Liz is truly one of a kind! As first-time homebuyers, my…read morehusband and I could not have asked for a better guide and partner on our journey to finding our first home in Redwood City. From day one, Liz went above and beyond--not only as a realtor but as a trusted friend and confidant who made the process feel exciting, personal, and stress-free. Here's what stood out to us about working with Liz: * Deep understanding of our needs: She took the time to get to know us, our lifestyle, our priorities, and even the little details that mattered most. Every home she showed us felt like a thoughtful match. * Above-and-beyond support: We didn't have a car during our search, and Liz never hesitated to pick us up and personally take us to every open house. That gesture alone speaks volumes about her kindness and dedication. * Expert knowledge and emotional presence: Her insights about neighborhoods, disclosures, and the entire buying process were spot on. She made everything easy to understand and always ensured we felt confident with each decision. * Patience and responsiveness: No matter how many questions we asked (and there were plenty!), Liz was always patient, quick to respond, and genuinely happy to help. * A true partner through and through: Even after closing, she stayed in touch, guiding us toward trusted local professionals for contractor and home improvement needs. Liz made what could have been an overwhelming process feel warm, smooth, and even joyful. We started this journey looking for a house, but thanks to Liz, we found a home and a lifelong friend. Thank you, Liz, and the entire Veritas team, for making our dream of homeownership a reality! If you're buying a home in the Bay Area, go with Liz- there truly is no better option. P.S. If you'd like to hear more about our experience, Liz is welcome to share my contact info. I'd be happy to chat and personally share why we think she's amazing.

Liz at Veritas Homes is an amazing realtor and helped us find our home in San Carlos. She is…read morepatient, kind, and non-judgemental but will share her opinion when prompted. As first-time home buyers, we had a lot of questions and she guided us through the entire process with calm and ease. We felt completely comfortable and trusted Liz's judgment throughout the process. She remained open to our ideas and understood our constraints. Not only did Liz support our home buying process but she has also served as a trusted sounding board for our home renovations and has recommended a number of local experts including our general contractor and our pediatrician. Thank you Liz and the entire Veritas team for helping make our dream of home ownership possible!

When my brother and I were going through one of the most difficult times of our lives after the…read morepassing of our parents, we were faced with the overwhelming task of selling their home. The house needed a significant amount of work, and emotionally and logistically, we were not in a position to manage contractors or renovations on our own. From the very beginning, Holly Noto of Coldwell Banker was incredible. She explained that she had a trusted crew who could handle the necessary work and that the process would be interest-free, which immediately eased a great deal of stress. The transformation was truly remarkable. The house looked absolutely beautiful--so much so that I honestly wished I could move back into it myself. It had always been a great home, but Holly and her team brought out its full potential. The staging was done flawlessly and made a huge difference. What stood out most to me was how seamless Holly made the entire process. There was a significant amount of paperwork involved, and I was worried it would be overwhelming. Holly walked us through everything with patience and clarity, always making herself available to answer questions. She never once made me feel like any question was unnecessary, and if I made a mistake, she reassured me that it was never a problem and could always be fixed. Holly went above and beyond in every way. She hosted an open house and, within just four days, we received seven offers. The entire experience was handled with professionalism, care, and efficiency, and most importantly, with no stress for us during an already emotional time. I truly cannot recommend Holly enough. She made what could have been an overwhelming and painful process feel manageable and even smooth. I will absolutely work with Holly again for any future real estate needs. Thank you to Holly and Coldwell Banker for your compassion, expertise, and outstanding service.

Truly excellent service to me on Holly's part for my recent purchase. She not only offered expert…read moreadvice and guidance at all stages of my search, she undertook a massive, week-long investigation to establish the correct property unit number of my HOA with the city assessor's office, after the title insurance company failed to address our concerns about competing lot numbers for maps in the public domain. Highly recommended!

