I wish I could have as many positive reviews as everybody else... But I've never been able to actually get in touch with anybody at this company. Feeling ignored, disappointed, and like I'll never be able to rent from these folks ... read more

J Wavro Associates - Real Estate Services Near Me - San Francisco, California

Jennifer Hamamura was super responsive, friendly and on top of everything making the process a streamlined pleasure. Finding something in a time crunch - during the holidays - I thought would be impossible but Jennifer made it possible. Would definitely recommend again for anyone looking in the city! read more

I had a great experience working with JWavro Associates, specifically Keith Rodriguez, during my apartment search in San Francisco. Since I wasn't able to tour places in person, Keith went above and beyond by making himself available at all times and days to visit apartments on my behalf. He was incredibly responsive, communicative, and thoughtful in understanding exactly what I was looking for. The list of apartments he curated was spot on and saved me a ton of time and stress. He also charged a very fair rate, which made the whole process feel even more worthwhile. With his help, I was able to secure a great apartment that I'm really happy with. Highly recommend Keith to anyone navigating the SF rental market, especially if you need someone reliable on the ground to advocate for you. read more

One of the best agencies! I represent clients that are looking for housing and these leasing agents have the best inventory. I appreciate all of them and the great listings they bring to market... read more

Do not work with these people, especially Brian Brown, unless you want to be totally ignored about carbon monoxide leaks, being scalded by hot water in your shower, and lack of appropriate weather-proofing of your house at move-in. read more

My husband and I moved from Alabama to San Francisco with zero clue what we needed and where to live to feel safe and comfortable in this new-to-us city. Keith Rodriguez at J Wavro was an indispensable help in finding that for us. We credit Keith for how much we love living here - our home is perfect for us newcomers and he also gave us great tips and insight on living in SF. We recommend Keith to anyone looking for a new place to live in the area. read more

Viewing for a rental house 2106 Castro st. $6,200 - contacted agent L.L and expressed interest in viewing at the time listed. showed up during the designated viewing times and agent is NOT there - says "I'm at another property". When can I see it? Ghosted by her. Lack of professionalism, communication and integrity. I'm busy too and my time is valuable as well. My spouse and another party showed up today and she was not there. read more

Jennifer Hamamura helped me with a property I owned. She was super professional and went above and beyond, helping me earn more than I thought I could. I'm very happy and highly recommend Jennifer! read more

Joanne Fazzino is a ROCK STAR agent! From the first conversation with her about leasing our Russian Hill SF flat to her giving the keys to the new tenants she found for us, we could not be more grateful for her dedication, professionalism and hard work ethic. Joanne followed up with us with the all the potential tenant appointments she set up, then again once they saw the place. And she responded quickly to all our communications and was always open to offer local market advice too. We highly recommend Joanne and will absolutely use her again. Thank you Joanne! read more

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I feel fortunate to have had Keith Rodriguez reach out to me after I contacted J Wavro Associates through an online search for help relocating from out of state to San Francisco. Keith was highly knowledgeable of the San Francisco area, professional, responsive and friendly. My list of must haves was extensive and complicated to find in SF, but Keith remained confident and positive throughout and reassured me he would make it happen. He not only found me an apartment that checked off every single thing on my list, but he found one that is unique and perfectly my style. I love the area and even have a wonderful property owner to go along with it. Keith made this a great beginning in my new home and town! I highly recommend working with him and J Wavro Associates. read more

Nobody ever answers here. I have tried on numerous numerous occasions and i work in real estate all over the bay area. I am VERY familiar with all the companies from J Wavro to Trinity and so on. The lack of response from j Wavro is insane. Hard to get in contact with a human here. read more

Worked with Bill (William Biermann), and he was very nice, helpful, and responsive!!!

Pendulum has swung towards those looking to rent in SF and away from property management companies somewhat, so you definitely want a great agent who knows how to attract high quality prospective renters. This seem to be lost on J. Wavro's associates. Recent rental at 180 4th Avenue. Agent was incredibly rude to at least three prospective renters right upon arrival, and inaccurately described the property on Zillow (probably attempting to attract more interested parties, but as they say, "you want to under promise and over-perform", not stretch the definitions of a bedroom, or a foyer, or the fact that only SOME of the windows had been replaced, but windows in both bedrooms that still let in all the delightful traffic noise. I'm all for good salespersonship. But as my mother would say, "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" and "honesty is the best policy". read more

