We loved working with Mary and highly recommend her. When we bought our house, she was the selling agent, and she was so good to work with that we hired her when we were ready to move. The house we bought from Mary in 2018 and sold with Mary in 2023 is 553 Topaz Street, Redwood City. Our situation was this: we bought a house before it hit the market with an offer contingent on selling our existing home. We knew the minimum we needed to get and had to do it urgently. Within one week, Mary helped us pack, paint, clean the yard, stage, and list the property. We accepted a clean offer above the asking price a few days later. She helped us early in the process to gauge a reasonable value based on comparable houses that had recently sold. Mary is incredibly responsive and helpful. We talked to her frequently and found that she consistently exceeded our expectations. If we needed something, she had a contact who could deliver the necessary service quickly and for a reasonable price. We love our new home and hope never to move again, but we'll hire Mary if we do. read more

Where to start.... Mary is excellent at her job! Communications, expertise, knowledge, knows the market, great at negotiating , and just plain awesome! Highly recommend! read more

Poor communication all around. I believe I was one of the first to contact her about a rental property in Redwood City. After asking a question I never heard back and had to email again. Finally got a response from her but not the answer to my question. Fine, asked when I could tour the property as I was really interested. We went back and forth for weeks trying to figure out a time. Then the emails started being delayed for some reason. I had asked her multiple times to just call me or have a talk on the phone which never happened. I've since found somewhere else to live but this was the most unprofessional realtor I have dealt with in my experience looking for a new home. Never heard back from her, never even toured the property. read more

Mary Molinari is fabulous. Period. We all know the issues with real estate agents and the conflict of interest they present to buyers. With Mary, we never doubted that she was on our side. Not only was she our advocate through the whole process, she's the most down-to-earth, fun, funny, "real" real estate agent we have ever met. And you know how un-real those real estate agents can be. She never rushed us, in fact, she encouraged and aided us to be as thorough as possible. You walk through a property with Mary and she's not afraid to crawl into a dark crawlspace, poke into a dingy attic, check underneath carpet for hardwood because she's not worried about chipping a nail or messing up her hair or getting a little dirt on her shoes. I don't think you could say that about a lot of real estate agents. During the contingency period for our house, she lined up both a property and a foundation inspection, as well as scheduled several contractors to come up and give us estimates on the work that needed to be done. And she was totally there for us during a hairy negotiation and helped us get a price that was the right price for the house, not the right price for a sale. In the end we have a house that we're really happy with. The destination is great, but the journey was all the much better having Mary on our side. We love you Mary! Rock on!! read more

It's really hard to put into words how amazing Mary is. Buying a house on the peninsula is hard, really hard. Mary has lived in this area her whole life, she gets the neighborhoods, the market, the people, the styles of homes, the climate. She gets all that stuff and walked my wife and I through the first time home buying process in a down to earth awesome way. Honestly my wife and I feel like she really earned her commission and then some. read more

My wife and I have over 25 years in the Real Estate/Lending industry. We have worked with hundreds of Realtors during our career and without question, Mary Molinari is the best on the planet! Her professionalism, honesty, integrity and can do attitude has earned a 5-star reputation amoung her clients and industry colleagues. I can't say enough about her high integrity and is very conscientious and tenacious, always keeping our interest in mind. She does extensive research to assist with assessing a fair market value of our property for the offer and then negotiates effectively with the opposing broker on behalf of our interest. She is extremely responsive to calls, emails, text and any questions, often responding immediately to our late night emails after midnight. She shows great attention to the details to get the transaction done. Perhaps Mary's best attribute is her friendly, down to earth personality. Her calling card is her smile and he infectious laugh. We actually had fun selling our property and I always look forward to entering into a transaction with Mary Molinary. read more

I have purchased two homes (one primary residence, one rental) as well as referred others to Mary, and we all agree- she is the most honest, hardest working realtor in the business. You are crazy if you use anyone else. I have bought and sold many properties over the past 20 years and I have not met anyone else that compares. read more

We chose Mary for three real estate transactions (two purchases and a sale) over the past eight years and have been thrilled with her work each time. She is fabulous! Here's what we love most about Mary: 1. She's a real person, not one of those real estate agents who's trying to impress you with how rich or successful they are. She's friendly, funny, and a joy to work with. We miss Mary when we don't have an excuse to work with her! 2. Mary's goal is to make her clients happy, not to earn her commission. Several times in our two purchases Mary cautioned us against offering too much money, or purchasing without important contingencies. We actually worked with Mary for a couple of months on a third house search (for my mother) where we ended up deciding to rent in the end. We sent Mary a $1,000 check as a gift to thank her for all the time she spent with us, and she returned it to us! 3. She knows her stuff. Mary's been in Real Estate for over 25 years and she knows the business inside out. She's also well connected, with great contacts for loans, inspections, and getting a house ready for sale. (The designer she works with for staging, Monica, is especially good!) 4. Mary is very, very responsive. When we've worked with her, she usually responded to e-mails immediately, and worked all sorts of crazy hours. 5. She's very careful and detail oriented. In our transactions, she followed up on every loose end and made sure everything went smoothly. Over three completed transactions she didn't miss a thing. 6. Mary goes the extra mile. For example, when we were getting our house ready for sale, she met with contractors to do the minor fix-ups so we didn't have to miss work. If I gush any more this review won't be believable, so I'll stop now. Suffice it to say that Mary has got to be the best Realtor in the Bay Area, and you're crazy if you pass up the chance to work with her. read more

