I purchased my current home with Rainmaker about a decade ago! Alex paired me with the right…read moreperson on his team to work with. I always felt I could go to either of them with questions and concerns. Through the years, we've stayed loosely in touch. Recently I asked Alex his thoughts on a second property, sharing my concerns and parameters. He had/has really good ideas, has experience with handling different situations, and I didn't/don't feel at all pressured to purchase. When it comes, hoping the second time goes just as well!

We never thought we could get the dream home after seeing the massive traffic at the open house,…read morebut Yao Li made the impossible happen! She is incredibly knowledgeable, strategic, and resourceful, navigating this competitive market with expertise. Her support didn't stop at closing--the unexpected and valuable after-sale service (including offering resources & connections to help fix small issues) truly sets her apart. We are immensely grateful and feel lucky to have had her as our agent.

Twelve years later, here we are again with the Alex Aung Cupertino Real Estate Consultant team…read more In a world rushing toward AI for every answer, what stood out this time is something no algorithm can replicate: human judgment, patience, and care. Alex never once pushed us to make an offer. He did the opposite, asking quiet questions that helped us figure out what we actually needed in a home, and what we could live without. Yuchi made sure our finances were rock-solid before we wrote anything. She reminded us to budget for the nice-to-haves and steered us clear of money pits. Before submitting our offer, Alex walked us through the comps he'd prepared and, surprisingly, suggested we go in lower. In a moment when ceasefires get torn up every other week and the world feels uncertain, that lower number turned out to be exactly right. Behind the scenes, Alex paired our written offer with a strong verbal follow-through. We were shielded from the rest. Accepted as written. Two offers with Alex and Yuchi, 12 years apart. Both accepted on the first attempt. Yuchi is now voluntarily and unofficially project-managing our Sunnyvale home upgrade, taking time out of her schedule to visit stores and walk through options with us like it's her own place. Whether you're house hunting in the Bay Area, casually browsing, or just uncertain about whether now is the right time, reach out to Alex. You'll know right away you're in good hands.

Buying/selling a home in the Bay area can be crazy and stressful and we couldn't have done without…read moreAlex Aung Cupertino Real Estate team. We've both purchased and sold multiple properties with them all in Silicon Valley area and every time it has been nothing, but smooth experience and they exceeded our expectations. They are very experienced with entire Bay Area especially San Jose real estate market, which makes their expertise invaluable for us. We found that their incredibly detailed home price technical analysis report, prior to each offer we made is extremely useful and is very precise, unbiased, and well aligned with today's rapidly moving market and this ultimately guide us in securing our dream house confidently knowing we did not over bid more than needed to be in the game of bidding war in such a current competitive market. They also took their time to thoroughly review each inspection reports and disclosures with us, prior to each offer we make to make sure the property of interest has no hidden major repairs or red flags before proceeding with our offers . This again gives us great confidence in deciding whether to proceed with our offer or not. There were a few times they stopped us from proceeding further with offer due to costly foundation repair although the home is visually appealing on open house visit and other time with city's natural gas pipeline being too close to the back yard. There are many other incidences where their unbiased input was critical to our decision making on offer. They make sure that we as home buyer make the ultimate call on what price to offer with best of our interest. They work very transparently and truly have their client's interest at heart every step of the way in our home buying journey. From the get-go, they introduced us to a loan officer, proven track record of closing many home loans in a given time with best interest rate, from a competitive mortgage lender to get our pre-qualified loan approved, identifying our desired locations based on our family needs, help reviewing the reports and disclosures for red flags or negotiating and presenting relentlessly with seller on our offer to get it accepted in this multiple bid situations. What separate Alex Aung Cupertino Real Estate team from many other real agents in the Bay area is that they did not stop looking out for their clients right after the escrow is closed. When we needed to remodel our new house, they introduced us to their trusted and pool of resources, from their home builder network from structural engineer, licensed contractors, handymen, plumbers, heating/cooling electricians, painters and etc. They stepped-in and negotiated every quote for us. Just to make sure we are not getting ripped off and also get the best quality work for the amount money we needed to spend that give us ultimate peace of mind. Overall, we had great experience working with them every time. We will definitely go back and ask them to represent as our real estate agent next time whether home buying or selling comes along. We would not hesitate to recommend them to anybody.

