Selling my Seattle condo was a process full of details, deadlines, and decisions.Through it all, Jessica was a steady, trustworthy constant. She met every question and curve with calm, clarity, and genuine care -- even when things weren't simple. From our first meeting to closing day, she communicated clearly, followed through on every detail, and stayed kind and composed throughout. When I had concerns -- about staging, timing, or logistics -- she didn't deflect; she listened and responded with honesty and integrity. That kind of professionalism paired with humanity is rare. Jessica's balance of expertise and empathy made what could have been a stressful process feel navigable. I'm grateful for her guidance, her steadiness, and her good humor all the way through. I recommend her wholeheartedly. read more

Jessica went above and beyond to help us buy our home! After retiring in Virginia, my husband and I decided to move to the Seattle area to be near family. Our son's friend recommended Jessica Livingston, and we are so glad she did. Jessica quickly learned our priorities, arranged showings, and pointed out things we might have overlooked. Even when our younger son joined us to tour shortlisted homes and we all had different favorites, Jessica gave us the right encouragement to move forward. When the inspection revealed water damage in the master bathroom, Jessica guided us through every step--negotiations, selecting new tiles, monitoring repairs, and arranging for our inspector to review the contractor's water test video. All of this was handled while we were back in Virginia, and the closing was only postponed by 11 days. Jessica was professional, proactive, and dependable from start to finish. Without her persistence, the deal might not have gone through. We are grateful for her help and wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone buying a home in the Seattle area read more

Jessica made our first time selling a home - while we were moving across the country - a remarkably painless experience. She advised on cosmetic updates, recommending professionals who could do the work fast and affordably. Jessica has an excellent eye for design, and the place truly looks better than when we found it. While we were on the road to our next adventure, she managed the refreshing, cleaning, and staging of our home, and had it sold by the end of the first open house weekend for the price we wanted. On top of all that, she's a genuinely kind person and a delight to work with. Jessica has honestly spoiled us for any future real estate agent; her work with us has set the bar high! I wish she could help us find our next home. read more

Jessica is a joy to work with- organized, attentive and knowledgable about everything from home maintenance to neighborhoods to the buying process. Highly recommend! read more

A year ago, Jessica did an amazing job helping me buy my first home in a very tough market and on a tight timeframe. She was honest, reliable, communicative, strategic, organized, personable, and all around amazing! She clearly had my best long term interest at heart, taught me a lot, was a joy to spend time with, and kept me level headed during a stressful process. She came highly recommended by friends who have both bought and sold with her and I'd recommend her in a heartbeat. I am so grateful for my beautiful home and credit her for it being the first and only house I made an offer on. To win your first offer in Seattle is unheard of and it's already appreciated beyond our purchase price a year later. Thank you Jessica for helping to make our beloved home possible. read more

Jessica was great helping my family to purchase our home. We ended up with an expedited search, seeing four houses in a single day, being interested in two, and then bidding and winning on one of the two! Incredibly straightforward and efficient. After the bid was accepted, Jessica helped us acclimate to the new neighborhood, sharing her inside knowledge, helping us find a daycare for our youngest, and making us feel like we were joining a community. Couldn't have asked for anything more! read more

My husband and I had an awesome experience working with Jessica! Her contact info was given to us by friends who had worked with her prior and we're so glad we had the opportunity to work with her! What we appreciated the most is her expertise in the market, her attention to detail with home construction throughout the years, and how well she listened to our needs to find us our home. During the offer process, she was super helpful in explaining how the process works, what contingencies might be helpful, and how to negotiate through to land in a mutually agreeable position. If you're looking for a knowledgeable realtor who will take the time to find a perfect home for you, we'd highly recommend Jessica! read more

Jessica provided us with an excellent experience as our realtor! We were referred to Jessica by close friends, and searched for 7 months with her to find our first home. During that time she went above and beyond for us, was prompt and available in her communication, and provided valuable insight into every home we bid on. We truly couldn't have competed in this market without her guidance every step of the way and are smarter homeowners for it. We would work with her again in a heartbeat! read more

