Karen is a truly extraordinary realtor. We have worked with Karen as buyers and sellers. She recently closed a sale for us, and went above and beyond in every single aspect. She is kind, patient, responsive and has an incredible work ethic. But above all these what I value most is her candor - there is no 'spin', no games, no politics, she tells it like it is and cuts right to the chase. She takes the time to get to know her clients, never rushes, and her follow through is impeccable. When it got the negotiation stage of the sale, her true mastery shined brightly. She's whip smart, savvy, and even-keeled. She advocates for her clients, but is fair and reasonable. I cannot say enough positive things about her. She's truly one-of-a-kind and will be our realtor for life! read more

Kellianne Rapoza with Karen Richardson Group is a diligent, organized, and responsive realtor. She helped us to find and purchase our home. My husband and I are expecting our first baby in June and we have been working with Kellianne to view houses without being sure if we were fully ready to buy given the current market. However, with Kellianne's help in finding listings that fit our requirements we found a house we loved at an open house and we decided to put in an offer. Kellianne wrote up a competitive offer quickly to meet the deadline and was in frequent communication with the seller's agent so we knew the status of our offer. We were in the top 3 offers out of 20 offers on the house but the sellers went with an offer with no contingencies. We were discouraged by the experience but Kellianne was ready the next weekend with another round of houses to look at. We found another house that we liked even more than the last one. This time, Kellianne again guided us to make a strong offer and it was accepted! Kellianne was very helpful in explaining and arranging the inspections and during the difficult negotiations with the sellers. We were able to come to an agreement. We are excited to move into our new home and raise our children in the lovely neighborhood. We couldn't have done it without Kellianne with Karen Richardson Group. read more

Karen is the relator that you wish would help a parent/sibling/loved one with the sale or purchase of a home. This was the case with my family and we feel so blessed and grateful to have had Karen's assistance. WIth a wonderful, upbeat, realistic, and results driven attitude, Karen helped with my family and I with things that I had no idea a realtor could assist with (including getting us an over asking cash offer). I have been involved with the sale/purchase of more than one home. I can say without a doubt that she has ruined me for other realtors. Thank you Karen! read more

Kellianne was a dream to work with and helped us secure the perfect home in the greatest neighborhood we could have wished for AND checked off all our boxes. We were luckily referred to Kellianne through close friends who also purchased their dream home through her. It has been the most competitive market here in the Bay Area and so we knew we needed a top tier realtor to help us out. Kellianne had great connections and knew a lot of the listing agents and could provide so much data and information pre-and-post viewings. She also is incredibly well organized and knew how to present great schedules for us (and somehow we kept on time!). We ultimately were able to get in an offer for what we wanted at a pricepoint that we all felt was such a great deal for us. We will be moving in this week and cannot say enough of Kellianne's praises. Her entire team is also so incredibly helpful - including Rick who assisted in some showings when Kellianne couldn't make it out. Thank you so much Rick! All in all - highly recommend using Kellianne if you want just the most down-to-Earth real estate purchase transaction and all the stress taken out of it as well. Thank you!!! read more

My wife and I started engaging with Kellianne as soon as February of this year and worked with her until our successful purchase of a home in July. Throughout the process Kellianne was exceptionally diligent, communicative, and knowledgeable. When it came to putting in our offers, Kellianne was proactively communicative and demonstrated a great deal of empathy and consideration in her communication. Her experience and intuition really came through when we were able to secure a home that we thought was out of our reach for significantly less than what we were prepared to pay. Her rapport and persistence with the selling agent made our offer more attractive than a competing higher offer. She is an exceptional realtor and provided services above and beyond expectations. read more

Karen Richardson and her team are amazing! If you are looking at these yelp reviews and trying to decide on a realtor then -well- you should just stop looking. We ( my mother and I) sold our grandparents home in Orinda last month and with her help and guidance it was an incredibly easy, fast and seamless experience. First- during our time with her we enjoyed: Excellent communication throughout the process including emails, texts & calls. We were always in the loop on the house and where it stood. Second- she is incredibly professional and knowledgeable of the area. She knew exactly when and how to market the house. Third- She has an amazing team that helped bring the house up to a beautiful polish. Thats really an understatement ( thank you team!) Lastly- and for us the reason we immediately listed with her- Karen has a most wonderful, caring and genuine personality. She took what we thought was going to be a very very stressful situation and made us feel completely taken care of. It was honestly a completely un-stressful experience. read more