Catherine Qian is one of the best real estate agent I have worked with.. I sold my house in 2007,…read moreshe strived to work very professional towards preparing my house to be ready and put on the market at shortest time. By listening her advise, I sold my house at top price without any stress. I appreciate her professional and calm working style. And I will recommand her to any my friends and co-worker and whoever is thinking of buying or selling. She is also very friendly and caring... Christine

Hanh and Chris shols have helped us sell our home as a " Short Sale" It was a very difficult and…read moreemotional time for us but their professionalism, dedication, kindness and patience will forever be appreciated. They worked very hard for us and I know it was not easy dealing with the bank, in the end thanks to Hanh and Chris we sold our home! I would highly recommend Hanh and Chris to my family, friends and co workers and who ever is thinking of buying or selling their home. Luis Arturo and Maria

We recently closed on a multi-unit property and the entire process was a great experience due to…read moreour realtor Mai Vang. From the beginning, Mai was extremely professional and actively engaged with us during our property search. She listened to the types of properties we were interested in acquiring and helped keep our expectations realistic. Mai updated us about listings that were within our budget and communicated with us on a regular basis. Once she had some potential properties she put together financial analyses for us with different payment scenarios. These analyses were extremely helpful in determining which property was financially right for us as an investment. Mai was always available to meet face to face to discuss the properties. She took the time to review the property disclosures and explain key aspects of these documents to us. Also, she was flexible with our schedules and responsive to all of our inquiries via text, phone call or email. When the time came to put in offers, she thoroughly explained the process to us and always had our best interests in mind with the contracts. Mai was integral in helping our offer get accepted and we were soon on our way to a quick closing. She was able to recommend several lenders she had worked with in the past for our loan. During closing, Mai maintained communication with our loan officer to ensure timely processing of our paperwork. She also actively continued to be the liaison between us and the seller's agents/sellers. Mai timely conveyed any transaction needs and documents to us during closing. She was also present at signing and made sure any of our outstanding questions were answered. Mai nicely compiled all our of property documents into a bound booklet for easy reference and generated a task list for us to complete as the new owners of the property. Buying a property can be a confusing and stressful process, especially as a first-time buyer. Working with Mai as our realtor was anything, but that. She was easy to work with and very informative during the investment property process. After our experience, we highly recommend Mai Vang to help you with your future property transactions.

Mai really knows commercial real estate and she always looks out for the best interests of her…read moreclients. I also like the fact that she is very numbers oriented and developed her own analysis tool to evaluate the projects we work on. Ray...Peninsula

I worked with Tim from the Ivy Group for years as he assisted me with my rental home. His guidance…read moreand practical judgment helped me keep my home and acquire another. Forever grateful to you Tim!

Tim is widely respected in the commercial real estate community for good reason. He combines deep…read moremarket knowledge with strategic thinking and a collaborative approach that makes him stand out. Even in conversations, it's clear he brings integrity, creativity, and a solutions-oriented mindset to his work. He's the type of professional you want in your corner on complex transactions.

As first-time homebuyers in the Bay Area, we couldn't have asked for a better realtor than Haylen…read moreReal Estate! The market is incredibly competitive, but Helen and Janely made the entire process feel manageable and clear from start to finish. They were patient, responsive, and took the time to explain everything so we felt confident in every decision. Their expertise and strategy truly made a difference, and we always felt like they had our best interests at heart. We're so grateful for their guidance and would highly recommend them to anyone -- especially first-time buyers in the Bay Area! I recommend them to anyone looking to buy a home in the bay area.

Excellent guidance prior to sale. We're able to sell in 4 days with multiple offers above asking.read more

I have another overdue review for one of the Dave Clark team staff members. (I used Dave Clark Team…read moreto buy and sell a total of 3 properties in the past two years.) Hannah was an amazing agent who helped me purchase a three bedroom condo during January of this year She was extremely efficient working with the seller's agent. She negotiated a $10K reduction in the selling price for me on top of the price which had been reduced. After escrow closed, Hannah helped me locate a few good contractors and vendors for some of the renovation needs I wanted in my new property. Hannah responds well whenever I ask her for help and on the day I moved into new apartment, she even sent me a congratulatory phone call. Thank you Hannha, you are wonderful!

