Buying a home for first timers is a quite stressful journey. Trying to buy a home in the middle of a pandemic and with an ever-increasing demand on short supply of homes? Multiply the stress & challenge by 10!! Luckily, we worked with Team Russ and it took us only 7 weeks since the day we had our first meeting until the day we closed our new home! Besides, we purchased our new home below its listing price - which many buyers in Bay Area could barely see that happening in their dreams! On top of it, we managed to get an inspection contingency and end up having an additional credit from the sellers! Pretty epic, huh? Russ and Ronnie were always there for us in every step of the process. Russ is such a model professional. He breaks down and clearly explains the home buying process. And he clearly has a very deep knowledge and understanding of the real estate market and trends in Bay Area. He has such a keen sense of what the property value should be and he is very good at coming up with the best strategy when writing an offer. He is also very well connected with other key players (e.g. mortgage consultants, contractors, etc.) that a buyer would need in their home buying endeavor, which makes home buying experience so much more comfortable and easier for his customers. Ronnie is such a gentleman, he has the utmost can-do attitude, and he has such a never-ending energy that keeps his customers motivated and energized during long-lasting back-to-back home tours. He shares his opinions with you and help you better understand the pros and cons of the property you are touring. Guess what? Your journey with Team Russ does not end when you close your home. They are sooo committed to provide their customers an extraordinary home buying experience that they remain in touch with you and assist you even during your post-home buying journey! (suggesting the right contractors for you, etc.) In summary, working with Team Russ is not just a great pleasure but also an extraordinary experience! Don't wait, scroll up and dial the number to reach Russ. You won't regret it and the nicest thing is - you'll end up BUYING YOUR DREAM HOME! read more

Being that Russ sold/bought my brother's homes, I decided to go with Russ as well. Russ was super helpful and guided us through the whole process step by step. If anything wasn't clear or we didn't understand, he would explain thoroughly. We will definitely go with Russ when we decide to list our townhouse! Can't thank him enough! read more

We love Russ! We've known each other for years already - since we purchased our first home with him back in 2014. Four years later he helped us to buy our dream home. We trust him - he never disappoints! Always available and helpful. Thanks for your support and dedication! read more

Russ was a fantastic partner in helping us with our house search. As first-time buyers we started knowing very little but with all his knowledge we felt like pros by the end of the process. He helped 4 of our friends find a house in the area and everyone I've talked to has has nothing but great things to say about their experience. Russ and his team were super available, very responsive, and really did a great job of getting to know us and making it seem like we were their most important client. If and when I need additional services from a realtor, I'll be going right back to Russ! read more

Russ helped me purchase my 2nd home recently . His service is as good as 4years ago when he helped me for my 1st home. He knows the value and market, always provide professional advice for all the questions. I really appreciate his valuable suggestions during my design center appointments which save us lots of money for remodeling. Same as 4 years ago, I am still happy to recommend him to everyone I know for home purchase. read more

I worked with Russ recently for the second time while selling my condo - and the experience was just as good as when he helped me buy it! Russ and his team were quick to respond, efficient and professional. Any question, he answers - even the ones you didn't realize you had! I've already recommended him to a friend looking to get into the market and would do the same to anyone else looking to buy or sell real estate. read more

Russ is great guy, I usually recommend him to my clients for all their real estate needs and questions. Not once they came back to me with negative experience. Russ always tries to go above and beyond his expectations. Thank you Russ for taking care of my clients/friends. read more

Do yourself a favor and go with Russ and team (Julianne, etc.)! As first time home buyers, we were amazed with how knowledgable he was about the real estate market, trends, neighborhoods, and home buying process. We appreciated how he was always available to answer any questions we had. Russ and team were all extremely responsive, supportive, and were genuinely excited for us. We are so grateful that with Russ's offer strategy and expertise we were able to get our home on our first time submitting an offer. We will DEFINITELY be working with Russ for our next home purchase. read more

Russ is a great guy to work with if you looking for a new house for your family. I found him on line and email him. Russ called back with less then half hour and we talk about with him what we are looking for. We found our home with reasonable time and are super Happy !!!!!! AS GOOD AS IT GET'S !!! Thank you Russ !!! read more

Russ and team (Julianne and LG Intero team), thank you so much for being so awesome throughout our entire home buying process! From answering all our questions to providing all those referrals, you guys work at the lightening fast speed that my wife & I live. It's great to work with hard working, driven people! And you did it all with smiles and a great, quirky sense of humor. And then you top it off with a gift to us!? We're happy to add another 5-star review to your Yelp page! read more

