This review is long overdue!!! After testing out a few different agents (horrible experiences, we almost gave up!), we stumbled upon Tony by accident! Tony was such a pleasure to deal with, he worked hard with finance to make sure our house closed on time and that we were kept happy at all times. We are hard people to deal with, but Tony was always calm and patient with us! He had other homes closing but he never made us feel like we were in the way or that he didnt have time to talk to us about whatever we needed. We are so happy that we met Tony and if we hadn't we probably would have given up looking based on our previous experiences with other agents! If we had the opportunity to purchase again, we would use Tony every time! THANKS TONY!!!! -Alexia & Anthony read more

If you're considering purchasing a home or selling your current home, I would highly recommend using Tony as your agent. We used Tony for our first home purchase 2.5 years ago and couldn't have been happier with the purchase transaction. Tony represented both parties, us as the buyers as well as the sellers. Since financing took longer than expected, he made sure that all parties involved were comfortable at each stage of the sell. 2.5 years later, we asked Tony to sell our home and start the process of purchasing a new home. We came to a price that both Tony and I had in mind for selling our home and he was able to get an offer much higher than asking. 3 weeks later, we were able to find a home that we fell in love with. Tony did everything in his power for the sellers to notice our offer among all others with today's crazy market. They accepted our offer and we thank Tony for that. Tony is your guy if you want the VIP treatment with an agent. He's been in the business for a long time and knows the Bay Area. Do not hesitate in using Tony as your agent. Thank you, Tony for all your hard work throughout these 2.5 years! read more

I've been searching for a property for over a few years now with multiple different agents, and every agent I had worked with just could not meet the criteria I had set for purchasing the property I always wanted. With millions on houses on the market I didn't know why it was so difficult for someone to find me what I wanted. I was than referred by a good friend to Tony, and right away after being introduced to him, i knew he was passionate about his job, and was eager to hear my interests and the areas I was interested in living. He evaluated my needs and was so professional that I was impressed such agents still existed out there. With the short time that we met, he was able to get back to me the same day with listings that I was blown away by. He scheduled an appointment and before we knew it we were already looking at houses. For the amount of houses we have seen in the past I was impressed with Tony's selection and I made an offer on the first house but unfortunately we did not get it, as it went 100k over asking price. Long story short, our second house ended up having the same problem, went 75k over asking price, and finally we end up bidding on the house we fell in love and and were able to make an offer they could not resist and Tony was very professional and patient with us through all of this and was able to make this happen in a breeze. Thank you Tony for your hard work and dedication in making our dream come true, and being the only agent who was able to find exactly what we were looking for. Reference MLS#81121362 read more

Tony is very dedicated and committed. We were about to hire an very seasoned listing agent whose listing fee was low and competitive. We had met both him and Tony previously. We couldn't decide between the two, so we send Tony an email, he won us over with his cancel any time email. He was willing to put his own money up front by using professional photography. Photography was very important to us. Tony got us very close to the price we wanted, he over came appraisal difficulties. And also the buyer's agent was just a very part time agent, so that created some challenges for Tony like extra drive to show them the property second time to the buyer. We are very proud of him for over coming many challenges. We also appreciated no sign and flexibility with lock box. We were a little disappointed we did not get professional photography, photographer cancel last minute. We also wish we got to participate more in the negotiation process. Tony was in the driver's seat most of the time. Also we wish we had more time to sell our appliances in the end, it created a lot of stress for us to remove the heavy items last minute. We left it for Tony as negotiating tools. We thought he was going to " squeeze every dime out of the buyers" Got those words from Tony. Tony did the best he could with a very unusual buyer. MLS # XXXX 3104 Feel free to email me for the rest of the MLS numbers. read more