I reached out to Vicky and Enzo to sell our home of 30 years…read more For the past two years, I had been helping my husband manage a serious health issue, and I was completely overwhelmed by what needed to be done to get the house ready. To make things even more complicated, we were moving out of state during the renovation and sale. Vicky and Enzo managed the entire process from start to finish, and they were absolutely wonderful. They had an excellent pulse on the market and guided us in adjusting our strategy along the way--ultimately helping us secure $125,000 more than we expected. Their support was priceless. They were patient, incredibly responsive, and consistently kind during a very stressful time. I cannot recommend them highly enough. They made what felt impossible not only manageable, but successful beyond what we imagined.

I am so grateful to have worked with Vicky and her amazing team. I highly recommend the most…read moretrusted team in Palo Alto, Woodside Emarald Hill hands down. I have worked with lots of realestate companies in San Ferancisco and I have never had an amazing experience as I did with team Costantini . They genuinely care. Thank you

We were without representation and I was doing all my research on MLSlistings to find open houses…read more I found a place that fit all the basic requirements that S had given me so we dropped in on their first open house. The house was represented by Jim Byrnes and we showed interest. When he found out that we weren't represented, he referred us to Claudia. Claudia is an amazing agent. She walked the fine line between standing up for what we wanted and what we requested and basically making everything work without stepping on the seller's toes. In the end, it was a very successful sale with what I hope was both parties being happy. (I know that we're happy!) She made addendums and amendments for everything that could potentially be an issue and made sure that we were comfortable with every single step of the process. The homebuying experience is extremely stressful and nervewracking. She made it more comfortable and when there were hiccups, she gave us some peace of mind and worked out the kinks. She arranged for us to meet the sellers on a few occasions after we were in contract so that they could give us a personal walkthrough of the home and point out all the quirks that only they would know of since they've lived in there around 20 years... Being that this was the first time we were dealing with real estate, it was a great experience. She has a warm personality that's a tad bit fun when you get to know her and she's helped with arranging things after the deal was done. Her recommendations for termite control and fencing have been fantastic. Highly recommended!

Claudia is THE REALTOR to select for all your housing needs. She happened to be seller agent in my…read morefirst home purchase. The transaction was a short sale and an extremely long and unpredictable (due to the lender) one. I'm sure the end would have been different if it weren't for her diligence, expertise in handling a difficult bank and following up religiously with all the changes required by the lender. She is very professional and goes beyond the norm, she helped us as buyers (we were not her client) and accommodated all our requests and tried to work with us all through the 9 month transaction. She has a pleasant personality and helps ease the anxieties in an otherwise difficult situation. I would most certainly recommend her services to friends and family.

Working with Debbie and team was a masterclass in professional integrity. In a fast-paced market…read morewhere it's easy to feel like just another transaction, she consistently prioritized our needs above all else. Her transparency kept us grounded, and her focus on our comfort made a high-stakes process feel manageable. If you are looking for an agent who values your long-term goals over a quick sale, Debbie is the gold standard Colleen Pimentel

We have known Debbie for many years during which she has helped us with our various real-estate…read moretransactions (sale and purchase). She is obviously a top-ranked realtor for a reason! Her knowledge of real-estate market in the San Mateo county is unparalleled, and her extensive array of resources and connections will help the clients to achieve a good return on their investments. She genuinely cares about her clients and goes beyond the norm to help them in the process.

Unequivocally we would recommend Caroline Dinsmore to friends and family if they are seeking to…read moresell and/or buy a home. Her knowledge of the real estate market (we looked in San Mateo, San Carlos, and Menlo Park) was extremely helpful in buying our wonderful new Townhome. Her resources, ideas, and encouragement were absolutely essential to selling our home in Woodside and in receiving our asking price. Caroline went beyond expectations in being available to us to answer all of our questions, provide positive support, and promote the sale of our well loved home to prospective buyers. We will always be grateful we had the opportunity to work with her.