This was our second time working with Jessica and it was the second time she did a flawless job. She helped us buy our first home ten years ago. This time she helped us sell that home and buy our forever home. She is extremely knowledgeable, reliable, responsive, trustworthy, and took charge when we needed her to. She has an excellent network of contractors, inspectors, etc. that she works with and we have always been happy with their service. We simply can't recommend her highly enough and our friends who have taken that recommendation have been as pleased as we are. Thank you, Jessica! read more

Jessica made selling my condo so easy! Within a week of my first meeting with her, she had lined up an inspection, staging, and photography, as well as a handyman for minor repairs (all while dealing with restrictive condo management rules). Two days after the open house I had contracts in hand and was able to settle the next week. If any problem arose, she was on it immediately, leaving me with nothing to do but sign the paperwork. I would highly recommend her to anyone desiring a trouble-free sale. read more

Jessica is the ideal realtor for anyone that is buying their first home - she is extremely knowledgeable and patient while making the experience as smooth and easy as possible. She would put time into researching every house that we expressed interest in and had valuable feedback on the pros/cons of each property. Once we were ready to submit an offer, we asked a lot of questions; her patience never wavered, and she always had an answer or resource to share. Jessica's experience and expertise allowed us to get a great house for a great price! read more

Jessica was the literal BEST agent ever. We needed to move quickly in a crazy market and she made it as painless as possible given the circumstances. We are also first time home owners and she did a great job coaching us through the process. She is incredibly knowledgeable and helped us write a strong offer to secure a house quickly. She also helped us deal with our less than helpful lender. We love our house and our neighborhood and couldn't be more grateful for her help. read more

My husband and I were planning to buy our first home and heard great things about Jessica from our friends, who bought their house with her help a year earlier. Jessica is really amazing, working with her made our experience as first time buyers incredibly fast and painless. I was prepared to go through million houses and stress out during every step of the process, but she helped us find best place in no time at all. (That was actually a house I overlooked on listings, but loved it in person!) Besides helping with buying home, Jessica provided us with every bit of useful information, organized and scheduled inspection, communicated with previous owners regarding any questions we had and even sent us information on how to setup utilities (which was incredibly helpful!) I definitely recommend working with Jessica! Thank you again so much, we cannot be happier with our first home and whole experience. read more

Jessica is an absolute gem and I couldn't say enough positive things about working with her. She is incredibly knowledgeable, gave us outstanding advice about timing and approach, paid attention to issues big (putting together an outstanding listing) and small (pointing out all the details that matter to buyers that were worth addressing before it went on the market), and as a result I believe we got the absolute highest price we could've for our condo. Jessica is professional, ethical, responsive, a great communicator, and just an absolute pleasure to work with and I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell (we've used her for both). read more

This was my third real estate transaction with Jessica, and we had a successful outcome. As with my previous experiences, Jessica ably guided me through the process, which went very smoothly. Despite the weak market for small condos, she enthusiastically took on the task. She provided help with setting up the condo for maximum interest (advising on repainting, connecting with handymen, arranging staging), researched comps in order to find a good price point, and created very professional marketing materials. We lowered the price a little after a week, and the result was two interested buyers. Jessica negotiated the offers to move the bids up a bit. She continued to assist in the following phases of the sale. I am very grateful to Jessica for making the process stress-free and much easier than expected. I enthusiastically recommend Jessica! read more

Jessica represented us for both the sale of our previous home and the purchase of our current home. She was patient, informative, proactive, and easy to reach in all stages of the process. She provided valuable feedback about details that would make the home we were selling more attractive to buyers, and found us off market options during the buying process. This journey would not have been nearly as smooth without her! I don't hesitate to recommend her. read more

Jessica was absolutely amazing and a pleasure to work with. We used the VA and she was able to find us something we loved in our price range during this time of a high demand Seattle market. She has great attention to detail and pointed out many things we missed while touring homes, during the buying process, and after we made an offer. Scheduling tours was quick and flexible, and often when interacting with other agents during open houses we toured independently the showing agents raved about how wonderful Jessica is! She went out of her way to make sure everything was moving in the right direction those hectic last few days before closing and made sure we had all the resources we needed to prepare for our move-in, including following up on some questions we had after closing. If the day comes when we ready to find a new home we will definitely seek Jessica out to be our agent again! read more

