This review is long overdue! We worked with Tanya Dzhibrailova and Danielle Lazier in 2011 when purchasing our first home. The whole experience was great and very smooth. They were very responsive and as soon as we were interested in making an offer on the condo they were on it. We bought the condo for a fair price and I felt like our best interests were really being looked out for.
Flash forward to January 2016. We decided to sell our house and relocate to Southern California. We reached out to Tanya and Danielle because they were so great to work with the first time and felt they would be the best to represent us in selling our home.
I had no idea how to best approach the move in terms of the logistics: packing, staging, moving out or living in the house while it was on the market, etc (all with a new baby!). After a 5 minute conversation with Danielle it seemed very obvious what the process needed to be. We moved out, the contractor came in for touch up and repairs, stager came in and made the house look amazing, there was a 2 week sales cycle with 2 weekends of open houses and a week night broker tour, and then offers were accepted. I could go on at length but in short Tanya and Danielle are awesome! Even though they are at two different agencies Tanya and Danielle really function as a team. They literally handled everything. We were kept in the loop with all the details, but they scheduled the inspections, hired the contractor, the stager, the photographer and it was all seamless to us. We were in communication throughout the whole process which was key. In talking to friends who sold their house at the same time as we did and even compared to our own experience in purchasing our new house I feel like they really went above and beyond the expectations of a real estate agent. I rarely needed to call to ask questions about anything because they had already prepared us or had called me. Before we listed the house we were asked what our priorities were. We wanted to get the best price that we could and wanted it done fast. Our expectations were truly surpassed. The offer that we accepted was much higher than we had hoped. That put us in a really good position when making an offer on our new house and ultimately we were the successful bidder. Once again it was a very smooth process and we felt very well taken care of. I know how crazy the SF real estate market is and how busy Tanya and Danielle both are, but they make you feel like you're their only client.
Just a few months ago, my husband and I made the decision to purchase a home in Bernal Heights, one of the most competitive markets in the city. We met Lucas when we attended our first Open House. He was friendly and professional, not pushy at all. We did not have a real estate agent at the time, but we fell in love with the place. We had to act fast if we wanted to make an offer. So, Lucas came to the rescue. He had actually reached out to us, just as we were about to call him. It was a perfect match!
Lucas knew we wanted to be aggressive. Being relatively competitive people, my husband and I bought into his mantra, "We're in it to win it!" We "lost" on our first offer but were more determined than ever.
Going into an open house with Lucas gave us confidence. As we walked through each house he pointed out both positives and negatives. He strategized and let us know whatever info he could get from the selling agents.
Not too long after that first offer, we fell in love with another house. We followed his advice and "won". Unfortunately that wasn't the end. We had financing issues which was totally out of his control, but Lucas came to the rescue and did what he could. He wouldn't let us lose the house and used his negotiating skills to get us an extension from the sellers, twice. Needless to say, we were stressed, but Lucas told us to hang in there.
Well, it all worked out and we were able to close and move in. Thank you, Lucas! I would most certainly recommend Danielle's team and Lucas in particular.
It is a pleasure to recommend Danelle Lazier and Michael Minson. These two are a class act. We recently sold our home in Bernal Heights and it was teriffic working with them. Their knowledge of the market was awesome and they knew how to present our home in its best light. The proof is in the putting. We received 15 offers and the home sold for several hundred thousand dollars over the asking price. In addition they run a tight ship. Everyone on their team was very friendly, prompt and knowledgeable. We were kept in the loop on every detail and there were no surprises.
We had lived in our home for 25 years and Danielle and Michael were very sensitive to the emotional side of the sale as well.
We found them because we saw a video they did for another property in Bernal. The video was so clever that we called for an interview. We had a hunch that these two were the best agents that we could get and it turned out that we were right. We could not be happier with the experience and the results.
If you are considering selling your home you need to give these guys a call! They are simply the best at what they do.
