometimes.

Please know that my team and I are eager to help anyone you know wanting to make a move. So much so that we are willing to make an offer that your referrals will LOVE – AND – the Kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will love too.

Your referrals help the kids!

Go Serve Big!!! Investing In Our Southern Californian Kids

If you or a friend are thinking about selling, make sure to choose a real estate company you can trust! A real estate company with experience, proven results, and a give-back philosophy!

AND REMEMBER… Your referrals help the Kids…

We are on a mission to raise $25,000 for CHLA. We do this by donating a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles does great work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty life-threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and others. They also lead the way in helping kids come back from spinal cord injuries as well as early diagnosis of autism. Last year alone, Children’s helped over 1,000,000 kids right here in Los Angeles. BUT, Children’s relies on sponsorships and donations to provide their elite level of care, and to keep families’ expenses to a minimum. So YOUR REFERRALS REALLY DO HELP THE KIDS…

Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to my real estate sales team?

Not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but you can rest assured we are also donating to a very worthy cause.

Go Serve Big!!! Investing in the Children of Los Angeles.

A Real Estate Company that Gives Back!

Children’s Hospital LA leads the way in serving kids one patient at a time.

We are still boldly on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and we are making progress! We do this by donating to them a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know, CHLA does AMAZING work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, and others. They also lead the way in many other fields.

They can provide this care and keep patient costs to a minimum due to donations and sponsorships. We are proud to support the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles!

As in the attached story, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles provides the best pediatric medical care available anywhere in the country. To do that, CHLA needs donations to continue its leading-edge care. We proudly donate a portion of our income from real estate sales to CHLA to help them continue serving the needs of those who most need it in our Los Angeles!

Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to our real estate sales team? Not only will they benefit from our award-winning real estate service, but a very worthy cause will also benefit as well. To refer anyone considering buying or selling a home just give me a call or pass on my number. 213-880-9910.

Thank you in advance for your referrals!

You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we move forward thru this winter, please know we are extremely thankful for you and you being a special part of our business.

Go Serve Big!!! — Corey Chambers

Entar® Real Estate and Investment Technologies!

P.S. I copied and pasted the story below from the CHLA website. It better tells the story of the work they are doing.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

As a leading charitable hospital, CHLA depends on sponsorships and donations to continue its leading-edge service. We proudly donate a portion of our income from real estate sales to CHLA to help them continue serving the needs of those who most need it in Los Angeles!

A real estate company with experience, proven results, and a give-back philosophy!

Over the years of helping many families sell their homes and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you! So your referrals can rest assured that, not only will they get the award-winning service we are known for and the guarantee to back it up, but that a solid portion of the income we receive will go toward helping the kids.

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move:

You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to someone you know considering a move.

Of course you can always call me direct as well at 213-880-9910

Why I support Childrenʼs Hospital Los Angeles

I grew up right here in the Greater Los Angeles Area, born in Los Angeles County at St. Francis Hospital. I remember when I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a nasty disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay closer attention to the work they do at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard-working health care professionals, most making their home right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people overcome unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles Area California native, I take pride in supporting in a way that I can do the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallies around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s in their quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares a similar commitment to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations, we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.

Sincerely,

Corey Chambers

Two Girls Named Genesis and the Day They Got New Hearts

Published on February 12, 2022Categories: Patient Stories

How organ donations and a top-notch pediatric heart care team saved their lives.

By Stephanie Cajigal

Genesis isn’t a common name. Chances are if it was yours, you’d get really excited when you met another kid with the same one. But what about another kid in the same hospital? Who also needed a heart transplant? And then got it on the same day you got yours?

What are the chances?

Genesis the baby

Genesis Z. was born in July 2020 and welcomed into the world by her parents, Lilian and Angel, her brother Ethan, 6, and sister Annabell, 9. She seemed perfectly healthy until a routine checkup at 6 months. That’s when Genesis’ pediatrician listened to her heart and noticed the rhythm was abnormal. Genesis was diagnosed with a heart murmur and referred to a cardiologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

It was at this appointment in December 2020 that Genesis’ parents would learn how serious their daughter’s condition actually was. Her heart was failing. She needed to be admitted to the hospital’s Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) that day and put on a waiting list for a pediatric heart transplant.