Jennifer just helped me find my new apartment in San Francisco. I met her on my first day of house hunting and she was so helpful with finding out my wants/needs and must haves. The city is not easy so I appreciated the help and her local knowledge. Once I applied, she was very responsive. read more

The entire renting process was somewhat new to us so we appreciated the prompt responses from the J Wavro team to our many queries. We would like to give a special commendation to Oren Bordo whose introduction to the property and guidance in the early stages of the application process were especially helpful. read more

Jennifer Hamamura is extremely unprofessional and rude. Does not answer emails on time, does not want to work with you to schedule a time for showings and instead will tell you that she has no time. Is this what property owners expect when they're hiring J.Wavro? Would not recommend. read more

We worked with Alex Kaufman to find a rental at Metropolitan. To start with, he had an attitude talking on the phone, and it was confusing who's the client who's the realtor. Many times we had to follow up and chase him down so he would reply to our messages. It seemed he didn't want to rent the unit to us, and would use strange excuses such as the landlord wouldn't want to wait an extra few weeks for us to move in and we need to pay rent a lot sooner, while the unit was in the market for several months. Overall the worst and most unfriendly realtor experience I had in the last 20 years. Luckily we found a much better owner-rented condo unit at another highrise. read more

Our family rented a home from J. Wavro for 3 1/2 years and we could not have been happier as tenants. The associates at J Wavro were always responsive and professional at addressing any of our concerns. When we moved into the home in 2020 during the beginning of Covid we did not have the option to view the unit in person because we were still in Georgia but the rental agent made extra efforts to give us a full video walk through and answer quite a few questions. We were more than happy with the home when we moved in and only moved out because we bought a home of our own. I've been a tenant for 20 years in SF and in other parts of the US and have had good fortune with many owner landlords and mixed experience with management companies but J Wavro was the best management company experience I've ever had by far. I would not hesitate to work with them as a tenant and if we ever needed to rent our property out I would certainly work with them again. read more

I didn't have a good experience using this company to rent out my house. They were unresponsive and negligent in their care of my property. I never got one point person there to connect with, instead they'd throw me around to different people. Tenants also reported having difficulty reaching them for help. My property was not well maintained or properly kept up to code in their care. Avoid. read more

I am a condo owner looking for a renter in San Francisco. After working with a couple of other agents from different companies I was blessed to be connected to Oren Bordo at J.Wavro. Since day 1, Oren was engaged and very supportive. He keeps me posted at all times, without me having to chase him. I feel he has my best interests at heart and will be honest with me. He has been advising me and connected me with painters to help prep my condo the best possible way. Although my condo has not yet been rented, I have a very positive experience working with Oren and I remain optimistic that he will land a good tenant for my property. read more

Shane was my rental agent. He was referred to me by one of my close friends so I knew he would be great for the job. I had to move out of SF so I decided to put my apt for rent after living there for over 10 years. I am very sentimental so renting it to tenants was a hard decision to make, but after meeting Shane in person, I knew I was in good hands. I met up with Shane in person to discuss our plan. Shane was professional, knowledgeable with the industry and just a really nice guy overall. I immediately felt at-ease with his approach. We had a few showings but nothing solid came about. It's not because of Shane's ability, it is bc my apt had a few challenges to overcome. I was a little deflated but Shane was determined to help me rent it out. He even said "if I have rented out hundreds of apts in SF, I am going to rent yours!" I just loved his determination and dedication. Within days, we found a very qualified tenant, they moved in within a month. I can't be more pleased. Thank u Shane. Thank you for being such a wonderful guy to work with. If you are looking for someone who cares and able, Shane is definitely your man. I will DEFINITELY call Shane again if I need to find another renter in the future. read more

Will Biermann at Wavro is the absolute best. He was the broker for my new work apartment in SF when I came up from LA and was super fast, responsive, efficient and nice through the entire thing, even though I had a billion questions in a new city. He made the entire deal a breeze and even stepped in to help me liaise with the landlord when a new issue arose upon my moving in. He really made this transition to a new city as painless as possible. I have lived all over the world and dealt with a ton of leasing companies, but this is the ONLY agent who has ever been actually great at his job. I'll always trust Wavro thanks to him. read more

I was apprehensive about renting out our home. Questions swirled: What improvements to make to get top dollar? What rent to charge? How to find the right tenant? There are plenty of property management companies, but I had know no idea of who to use/trust. A friend recommended J Wayvro and Associates, so we gave them a try. We contacted ALex Kaufman at J Wayvro and Associates. He advised us about cost-effective improvements we could make and even offered contractors to implement them. We listed our house at the high end of the scale that Alex recommended. Within a few days of listing our home, we had two offers from clients Alex showed. We selected the tenant who most appealed to us. After the credit, employment and housing check, our tenant moved in and we are currently satisfied landlords, with a happy tenant. read more

