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    Team K.Ho, Kevin Ho - Vanguard Properties

    Team K.Ho, Kevin Ho - Vanguard Properties

    5.0
    (90 reviews)

    Kevin goes above and beyond as a realtor. During the home search process, he toured potential…read moreproperties and recorded videos highlighting all the relevant details, giving me a thorough preview of each home. When evaluating a property, he prioritized investigating every detail--sometimes literally digging around--to make sure it was safe and sound. He took the time to understand my priorities and helped me purchase a property I'm truly excited about. The property needed some updates and changes, and Kevin helped with the heavy lifting by making a list, identifying the key issues, and helping prioritize the work that needed to be done. When I shared everything Kevin was helping me with, friends were surprised. They said their realtors were no longer involved after the sale. Kevin clearly loves the process of matching homes with buyers. I'm grateful for his help and support.

    After relocating to Washington, we worked with Kevin and his team to sell our condo in NoPa -- and…read morewe couldn't be more grateful. We were introduced to him through a close friend who had worked with him before, and I can see why they recommended Kevin's team. Kevin is highly organized, ambitious, and one of the hardest-working people we've ever met. From the start, he came to us with a clear vision: make thoughtful improvements to maximize appeal to buyers. He handled the entire process seamlessly, managing every detail and going above and beyond to keep expectations aligned every step of the way. If you're buying or selling in San Francisco, we'd recommend Kevin without hesitation. He truly puts his heart into his work.

    Alexandra Moari

    Alexandra Moari

    4.7
    (228 reviews)

    Alexandra provided smart recommendations to improve our rental property and we changed our windows…read moreand a blinds to meet a new code for safety. We appreciate the timely advice! Thank you Alexandra!

    Alexandra Moari is exceptional. I live on the East Coast and needed someone I could trust…read morecompletely to manage my California home, and from the very first phone call, I knew I had found the right person. Even though I called at a terribly early hour by mistake, she answered with professionalism, energy, honesty, and total clarity. She handled everything with remarkable care and efficiency: preparing the property, coordinating details, marketing the home, communicating with prospective tenants, and carefully vetting applicants until she found the perfect tenant for me. Throughout the entire process, she was responsive, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and incredibly organized. Every question I had was answered quickly and intelligently, and every step was handled with real attention and care. What also impressed me was that Alexandra does not work alone. She has built a strong team around her, and that makes a real difference. Joseph and Mariana were part of that larger sense of professionalism and support, and it was clear to me that Alexandra has surrounded herself with capable people who help things run smoothly. She also has reliable handymen and other professionals at the ready, people who can step in quickly, fix problems, prepare the home, and make things happen without delay. That kind of network is invaluable, especially when you are managing a property from across the country. What truly sets Alexandra apart is her integrity. She is honest, hardworking, deeply committed, and truly represents her clients well. As an out-of-state owner, that gave me enormous peace of mind. I feel incredibly fortunate to have found her. She is now my property manager, and I would not trust my home to anyone else. Highly, highly recommended.

    Chicago Title Company

    Chicago Title Company

    2.0
    (53 reviews)

    Chicago Title stands behind their escrow agents who redacted documents, forged documents, changed…read moreclosing dates on agreements, misledgered earnest money as additional funds, and retaliated--only to later admit in a deposition that she didn't like me. After I was threatened by the investors--after two breaches with no actual buyer and no funds--that if I didn't sell to them, they'd make it so I couldn't sell at all, I called Susan Handwerk, thinking she was head legal at Chicago Title. For three months straight, I was told there were no liens on my property. But at the end of that third month, their escrow agent spent two days redacting and voiding documents, and shortly after, a lien was placed on my home. Now here's the truth: the investors never backed out--because they were never the ones buying it. They're flippers. Their game is to get someone else to buy the contract from them at a higher price so they can pocket the difference. But when their supposed end buyer backed out, they were left with nobody to fund the deal. And instead of walking away or being honest, they screwed me again--acting like I was in breach, when in reality they had no buyer, no money, and no right to the house. And what did the escrow officer do? She hid that fact--that there was no buyer, no funds--while screaming that I was in breach, setting the stage for one of their investor buddies, a Fidelity National faculty member, to file a wrongful lien on my home. A lien that the court later ruled was invalid. Because of that, I was forced to seek legal help, lost my credit, became housing unstable, and was shoved straight into poverty. I have every document, recording, email, and text message to back this up--including forged contracts with audit trails, showing signatures were copied from one app and pasted into another. I even have declarations from the end buyer--yes, the guy who backed out--admitting he walked away and forfeited his earnest money. And Susan Handwerk--the one who told me over and over again that there were no liens? The one who said she was "head legal" on a recorded call? Their own 30(b)(6) corporate rep testified under oath that she holds no legal position at all. She's basically head of the Take-Care-of-Bullshit Department--nothing more. This wasn't incompetence. This was a coordinated cover-up, a retaliatory conspiracy between escrow officers, the title company, and a tight circle of investors who all knew exactly what they were doing. I was given no truth, no transparency, and no real chance. My entire life was destroyed by this company's actions. And when I was in court as a pro se litigant with all the evidence in hand, they just kept saying, "That didn't happen," until they finally out-moneyed me into silence.