“When Gen was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, I just remember hearing that heartbreaking news,” says Lilian. “I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. Because to me, she seemed completely fine. She was happy, smiling and laughing. She didn’t look sick … My world had been turned upside down.”

Genesis the teenager

A few months later, a 15-year-old girl also named Genesis was starting to not feel well. Genesis C., a shy girl dedicated to her schoolwork who loves listening to the K-pop band BTS, was tired all the time. Her mother noticed that when they ran errands together, Genesis’ mask was always hanging low on her face.

“I would tell her, ‘Put your mask on correctly,’ and she would say, ‘I can’t breathe, Mommy.’ That’s when I thought, ‘Something bad is happening that she can’t wear this mask,’” says Marisol, Genesis C.’s mother.

Things got worse. Genesis had trouble keeping food down. One day in July, while at home, she complained of a stomachache, began to vomit, and fainted. Her parents took her to a nearby emergency room but were told she likely had a stomach virus and would get better.

After another fainting spell, Genesis’ parents decided to take her to a different emergency department—this time to the one at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The cardiology team took images of her heart and found that, like baby Genesis, she was in advanced stages of heart failure. She, too, needed to be admitted to the CTICU immediately.

Baby Genesis and teenage Genesis both entered Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with a poor prognosis. But on Aug. 5, 2021, everything would change. That’s when each girl would receive a donor’s heart—and a chance for a healthy life.

When a transplant is the only option

The parallels went even further. Both girls needed pediatric heart transplants because they were born with a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, says Molly Weisert, MD, a pediatric cardiologist in the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who oversaw their care.

“They came in with pretty decompensated heart failure and quickly showed they were not going to do well with medical therapy alone,” Dr. Weisert says.

People with dilated cardiomyopathy have hearts that can’t pump blood properly, explains Jondavid Menteer, MD, Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The tissue lining the heart’s left ventricle becomes thin and weak. To compensate, the heart expands to hold more blood.

“Imagine your heart is a tennis ball and you need to pump 2 ounces of blood every time you squeeze it,” Dr. Menteer says. “To do this, you have to squeeze most of the contents out. In dilated cardiomyopathy, your heart gets weaker and it can’t pump anything out, so it starts filling with more and more blood and gets bigger. The heart ends up becoming more like a basketball—it doesn’t require much squeezing to pump anything out of it. It just has to quiver a little bit and it’ll pump 2 ounces. By the time people need a heart transplant, their heart is gigantic. It’s struggling to pump just a little bit of blood.”

Both girls would need a mechanical pump called a ventricular assist device, which takes blood from the left ventricle and sends it directly into the aorta, the large artery that distributes blood throughout the body.

“Both girls were so sick we were concerned they weren’t going to be sustained while waiting for their heart transplants. Some kids can wait for months and months before an organ becomes available,” says Luke M. Wiggins, MD, attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Baby Genesis underwent surgery to have her device implanted in January; teenage Genesis’ device was implanted in July.

“Nothing prepares you to see your child totally reliant on a machine for survival,” says her mother. “I had done some research and seen pictures before she was placed on the ventricular assist device, but it’s not the same thing.”

“Both of these kids demonstrated a lot of perseverance and strength in getting through difficult first operations before getting their heart transplants,” says Dr. Wiggins.

The wait

Because parts of the ventricular assist device extend outside the body and are hooked up to a machine, it requires constant maintenance. It also means children who are on one cannot move much beyond the hospital bed.

The wait for new hearts felt endless for both families.