Karen knows what she's doing to help prepare and sell your home. She has a complete team to update your home. Additionally, she help me find a condo when there weren't too many available within my parameters read more

Karen is the BEST! As first time home buyers, we would have been in big trouble without her guidance, patience and total commitment towards protecting our interest. We consider ourselves extremely lucky to have her expertise and friendship! Also, Kellianne and Rick have given us great support along the way. We felt so cared for during the entire process! read more

Kellianne with KRG helped us find and close on our first home this month. We wouldn't have had a chance if it weren't for her flexibility to meet with us on short notice and write an offer same day. Kellianne was a strategic part of the process and would highly recommend her. read more

Caleb deserves an both a purple heart and an olympic medal for what we went through together selling a property with us during COVID and dealing with an inexperienced buyer's agent on a property we needed to get out of. Caleb led himself with the utmost professionalism, timeliness, excellent and frequent communication, advocacy, follow-up and follow through, helpfulness, fair and direct negotiation, and really smart problem solving when issues cropped up. One of the things that I appreciated the most about Caleb was our partnership and honest dialogue, forming a plan together, and agreeing on when to compromise and when to say no. Sometimes negotiations during a buyer's market is tough but Caleb helped us get through it as we wanted. I would work with Caleb again no questions asked! I should also note that the KRG group is phenomenal and we had a lot of support from others in the KRG team when it came to staging and coordination of showings. Whatever happened in the background was seamless to us and that was worth every penny. read more

I was initially so heartbroken that I couldn't work directly with Kellianne and the Karen Richardson Group when my husband and I were searching for our first home, due to our geographic location (We are in very Northern California). I had heard so many great things about them and was looking forward to working with the group. However, Kellianne was able to connect me to a local agent in our city whom she had some relationship with, and it was a perfect match. Her referral took into consideration our home purchasing dreams as well as our personalities and season of life. I am SO THANKFUL for Kellianne placing us in contact with our local agent and would highly recommend the Karen Richardson Group for all of your home purchasing needs! read more

It was a pleasure working with Karen in 2019 and with Caleb on 2020 purchasing two homes from them. Both experiences were absolutely fantastic. They're caring patient and professional. A year before I was Ready to buy a house, I told Karen that I'm just looking but I would like to get familiar with the area and Karen took me to multiple showings without any hesitation. That resulted in me making a very good choice a year later which I'm super happy about. In 2020 with Caleb it was a very difficult purchase with the bank during the Covid and Caleb was super patient and helped the deal close. He also negotiated a lot of things on behalf of me which I really appreciate. read more

Karen helped us buy our first house in Lafayette. We picked her as a buyer's agent based on her yelp reviews and emailed her. Within a week, we had an offer accepted on a house. I did not expect it to happen so fast. She listened to our feedback on her first few suggestions, and was able to line up some houses for us to see that fit our needs and our budget. When we saw one we liked, she hustled to get us the disclosures and stayed up late getting an offer in to preempt a planned open house the next day. Getting an offer accepted was just the start. Over the next few weeks she then guided us through the escrow process, the walkthroughs, and the back-and-forth over what goes, what stays, what gets fixed, etc. Karen got us in the right house for us fast, and held our hands every step of the way. Highly recommended. read more

Word's can't convey how overly impressed we were with the Karen Richardson Group and our realtor Caleb Bennett-Waugh. If you are in the market for a realtor, we would highly recommend ending your search here. It was such a pleasure to work with Caleb though out the entire process of both buying a new home and selling our previous home. Caleb is the utmost professional. He has a great personality and is extremely easy to get along with. He is very responsive to any inquiries usually responding within minutes any time of the day. He is extremely punctual for appointments and he really tries to find what you are looking for based on your needs and never tries to push his options or his agenda to make a sale. For us (while it may not be the norm), after meeting with Caleb he quickly started sending us listings he thought met our criteria and within three weeks helped us to find our new beautiful home in Moraga. In addition, even with the ongoings of COVID-19 and shelter in place, Caleb was able to help us virtually stage our previous home, generate multiple offers and within 3 days of listing helped us to sell the property above asking. We are grateful that we were able to find Caleb as he made the entire process seemless. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a realtor within the Lamorinda area or otherwise. read more