I have worked with a number of real estate agents in the past 30 years, buying and selling some 12…read morehomes. I was fortunate to have the assistance of a number of good agents, but Caroline is without a doubt head and shoulders above all of them. I recently sold my current condo home with Caroline as my sales agent. Caroline was also the agent who helped me to buy my place some 13 years ago. I had such a wonderful experience working with Caroline that I immediately thought of her again when I decided to sell my place. Most real estate transactions tend to follow fairly standard operating procedures. Thus the basic mechanics of a property sale or purchase can be handled by most agents without issue. However, when things go awry, that's when the experience, expertise and professionalism of a real estate agent really become absolutely critical. Such was the case with me. After my house was on the market for about 10 days, a couple made an offer that I accepted. So after signing the initial agreements, the couple proceeded to do their due diligence, which included various inspections. When the latter were all completed to the buyers' satisfaction, they removed all their purchase contingencies, and we were officially in escrow. Now all we had to do was wait for the buyers' bank to fund the loan. And that's when things took an unexpected turn. My buyers were pre-approved for a so-called faith-based loan from a small community bank in Chicago. Neither Caroline nor I, nor the title company where we opened escrow, knew much about what exactly a faith-based loan entailed; we just thought it would not be that different from any other mortgage loan. We were wrong! With us now in escrow, the bank in Chicago unexpectedly asked for various additional data/information that was outside of the scope of what was in the condo disclosure package that was provided to and signed off by the buyers earlier. So Caroline had to scramble very quickly to respond to the bank. That was by no means an easy task as multiple parties had to be identified and contacted. But after moving heaven and earth, Caroline did deliver everything the bank requested. Yet, in the end, my buyers were not able to get their loan. So that escrow, which by then was 3 weeks past the agreed closing date, fell through. I was, to be sure, a bit crestfallen. But Caroline was able to put that setback quickly behind her, and promptly arranged for the staging company she had long worked with to re-stage my condo in short order. With Caroline resuming hosting open houses again, I did quite quickly receive another offer that was in fact better than the one I had accepted previously. This time, we were able to close escrow without any issue within a month. So it all turned out well, and that was totally to Caroline's credit. Her hard work and undaunted spirit truly made all the difference. I should also note that I was overseas in Asia during all that time, so my communications with Caroline were mostly by email. On those few occasions when I felt that a phone conversation was needed, I would call Caroline. Given the 15-hour time difference between Caroline's Pacific Standard Time and my time zone in Asia, I would often reach Caroline at 8 or 9 pm her time. Quickly brushing aside my apologies for calling her so late, Caroline would always cheerfully take such time as we needed to discuss our next steps. Caroline wrote well, and fast, and she presented all her points clearly and succinctly. So I was always kept fully apprised of what's going on notwithstanding we were in different continents and time zones. In summary, I cannot imagine a real estate agent who is more efficient, pleasant to work with, experienced, hardworking, dedicated, and smart as Caroline. If Yelp were to change their maximum star rating from 5 to 10 stars, I would have to give Caroline eleven stars!

I'm surprised to see all these glowing reviews for Anna. She must have some good friends. She's a…read morepit bull and not in a good way. She will only respond until she gets paid. We had a real estate attorney review some documents she insisted that we sign as buyers and it turns out that there was no need to sign them. She also asked for copies of financial statements that even our lender didn't ask for and we learned she shared the information with the selling agent. So much fiduciary responsibility. She's a shark and does not have your best interest in mind. All she cares about is her commission and how fast she can get it. Her tactics are less than honorable and I suspect in some cases, not even legal. Stay away unless you want a headache once you're too far in to turn around. We regret working with her in any capacity.