We are so happy that we chose Jessica Livingston to sell our family home in the Rainier View area of South Seattle. We felt very comfortable with Jessica's gentle manner and found her to be highly organized and savvy on all aspects of the real estate business. Jessica is obviously very experienced and in tune with the pulse of the current market and was especially helpful in guiding us in how to make our house most appealing to potential buyers. She made honest suggestions along the way regarding how we could improve the property to increase its value and was especially helpful in helping us prioritize updates and repairs, in response to the house inspection. Many of her recommendations were improvements that had not been on our minds, but in retrospect we realize that she had advised us perfectly and are so happy that we followed her thoughtfully considered professional advice. Despite her understandably busy schedule, Jessica was at every step immediately responsive and communicative, leading us patiently through every step in the process of selling our home. We were greatly impressed with her ability to remove every obstacle along the way and to make each stage clear and easy for us. Especially helpful was Jessica's impressive organization as closing approached and her preparation of a detailed schedule that kept us on course with the sale. Part of Jessica's professional excellence is her integrity in being up front and honest with both the seller and buyer. She obviously takes pride in her work, and genuinely aims at satisfaction of all parties in the transaction. Jessica Livingston was an absolute joy to work with and her helpful involvement far surpassed our expectations. Were we to buy or sell a house again, we would enthusiastically look forward to working once more with her! read more

Jessica is the best realtor in Seattle. In addition to growing up in a family of realtors, my partner and I have worked with a number of them in the Seattle area. We were on a tight timeline to relocate and it wouldn't have happened without her. Jessica is extremely proactive, responsive, organized, and always on time. She's thorough and has spectacular attention to detail and truly understood our preferences. She has clear and direct communication, pragmatically assesses pros/cons of each home, and preemptively addresses questions. She's deservedly very busy, yet always makes you feel like her #1 priority. She has extensive knowledge of Seattle real estate and winning offer strategies, which is crucial to get your dream home in this area. She's well connected to premier residential specialists (e.g., inspection, trades, financing) in town and provided us with options/recs from start to finish. To top if off, Jessica is a very kind and thoughtful person. She seamlessly navigated us through the entire process and we highly recommend working with her for all of your real estate needs: buying, selling, and everything in between. read more

Buying a house might be the most stressful things that we've ever done, so we couldn't be more grateful that Jessica was there to guide and support us. We felt like we won the lottery getting our wonderful house in this crazy Seattle market, but really the lottery we won was being referred to Jessica Livingston. Jessica knows everything and everyone. She was an essential resource and reassuring presence through all stages of the process. She helped us think about what kind of house we wanted and then helped us prepare our strategy, bids, and materials. We asked lots of questions at every step but Jessica always answered them right away--her communication was absolutely wonderful. And even though we had a lot of late-night and last-minute requests, Jessica made sure everything got done in a timely and professional manner. We absolutely love our new home and wouldn't be living here if not for Jessica and her tireless efforts on our behalf. She's the best! read more

We met Jessica in 2016 while in Seattle looking to buy a property and here we are, on our third transaction with her, just having sold the very same property we first bought with her. Jessica has been with us every step of the way with this house, guiding us through each decision and acting as a liaison in the city while we're out of state. Our latest experience with Jessica has been just phenomenal -- she took care of everything and made the process of selling seamless and stress free. Jessica has always made our priorities as her priorities, whether it be maximizing the value of our property or streamlining the buying and selling process to fit our timeline. Living out of state, we weren't sure who to turn to for our staging or contracting needs, but Jessica took care of everything, from hiring to scheduling. A prime example of her expertise in action might be in her help setting the optimal asking price to attract buyers -- the number of offers we received far exceeded our expectations. Not only is Jessica results oriented and organized, she has just the right personal touch, so you don't feel like you're working with a robot. Her follow through is always impeccable: when we bought our house, she sent over champagne for us and sparkling lemonade for our kids (whom we brought along to tour houses with). We consider Jessica to be like family and would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell. read more