What can I say about Mary Molinari that hasn't already been said. She is AWESOME!!! In the world of realtors she is honest. She is thorough, is looking out for your best interest not just her bottom line, and helps you understand what things mean in plain English! Honestly, by the end of the purchase of our house she was not just our realtor, she was our friend and one of the family! As time passed she helped with our rental and the sale of our home. I am why would I go to anyone else when I knew I had the best! read more

This is overdue, at least it's like an anniversary for when we could move into our new home a year ago. I must admit that there are an awful lot of types of realtors that I would have a hard time being around for any extended time, and you do end up spending a lot of time. We spent hours late turning over papers and pouring over disclosures, we bid, and lost, over and over... we had Mary show us houses on short notice, we asked for all kinds of information, we changed our minds, we finally decided to go Coastside...Mary followed. Mary went through thick and thin, she helped us think through the pros and cons. We had quite a bit of drama at the end, almost had one house, but then ended up in another....Mary was there tidying up the ends, dotting the i's and crossing the t's...it all worked out. Mary is easygoing at the same time as reliable, friendly and unpretentious. Warmly recommended! read more

Another 5 Star review for Mary. From start to finish she was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable about the market and explained each and every step of the process thoroughly. Communicating with her was super easy. She responded immediately to every text, email or phone call. She was incredibly reliable, respectful, kind, funny, and honest. She always went above and beyond and she got the job done well and efficiently! She made selling a house easy and enjoyable! I totally recommend Mary Molinari! read more

Over the last six months, Mary worked tirelessly to make sure I found the right house for me. I'm not the typical homebuyer. I came to Mary shell-shocked from the tactics of the real estate agent who sold my mother's house. I was suspicious of the whole real estate process, and full of my own ideas and "internet learnings." Mary worked through my fears and helped me to discover what it would take for me to call a house a home, and then got me a forever home at a price that I could afford. She never pressured me to buy - in fact, she went out of her way to make sure that I knew the downsides of every house we saw. But when the right house came along, she took care of every detail and made sure the transaction went smoothly. What a gem! What words are there to tell you how amazing Mary Molinari is? A few come to mind... 1) Honest. Mary does the right thing, period. She doesn't represent both a buyer and a seller in a transaction because it's a conflict of interest. If Mary is on your side, Mary is on your side. She keeps your private information private, and never breaches a trust. Her honesty extends to the smallest details. I was with Mary when she accidentally broke a small ceramic yard frog (while she was checking out a crawlspace for me.) Most people would have set it aside and hoped no one would notice. Not Mary. She took it into the listing agent for the house and offered to pay for it. There was never even a thought of looking the other way. 2) Hardworking. None of my phone calls or e-mails ever went unanswered, even when Mary was on vacation with her family. Since there were over 300 e-mails in the past six months, this was quite a feat. Mary starts at 7:30 in the morning, and goes until midnight every day. I don't know how she does it, but I'm glad she does! Mary also spent hours with me in the houses I was considering buying, making sure that I saw and understood all of the good and bad features of the house. 3) Conscientious. I could count on hearing about every house that met my needs, the minute it came on the market. I scoured Redfin daily, but Mary found a number of properties that weren't posted or that I missed. More importantly, she answered all of my questions fully and with enough detail to satisfy my obsessive nature. Mary never cut corners. She read every page of every disclosure and inspection report. Over and over again, she pointed out the really important things - again, often ones I missed. 4) Knowledgeable. Mary knows about cripple walls, sump pumps, Romex wiring, and a thousand other little details that make a huge difference when buying a home. Even better, she's a fabulous teacher. She showed me how to read inspection reports and disclosures, so I could come to my own conclusions about whether or not I was willing to do what it would take to make a house livable. Mary's uncanny sense of what a home is worth and what a seller might be willing to take really helps during negotiations! 5) Personable Mary gets along with everyone. I can't forget one plumbing contractor who came to the house. When he was interacted with me, he was almost surly. I turned him over to Mary, thinking that there was no way I would deal with him. By the time he was done with Mary, his whole demeanor had changed, and he was very pleasant. Because Mary gets along so well with everyone, you learn about the house and the neighborhood that you might never have known otherwise. 6) Fun-loving, warm, down to earth, real. Okay, three words, but taken together, they describe Mary's personality. What an absolutely delightful person! I've laughed and cried with her, and in one e-mail, I told her she was the best therapist a girl ever had. Mary sees things with a clear eye, laughs freely, and genuinely lives by two mottos: "We're a team" and "I want you to be absolutely certain that this is the best house for you." Thanks, Mary. You're the best. read more

