Ana and Pascal are wonderful. We were working with another agent for about two years, with down payment money rotting in our bank. We tried hard and drove around Berkeley and Oakland forever but to no gain. At some point we decided to switch our agent. Enter Ana and Pascal, and within a month and a half, we find a beautiful home at a wonderful price in a scenic and safe neighborhood! Ana and Pascal come as a team with absolute expertise not just in the bay area real estate market, but also with deep knowledge about different aspects of issues/positives with the properties. Pascal will walk around the property with you and point out issues and good things while Ana would supply ample market intelligence. And would seamlessly switch roles even. We believe their primary goal behind the work they do is ensuring that their clients land a right property or let's say a dream home. And whilst they do it, they make the process enjoyable. Every visit they did with us, at the times convenient to us, came with a deep knowledge of the location and the property, that carefully matched to our criteria. Their customer service does not end after the transaction is over. They have been actively in touch with us and have been helping us with everything we need as buyers. We feel we have indirectly signed up with them for all our future real estate requirements. With them, we know we are in for a wonderful deal with customer service that knows no bounds! We would recommend them to anyone without a blink of an eye.

We have been working with Ana & Pascal for the past 3 years. They expertly helped us bid and win our first home in the most competitive price point in Berkeley. Then helped us sell the same home for a handsome profit a few years later. They are the best duo in the game. Ana is the marketing expert and knows and charms absolutely everyone. While Pascal isn’t afraid to literally climb into every crawl space he can find to let you know exactly what’s going on with any property you’re touring. They are honest, hard working and really are on your team. Couldn’t recommend them more.

Ana and Pascal Forest are the absolute greatest tag team of agents. Ana is the charm -- she knows everyone and can find out everything and everyone wants to work with her because she's such a delight. Pascal is the hard-nosed inspector I lovingly call "the buzzkill," in EXACTLY the right ways. You know you can trust them both to keep you from making a bad decision, and to get the deal done when the time actually comes. Like many people in the Bay Area, I looked for a long time and lost a lot. This team was unfailingly patient, persistent, cheerful, wonderful to work with and helpful in the biggest and smallest of ways. Can't recommend them more.

Ana was recommended to me by a friend and I'm happy I went with her. She provides excellent guidance and advice every step of the way and was very good about keeping the overall process on track. She's friendly, great at answering questions, and diligently follows up on any concerns. Everything you would expect of a top-notch agent.

We had an excellent experience buying a home in Berkeley with Ana and Pascal earlier this year. I'd like to highlight three areas in particular where Ana and Pascal were spectacular. First, Ana and Pascal were extremely attentive to what we wanted in a home. They took the time to listen to exactly what we wanted, and never rushed us or pushed us towards something that we didn't want. Second, Pascal's amazing body of knowledge surrounding home maintenance and renovation helped us to identify which problems in a prospective property were deal-breakers, and which could be easily remedied. In Berkeley, most homes have issues, so having an educated opinion on which issues were serious helped us bid (or not bid) confidently. Finally, Ana's negotiating skill is unmatched. I'm confident that we wouldn't have gotten our new home for the amazing price that we paid if Ana wasn't such an experienced and persuasive negotiator. If you're buying or selling a home in the area I'd highly recommend that you give Ana and Pascal a call.

Great knowledge of the process! Made buying a home from out of state so much easier than it could have been. Can’t recommend highly enough!!!

I am currently living in my dream home! I started off with an extensive phonecall with Ana, talking about what I was looking for. Then we went out looking at properties the next 3 weekends. And Pascal was invaluable, with his background as a contractor & both Ana & Pascal fine-tuned properties to my preferences. Then on a Sunday afternoon at 4pm, we found my house & the bids were due the next day at noon. AND WE DID IT. And closed 3weeks later! Ana & Pascal have expertise & great people skills. They clearly enjoy their profession & approach their work as a relationship, rather than a transaction.

Ana And Pascal were awesome Went way above what is required . We were selling my parents home and with clients spread across the country they managed to keep us all informed Always a phone call or text away if we had any questions .Highly recommend!!

She and Pascal prepared and sold my mother's Rossmoor apartment and helped my daughter and me buy an Oakland apartment. They were great on both sides of the transaction. The prep and the sale were stressless, and the purchase was a well-informed process. I highly recommend them to anyone.

Service. Honesty. Responsiveness. You promised me these. You delivered on all of them every day for 6 months. You went above and beyond of what a typical realtor does. I don’t know where to start. Or rather I didn’t know where to start. You walked me through it step by step and here I found the most beautiful home. I sent you my list of requirements for my dream house and things that were dealbreakers. We knocked down each one of them. That’s hard to achieve in Bay Area - to not compromise in a house hunt. When I met you two at the open house, two things that got me in the door. The attention to detail in the open house you were hosting and honesty in our conversation. Later I called Ana and Pascal. You were responsive. Pascal calmed me down and assured me if this is not the one, there will be another one. And suddenly I wasn't feeling down because of missing out on the house. I felt you'll best represent me. If a new realtor is reading this, this is what a text book definition of what professionalism is. Preparation. You kept me on my toes and made sure I'm ready at least a day before the offers were due. There were no last minute decisions and no bad feeling in the gut. You prepared me ahead of time. Personalized Painless House Hunt. The process was very targeted. You knew the neighborhood I would land in. You found the right houses. Pascal especially talked me out of houses that won't work for me. Taught me about things you can and can't change about a house. You took out the pain out of endless weekend open houses. That helped me keep going. People Skills. Ana's people skills are magic. From getting permission to see a house even before it was ready to presenting offers in person. I don’t know a person to better represent me. Every shot I took was the best shot. I don’t have words to describe your post sales service. You helped me out on multiple occasions. I think it’s special and the only way to describe it is what someone will do for a friend.

Working with Ana and Pascal Forest to purchase our first home was a great experience. Both have great knowledge and relationships across the Bay Area and specifically where we were looking in North Berkeley and Lamorinda. They regularly went out of their way to ensure that we were seeing what we wanted to see and exploring creative ways to meet our needs. We especially appreciated the hands-on approach they took to reviewing property quality and inspection reports with us, educating us along the way about how to gut check key elements of the homes we toured. During our offers and closing negotiations, they kept in close contact with us and were able to walk us through the best-case scenario and get us to a win! They work great as a team and we felt open and comfortable throughout the process.

Ana was great in organizing the sale of our home. From selection of the stager and painters, to building the marketing materials, all the way to a very successful negotiation, everything was clear, well done. Ana went the extra mile to ensure the house was shown at its best, and to the right buyers.