We spoke to a few Realtors before finding Jessica, but none of them seemed to have the time for us. We were blown off or passed on to other "team members" or on a few occasions never given return calls when they were scheduled. It was painful. Luckily for us, we stumbled upon Jessica on Zillow and thanks to her we just closed on our new home. Jessica was professional, punctual, super easy to communicate with and always there when we needed her. She was extremely patient during our lengthy home search. I'd recommend Jessica to anyone looking for a Realtor in the Seattle area. Easily the best Realtor we have had the pleasure of working with. read more

I looked for houses with various real estate agents for a year but it was not until I met Jessica that I felt like I had people around me that I trusted to guide me in the right direction. Jessica was candid with her opinion and feedback and had inspectors who exhibited those same qualities. I felt like I had a great team around me and was not alone in the house-buying process. read more

Perfect in every way. Jessica is the best agent ever. Helps you through every process with her calm supportive nature. Very detail orientated. Great listener and has your best interest at heart. Could not have done it without her. She goes the extra mile. read more

We love Jessica! We've worked with her 3 times (one sale, two purchases), and we've had great experiences all three times. She is one of the most hyper-competent people we know, with great attention to detail. She's also a delight to work with. read more

Jessica is an excellent real estate agent who we have now worked with three times: selling our condo, buying our house, and then selling our house. She is extremely organized and professional and also very friendly and approachable. It is clear she has a good sense of the housing market and does her research. I would highly recommend Jessica to anyone, and have had multiple friends use her and thank us for the connection. read more

Jessica is a fantastic real-estate agent! She was readily available, even last-minute to take a look at house, which was incredibly useful given the housing market these days. when viewing potential houses she does a great job of pointing out opportunities as well as challenges of each one, and they were very often things we wouldn't have even considered otherwise. She was never pushy and never tried to push us to houses that are more expensive than our budget. Jessica also did a wonderful job leading us through the buying process, communicating with inspectors, the sellers, etc. in a way that took off a lot of potential stress. And even after we bought the house, she helped us navigate how to get everything set up to start living there. We would HIGHLY recommend Jessica to anyone trying to buy a new property. read more

My hubby and I just purchased a beautiful house with Jessica's help. She was a pleasure to work with and great about answering all our questions. She was very knowledgeable and patient when it came to looking at lots of houses. She was easy to reach and on top of everything and highly organized. I trusted her and felt so comfortable working with Jessica. I highly recommend Jessica! read more

Working with Jessica was an absolutely amazing experience! As first time buyers in the Seattle market, we were a bit overwhelmed before meeting Jessica to say the least in such a competitive market. As soon as we sat down in our first meeting Jessica asked us detailed questions about our preferences and even took down notes of every place we were visiting once we started actually seeing town-homes. I felt like I could ask Jessica any question- whether it be for referrals on a lender in the area or just how often a house should even be painted. We ended up spending only 1 month looking and after our 3rd try at an offer found our dream home. Jessica knew exactly what we should do to make the offer competitive while still staying in our comfort zone with price. If you are a first time home buyer and new to the Seattle market (or even if you are not!) I highly recommend using Jessica the next time you are buying or selling a home. I know I can reach out to her with questions any time and am already sad I won't be seeing or hearing from her on a weekly basis! Thanks again for all your help Jessica :) - Megan and Jacob read more