KRG was fantastic to work with. We just sold our home a couple of weeks ago. Karen jumped into the process right away and arranged staging of our home-on them, helped with pricing if properly, knew where to market our home to the right buyers and more. Karen and her staff were extremely responsive and professional. You've picked the right agent with KRG. read more

We are in contract after a couple of years of aggressively looking for a house! Kellianne Rapoza has been with us through every step and new direction. We started in Danville, then to Pleasanton to finally land in Livermore! It's been a crazy ride with bidding wars to cool down/hopeful to outrageous bidding wars again! It's been an emotional rollercoaster with 4 offers the past year. She's been amazing with us! Her patience, honesty, thoroughness and all around great attitude has been everything to us in this process. Every time we would fail to win a bid, she would encourage us that it was coming! We've probably looked at about 100 homes with her. She's got this calmness to her that kept us grounded and feeling positive. She also never pressured or made us feel like we needed to bid more money than we were comfortable with paying. I highly recommend Kellianne, she's phenomenal! read more

For the second time in 12 years, Karen and her team helped us sell and purchase a home. In both cases: our house sold for more than I anticipated the house we purchased fit our needs and was within our budget Karen and her team: Knows the marketplace extremely well Took lots of time to understand our needs Were flexible and put in extra time to meet deadlines Are known and respected by other agents We took advantage of the Compass concierge service, in which they pay for contractor's work done before the sale and get reimbursed after the sale. We had $150,000 of work done to fix problems and enhance the house. Because of that investment we made an extra $250,000 in the sale of the house. As you can tell, I highly recommend Karen and her team of Donna, Rick and Kellianne. Regards, Gene Godin read more

If you need a realtor, Caleb is the best! Caleb is fantastic to work with & I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to sell or rent! He is very knowledgeable about the area & he is able to expand your options by thinking outside of the box. He is so lovely to work with & he took care of everything along the way. He found us a dream home! If I am in need of a place again, he will be my 1st call!! read more

We had a fantastic and fun experience working with Caleb to make our home purchase in Orinda. He was super helpful, attentive, thoughtful, funny and a great listener. He didn't rush us and enjoyed home shopping as much as we did! Highly recommend working with this team and specifically definitely ask for Caleb Waugh! read more

We worked with Caleb Bennett-Waugh the past few months after we decided to move our life from SF to LA. I can't say enough wonderful things about this realtor. We were working with him before & after we moved down to SoCal. It was reassuring to know we had someone who was professional and dedicated to the sale of our SF home. He was available anytime we needed him without hesitation! Selling a condo is not an easy process but he made us feel at ease along the way. I highly recommend Caleb for the next sale/purchase of your home! read more

We could not be more pleased with our experience with the Karen Richardson Group! We worked with Caleb to sell our home in Walnut Creek and purchase our dream home in Alamo. It is thanks to Caleb that we were able sell our home over ask in less than five days. Caleb was also instrumental in securing our new home in an extremely competitive market. Caleb guided us through making a preemptive offer that was accepted prior to the scheduled open house. Caleb is the epitome of professionalism, and his knowledge of the market is fantastic. I cannot recommend him and the team enough! read more

Add us to the list of Caleb Bennett-Waugh fans! Our home buying journey took all summer and fall, and Caleb had a tremendous amount of patience with us as we went open housing every weekend and changed our minds more than a few times! More than just an agent, he is a counselor who lifted our spirits when we lost out on properties and celebrated with us when we got the One. Caleb's ability to network with other agents and help us understand all the fine details was invaluable. read more

Kellianne is a professional, patient, and knowledgeable realtor. My wife and I were new to the LAMORINDA area and wanted a realtor who knew the market well. We were lucky to find Kellianne on Compass and she worked tirelessly to find our dream home. She was always super responsive via email, phone and text at all hours of the day/night. Regarding offers, she was able to quickly turn around comp reports that were helpful in deciding how much to bid based on recent market data. Overall, Kellianne has a real pulse on the market, and we would recommend her to anyone looking to purchase a home. I highly recommend her for your next home buying experience. read more

