We interviewed three realtors and felt most comfortable with Danielle because she was very local, seemed more pragmatic about the process and our options, and seemed the most "online-savvy" -- which would be important since most of the process was going to happen with us 2,500 miles away! Danielle coordinated all of the work on our Castro Valley house, getting it ready for market, and kept us informed by email, text, and telephone throughout. She helped us navigate multiple offers and a lot of back and forth with two potential buyers, respecting our 3-hour time zone difference. She was very responsive and was always available when we needed to discuss any issues. It always felt like she was "on our team". read more

Stop hesitating, you found the right agents! If you are looking for a team that goes that extra mile for you, then you've found them! Danielle and Julie are phenomenal at their profession. Always available and patient answering any and all questions. The whole process of selling our home from start to finish was made extremely smooth by this efficient duo. The team is very involved working with you, networking your home with other realtors, social media, and a team of other specialists ready at the go should you need them (ie. contractors, stagers, etc.) This is not an agent that uploads your specs, sits back, and hopes for the best. The Keil Group works hard with all of their expertise to hit the ball out of the park. We are so grateful that we found Danielle, Julie, and the team! Thank you so much! read more

Danielle was our realtor for our most recent home purchase and we could not have been happier. It had been many years since we last purchased and were relocating out of the area. From the start Danielle and her team made the process so easy for us. She advised us on things to do to get ready to purchase. She took us on home tours of the areas we were interested in. Once we found our dream home, she and her team immediately got to work on on making it happen. She is extremely knowledgeable and is always available for any questions. She will work through any issue while keeping you at ease throughout. With Danielle's efforts we were able to close on our new home within 6O days. Thank you Danielle! read more

From the moment my husband and I spoke with Breann Hodges over Zoom, I could tell she really got us and we were in good hands. When we decided we wanted to move back to the Bay Area after living in SoCal for several years, it wasn't easy finding a good realtor. One was too thirsty to sell us any old house just to close a deal. Another, who came highly recommended, told us she couldn't find anything in our price range, even though I had pages of Zillow search results. Breann really took the time to listen to our needs and understand what was going to work for our family. When I was too eager to buy a home with some problems, Breann gently steered us away by allowing us to see it multiple times. When my dreams didn't match reality, she showed us what was out there and never made us feel rushed or pressured. When we did find the perfect home for us, she guided us through a nerve wracking late-night, multiple offers situation, and our offer was accepted! Throughout the process, Breann was extremely responsive and just a warm, wonderful person. She even tipped us off about a bank that would give us a better interest rate in this crazy market! I'm so thankful we found Breann and I couldn't recommend her more. read more

I have known Danielle for many, many years now and have transacted multiple sales and purchases with her as my agent. She has such an incredible knowledge of the Bay Area; we settled on the Hayward, Castro Valley, and San Leandro areas. Her recommendations have always been sound (aesthetically, as well as value increasing), whether an area or property to consider or ways to spruce up a property before selling it. Going with Danielle and her team is a great decision and you will find yourself in professional and highly skilled hands. read more

Danielle and her team are always helpful and knowledgeable. They know this business and always have the answers to assist. They keep everyone organized and updated which makes for a stress-free transaction! Contact her and see for yourself! read more

We were ready to take our house hunting to the next level and were referred to Danielle and Breann. Let us start off by saying, we couldn't have been happier with Danielle and Breann as our realtors. The process was almost seamless (because we can't control external dependencies such as loan agents or escrow :P as we've learned) with their guidance and support from putting an offer down to closing. The viewings of houses were exciting moments for us and both Danielle and Breann always made sure one of them was available to show us our potential homes. The online system for viewing the selection of houses by city was also very easy to use, navigate, and great to ensure our criteria/feedback was taken into account. Danielle and Breann were responsive, approachable, and very knowledgeable in the housing market. We never had any doubts throughout this long process. In the end, with such great support and within months, we found our forever home. How crazy is that? It was our first and final offer. We are so happy with everything and definitely look forward to staying in our lovely home in the Bay Area! Thank you ladies. We will definitely look forward to working with you when we're ready to purchase our second home. ;) read more

I have been a successful realtor in Southern California for over 30 years and have seen it all. There are a lot of "fast talkers" but very few who actually work hard for their clients. Breann Hodges is everything you want in an agent and more! I owned a home in Northern California and knew a local agent would do a much better job selling it. A few homes had sold in my complex and I reviewed the listings. Breann's listing and marketing stood out from the rest. I called and immediately liked her. After our conversation, I didn't want to consider anyone else and put my listing and trust in her. Since the property was vacant, she suggested staging it. Her stager did a great job! The home looked beautiful and sold quickly. Breann constantly kept me updated and we closed on time. She exceeded my high expectations. It was a pleasure working with her and seeing a real professional who is a credit to our business! read more