Teenage Genesis was in the hospital for three weeks before she was matched with a donor. She got through it with lots of text messages and video calls from her three best friends, and the support of her parents, who took turns staying with her in the hospital. Her 12-year-old cousin, Luis, who was also born with dilated cardiomyopathy and received a heart transplant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles two years before, assured her things would get better.

Some forms of dilated cardiomyopathy are inherited. In the case of teenage Genesis, each of her parents passed down mutated genes that can cause the condition.

“It was really difficult for me and my husband to get the news. It was depressing to know that she would be another person in our family who would need a heart transplant,” Marisol says.

For baby Genesis, the wait was much longer and more complicated. She experienced two strokes while on the ventricular assist device.

“Strokes are one of the most common and feared complications with any ventricular assist device,” Dr. Weisert says. “You’re introducing foreign material into the heart and into the bloodstream, and so anytime there is a plastic material blood is exposed to, it tries to form a clot on it.”

The good news is baby Genesis recovered well after both strokes. Babies’ brains tend to recover better than adult brains, says Dr. Weisert.

But the nine-month wait for a new heart was difficult on baby Genesis’ family. For about six weeks, Lilian stayed with Genesis at the hospital while her husband and mother-in-law watched Genesis’ siblings. Her husband, Angel, eventually filled in for her a few days a week and she got to see her other two children, whom she’d never been separated from before.

Lilian says it was especially tough to have to stop breastfeeding Genesis when her daughter needed to have a nasogastric tube placed to bring food to her stomach.

“It was hard, but her doctors and nurses made us feel very comfortable. We knew this was the place she needed to be taken care of,” she says.

New hearts for both girls

Dr. Weisert was ecstatic when she got a call from the Children’s Hospital transplant team on Aug. 4, 2021, telling her that they had found a heart for teenage Genesis. But when she got a call from the same transplant coordinator later that day, she just thought it was strange.

“The coordinator said, ‘We found a heart for Genesis.’ I said, ‘I know. We talked about this already,’” Dr. Weisert says.
“When she said, ‘No, little Genesis.’ I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, are you kidding me?’ I was making dinner with my daughter and dropped everything and told my husband he had to take care of things.”Genesis C. during a follow-up visit at CHLA, with Donna Guadiz, RN, Heart Transplant/VAD Coordinator

Forget the fact that two girls with the same name and the same disorder would both be getting hearts on the same day. Simply getting two organ donations in one day is unusual. Some hospitals wouldn’t even be able to do it.

“It is very uncommon to get two donors in a 24-hour period. We’re lucky to have surgeons and enough doctors that we can scale up for that kind of thing,” Dr. Menteer says.

Teen Genesis received her new heart the morning of Aug. 5. Baby Genesis received hers that evening.

Dr. Wiggins, who operated on both patients—performing the ventricular assist device placement on teenage Genesis and the heart transplant on baby Genesis—says both transplantations went smoothly. This was despite the operation being more complicated for baby Genesis since very young children often have a lot of scar tissue that remains after a ventricular assist device is removed.

“It’s important to understand the value of doing organ transplantation. Children who receive heart transplants rehabilitate very well,” Dr. Wiggins says.

Both girls are home now and recovering from their surgeries. For the rest of their lives, they will have to take daily medications that prevent their bodies from rejecting the new hearts.

“Once children recover from a heart transplant, the expectation is that they can return to day-to-day life. They can go to school, play sports, participate in whatever extracurricular activities they like,” Dr. Weisert says.

Marisol says she looks forward to seeing Genesis healthy again. “I hope one day she’s able to go to college, prepare herself for the world, and is happy and active,” she says.

As for baby Genesis, her brother and sister couldn’t believe how big she was after seeing her for the first time in nine months. At home, Lilian is helping Genesis learn to roll and sit up because her usual baby milestones were disrupted while being confined to a hospital bed.

“I can’t stress enough how much we are grateful for the opportunity that came to us, and for all the people we met at CHLA,” says Lilian. “The doctors, nurses, surgeons, transplant coordinators, and the Child Life specialists helped us through the biggest hurdle life could throw at us!”

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