We are sad to say that we had a very negative experience with Ms. Ow. When you choose someone as…read moreimportant as an agent to sell your home you want an ally - but from almost the first moment, we never felt that with her. To the contrary, we felt like we were always fighting with her or pushing her to fight for us. We've worked with other realtors since then buying and selling two properties, and renting one other, and they were all very positive experiences - no drama, no issues, no hesitation at all to recommend. There was never a doubt that these other realtors were on our side. Not so with Ms. Ow. We were sorely disappointed with her. We had a few issues arise during our selling process and considered pulling our house from the market and/or renting instead of selling. We felt (and feel now in hindsight) that these options would have been better for us but she never seriously considered them. We felt that she just didn't want to deal with our house anymore when it didn't sell as quickly as we had all hoped and just wanted to close any deal she could to be done with it. As we were making important decisions we just never felt that she was truly on our side. Here were our main concerns: a) We interviewed a number of realtors before deciding who to use to list our house. One of the main reasons we went with her is that she told us she limits the number of clients she works with at one time so each client gets lots of attention. This turned out to be inaccurate, at least when we worked with her. She always had multiple clients and seemed unable to figure out how to juggle us all. She apparently thought our house would sell in one weekend. When it didn't she appeared to essentially drop us - on the second weekend she planned to come to neither of the open houses we had scheduled. She begrudgingly agreed to come to one after we reminded her how unfair this lack of attention was. But - REALLY? On weekend TWO we have to convince you, our realtor being paid to sell our home, to even show up to one open house day? b) We felt that she was filtering information and we never quite knew the full picture. We overheard another agent complain to Ms. Ow that she had asked her to be in touch before we accepted any other offers as her client wanted the house badly and so her client could consider making a higher bid. We were never told this by Ms. Ow and apparently Ms. Ow did not do this (something that could have bumped up our price). This agent represented a client Ms. Ow was always dismissive of and didn't think would come through (turns out she was wrong - they ultimately bought our home) so she kept trying to steer us away from them. This cost us a lot of money in the end. c) Communication was awful. We constantly had to beg for information about what was going on. She seemed annoyed when we asked. Sorry to want to know what's going on but this was the first house we ever sold and it was kind of a big deal to us! d) We felt that she was extremely reluctant to negotiate or bid on our behalf. She wanted us to just accept what was offered without going back and forth at all. e) We felt that she was focused on the negatives of our home (any home has them) not the positives (of which there were many). We truly regretted choosing Ms. Ow by the end of our experience. I am glad that others had more positive experiences but one thing I note is that the positive reviews mostly seem to relate to quick transactions. I think when something doesn't move as quickly as she wants she simply moves on to the next one. We would never recommend Ms. Ow to anyone.

Ali Gilmartin Davis was our realtor partner for our most recent house search in the San Mateo…read moreCounty region, which is one of the most competitive buyer markets in CA. In short, we had an exceptional experience from start to finish, and here are just some of the highlights. DM me with any follow up questions. -strategized our lease out/contract for vacating East Bay residence which now serves as an investment property. She made the contractual process seamless. -invested a day to show us neighborhoods of potential interest to help us narrow down geo pocket shortlist to hone in on. -rolled up sleeves to get us contractor estimates during disclosure review/offer stage on several homes. This allowed us to feel comfortable in our all in costs to purchase/renovate/upgrade. -well connected with seller agents, which can be notably advantageous in multi-offer scenarios. -at 11th hour of close of escrow, we hit an unexpected bump in road that Ali was able to swiftly resolve behind the scenes while we were in the hospital for child delivery. -highly consultative and patient in the process, which for us was approx 6-8 months with so many moving pieces in our life (ie-pregnant, moving to temp home, etc) We had the pleasure of meeting a few others from the Gilmartin Group-- highly impressed with their firm and more importantly the individuals.

I hired Maureen Gilman Gilman Based on positive reviews. But I terminated the listing contract due…read moreto her conflict of interest. She brought her brother to do the carpeting job without my prior approval. Not only that she recruited my contractor to get a carpet quote for her brother who never showed simple of carpets or talked to me in regards the carpet job. And also once I told her my house was under a trust, she brought me to her husband who is a lawyer. After we arrived at his office he even read my trust. Immediately told me that I needed to redo my trust because it was too old. No matter how old the trust is, it's valid as long as the owner didn't do any changes. Maureen may think that I'm a quite older Chinese single woman and she could control me in anyway she wanted. But she didn't know that I used be a realtor and retired for A long time. I fired her