One word: AWESOME. Two more words: ABOVE AND BEYOND (whoops, I guess that's three) Some more words: Friendly, personable, proactive, determined, knowledgeable, organized, low-pressure, full-service. Expository section: Ok, I freak out and obsess about most every purchase, be it a car, a blender or even new shoes. Thanks to Danielle, I did almost no freaking out during probably the BIGGEST purchase of my life. I was completely overwhelmed at the prospect of buying a house and after attempting to research it on my own for a few weeks I was referred to Danielle and almost instantly was able to RELAX. She explained the whole process to us, gave us lots of reference material and took care of EVERYTHING. We went out looking at houses with her only twice before finding a house we LOVED! I guess every sale has its complications but this seemed a particularly difficult one because, in brief, the seller's realtor sucked. Danielle had to pretty much badger the guy to get him to reply to things and move the process along and badger him she did (I'm sure in a very professional way). Danielle set up all the inspections and coordinated with the loan broker and everyone else to make it all happen. She was available 24/7 and was eager to meet friday nights or early saturday mornings if that would make things happen faster. We closed almost a month ago and Danielle and I are still in touch. She emailed me a coupon for Lowe's recently and when she saw me comment about a problem with the gas line to our dryer on facebook let me know that it might be covered by the home warranty. Ok, I could go on and on here but let me just sum up by saying even though our price range was probably much lower than most of the clients she gets (meaning smaller commission for her) I felt like that was absolutely irrelevant to her and I think she worked even harder to find us something in our budget that we would love. And we do =) I would give Danielle 6 stars - no, 300 stars - if Yelp! would let me. read more

Danielle Is an excellent agent. I have had the pleasure of working with Danielle, navigating selling a property with multiple owners. Not only was she highly professional, she had to deal with many people in this selling process and she did so gracefully. She also had an excellent team in which she organised to flip out home. She also was highly communicative and made us all relaxed during this process. I would love to work with Danielle again. it was a pleasure working with her. read more

My family was planning on selling a house located in Hayward and I did a lot of research on real estate agents with experience in that city. I came up with a top three list (all were equally excellent) and Danielle Keil was included. Ultimately, our family did not sell, but Danielle's help through our exploratory process was invaluable, thoughtful, personable, knowledgeable, clear, and professional. We give her the highest rating. read more

Danielle is amazing! Not only did she get a price that was beyond my expectations, but she also managed the whole process so smoothly that never had to come out to the house in person. Ultimately, I can not recommend her and the team enough. They did everything they said they would, on time and on budget. Danielle, prepped the house, handled the tenant issues and worked diligently with the buyers team to ensure a smooth transaction for a record setting price. Danielle will exceed your expectations as she did mine! read more

We just closed on our new house in Castro Valley today, and one of the first things I did after getting the keys was to come home to write this review for our realtor Danielle, because none of this would have happened without her. This is actually our second experience with Danielle and her team, and it was just as amazing as the first. She helped us buy our first home 3 years ago, and when we contacted her again 2 months ago, she immediately sprung into action, got our house sold within a month, and helped us buy another house off market within a week. Danielle is one of the most networked agents in the Eden Area, and that's essential nowadays in order to get your offer accepted. She is an expert in her field and she helped us buy our dream house for under asking price, which is crazy in such a hot market with such limited inventory. Our selling/ buying timeline was pretty short (I'm due with a baby in a week), and our situation was complicated (trying to sell our house within 30-40 days), but Danielle made the process so much less stressful and so clear for us. Danielle communicated with us often and made us feel like we were her only clients, even though I know she serves so many. I tend to be more anxious in general, but she was the perfect person to ease anxiety through her expertise, communication, and clarity. Not only did she broker the buying and selling aspect, but she also connected us with all the right people we needed-- from contractors, painters, carpet managers, etc. Again, Danielle knows everybody, and people know her and respect her and want to work with her and her clients. If you're trying to buy a home in the Bay Area, you need to go with Danielle. I'm only sad that we've found this perfect home because we likely won't need to work with Danielle in the future since we're so happy with this home. I 10000% recommend Danielle and believe with confidence that she will help you in finding or selling your next home! She is trustworthy, expedient, knowledgable, and gets things done. read more

Called for some recommendations on local mortgage companies and was very helpful with giving me a few options. I found her through a local Facebook group post recommending local realtors to Castro Valley. Seems the posts were true. read more