Me and my wife(back then girlfriend) actually found Russ on Yelp at the end of 2014, we were considering buying our first home although not fully committed. Regardless of that, Russ took his time explaining to us different strategies of buying a house and took us to different open houses. As roockie buyers we were reassured by Russ's professionalism and sincerity. Due to various reasons we put this plan on hold. Fast forward to early 2016, we re-initiated the process of buying a home. Thanks to Russ's previous "education", this time we had a clear mind of what we wanted and within weeks we found our dream home with the style we love, reasonable price range and in a good neighbourhood. Russ helped us negotiated a pretty good term and in the end outbid other buyers. The whole transaction and paperwork process went really smoothly because Russ is quite tech savvy and everything is done electronically. Yes we were first time buyer, heck I was a few year out of grad school. Yet, during the whole time we were treated professionally. Over the 2 years Russ has never once pushed us or show impatience. And overall it's a pleasant experience. Some highlights: - Russ is professional. Clean, well-dressed and smile on his face, always showing the best, positive part of him during work. - Russ know how to tailor the search to your need. - He is tech savvy, he knows how to leverage websites and apps to make house searching efficient and fun. During closing, lots of paperwork are done electronically, you can save those time-offs from your work hours and spend them more meaningfully. - He is really patient, he will never push you. He won't stop looking for houses until you are fully satisfied. read more

Russ is an amazing realtor. He is very professional and really understands the "ins and outs" of the real estate business. He always gives you the best and most honest opinion about the market. He has helped my family buy 2 homes and sell one. read more

"Russ is a super agent, he's been helping me buying and selling properties for the last 2 years and I am very happy with the results. Russ knows real estates inside and out, he can deal with all issues with good strategies and make sure you're coming out ahead. He has a great team behind him so I always feel I am in a good hand. Thank you Russ!!" read more

Horrible. Lacks manors and people skills. Strikes me as desperate and allows his children to be around while doing business. I love children but they were very misbehaved and it was clearly inappropriate Please be a professional. Response to his comment: Yes we did work together and he knows it. He is lying. This guy is a manipulative salesman trying to weasel his way out of a bad review. His response is contrived, fake and simply worded to appear as if he cares (just for yelp). Watch out for characters like this. Fake to the core. read more

Russ is a results-driven and highly responsive professional who does his homework in understanding his client's values. Wading through California's real estate procedures is no simple task, but Russ seamlessly pulls it all together by communicating the process clearly and effectively with his clients. I'm happy to have selected Russ for the selling & acquisition of real estate in one of the country's most competitive markets. read more

I don't know what else I can say except that the reviews I read are 100% accurate! I was a pain in the rear and Russ never once seemed annoyed. Took my phone calls and texts at any time. One particular day when I called to bug him he had a high level of excitement in his voice. He was following his wife, who was ahead of him in an ambulance, as they were giving birth to their baby, and he still took my call. I had many realtors through my home, none impressed me as much as Russ did. There was no pressure, no pitchy salesmen bs. I'm the third one this year in my group of friends Russ represented and we all have the same feeling about him and his extreme level of professionalism... read more

Russ is a great real estate agent. I worked with him for several transactions, and he proven to be knowledgeable and reliable agent. He knows market and people in the business very well - and this makes him a very good negotiator. And he makes sure that transaction gets closed - this is the most important quality for real estate agent. I highly recommend Russ! read more

Having Russ as our real estate agent was the best decision ever. My family and I would not be in our home if it wasn't for him. We were relocating from another area and knew very little about local neighborhoods, schools and nearby activities. Russ was very patient and on a short notice helped us view over 30 homes which helped us narrow down neighborhoods and ultimately find the perfect home. Russ prepared a very aggressive offer on our behalf, negotiated for 2 days with the seller and ultimately got us the house for our original offer price! After the purchase we needed to furnish the place and get it ready for move in before the family arrival. Russ arranged a stager and a furniture company to do all of that for us in just under 3 days. I highly recommend Russ and his team for your real estate needs. read more

Russ is a great agent who really came in at the last minute to save the day. We were working with another agent on the sale of our house, when out of personal obligations he could no longer be our sales agent. We interviewed two different agents to replace our original agent and Russ got the part because he is such a poised and competent realtor. He kept us on our intended original schedule and with the aid of his wonderful team got our home sold above listing. read more

Russ made my home buying process so easy. He's one of the top agents I've ever dealt with. He's very good at understanding what you're looking for, finding it, and then making the deal. In my case, he aggressively went after the property I wanted and made the whole thing happen in the background without me having to worry about anything. I'll definitely work with him again, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell a place. read more

