We're so glad we worked with Josh! As first time buyers, we really needed help both learning how to buy a house, and a partner for finding our perfect place. Josh was great for both - his knowledge and patience throughout this process has been invaluable, and helped us get our perfect first home. We'll certainly be recommending him to all our friends!

Josh and Danielle were terrific! We needed a place in SF that we could lock and leave because we live most of the year in Colorado. Josh was great at showing us so many great properties and we were able to find what we were looking for in only a couple of days. He was a great agent and ALWAYS returned my call or text with whatever questions I had very promptly. We are so happy with their knowledge and service and would definitely use again whether buying or selling!

Since I’m a buyer, I primarily worked with Josh. My wife and I are from Colorado and I needed a realtor that was willing to work with an out of town client. I contacted 5 different realtors in the SF area and Danielle was the first to call me back in anything like a timely fashion. She was very helpful and hooked me up with Josh who was great. I told him when I would be there to look at properties and he lined up several showings for me and I was actually able to find a place and make a decision on it in two days! He was also great about getting back to me promptly whenever I had a question. I would definitely use Danielle and Josh again whether buying or selling!

We recently closed on our first ever home (condo) purchase, and Josh Ortiz from Vivre played a pivotal role in that. Josh came with a strong recommendation from a friend, and we understand why! In our initial conversations, Josh gave us helpful advice on how to approach the house search, timelines, and setting ambitious yet realistic expectations. He was quick to grasp our needs and what we were looking for, and made sure we were aware of listings that fit those criteria. He is also extremely organized and responsive – whenever we found a listing we liked, we could count on Josh to quickly follow-up with the listing team and get us more information. We wanted to work with a real estate agent who had deep familiarity with the local SF market, and Josh delivered. It is clear that he has built strong relationships within the local real estate community,...

Josh was our buyers agent for our first home and was incredibly helpful at every step of the way. He did a great job at communicating with the sellers on our behalf, engaging in research for us, and answered every single question we sent him in a timely manner. We had a last minute panic because our lender was Silicon Valley Bank - when their closure came to light, Josh immediately jumped into action and started collecting rate sheets from other lenders for us. Fortunately we were still able to use SVB, but Josh's professionalism in that moment shows how much he shines.

I worked with Josh Ortiz (at Vivre) as a buyer, and he was just awesome. He knows the SF market and its dynamics backwards and forwards, and provided expert guidance and great advice at every step along the way. He gave me a very early heads up about the property which I ended up buying, knowing it would be a great fit for me, so that I was the first person to contact the selling agent. He gave me great advice on pricing and negotiating strategy, communicated seamlessly with the seller, and got me the property that I wanted (and his prediction of the final selling price after a bit of a bidding war was very accurate). Besides being a consummate and very effective pro, Josh is super laid back and easy going, very pleasant to work with, and this helped me deal with all of the stress and anxiety...