We partnered with Jessica Livingston for both a home sale and home purchase in 2020. If I had to summarize Jessica's performance in three categories they would be: 1) Highly Experienced, 2) Agile Under Pressure, and 3) Excellent Communication. First, from an experience perspective, Jessica did everything in her power to get us the best deal on both the sale and the purchase. She did all her homework, she laid out a very thoughtful strategy/plan, and knew exactly how to handle every single interaction with all stakeholders such as agents, contractors, and government agencies. She orchestrated everything. At the end of the day, due to her strong experience as a real estate agent, we sold for much higher than expected, and purchased for much lower than list price. Second, from an agility perspective, Jessica was able to maneuver very tricky situations under tremendous pressure. Given the global pandemic, we were really unsure if it was the right time to buy and sell a home, but Jessica was ready to take on the challenge with literally a day's notice. We called her out of the blue, and told her we wanted to buy a house and she was off. We followed her lead on how to get approved quickly, and within just a day or two we had an offer on the table. As people know here in the PNW market, speed and agility is key to success. There is no time to waste when you are after a property in a highly competitive atmosphere - an environment in which Jessica thrives. Lastly, Jessica has a true gift for managing complex information and boiling it down so the layman home buyer/seller can understand. There are so many things going on during a buying/selling transaction, from legal requirements to lengthy contractual obligations, Jessica was able to tell us what everything meant and what the most important takeaways are. No matter the issue, Jessica has an answer, and will make sure you fully understand the issue and provide pro's/con's and perspective to everything. All three of these attributes really blended well for a seamless, stress-free, and rewarding experience with Jessica Livingston. Although she demonstrated all of this throughout the entire experience, I'd like to share one particular example that really stood out exemplifying all three attributes in one moment. It was offer review day, the house had been listed and showed for 5 days, and it was time to finally review incoming offers. We had nearly 80 home showings the days preceding, and on offer day we received 15 offers on our home. Jessica's phone was ringing off the hook, agents were doing everything they could to get a competitive edge against other bidders, coordinating everything through Jessica. She was honest and gave everyone the facts, explaining the competitive nature of the home sale, and what it would take to win. She didn't miss a beat, and made sure everyone's voice was heard and followed-up with. Within a matter of hours, she had to compile the complexity of 15 unique offers which included various stipulations, waivers, and assumptions. She had to digest, sift, and organize all of it into a single summary view, and present us with the final summary of our 15 offers later that day. She identified the "Top 3" offers, and although she provided a recommended offer, she didn't push us to accept anything right away, but rather gave us the facts so we could make an informed decision ourselves. She even gave us the opportunity to review the 12 other offers that didn't make the cut, despite those offers not being in our best interest. We wanted to make sure everyone had an equal opportunity to have their voice heard, and Jessica respected that. In the end, we went with the best overall offer, which happened to be her recommended choice, and the deal was made. She followed up with every single person who expressed interest, and explained the final outcome. Once they saw how far they were from the winning bidder, they understood our decision and that was the end of that. Jessica managed all of this for us in a very thorough manner, from orchestrating the sale, to working closely with each individual bidder, and effectively representing us in order to get the best deal possible. It's easy to say "the house sold itself" in this very competitive PNW market, but this was most certainly NOT the case. Nothing is ever guaranteed, and you have to put hard work in to get a desirable outcome. Jessica put in the hard work, she put a very creative plan together, and her strategy worked! Never in my wildest dreams did I expect so many showings, so many offers, and such a competitive final offer, but Jessica Livingston made it happen. Her experience, her ability to stay agile under pressure, and her excellent communication really shined in this moment, and we are forever grateful for her support in this life changing event. We recommend her with the highest regard, and know she will continue to make dreams come true for all of her clients. read more

Home buying is a pretty lofty undertaking, especially in Seattle, so do yourself a favor and hire Jessica (she was recommended by a friend and now I'm doing the same). She's a cool and collected pro who knows the market, has expertise in what to look out for in a given property and what it will mean for ownership. What's a bathroom remodel going to cost? What could we do with that tacky 1980's fireplace? Hey that window with the condensation in it you didn't notice, you're going to need to replace that... etc. Beyond the technical expertise she's an all star with the endless project management stuff of keeping you appraised of the steps, the different to parties to coordinate, and timelines associated with what you'll be walking through. Always available and timely in communication, in the midst of feeling like the world is spinning she's the calm center keeping things organized and on track as she insulates you from all the minutia so you can focus on the big decisions. Then there's the therapist dimension of the equation. Much like dating it can get muddy to decide if the house is right for you, if you're missing something better, if you should pounce... Always thoughtful and impartial, offering the facts of the situation, she helps reel you in when things get hectic and gives you all the information to make a decision with confidence. I'm the 4th in my close friend group to work with her and I'm now recommending her to all of you! Good luck! read more