Russ is the best realtor we ever had! We know from past experience that buying/selling homes can be so difficult so having a knowledgable realtor that can get the job done is so important. We met Russ when he was selling a home down the street and we knew then, he's going to be our realtor too. When you meet a kind soul, you can just feel it. His energy and vibe is amazing so if you're looking for aggressive, he's definitely the one. The experience and knowledge that he brings to the table makes my husband and I feel like we can accomplished anything as a team. He helped us find our new home and sold our current home in 2 weeks!! If we can give Russ and his team 6 stars, we would because they sure deserves it! read more

Readers beware..This review goes long. last year my husband expressed his desire of upgrading the house.based on my previous experience of buying our first house I wasn't that inclined but when he pushed I started researching realtors.i shortlisted some agents and my husband finally decided to work with Russ.He reasoned that Russ speaks less and listens more but i think it was for his tesla which my husband admires a lot :) he barely took seconds to reply to messages and that too when he was on family vacation in Hawaii (I myself would never do it) . He gave us very accurate estimates of how much a property would sell for and I have cross checked his estimates with final selling price on 5 properties we had some interest in.he was always right!!! we managed to sell our house and buy the next one seamlessly which was a complete shock to me in this hard to buy market.it took us 9 months and 25 rejected offers to buy our first house and i was not expecting this transition in 3 months at all. Russ convinced and assured us that we must sell first and buy next which was not the idea we had started with.we thought if we sell first we will be under pressure to compromise on our purchase.through the process several times we tried to back off but his confidence and reasoning kept us on.he sold our house for much more than we expected with a very good duration of rent back and an added provision of cancelling the deal within a month if we dont buy.it was totally a deal in our favor and something very exceptional to do. when we got ready to buy,after dozens of open house and private visits,we liked only 2 properties to really buy and imagine in such a situation, when any other agent would have rushed us into offering on both(if we dont buy he looses commission on the selling one as well) he actually discouraged us to buy the first one as it was close to highway which was a great decision(we realized later).we were all up for buying it. we just wrote a single offer on the other property and in spite of the fact that it was a very good area with awesome schools and sole property on sale in that area at that time, with 4 co owners to convince we finally own that awesome house at a price a good way less than listing.The house has everything i and my husband wanted and we love it.Thanks to Russ!!! after the transactions were done when we went for final inspections we found some scratches in the house left by staging company.Russ very diligently followed with sellers agent to have that fixed.there was just one flip side in his services. He had suggestions for small fixes we needed but we found all his references quite expensive and found others ourselves to do it. To summarize GO FOR HIM!!! read more

This was our second time working with Russ, first time was such a great experience we came back to Russ again: this time with both a sale and a purchase. Russ handles both transactions very professionally, working diligently on our behalf and managing to make the process as easy as possible. Julianne was also great to work with, very responsive and accommodating. Would definitely recommend Russ to anyone looking to buy or sell. read more

Russ is the person you need to have in your search for a home. I was a first time buyer and was so frustrated when I found him. He was patient and held my hand the whole process from search and showing, suggesting financing, offers, inspections and negotiations. Thanks SOOOO.. .Much Russ. The family and I are excited about our move to the new home. read more

Russ and his team did an amazing job.  During the whole process Russ and his team guided us, because we were unfamiliar with lots of things. We asked millions of question and Russ was very patient in responding and explaining everything. Thanks to Russ we bought our first house in the Bay Area BELOW listing price.  In this crazy competitive market it is almost impossible, but not for Russ. Needless to say, Russ is very strong negotiator, super responsible, and very positive person. He is very professional and knowledgeable agent with whom very easy to go through the whole home buying process. Russ is very good with technology. We signed all docs online avoiding tons of paper.  I highly recommend Russ and his team if you want to buy a property in highly competitive market. read more

Russ is the ideal real estate agent. He is knowledgable about the different areas and tailors his approach to the buyers needs. He's patient, understanding and works overtime to ensure his availability throughout the home buying process from beginning to end. He will go above and beyond to ensure high satisfaction and forward progress by researching homes to look at ahead of time, working within your budget and specified needs, to working with the lender to ensure a successful and timely close. Overall, we were satisfied with Russ' delivery and performance. Would recommend him to anyone else looking to purchase or sell a home and will be using him again in the future. read more

Russ was my agent as a first time homebuyer back in 2010. He recently assisted me in selling my home and purchasing a new one. He made sure I got the best offer for my home, a contract that ensured a smooth transition between selling and buying, and he was always prompt in responding to my questions! Russ is a true class act, is spot on in his assessment of the market and makes a stressful process as effortless as possible. The Bay Area real estate market can be truly daunting and requires an expert agent to help you navigate the process such as Russ! read more