Danielle Keil and her team made selling my deceased mother's house painless. She babied me through every step of the process, so I felt comfortable with an emotional sale. She was willing to be involved as much or as little as we wanted/needed. I gave her carte blanche and she did not let me down. She had people she recommended who updated the house, cleared out accumulated clutter from the garage, and staged the house, We sold quickly and at a great price. I would not hesitate to use Danielle again. She is amazing. read more

Danielle and her team are the best in the busines. How often do you find expert professionals with heart? They were kind and took me through every step of the process. It was a pleasure working with them. read more

My husband and I made the best decision to have Danielle sell our house in San Leandro, California. She and the team made the process easy and everything ran smoothly. We knew we were in competent hands. Danielle was awesome to work with. She was responsive and tentative to our needs. You can talk to her like one of your long time friends. But yet very professional. The general contractor, Scott, that she recommended to renovate our house was superb. We can't say enough good things about him and his crew. Selling and having to move out of state can be very stressful. We're so grateful for both Scott and Danielle for taking care of everything and making us happy as the result. Highly highly recommend Danielle and her team. You'll be happy you did. read more

After years of saving, dreaming and negotiating, I finally convinced my husband that it was time to buy our first house. So I looked around, read some reviews and narrowed it down to a couple of different realtors. I called one that was recommended by a coworker, but he felt "slimy" - something was definitely off there. Then I called Danielle and the rest is history. Of course, our decision to buy a house was in the middle of the housing rebound. All of the houses we bid on we lost, but not because of Danielle. Apparently all cash, no contingency offers will win out over first time homebuyers who have financing and contingencies. Then my mom passed away, so we took a break. Then my husband had heart surgery, so we took a break. Wouldn't you know it? The 13th house we bid on in the 13th month was the one we got... Just before we flew across the country to run a half marathon. Danielle kept us calm and grounded. She kept our spirits up and helped us write offer after offer. Then, once our offer was accepted, she kept in great contact - even across the country - and answered my questions promptly. I'd totally recommend her to anyone. And if we ever decide to sell this house I'll be calling Danielle first thing! read more

Danielle was fantastic in helping me buy my first home in the Bay. From the very first phone call, she was so reassuring and committed to finding the exact home I was looking for. After discussing my criteria, within a day she provided a list of houses on the market to view. And immediately, I was able to view all the houses that interested me. She made herself available to view houses around my own schedule, even in the evenings. In my indecisiveness, I had to personally weigh the pros and cons of each house we visited, but I never felt pressured by her to make a decision and she was incredibly patient throughout the entire process. When it came time to prepare an offer on a house, she promptly handled all the confusing paperwork and disclosures, made the process a breeze, and gave very helpful guidance throughout. Thanks again, Danielle, for making my first home-buying experience such a positive one! (sorry for the delay!) read more

Danielle is AMAZING !!! My prior experience with real estate agents was that they were a necessary evil to navigate the myriad of processes and paperwork required to buy/sell a home. My wife and I bought our home and learned of Danielle from the most powerful organization in Castro Valley - the Castro Valley Mother's Club. Danielle showed us several homes during our first outing to get a sample of the types of homes in Castro Valley. She was very knowledgeable about the all of the neighborhoods in our town. When we found the home that we wanted - Danielle sprang into action to make sure that everything went quickly, smoothly and without an issue. She helped us find the right inspectors and get things fixed prior to closing. Everything happened on time and without issue. Your home is probably one of the largest investments in your life - do not take chances or risks. Go with the best - Danielle Keil. read more

Firstly, me and my wife are so glad to have found Danielle via Yelp when we were starting our house hunting process. Danielle's 'got your keys' mission of helping families to find their sought-after homes in this ever-crazy bay area real estate market validates her strong presence in the real estate market bolstered by her experience, knowledge and timely guidance. When working with Danielle and Breanne, we were taken through the length and breadth of what it takes to put in a winning offer and to 'get our keys' reality much closer than we thought. We are so glad to have purchased a great home that excedes our requirements by going with Danielle. The whole process from 'viewing to closing' was stress-free and transparent with them being ahead of the game the whole time. Of particular mention is Breanne, who did the ground work and tackles various aspects of the process and communicates in a timely manner even after we have moved in. Their level of professional loyalty to clients is reflective of their unstinted commitment. If you need to 'get your keys', simply go with Danielle & Breanne (gotyourkeys.com) read more

