We just bought a new home with Debbie, Danielle and the SF Hotlist team. The experience went really well. Debbie is super knowledgeable when it comes to the SF real estate market. Her relationships with the other agents around the city helped us get the information we needed to navigate the craziness of the SF real estate scene.

What I learned about this process is that there is a A LOT that needs to happen between getting an offer accepted and actually closing a month later. We definitely wouldn't have made it through that complicated part of the process without guidance / heavy lifting from Debbie and Danielle and their team. So when you are looking to choose an agent, make sure to get a sense of how your agent will help you navigate the second half of the buying process.

We don't plan to buy / sell a home again anytime soon. But if we did, I would definitely recommend the SF Hotlist team.

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Danielle and her team (I worked primarily with Debbie, who is fantastic) are top-notch in terms of reputation, expertise, professionalism and dedication. I could not recommend them more highly and spoke with (and even worked with) several other agents during my house hunting process.

She and Tanya were really unbelievable in the way they helped sell my condo. I would recommend them without any hesitation.

We had a wonderful experience working with Sasha and the SFhotlist team.  They helped us navigate the competitive SF market and we ended up with a place in a prime location while staying within our budget.  Sasha was responsive and resourceful when answering questions and we felt supported throughout the entire process. Her knowledge and instincts of the market turned out to be spot on every step of the way.  And in addition to real estate expertise, she is pleasant, personable and a really nice person to work with.

Danielle is by far the BEST real estate agent we have known. She is smart, efficient and highly communicative. Her strength is the TEAM of professionals who work to support her----they are precise, focused and keep things moving in a timely fashion. No team can work well without a leader and Danielle is indeed a superb LEADER. She has deep and strategic understanding of the SF market. She priced our condo in The Hayes ( 55, Page Street) just right, understood our desire to sell it within a tightly specified time-frame and indeed was able to do so well above the listing price! We would highly recommend her to all who want to buy or sell in SF.
Ravi/Anu Arora

PS: Before we forget, ZENA on the team was OUTSTANDING------kept us informed just about everything in real time!

I was unsure of selling my mother’s home of 56 years because of the history my family and I enjoyed and the home was my mother’s pride and joy. But, reality set in and I had to make the tough decision to sell. I wanted a realtor experience with the Bernal Heights community and deliver the selling price I felt was reasonable. After meeting Michael I knew he was the one that would make my wishes manifest.  I told him, “I trusted your expertise and whatever you decided”. I was not disappointed! Michael, Danielle and their team sold my mother’s home within two weeks. Awesome! Not only was I satisfied with their professionalism and hard work my siblings were amazed as well. I highly recommend Michael and Danielle for your real estate needs. “TRUST THEIR JUDGEMENT AND YOU’LL BE PLEASED AT THE RESULT”. Thanks Michael, Danielle and the team
Sincerely,

Chris Simien and family

I worked with Lucas Sorah for my home buying process, and from the start he was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and excited to work with a first time home buyer. We sat down a few times before officially starting looking for houses to discuss the SF market, different neighborhoods, my likes and dislikes, and what the process would look like moving forward.

Once we started process of getting the loan approved and narrowing in on neighborhoods, it was clear that Lucas was very tuned in to the market dynamics of the city. We placed an offer on a house over the asking, but under what Lucas had recommended, and the house sold to someone else for exactly the price Lucas thought it would! The same held true for houses that we didn't end up placing an offer on, but that were sold within a few days of being on the market.

So when we found a place that we thought could be the one (the place was not on the market), we worked closely with Lucas on the offer and to our delight, was accepted! Couldn't be more happy to have had a good partner and someone in your corner throughout the process.

My only word of advice would be to get the loan 100% buttoned up before placing in an offer. That turned out to the be most stressful part of our experience and things would have been a lot more smooth had we nailed down that first. But then we may not have found the place we did... so I guess it all balances out!

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Danielle was our selling agent for a condo in SF.  Our experience with her could not have been better.  Our condo was prepped for sales (carpet and handyman work), staged, listed and in contract all in 3 weeks.  We used Danielle's list of vendors and were very happy with them. Danielle, Zena and the rest of the SF Hotlist team were a pleasure to work with.  They were responsive to any questions we had and kept us well informed every step of the way. They are truly experts at their craft.

I met Lucas as he was representing an open house for an incredible condo in in Bernal. It was clear this thing was going to go well over asking, and well over my budget, but still ended up having a great conversation with him.

I've been looking on and off for years, figuring there was little a buying agent could do for me more than I could do on my own with some well crafted Zillow and Redfin alerts. I'd heard of off-market listings, but every realtor I had spoken to had promised big and never delivered.

Sure enough, within a week or two of having met him, Lucas emailed me with an off-market listing in Duboce. Not the area I had been focused on, but figured i'd check it out. I'm so glad we did. Even with the rainy, dark, and miserable weather and the general clutter of an un-staged home, it was clear this could be an incredible home.

The escrow process was not without difficulties - an inept insurance salesman, an over-aggressive underwriting department of a smaller bank - but Lucas worked closely with the seller to guide this all to completion.

This review is slightly overdue but beyond warranted nonetheless. We worked with Sasha Lupercio of the SF Hotlist team and with Danielle in a more peripheral sense. It was a fantastic experience! We started searching in January and closed on a property by mid-March! considering that we were new to the SF area and market (just moved from Philadelphia August 2016) we were full of trepidation. Luckily, the process was very smooth. I would say the plus side to working with this team is that they are very very responsive and hyper-realistic about your goals and what works financially for their clients. Considering the market we never thought we would end up in a single family home in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city. Our purchase was unique as it was 'off-market' which was completely arranged by the SF Hotlist team and has made our dream-home come true. Escrow was a well thought out breeze. Additionally, their network of ancillary services is unparalleled.  I will continue to recommend them to all of our friends and family who are actively searching for their own piece of space in this city!