Our real estate agent, Tony Sayad, transformed a desperate housing situation into a manageagable experience. When faced with loan modification, foreclosure, and short sale options, it's easy for a homeowner to get confused. It's even harder getting through to the mortgage lender for honest, helpful solutions. Tony Sayad is a solution-oriented, saavy real estate agent who puts his clients first, aiming to help them achieve their goals by presenting them all their options, taking the time to educate them (in lay terms), demystifying an otherwise confusing process and breaking down everything into manageable steps. He is compassionate and generous (often sacrificing commission % in order to meet a customer's needs). He has vast experience and network connections (he had movers help me pack, and he even gave up personal time to take trips to the dump site with me because he saw I was in desperate need of help). He is assertive, knowledgeable, customer-oriented, and a clear communicator. If Tony Sayad is your agent, you can trust him to lead, educate, and advocate for you. He is a man of his word who will come through if you put your family's housing in his hands. If you live in the South Bay, Santa Clara County, call Tony Sayad for help. He helped us when we sold our home in San Jose, mls# 80955851. read more

MLS# 4058864 For anyone navigating the confusing, frustrating world that is real estate in today's world, Tony and his team are absolute lifesavers! I owned a severely underwater condo in the Bay Area and my 5 year ARM was about to adjust. Neither of the banks that held my mortgages were willing to work with me to refinance or modify my loans, and it came to the point where I realized that I need professional help. Offloading the home via short sale was ultimately the solution to my problem (although it's amazing that once you're in that process that banks miraculously are calling you and wanting to work things out with you!). Tony came as a referral from a friend, and I have thanked her profusely for the introduction since then! He worked tirelessly and diligently to market my home, find me the right buyer (well, almost right buyer), and close, close, close the deal when the time FINALLY came. This was an extremely long process, and Tony spearheaded the effort the entire time (over a period of 9 agonizing months), making sure to always answer my questions, advise me as to what to do and reassure me when all the hoops we had to jump through got to be too overwhelming. I am extremely grateful to Tony for helping me get that chapter behind me so I can move forward with my life. If you are contemplating a short sale, Tony is your guy! read more

This is long overdue as Tony helped my buy a house almost a year ago. He never fails to impress me. Even when the market was high he got me the house I wanted for under asking price. Today my house is worth nearly $300k higher than what I bought it for. I wasn't exactly looking for an investment as much as a home for my family, but I guess I got one thanks to Tony. read more

As there are many good agents out there, Tony did a wonderful job on selling my 1 million and some change dollars investment property. I met him as a referral and he agreed to sell the house for 4% total commission. He paid out full 3% for the agent bringing buyer and kept only 1% for himself. He told me it was more important to him to have a successful close than loose the deal over half a percent commission. He offered to do open houses every weekend until we were in contract. In a bad economy he was able to sell my house because he made the house available for viewing through open houses. Myself and my business partners refer Tony for friends and family for regular and short sale transactions. He is currently working on a short sale transaction for family members and one thing I liked was the fact that he does not use outside negotiators. He takes care of the file from beginning to end himself. I was asking him questions about the 1099 that lenders send you when you short sale, he told me about senate bill 458 that prohibits lender to pursue diciency judgement. The guy is on top of his product. I like he has a website that's just to give you info on short sale. www.tonyhelp.com Just to validate my review about Tony, MLS # 80620164 is the reference for this transaction. read more

My house was about a month away from foreclosure when Tony Sayad convinced me to short sale my property. This was the best decision I had ever made. Because this was my second property, things were a bit difficult BUT Tony was able to close the deal in two months upon receiving an offer. The transaction had no cost to me and Tony made the buyers pay for anything extra that was going to be needed. Tony took on this project on his own and was able to complete everything with very few questions from me and that is what I liked. Tony did not call me every day to bother me by "hey we need this or we need that". He told me the first time what he wanted from me and I told him what I wanted from him and that was it. Tony is very familiar with what he is doing and knows how to treat people with respect. Thank you Tony for all your support. Reference to MLS# 81048295 read more

MLS# 81207066 - Tony really helped me with my short sale. I had been trying to work something out with Bank of America for over a year, but without any results I was given the round around for almost a year. Afterwards, I looked into hiring one of these companies that help people negotiate with the bank, however, I was looking at fees starting at $3000. Tony's knowledge and expertise has been far more valuable than any company I could have hired. He was very professional and courteous throughout the short sale process. While the other companies did not have concrete answers to my questions regarding a short sale, Tony was up to par with the laws and kept me informed regarding the short sale process and the possible outcomes. He was honest and straightforward without making false promises. His honesty was very refreshing and comforting during such an uncertain time. I was able to confidently leave everything in his hands, knowing that things will be taken care of properly. I even left for my trip out of the country in full confidence that the short sale is in the best hands possible. Needless to say the short sale went through smoothly, and even while I was out of the country he maintained constant contact and informed me of every step. My condo's short sale went through without me having to pay one cent out of my pocket. read more

