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.
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.
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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