    I am so glad that I called this Title company to figure out what was going on with my property. And…read morewhen I got Lori Cardoza on the phone she was Heaven sent, because not only did she help me figure out my issue, but she also was very knowledgeable about what was going on with my case. Plus she went out of her way to email me the documents that I needed. So, I highly recommend reaching out to this company and I hope that you get Lori like I did because she is the best!

    Progressive Property Group

    Progressive Property Group

    4.5
    (161 reviews)

    I had the pleasure of working with Dace from Progressive Property Group for listing my apartment…read moreunit. Dace has been an incredible partner in getting the house ready for the market, finding the perfect candidates, and going above-and-beyond throughout the whole process. Everything was crystal clear from the get-go, any and all questions answered, no doubt was left on the table. If you want to rent out your property, I would highly suggest sending a message to Dace and see what this group has to offer. It makes the whole process very easy and smooth!

    WARNING TO RENTERS: Avoid Progressive SF Property Group. Do…read morenot be fooled by positive reviews from property owners. Progressive SF Property Group (PPG) is hands-down the worst property management company I have ever dealt with. Extreme Neglect & High Utility Bills: It took over a year to fix the lack of any hot water in our kitchen sink, and four months to fix a scalding-hot shower issue caused by a simple shut-off valve their plumber missed. This neglect drove our gas bill up to $300-$470/month despite minimal usage and that includes include all 3 available discounts for budget billing, medical baseline, and -$108.36 for CARE, despite our minimal use of utilities. Unfair Blame & Extortion: Management routinely blames us for building-wide issues we have nothing to do with, including 114-year-old plumbing failures and laundry room floods we had no part in--even attempting to extort over $1,300 from us for damage caused by others. Today, another flood was caused yet again because of the washing machine, but it couldn't have been us because we haven't done laundry here for weeks because we are so afraid to do laundry here because we are worried they will try to blame us yet again for another issue we did not cause, and try to extort us into paying them for it. They also say we are unusually noisy, but our neighbors are louder than us, plus we work night shifts remotely and are usually asleep during the day, so it makes sense we would make some noise by entering and exiting the building at night . Our neighbors kid screamed loud enough for a nice old lady to ring our doorbell and ask us if the kid was okay, because she could hear the screaming from the street! The walls are paper thin. Forced Financial Liability & Harassment: After an uninvited individual caused a fire in a storage area, PPG illegally forced us to pay out-of-pocket for fire remediation. The fire report states that there was NO DAMAGE done to the property because the fire was put out almost immediately, thanks to the quick action of my boyfriend. They demanded we hire a remediation company and pay for it out of pocket immediately, so we did. We hired a professional company, cleaned the space, and provided receipts and photo proof, even went as far to sweep and mop ourselves 2× & send even more photos, because Kenny Thompson the property manager demanded we do so. Despite all of this, now PPG falsely claims we did nothing to remediate and now have served us a 10 day notice to cure or quit, won't tell us what needs to be done to cure the issues they're having, and won't look at proof proving our innocence because they want to kick us out by August 3rd, 2026! Hypocrisy & Lack of Transparency: They constantly hide behind an "uncontactable" HOA when refusing repairs or safety requests (like viewing camera footage after our friends dog was stolen outside the building, or claiming to not offer lockout services), yet weaponize the HOA to spy on and harass tenants in real time. Retaliation & Illegal Eviction Tactics: Because our rent is significantly below current market rate, PPG is actively trying to push us out. They served a vague "10-Day Notice to Cure or Quit" without explaining how to cure it, while refusing to look at evidence proving our innocence. Bottom Line: They are fake, retaliatory, and actively try to illegally pass property damages they should be paying for themselves onto tenants. Avoid renting from PPG at all costs. We believe they want to kick us out because we rent our apartment for significantly below market rate because we signed our lease before the AI bubble, so they want to kick us out so they can rent this 690 sqft apartment to some other poor sucker for probably $3500, or more! I have recently learned the fire should not have even been our legal or financial responsibility fix, since the person who caused the fire wasn't our guest willingly at the time of the fire, it should have been on them to pay for the damages. If they insist on trying to kick us out, I will just have to bring them to small claims court and get a lawyer to defend us against this wrongful and abrupt eviction, because they have zero evidence to back up the majority of their claims, and all of the issues we were actually responsible for were isolated incidents that happened several months ago, and were smaller issues, such as our guest accidentally ringing our neighbors doorbell a single time at night, which they also included in the 10 day notice, despite the fact it only happened a single time, and it happened 6 months ago. Do NOT rent from these people, they are horrible and be fake to your face, they will try to kick you out over stuff that isn't your responsibility, and they will try to illegally force you to pay for it as well. If I could give negative stars, I would. We want to leave, we just don't want to be rushed to leave by August 3rd!