With Jessica's help, I first purchased a house below the bidding price. When selling my condo, she contacted the preferred bidder to obtain a better quoting terms so that I could sell my condo at the same terms of the next-in-line bidder. The best part is, I travelled a lot during the period that I planned to buy my house and sell my condo. My husband was not even in US at the time of selling the condo due to emergency operation. Jessica was able to work with my schedules, planned all upcoming events, and foresaw problems due to possible absence of my husband so that both translations were completed without any delays. Jessica provided timely suggestions on bidding and counter-bidding. She is Very knowledgeable agent and always places my interests at the first priority. read more

I chose ReMax because I wanted to work with Jessica Livingston. Jessica is invariably professional and highly responsive. I obtained my first choice property in a competitive market and closed early thanks to her expertise. In addition to her deep knowledge about all aspects of real estate and experience with the nuances of the local market, she displays impeccable integrity and I felt she always had my best interests in mind throughout the process. Moreover, she's really organized and her detailed emails, along with the calendar of important dates leading up to closing, were terrific. I highly recommend Jessica with no hesitation. read more

Jessica is amazing in every way, from helping us navigate through the very competitive Seattle housing market to staying on top of everything when we ran into construction and closing delays. She is in tune to what we were looking for in a house, extremely proactive in finding the right house for us, but also providing honest opinions and concerns when necessary. We are so thankful for Jessica's expertise. We can't recommend her enough! read more

Jessica was absolutely wonderful to work with! She is passionate about real estate and incredibly knowledgable about the rapidly-changing Seattle market. Jessica always made herself available to show us homes we were interested in on short notice, both on weekdays and weekends. We ended up submitting two offers, and both were accepted. The first home was a new construction in Ballard. After our inspection uncovered that all of the siding on the home was installed improperly, Jessica helped us navigate what to do. She did a lot of research on houses with similar issues and put us in contact with several different experts (including the manufacturers of the siding) to get their opinions. Ultimately, we decided the risk was too great, and we backed out. When our Capitol Hill townhouse went on the market, Jessica was available to show it to us early, before the first open house. She very quickly scheduled a pre-inspection and helped us come up with an offer that was competitive but still comfortable for us. She also kept us updated every step of the way as we were anxiously waiting the results after submitting our offer. I would absolutely recommend working with Jessica - especially to first-time home buyers! read more

Jessica was absolutely amazing! Her knowledge of all the areas around Seattle made it very easy to narrow down target locations for our house hunting. Not to mention how crazy helpful she was touring houses with us in-person and virtually since we were buying a house during COVID and we were Out of State. No pressure at all! We will 100% use her services again when selling and buying our next house. read more

I'm a first-time buyer, and Jessica helped me tremendously by being a very knowledgeable realtor and a patient person. She walked me through the process in detail and answered any random questions I may have. Her style is not pushy which makes me feel comfortable as I needed time to think things through. I relied on her expertise because she's detail-oriented enough to call out things she sees at home showings. Her level of commitment and communication stays the same from the introduction to after closing. Jessica was recommended to me by a friend, and I've already sent others her way. read more

Jessica's thorough expertise on both the physical aspects of real estate and the business of buying and selling made her an invaluable guide through the process. She is accessible for both prompt communication and in-person home searching in such a straightforward way that the whole experience of finding a home I liked, making an offer and closing was practically stress-free for me. She did not hold back when she had concerns about some of the places I was interested in, but listened and internalized what I liked and what were negatives for me. Easy-going, fun, down-to-Earth person! It basically felt like I had a good friend or family member working with me who knew their shit and truly wanted to see me succeed. read more

Jessica made the house hunting process manageable and enjoyable during my 2020 search. She provided awesome guidance and invaluable wisdom when deciding how to place offers in this competitive market. I really appreciated her personable and insightful approach when viewing places. read more

Jessica made the home buying process very easy and relaxed. For a first time buyer I very much liked working with her and would very highly recommend her to any one looking to purchase a home in the Seattle area ! read more