My home selling experience was wonderful. I can't say enough good thing throughout our experience with Danielle as our listing agent with our recent sale of our home in San Ramon, California. It sold over 50k what my wife and I expected after taking all the advices from her. I liked how she would give us all the information, and advice on what are the pros and cons on each options, then leave the decision completely for my wife and I to decide. Danielle were so tech savvy, she use all the tools and tricks to help us from making improvements decision, to yard sales, to prepare for closing the house. Her team of home improvement fixed all the mistakes that was perviously done plus some, and by the end It was so beautifully done that my family didn't want to leave California. It is worth the premium price we pay for with Danielle's team, because it all come back from our net proceeds. I was 5000k away in NY while she done everything in California for us for closing. She's a great communicator, very professional, punctual, and I never feel the need to be physically there in California to get things done. She is a consummate professional, attentive and detail oriented. She always had our best interests in mind, she went above and beyond on every areas, always keep us informed and help make the whole sale experience enjoyable. If you are lucky enough to work with Danielle, know that she will be your advocate through the difficult experiences, and will be honest in dealing with the tough decisions that everyone has in the real estate process. Danielle is a fantastic agent. If we ever decide to move back to CA, Danielle will be the first person we will reach out. read more

I've had the pleasure of working with Danielle Keil and Rebecca Glenn on numerous Escrows and let me tell you, they live up to their reputation. Selling and buying a home is never easy and at times things pop up that we're not prepared for. The Keil team is one of the best at preparing their clients for whatever comes along in the transaction. They keep their clients up to date on what's happening in the transaction and educate them on what they should expect to come next. The Keil team works very hard to keep their clients happy and informed. I've always appreciated their work ethic and professionalism. I look forward to working with them again in the near future. read more

Thanks for keeping me up on the market for many years and being so patient until I was ready to sell. Your sourcing helped me get the home ready quickly Your great strategy and marketing allowed for a quick top dollar sell. Thank you so much! read more

Danielle was absolutely hands down AWESOME when it came to selling my home in Castro valley. She was so patient and helpful with the entire process! Because of the economy, it was longer than most sales, but thankfully, we became close friends and I also became friends with the new owner as well! A great transaction through and through! I highly recommend her to all my friends and family! read more

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer was the age old adage I followed when I reached out to Danielle to be my realtor. Danielle was the seller's realtor on "the one" that got away aka my dream home. She was a fierce negotiator with a killer listing, and I thought to myself, I'd much rather have her with me than against me. What started out as a calculated move quickly turned into the best, most genuine experience of my life. As a buyer's realtor, Danielle is like the best friend that everyone wants, who looks out for your best interest helps you swipe left on the all the duds. Once you finally found the one worth swiping right on, she will go above and beyond to make things happen. From meticulously reviewing the bajilion of disclosures to tapping on her vast network of helpful resources, I have never felt so supported along the way. Thanks to her strategic thinking and fierce negotiating (thankfully FOR me instead of against me!) I was able to obtain dream house 2.0! Coming from an auditor background, being skeptical is in my nature, but by the end of this journey, I'm chilling in my amazing home a true believer of Danielle as THE realtor for the East Bay Area. RUN, don't walk, to Danielle and snatch her up as your realtor, mentor, and most importantly life long friend. Yes that is right, it's been a few weeks since I closed on my house and she is still around answering my million questions and consistently being the wonderful human that she is! read more

Danielle and her team were earth angels. Danielle has a calming effect to the stressful process of selling your home, as well as being straight forward with information and yet allowing you to make your own decisions without pressure. I am a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser and out of the many real estate agents I have met in my profession, I would say that she is in the top 3!!! Thank you to Danielle and her team for making it happen fast as well, as we met in April and sold in May, just as I had requested. Brenda L-L read more

My husband and I recently purchased our first home and we really enjoyed working with Danielle. She was always very organized and patient with all of the home requests we had. She was also very good at explaining everything in detail, from the home buying process in general to different loan info, things to watch out for, etc. Even though we started to get a little discouraged after not being able to get into anything for awhile, she was positive and encouraged us to continue looking. And I'm glad we did! After our offer on our current home was accepted we hit a snag with our lender and were extremely stressed. Fortunately, Danielle found us a different lender (JVM Lending) who were able to get everything accepted in what seemed like record time. We are now happily unpacking in our new house and couldn't be more excited to start this new chapter in our lives. Thank you Danielle! :) read more

Our experience with Danielle has been amazing from start to finish. She helped us sell our house quickly and painlessly, taking care of all the little details for us. She knows the local market well, and helped us get our house into great shape quickly in order to get us the best possible price. She's super responsive, never more than a text away, even coming by my office to drop off something I forgot. On top of everything, we wound up selling for a LOT more than we asked for. I highly recommend calling Danielle when you're looking for a realtor. read more