Elena Clark gave us excellent advice. She listened to us and understood us and communicated very…read morewell throughout the process. We're glad we chose to trust her with the sale of our house and we highly recommend her.

We bought a house in the peninsula and sold our previous one with Mini. She was fantastic to work…read morewith. She knows the market, has the right network, never pushes, has good connections for home renovations and loan officers, and overall just made the process very easy. We found our right home in a couple of months of working with her and she got the house for us!! The selling process was also very seamless with her. She sat down with us to fill out the forms and helped every way along the process. I 100% recommend Mini to all my friends in the area.

Incredible Real Estate Agent! Best in class, empathetic, competent, sweet, and a shark when needed…read morewhile negotiating. Her team of staging and prepping the home was incredible and efficient. I highly recommend Mini Kalkat.

Nonresponsive, does not follow contract, and does not take accountability. Mary Jane was great in…read morethe beginning and had a great presentation that drew us in. We were up front about our financial situation and she gave us some options to upgrade my grandmother's house. Soon she stopped doing what she said she would do and stopped communicating with us. She did not call us weekly with updates as she said she would and would not acknowledge our complaints or take take accountability for her actions. We finally asked for our contract to be cancelled. She said we would receive a copy the following day. We did not receive the cancelled contract nor did we receive a phone call on why. For days later she suddenly said we got our 1st offer, but we still not receive the contract. We were then told it was up to her broker to cancel the contract. She also followed up with an email stating it would be both parties best interest to continue with contract to avoid litigation. We felt threatened. Going to mediation for disagreements was in the contract, but litigation. We had a meeting with Mary Jane and her broker. The broker said he would call us the following day with his decision. It has been over a month since we heard from either Mary Jane or her broker. Do NOT trust Intero! They take advantage of people and violate contacts.

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My wife and I are first time home buyers and Manu was our realtor…read more We got our dream house with her but I'm going to try and be objective in this review. Manu has been in the business for a long time now. The connections she has came in clutch multiple times. We got a phenomenal interest rate through her contact, got really helpful escrow people, and had multiple instances of going to open houses and name-dropping her as our agent. People in the business recognize her. You have to understand what you get with Manu though. She played every single move the safest way it could be played. We didn't put multiple offers - only one house at a time. We had contingencies to protect our bids from bad evaluations. Even celebrating the closing was only Manu-approved after the loan was approved and the docs were signed. All of which I appreciate because I'm fairly risk averse. Manu's team is a powerhouse. She made every deadline with room to spare. She was also really good at dealing with my bad mood and stress (real estate is brutal). Although towards the end I think she was a little grateful to be done with us lol. Her MO is also to give you a customized portal in MLS for houses but full honesty, my wife and her house hunting doom scrolling probably found more houses. The house we ended up buying too didn't make it through the filters. She also only comes to open houses after you like them. So she's not going to spoon feed you everything but she makes those expectations pretty clear straight away. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that her advice was a big part of why we stepped up from looking at smaller townhouses to a single family home. No regrets there. Now one month into living at the new house, we did learn some things the hard way like home warranties are fairly useless, Yelp and Home Depot are your best friends, and if you call someone for a free inspection, they're honor bound to find something stupid for you to have to fix. So yeah again, you're not going to be spoonfed everything. So why 5 stars? I did get my dream house. And this whole experience was possibly the most stressful thing I've ever done in my life. Through it, Manu and her team were a good group of people to have in my corner.

Manu is a realtor par excellence. She recently guided us through both buying and selling our home…read morein the Cupertino area. Managing these two processes at the same time can be quite stressful, but Manu's expertise made it feel seamless. Before meeting her, we had spoken with several other realtors, and the experience felt overwhelming. With Manu, it was immediately clear that she has deep knowledge of local schools and neighborhoods. She is very competent, straightforward, and gets you results without any gimmicks. Her negotiation skills are impressive, and thanks to her, both our purchase and sale went smoothly. She is also very practical--recommending only the essential upgrades that truly add value--and connects you with reliable contractors to get things done efficiently. We highly recommend her--she is truly everything she claims in her radio ads and more!