Since the Cov19 pandemic started we seeing a large increment of available apartments in San Francisco. Sadly, a good sum of them are listed using the services of J.Wavro. We noticed that as far as transparency goes, J.Wavro falls behind. We visited a couple of places that they have listed, in more than one occasion the representative was late, which appeared to be because of long night after partying. I am not going to name the person but I am going to say that he need to improve a bit specially when representing J.Wavro a company that is already struggling to maintain trust. The deal breaker for us was that after having interest in some 2- bedroom apartments that they had listed. We did our research on J.Wavro and after receiving the lease, we noticed that we were actually dealing with a different property management companies and not J.Wavro. What we discovered is that J.Wavro was only the "middle man" a.k.a "the broker". We felt that we were being scam when we find out that the unit we were interested in was managed by another company. That "other" company has 0 starts and very negative rating. We were a bit disappointed that J.Wavro failed to mentioned that after all time we invest into finding the proper place. Therefor, for us J.Wavro gets an F on transparency. read more

ARTIE! I have literally never been happier to hand over my money to someone. He looked out for me, made sure I got the apartment I wanted - and more than that, made such an arduous, usually painful experience - as enjoyable as it could be. The banter was so playful and friendly, I immediately got a good feeling upon speaking with him - and it was confirmed the moment we met. Thank you thank you thank you - for being so prompt with your communication, my extra days of parking, (and making sure I got one), for the laughs, and my beautiful new apartment. If ANYONE needs a place - look no further. (And Sloan too - on top of it with the emails, I've never had less confusion with a management company.) I tried to buy him dinner as a thank you, but he one upped me again with that. You truly are a beautiful child ;) I can't say enough nice things about him, but I hope the good vibes don't stop here. Artie. You're a gem. A diamond in the rough of COVID. And a true hero for getting me out of my current place ;) Xoxoxoxo Tiba PS my parents will be so happy I am never going to get a parking ticket again. It's literally the bane of their existence. I can finally make them proud. I owe you read more

Shane Nugent is excellent! We worked with Shane during the pandemic in 2021. He is very responsive, responsible, intelligent and efficient. He secured great tenants for our rental place in San Francisco in record time. We highly recommend him. Don't think twice. Just call and ask for Shane. read more

Do not use this agency. J. Wavro proved to be a terrible agent who failed to communicate with me effectively. I found out that the agent did not show prospective tenants the property in full context. The agent also failed to keep me updated. The agent also "chided" me as if she knows everything. They used old technology (too many emails) instead of using DocuSign until I explicitly told them. They found a tenant two months later and kind of pushed me to accept the tenant because our contract was almost ready to expire. Do not use this agency. I am doing you a big favor. read more

I had an especially bad experience with this group. They had great reviews, so I thought it would be fine, but I was wrong. Some really sketchy stuff is going on here, building manager and leasing agents seemed unaware of each other's existence. Leasing agent was a no call no show to our tour. When I called her, she was just plain rude and acted like I was wasting her time for showing up to our scheduled tour. There's so many realtors in the city, just go with someone else! read more

great during our lease but when we moved out they charged us for things that needed to be fixed when nothing was broken or needed repairs during our one year lease. Made me realize they are money hungry which honestly around here is so disgusting and pathetic. Never again and honestly the woman who did the walk through was horrible to deal with. Tried to fight it but as a tenant we don't have many rights unless I pursued legal which isn't worth the time and money. take lots of pics when you move in! wish we did and that's our fault bc they took significant advantage of us. read more

Donald Mumford is the man! Not only does he make a mean chicken sandwich (and will teach you if you ask) but he also is a stellar agent. Very kind, reasonable, and transparent. He is also incredibly responsive. Go with J.Wavro not just for the great experience, but for Donald and his awesome personality. read more

Giving J Wavro 5 stars because I recently moved into a studio apartment in my dream location (right by golden gate park) for a really great price. Shane was the lead point person on helping me find a place, and he went the extra mile to work with me on coordinating, putting down a deposit and getting moved in. He was really responsive and helpful and there's no way I could get such a nice place without someone like him in my corner. I was a little frantic in my communication with him but he handled it well. Really grateful for my new beautiful apartment. read more

Jennifer took care of my application in a few days and she makes the task easier for me! I would really recommend working with her.