    101 Second Street

    101 Second Street

    4.2
    (21 reviews)

    I love art. I especially love things like architecture, public art, and community open space in a…read morebuilt environment. I will keep beating the following drum: Public spaces are where it's at. SF is a beautiful place to begin with, but all these little POPOS's are jewels pretty much just sitting here to be enjoyed at will. Of the 68+, this POPOS is in the the upper echelon. 101 Second Street Greenhouse and Mezzanine is a terrific space that you might not realize is open to the public. My first experience with this space was walking by on a December evening shortly after sunset. The space at 101 Second Street looks normal enough during the day - a large window facade on another nice, relatively new building. Well, at night, the facade shows the space inside with a lot less effort. This is a huge glassed-in lobby with a mezzanine-level. There are trees inside, and there are two nice pieces of public art. On a sunny day (and we have some of those in California) the light is amazing through the two-story+ glass. There are also a number of tables and chairs on the mezzanine-level to eat, which also provides a nice view of the space and the art. Of course this is the FiDi, so almost everyone here if working and on a lunch or a break. This place is pretty vibrant, so if you're looking to chill it may not be your first choice. (There are several places around that will work for that - try the KPMG Building.) This is also a place where the irony is that it's indoors, but particularly beautiful on a nice day. I look forward to coming in once it gets Novemberish/Decemberish and open during the darker hours to see what it's like in that light. Oh - and there's a Peets Coffee on the ground floor. It's also very near several other terrific POPOS such as: 560 Mission Plaza, 555 Mission Sculpture Garden, Shaw Alley, The Sun Terrace, KPMG Greenhouse and Galleria, 235 Second Street and Marathon Plaza... just to name a handful.

    How has it taken me so long to discover this place?! I'm in meetings around 2nd and Mission ALL the…read moretime, so this public space has been the best find. Okay to be fair, I knew about the list of POPOS in San Francisco but never bothered to explore them since the list was so long. Anyways, since I work remotely, coming to 101 Second Street is perfect for answering emails or taking phone calls between in-person meetings. It's also good for meeting up with friends or colleagues since it's so central. The furniture and decor is simple and corporate, but there are electrical outlets if you need to recharge. The lighting in the atrium isn't the best, even though there are glass walls, and I wouldn't come here for the view unless you're into people-watching for the better part of the day. There's an entrance into Peet's Coffee for a caffeine boost with plenty of restaurants nearby for actual sustenance. There's no internet in this space, so I would typically just tether off my phone for a few hours while charging at the countertop seating area. Overall I love the convenience of 101 Second Street and how bustling the atmosphere can be. I'm guessing it's super busy during lunch, but if you visit during off-hours like 10am or 3pm, then you're almost guaranteed to find somewhere to sit. It's best for solo work sessions or one-on-one meetings (no groups) so stop by and check it out sometime!

    HomeSmart Bay Area - realestate - Updated August 2026

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