I just bought my first property with help of Russ. As a first time home buyer, it was really important for me to find a person who explains and guides me through all the process. Russ is the ONE! Without Russ' guidance, I would have not made it. Full of knowledge, very patient and organized, fantastic follow-up with all parties during the process. In fact Russ was helping me even after closure. Russ - You are the best!!! Thank you very much for all your help! read more

Russ and Julianne are the best real estate team to work with - being the first time home buyers in this very difficult seller market, Russ successfully help us close the deal in our 2nd attempt with him!! Really appreciate his responsiveness, guidance and all the contacts .. We would definitely love to work with Team Russ for our next home purchase! read more

Russ helped me in buying a 2065 sqft, almost brand new townhouse at downtown San Jose at a price of 479k. Russ replies to emails and text messages very fast, and he did a great job in negotiating the price. And the services and support after my moving in is also very nice! He got me big savings all through the process. I will definitely work with Russ next time I do property investments, and I will also recommend Russ to my friends! read more

Russ was very patient with us, as we were first-time homebuyers, and did not really know what to expect during the whole process. He showed us numerous properties at all times of the day and night, and wrote an offer that looked attractive to the seller, even though it was not necessarily the highest price. Russ was very responsive to phone calls and emails. I would recommend Russ to anyone looking for a realtor who truly cares about their clients! read more

Russ and his team are AMAZING!! Russ goes above and beyond and kept us well informed through the whole buying process. He is very knowledgeable, hardworking, and extremely organized. We truly appreciate all the hardwork he put into helping us buy our first home. We highly recommend him!! read more

Russ and his team have been incredibly helpful in finding us a great home. Russ is hard working and thrives to respond to any of our questions or concerns very thoroughly and in a timely matter. Russ has a very deep knowledge of the market. He's given us great advise when touring houses. He knows what to look for in a house and is able to tell us insightful pros and cons on all the houses we visited with him. Russ was helpful even beyond our real estate transaction. Even after the close on our house purchase, Russ followed up with us and helped us investigate any follow up questions and arrange meetings with contractors. I would recommend Russ to anyone looking for an agent in the South Bay. read more

He is awesome! He was not pushy and accompanied us to see the homes we wanted to see each weekend. Having him there was great because he was able to get helpful information out of the selling agent that I would have never known to ask. Russ really knew the market well - a dream for first-time home buyers like my husband and I! Regardless of what town we were in, he was able to give us insight into things that were important to us: schools, good vs. bad areas, trends, etc. With the home we just bought, he worked tirelessly into the night. He met up with my husband after work to set up a showing, waited with him at a local Starbucks going over numbers until I got finished with class at 10pm, took the two of us to see the house (worked with the owners to let us see it that late!), and then drafted up all our documents that same evening, which didn't finish until well after midnight. We have had such a great experience with him and I hope you do to! read more

Russ is the person you will need to work with when searching for a home. he is the best realtor i have ever worked with he has so many connection that can help you after you buy the home. I will always remember Russ and Mike who worked very hard to help me find a and buy a home. God Bless them both! read more

Russ and his team are wonderful to work with. He has a great deal of experience, he is honest and trustworthy, and he and his team conduct themselves with professionalism and integrity. Russ is always on top of the market and he gave us excellent advice and guidance as we prepared to list our house. He is a great communicator, he knew just what to do to market our property successfully, and we always felt as though he had our back throughout the entire process. We wholeheartedly recommend Team Russ. read more

Response time was fast. Looked at reviews and am looking forward to possibly meeting with and working with Russ and his team.

Lucky to find Russ. Just closed on our first home and he walked us through the entire process. Through each step he exceeded my expectations. He will consult you on all of your options and genuinely cares to make sure you are happy with your decision. A pleasant change from those who are out to make a quick buck and lack accountability. read more

Our experience with Russ showed my wife and I the value of a great realtor. I can honestly say that were it not for him we would not have landed the home of our dreams. Some aspects of our transaction were atypical, but he navigated all of them with ease and professionalism. He knows how to achieve the right results, but with a disarming cool and confidence. In any future real estate transaction we will want Russ on our side. I highly recommend him! read more

We are glad we picked Russ to represent us in the sale of our house in Campbell. We interviewed 3 agents and picked Russ because he delivered on what he promised. He sold our house in one week and for much more than list price. We couldn't be happier with how easy, quick and painless he made the whole process seem. We highly recommend him as a listing agent to anyone else! It was our pleasure to work with him. read more