From the beginning, it was evident that Tony Sayad was very well educated and experienced as a real estate agent and an expert in short-sales. He was able to short-sale my condo (MLS #81123564) in a matter of months. He was professional, yet compassionate which made a typically stressful experience bearable. He was always available and was prompt in answering the phone or returning calls. He was also reassuring and provided regular updates on the short sale. He was diligent in following up with the banks and was able to negotiate with them efficiently and effectively. I will always use Tony for any future real estate deal. read more

I am writing this review because I believe this is very important to know. I recently purchased a home that tony was listing agent. I attended his open house and talked to him briefly about offers and how short sale's work. I asked my agent to write an offer and submit, upon doing so a few days after the dead line my agent received a call back from Tony. He countered us an addendum that would assure me sticking through the shortsale or I would lose a certain amount of money. At first I thought his tactic was very hard core ( although its perfect if he represents you). Upon accepting our offer after we agreed to his terms he did something I can't believe anyone would do. He called my realtor and told him to reduce to purchase price by a great quantity. He told the agent no need for the bank to make extra free money, he said let's negotiate with a low ball offer. He got us the price we submitted. This was incredible the guy saved me a lot and I'm for ever gratful. The next month someone listed exact unit also short sale for substantially. All because a guy like tony is not involved. Every one I know is in real estate, difference is that Tony is a legit sales person as for the others are just paper pushers. I am still shocked about this, he gave me a few other shortsale listings where he did same thing for the buyer and none of them are even his own clients. read more

Tony helped us to successfully close the sale on our town home, mls#81209182. He worked to comfort us along the way, and to mitigate our stress levels with great communication and his knowledge gained from past experiences dealing with difficult real estate transactions involving the banks. We are very pleased with the outcome. read more

My wife and I were planning on moving to Dublin, so we were contemplating if we should sell or rent our current place. Our family member is a real estate agent, and he told us that we would have to short sale. He was encouraging us right away to sign papers and list the home. But he would not give us any assurances as to if our lender will approve our scenario. His pitch to us was that he uses a negotiator to correspond with the lender and not to worry. We always get flyer from different agents coming to our home and one of the ones we always get is from Tony Sayad, a local agent. On one of his flyer's he had just completed a short sale in our neighborhood and had gotten the seller $23K incentive. So we went on to his website www.tonyhelp.com and really liked everything on there and saw all the shortsale he had completed. So I called Tony and he answered his phone right away, he was very energetic but he was not pushy. He took the time and asked me a lot of questions that would relate to my short sale. Then right away he knew what the lender liked and would not like. I spend about 30 minutes with him on the phone and I felt very confident in making a decision. The other agent never asked any of the questions that Tony was asking. He came over to our house and talked to my wife as well, he gathered all of our paper work and gave us some tasks to complete in order to assure our short sale would go through. This process would delay are sale by two months. By the time the tasks were completed by us, Tony called and lined up one of his own buyers to purchase our home at certain price ( above market Value). When it was all done Tony sold our house as a regular transaction. He was able to make the deal work by reducing his commission and making the buyer pay for fees. He is very sharp, he controls the entire situation and most of all he is a very honest person. I had even offered to pay a couple of thousand dollars towards my delinquent taxes but he would not take it. He told me the best thing I can do for him is to refer more business. Then couple weeks later after we closed our transaction successfully with no money out of my pocket, I received a call from San Jose Mercury News. They were writing an article about the bay area housing market and Tony was interviewed in the article, because he had mentioned me they called me as well. He did a good deed and I was the recipient of it and two weeks later he gets publicized in the mercury news ( good things happen to good people). Below is a link to the article as well I have placed the MLS number for our transaction. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23249121/bay-area-median-home-price-soars-april MLS 81315328 read more