Mary is so dedicated to getting her clients taken care of, she goes above and beyond to make sure her clients find the right buyer or the right home. She is totally dependable, communicative, thorough, and knowledgeable . I absolutely will use Mary for any future needs I have and would HIGHLY recommend her if you are in need of a realtor. read more

As a service provider to Mary and her clients I find her to be well organized and someone that follows through. Always has a positive attitude. In this crazy business it's great to work with such a professional. read more

Mary is a terrific agent and a wonderful person. She is organized, thoughtful, punctual, diligent, tireless, savvy, and fun! And perhaps most importantly of all, through her efforts we were able to get the house we wanted for the right price. Like many first-time home buyers these days, I was initially skeptical of real-estate agents and the value that they add. As a 30-something, I am more than capable of using the Internet to search for properties online, get notifications of price changes, view satellite maps, search for foreclosures, etc. So at first I was apprehensive about working with an agent. I even considered going it alone, or working with one of those online real estate sites. But that would've been a mistake for us, and here's why. For one, those online sites will often not allow you to buy short sale or foreclosed properties (and those constitute a good number of properties these days). And two, when the day arrives that you find the property of your dreams, you want someone like Mary who is dedicated to your cause and will be able to focus on your needs, working around the clock to get the job done for you. This latter part is so critical, especially in the SF Bay area. Even in a down economy, the great properties sell in the first week. When you find the property you want, you may need to act quickly in order to get the deal closed before you find yourself in a costly multiple offer situation. You may need to have property inspectors lined up to meet short contingencies. You may need to have a contact with the banks at odd hours. Mary can do this for you, as she did it for us. What Mary provides is more than just a property searching service... that is just the tip of the iceberg. She brings you through the entire buying process from start to finish, giving you the education you need to make your decision. She is like a teacher and mentor, but also is the one who does most of the busy work for you, leaving you with the one task of deciding which house you want to buy. That one decision can be made by you alone (no agent can or should tell you what to buy), and Mary is fantastic at continually providing supporting information at every stage of the buying process to help you arrive at a conclusion on whether to buy the house. Once we decided that we wanted to buy a particular house, Mary's efforts were remarkable. We needed to act very quickly and Mary was so organized and available for us, that we were always ahead of the game. She accepted phone calls and emails at all hours. It's like she never sleeps. One night we were in the house until almost 1:00 am. The next morning I was getting an email from her at 6:50 am. We met again that morning, then again in the afternoon, and then we had more discussions at night. I felt tired, she did not appear phased. There is so much paper work to fill out when buying a home, but Mary had it all figured out for us. She explained all of the pages, and never rushed us. Honestly, she never pressured us, ever. Often she was the last one in the house, looking behind furniture, or ducking her head into a crawl space. In all of the homes we visited together, I never saw her look at her watch, or hint that we'd seen enough, or in any way make us feel like we were abusing her time. It really felt like Mary was buying the house with us. She was so vested personally in making sure we knew everything that it truly felt like she was the one carrying the financial burden of the house purchase. What a great feeling it is to know that you have someone beside you, who is a veteran in the business, looking out for your best interests. And when it comes to purchase price, she was fighting harder than we were to get it lower. This may sound unbelievable, especially since agents earn their living off of the purchase price. But it is true that Mary always would nudge us toward making a lower offer. Why? It doesn't benefit her financially for us to buy at a lower price, true. But the reason is that she wants you to be satisfied with your purchase. And more than that, her personality is such that she just really wants you to get a good deal. If you're happy, then she's happy. In summary, Mary exceeded our expectations in every way. If you are at all apprehensive about buying real estate, I recommend you meet with Mary and see what you think of her. Go visit one of her open houses and talk with her (you don't even need to tell her that you are looking for an agent... that's what we did). Just talk with her for a few minutes and you'll see that she is very easy to work with. Schedule some time to meet with her so that you can ask her some questions. Again, that's what we did. She'll never pressure you. She doesn't have to apply pressure because she's good at what she does. The 5 star reviews you see on this page are evidence of that. read more

Mary Molinari is by far THE BEST Realtor I have had the pleasure of working with. If you are fairly new to the real estate market (like we were)and need someone who is patient, honest and will work hard for you, I would recommend her wholeheartedly. She is knowledgeable, thoughtful about her recommendations and follows up in a timely manner. She is also gifted with a great sense of humor which will really help take the edge off during some stressful times! We would gladly refer her to our friends and family and plan on working with her again in the future. read more