We cannot recommend Danielle more! She was our agent when we were looking for a house in Castro Valley. We were first time buyers and we had no idea what we were doing. We had no choice but to trust her blindly and put our 100% trust in her, which we are so glad we did. She was very patient with us, guided us through this scary process, and she was very knowledgeable about everything. She and her team have made this process such a breeze. Thanks to Danielle, we ended up buying a beautiful house that we did not think we could ever afford. We were so lucky to have her as our real estate agent. We highly, absolutely recommend her for anyone. read more

Danielle Keil is the best! She was always available to answer questions and guided me through every step of preparing and selling my mom's home. Danielle and her staff are extremely knowledgeable and personable. Danielle got us $60,000. Over the asking price! I highly recommend Danielle Keil and her team! read more

Danielle and her team were amazing when we sold our house! Everything went quickly, we got a great price, and they were always available whenever we had questions. Highly recommend read more

This is a review that needs WAY more than five stars. The talented team of Danielle and Rebecca meant that when I was overwhelmed after getting my house back from a short term renter who trashed it, they waved their magic wands and took care of EVERYTHING. They walked though the house I wanted to sell with me and made a punch list room by room. They weighed in with what they thought was a need and solicited quotes from their contractors and had the work underway in a matter of days. The work was top notch, my house was on the market and they got the price I wanted. Danielle was working with me to buy another house and while there were questions that went unanswered by the seller's realtor she did not waver in her repersentation of me and my husband and kept our best interest first an foremost. I have bought a couple other houses but never have I had such first rate service and I would only use this team going forward for any house selling or future purchases. This was truly a boutique buying/selling experience without the inflated price. read more

Professional, courteous, genuinely caring, assuring, persistent, responsive and ALWAYS follows up! These are just a few of the attributes I'd say describes Danielle. She was so helpful in helping to close on my home and even after her responsibilities as a realtor ended, she still ensured her client was taken care of in other services needed by a new home owner. She is a great realtor and I'll hopefully get the chance to work with her again in my next purchase or sell! read more

Danielle Just sold our home for $70,000 over asking! She went above and beyond the 'call of duty' several times to make sure that we were pricing our non-standard home (2 additional parcels attached) in the correct range. Every piece of advice she gave us about what improvements to make and staging were spot on. I liked how she would give us all of the information, then leave the ball completely in our court to decide what to do when it was decision time. She's a great communicator, very professional, punctual and even held my fussy baby when we were trying to get through paperwork. read more

We chose Danielle as our agent for purchasing a home in the San Leandro to Hayward area. We could not have been happier! The first outstanding trait we saw in her was her responsiveness. I contacted 4-5 agents at about the same time and Danielle responded first. This continued through the entire six months (yeah, it wasn't the smoothest home search) we worked with her. I interviewed three agents and Danielle was our best match for enthusiasm, assertiveness, and knowledge. Her enthusiasm kept us encouraged even though we had FHA financing, and two of our contracts fell through. We are not assertive people so we needed a person who could take charge. This also was great when we were discussing properties and I'd ask my husband "I don't know. What's the school district? We need to know that before I can go any further," and Danielle would have already picked up the phone and dialed the Hayward Unified School District to tell us definitively the district before we even looked at her. We relied on her knowledge of neighborhoods, the real estate market and home maintenance. Though my husband and I were very active in searching listings, the home we bought we initially viewed at Danielle's suggestion. We are so grateful to Danielle for being everything we needed on our home search! read more

Awesome. Danielle is not only very personable and friendly, but she is one smart cookie. I was a little stressful with selling our home but Danielle was on top of things and very calm throughout the whole process. I really did feel like I was in good hands with her. She was very professional and knowledgeable, knew what the selling (and buying) Market was like, and she worked hard under a short timeline. I highly recommend Danielle. Whether you are selling your home or looking to buy, she will work hard for you and take the pressure off. read more

We just moved into our new house in Castro Valley today! Danielle made the entire process so wonderfully easy. We are so grateful to her for all of the support and guidance she provided throughout the sale of our old home, and the purchase of our new one! Thank you so much, Danielle, for helping us get our dream home - we could never have done it without you! read more

I have worked with Danielle on two purchases and a sale, all within the past 3 years and all went very well. We couldn't have asked for a better realtor and wouldn't think of using anyone else in the future. read more

Highly recommend working with her if you're buying or selling your home. Danielle was always very quick to update us and provide is anything we needed when we were looking for a home. She works very hard for you and has a great team by her side which enables us to see homes and make offers with our busy work schedules. If you're looking to buy or sell your home give her a call!! read more