Would highly recommend Karen and her reno, staging and sales group. They paid great attention to detail meeting my expectations and very accessible during the preparation process for sale of our family home. Great outcome with great effort on Karen's part to secure an amazing 15 percent over asking price twice the average in our market arena. This team was also totally compliant with our current Covid influenced market. Thank you all. read more

Karen, Kellianne and the whole KRG team are the reason we have our dream house. We kicked tires for 3 years, and the whole time they stayed in contact letting us know they were ready when we were. When that day came (about 2 months ago) we had an offer out the next day on a pre-market listing. Thanks to the KRG team and their lender contacts, the offer was accepted and the house that we have driven by admiring for years is actually ours! Pretty confident in saying that would not have happened if it wasn't for the KRG team. read more

Karen worked with us for several months trying to find the right home in Lafayette, in a ridiculously hot sellers market. She was patient, never once urging us to break our budget, like other real estate agents might to get a quick sell. We eventually got what we wanted at a price we were comfortable with, which she worked hard to ensure we got. She then sold my condo unit in Oakland for the price we wanted, even when the market was cooling and a competing unit was selling near us. She made the best out of a tough situation. Meara, Karen's coordinator is very conscientious and pleasure to work with. read more

From the moment we met Karen she viewed our house as a home and not just another real estate transaction.This meant a lot to us. Her professional team helped us prepare our home for the market and through Karen's connections, sold our home in 5 days at full price. The process went smoothly listing to closing. Karen has earned her top ranking in the market! read more

Karen and her team are phenomenal. We randomly met Karen when we wandered into the Arbor homes that she was/is selling. She was incredibly friendly and told us all about the area etc. and spent quite a good amount of time with us even though we were just window shopping. Fast forward to about a year later, we started really looking at moving to the East Bay and were unsuccessfully connected with another realtor that didn't work out for us. After hunting through our old notes, we reconnected with Karen, and we are so glad we did. Karen spent plenty of time helping us narrow down exactly what we were looking for and was very patient. She has great visibility to off market and pre-market listings which really gave us a good landscape of what was out there. When we finally found the home we wanted, she did an amazing job guiding us through the process from start to finish and making sure we came forward with a strong offer. Even after our offer was accepted, she diligently fought on our behalf after inspections were done. We felt like through this process, Karen became a good friend and someone we still go to for recommendations. She helped our transition from SF to Walnut Creek tremendously, and we can't say enough about how amazing she and the rest of the KRG team are. read more

Amazing! It's the best word to describe what they accomplished! I have NEVER been a fan of realtors until I was fortunate enough to choose Kellianne and the Richardson group. 72 hours from list to contract in hand, with a selling price of $100k over list. From watching other listings, this was due to all the pre-work that Kellianne and Donna (stager) did with the house. Oh, and yes...by the way, this realtor stages the house as part of their commission! I I am a believer again in the fact that good DOES reside within this community! Amazing! read more

Professional, knowledgeable, approachable, and responsive are just a few of the many positive words I would use to describe realtor Karen Richardson, who represented me with the sale of my home in Walnut Creek in 2020! And, so important in this unprecedented year of Covid-19, with all its uncertainty and special requirements for a home sale, I'll add that Karen was flexible, had a wonderful sense of humor, and maintained a "never give up" attitude! Through the phases of home renovation and the listing, showing, and selling of my home, Karen was "there" for me. Not only was I dealing with my home sale, but I was also dealing with the construction of my new home in N. Virginia, so I really appreciated having such an expert realtor! KRG Team Stager Donna Kendall and Team Operations Manager Kellianne Rapoza were integral to my home sale, too. It was such a pleasure to work with all three women. Do not hesitate to tap into the expertise of KRG for the purchase or sale of a home, as you'll be so glad that you did! read more

We had the pleasure of working with Karen Richardson and Kellianne Rapoza Love and they were absolutely PHENOMENAL on so many levels! They worked with my wife's grandmother and quickly identified several opportunities that we hadn't see online or weren't listed as well as houses that were risky to buy due to infrastructure problems. In a difficult sellers driven market, they found us exactly what we were looking for. We couldn't be happier and since then we have recommended them to other family and friends who have had great experiences as well. Don't waste your time with anyone else, they're top notch and easy to work with!! Great experience!! read more