I'm doing an update of my last review. The president of the company replied to a message I sent him, about what I thought was a misleading ad. He may not agree with me that his ad was misleading, but he at least took a look at the ad and made suggestions to improve the quality of the ad and clear up any confusion. Well done J Wavero. read more

I had a great experience with leasing agent, Chuck Totah. He was calm, professional, timely. I noticed he was able to offer solid neighborhood and SF knowledge when tenants new to the area had questions. He had a professional way of listening and allowing people to speak - but answering questions calmly and offering solid suggestions. I also received good feedback from my new tenants regarding their interactions with Chuck. They said he was very patient! Thanks, Chuck! read more

We all can recognize apartment hunting in SF is difficult. Agent Deborah Brown actively makes that worse. Knowing how competitive the market can be, we had all are paperwork prepared ahead of time, ready to submit instantly, from paycheck stubs and W-2s to credit reports and references. We found a place we loved and wanted to apply on the spot, KNOWING how crucial timing is. Deborah said she'd need to email a link to apply via website. We asked that she do that, that she could do it right now as she's waving her smartphone around so we can apply immediately, and she promises she will later. We don't get that link until the next day. This timing is crucial, because we specifically asked how applications were processed, and she told us it was by first submitted. She also told us there was another applicant who started but hadn't fully submitted. It's incredibly frustrating we weren't able to apply right away, because all we were missing was a link that could have been sent right then in 2 seconds. And unfortunately, they told us somebody else got the place because they got their application in first. To top it all off, they jerked us around for a week letting us think we ahead, while they waited for this other applicant to accept before letting us know. That was shady. But that's not all. This is about J. Wavro policy specifically: we got a HARD PULL on our credit reports! The only reason this isn't 1 star is because they did notify us ahead of time about doing a hard pull, but if the acceptance is by first come first serve, you should only pull the credit report on the first applicant, and then only proceed to the next if the first applicant doesn't pan out. You don't do all at once! You dinged our stellar credit for no reason!!! I don't plan on moving again soon, but if or when that happens, I'll skip right over this place, and encourage everybody else to do the same. read more

This review is specifically for Shane Nugent of J.Wavro. Shane was my agent in renting out my home in San Francisco during Covid. He has a deep network of clients and agents and before the property went online, he already had multiple viewings lined up. Shane organized all the walkthroughs, vetted each applicant and ultimately found a quality tenant that we are very happy with! I would highly recommend Shane and he is our guy going forward! read more

My wife and I have worked with Joanne since we bought a condo in downtown SF in 2013. I was referred to her by a relative and we could not be happier with choosing Joanne and her team to help us with our rental needs. Joanne is very hard working, knowledgeable, diligent, and very responsive to our questions and concerns. We have also worked with Becky and Daniel. The entire team is very friendly and professional. We do not live in Northern California and appreciate Joanne's knowledge of the SF rental market and helping us select a fair but competitive rent amount. Joanne recently helped us find a tenant for the third time. The entire process was so quick and easy. If you are looking into hiring a rental/property agent, I highly recommend Joanne and her team. You will not be disappointed! read more

Shane Nugent of J. Wavro Associates is a true professional - responsive and knows his stuff. He worked efficiently to rent my condo in San Francisco - checking all the boxes to show my place is the best light and find the best tenants. I would highly recommend partnering with Shane. read more

J. Wavro Associates' sales and leasing agent Jennifer Hamamura was exceptionally pleasant and easy to work with. She show me the apartment I was interested in and answered all my questions quickly explaining in detail the application process in understandable terms. During the process she responded to any questions I had quickly. From start to finish I was able to rent my new apartment in only 2 and a half days. She was terrific, I couldn't be happier! read more

This company has done nothing but burn me in apartment viewings through no-shows and wasted time. I've attempted two viewings, one with Loraine and one with James (Junior?) via Craigslist. Loraine proposed a time which I confirmed, only to have her say she never saw my confirmation when I was already at the building. James had confirmed for a viewing time literally under 24 hours before and then when I called after no response to my text, he said he thought it was an hour later than scheduled though it sounded like he forgot completely. The one time I did view an apartment, it was apparently Loraine's to show but she delegated to Chuck - who knew absolutely nothing about the unit or building saying he was just filling in for Loraine. If I was a landlord using them to fill apartments, I would be livid about how little them seem to care about actually filling them. Steer clear of J. Wavro listings for SF apartment hunters (though it's hard given their spamming of Craiglist). read more