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.

Most accomplished, professional, thorough team I'm ever worked with. I've participated as buyer or seller in a dozen or more real-estate transactions over the years, and have never worked with as talented and hard-working a team as Pascal and Ana. From advance work to staging to marketing to negotiating, beyond A+ in talent, skill, and thoroughness. These people make everyone else look like amateurs and dilettantes.

Ana and Pascal went above and beyond to help me to buy a new home. I was so fortunate to find them because I came to the area from the east coast last year and was new to the complicated and competitive housing market in the East Bay. They were able to guide me through the process of identifying where I could afford to live as well as in the process of bidding competitively. They advocated strongly on my behalf and did all of the hard work of submitting my proposal exactly as the seller was requesting. I could not have done it without them! It was clear to me that they have a wealth of knowledge and expertise that only comes from years of experience and keeping up to date on real estate laws as well as the latest real estate trends in this area. Their honesty and integrity was a blessing. They are good people and I was lucky to have them on my team!