My mom was looking for a place in Pleasant Hill and Kellianne Rapoza Love from Karen Richardson group was on it! Within hours, we got a list of potential homes. Kellianne was very respectful and cordial to my mom despite a language barrier. She was encouraging yet practical with us when it came to looking for a home. It was especially difficult as my mom was in southern California at the time, but Kellianne made the process smooth and accommodating and now my mom lives in a beautiful home in Gregory Gardens. Thanks Karen Richardson Group! read more

Karen Richardson was a great help in teaching us about Orinda and Lafayette as we were looking to move from San Francisco. She helped us find a wonderful home and negotiated a great deal for us. We really appreciated her local relationships and would highly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell a home in Lamorinda. read more

The moment I met Karen I knew she's the one who will find the house we're looking for, with the budget we have in mind. She's confident, proactive and knows how to get things done in no time. We just told her the area we would like to move into and even though the availability was rare, she managed to find us the perfect place in walnut creek at the border of Lafayette. I loved working with her and will work with her again in case our housing needs had changed! read more

We recently had the pleasure of working with Karen and her team in the sale of our Lafayette Home. We found out about her from a family friend that raved about her but to do our diligence we interviewed a few other top Lamorinda realtors... we were not disappointed. She is a real person, I think it was her stories about her kids helped us connect but she also was a complete professional and showed up so prepared with great marketing materials and suggestions about our home. As I had sold a property in the past and it was a bit rocky, we also picked Karen because of her calm, strong personality and ability to navigate really tough scenarios. She also made us feel like we would be her top priority even though we know she does dozens of sales a year. She was awesome and we got our home sold before it even went on market for even more than we listed! Although the transaction was complicated due to our unique lot, we know she was doing a ton of work behind the scenes to make things go smoothly and get us the best price too. We were thrilled with her and her team but most importantly her honest, non-nonsense attitude. If you live in Lamorinda or want to buy into the area Karen is a must! read more

We just recently closed on the sale of our new home in Alamo, and we couldn't be happier with the services of our agent, Caleb Bennett-Waugh. It took over a year, but luckily we were in no hurry, though I'm sure he could've accommodated a quick re-locate as well, as Caleb is very efficient and communicative. He knows all of Contra Costa well and was very good at finding properties he knew we'd be interested in. He was always on time, and responded very quickly to questions. His advice proved to be spot-on including when it came time to make an offer and we were successful in finding a perfect location and home for our unique needs. He has been wonderful to work with and I highly recommend his services to anyone. read more

Kellianne was beyond all expectation. We called on her to help us with the purchase of a house 80 miles north of the Bay Area. We requested this company because we had used them to purchase a house in the Bay Area and were extremely happy with their expertise and personal approach. This purchase of the house north of the bay turned out to be exceptionally complex with a very difficult seller, and a zillion details. Kellianne tirelessly worked through many tough situations with patience and grace. She was available to us 24/7, and was often keeping in touch in the evening and on weekends. She never lost her cool, even when we did, and always responded to the other party professionally and thoroughly. After all we went through, I now consider her a dear friend, and would recommend her unconditionally to anyone needing a real estate agent read more

Thank you Kellianne and the KRG Team for helping with purchasing our first Duplex. Kellianne was amazing to work with. We would highly recommend her. She made the process less stressful and worry free. She is always available to answer your questions or give you knowledgeable advice through the entire purchasing process. We never felt lost or alone or uncertain, with Kellianne by our side. She will keep you well informed every step of the way. We couldn't have done it with out her. read more

We sold our house in Lafayette with Karen. It was a pleasure working with her and her whole team. We sold our house in no time and everything went very smooth. read more

I would highly recommend Karen Richardson Group. We had a great agent, Kellianne, who worked really hard to find us a perfect home. Since we lived little ways from East Bay, it was hard for us to be there for all the inspections, she really took over and was at the house almost everyday and for long hours. She really took care of it all for us. Made the process very easy and fast. We were very happy with Kellianne and Karen Richardson Group!! read more