As a first time home buyer, Andrea was a dream to work with. She spent as much time as we needed to understand each step of the process and walked us through exactly what she looks for in a home tour. Her knowledge of the SF market is encyclopedic and her strong network among the other agents in the area is also evident. Plus, she was so quick to respond with the most thorough info, we always felt well informed. We will be highly recommending Andrea to everyone we know!

Andrea was a pleasure to work with. Super responsive, knowledgeable of the SF market and always available to answer our questions day or night.

I have recently had the privilege and pleasure of working with Andrea Swetland, a realtor with Vanguard Properties, in connection with the listing and sale of a $1.7 million residential property in Diamond Heights in San Francisco. My clients and I have been exceedingly impressed and satisfied with Andrea’s work. Andrea is intelligent, articulate, pleasant and hard working. She is extremely well informed with respect to market conditions. Andrea works hard, evidently at all hours of every day. Andrea worked with me and my clients in very challenging circumstances, including a settlement of a lawsuit that compelled the sale, and the Covid 19 pandemic coming up out of the blue in the midst of the process. Andrea worked through every one of the challenges with extreme professionalism and diligence and without missing a beat. Andrea arranged for repairs and inspections quickly and effectively, arranged and managed excellent staging and marketing materials, marketed the property diligently, and assisted everyone concerned at every step of the way, specifically including through the closing. She quickly produced a sale at a very attractive price, which sale closed on schedule. I could not be more impressed or satisfied with Andrea. I strongly recommend her to any person that is looking to sell or buy residential property in San Francisco, Marin County or any other area in which Andrea works.

We wouldn't consider buying/selling a home in the Bay Area with any agent other than Andrea. Full stop. A number of times throughout our homebuying process her skills and experience were put to the test (mostly by our challenging lender and the start of a global pandemic), and every time she proved to be the best agent out there. We're confident that with another agent, we would have had to switch lenders (which would have meant giving up our fantastic terms) and we certainly wouldn't have closed escrow on time. An overview of Andrea's best qualities: - Dedicated and caring: She took so much time to get to know us, what we were looking for, what we prioritized, etc. She even took the time to do a "due diligence exercise" where we did a faux offer so that when we found a property we really did want to put an offer on, we understood all the documentation, all the trade offs, and felt comfortable. - Responsive and dependable: I think her average response time to every text and email we sent throughout the entire four-month process was ~2 minutes. There wasn't one moment that we had to remind her to do something, send a gentle reminder, or worry that she wouldn't do something on our behalf. She was just on it. Every single day. - Knowledgeable: A number of times throughout the escrow process, she knew more about the requirements/documentation needed/process than our senior loan officer. (We happened to deal with a very incompetent team at our lender bank, which was almost detrimental to our escrow timeline. Between that and the onset of COVID-19, there was a serious possibility our lender was going to drop us three weeks into escrow, but Andrea's diligence with them in the first two weeks is the sole reason they continued to process our loan.) - Thorough and detail-oriented: Andrea reviews everything line by line, and will do so with you too if you'd like. (continued)

We have bought/sold six houses in our lives, but this our first home purchase in the Bay Area. Andrea was absolutely the best realtor we have ever had the pleasure to work with while house hunting. Andrea worked tirelessly to find us the perfect home. Obviously in this complicated market, one often ends up making numerous attempts to purchase a home and she held our hands through each attempt, made sure we knew what was happening and wanted to make sure we knew we had found our dream home. She never pushed us to make a decision unless she knew we were happy. Andrea definitely goes above and beyond. Not only has she helped us find our perfect home, but she has been there to support all of our questions, help us to understand the different neighborhoods, provide suggestions and was even thoughtful enough to provide amazing contacts for home maintenance and remodeling activities we were interested in. She has made a lifetime client from us - we will always use Andrea and her team for any real estate needs.

We have bought/sold six houses in our lives, but this our first home purchase in the Bay Area. Andrea was absolutely the best realtor we have ever had the pleasure to work with while house hunting. Andrea worked tirelessly to find us the perfect home. Obviously in this complicated market, one often ends up making numerous attempts to purchase a home and she held our hands through each attempt, made sure we knew what was happening and wanted to make sure we knew we had found our dream home. She never pushed us to make a decision unless she knew we were happy. Andrea definitely goes above and beyond. Not only has she helped us find our perfect home, but she has been there to support all of our questions, help us to understand the different neighborhoods, provide suggestions and was even thoughtful enough to provide amazing contacts for home maintenance and remodeling activities we were interested in. She has made a lifetime client from us - we will always use Andrea and her team for any real estate needs.

Andrea is the best realtor I’ve ever worked with! She's thoughtful, smart, conscientious, and treated my thoughts and concerns with respect and attention. I would work with her again in a heartbeat (except I love my new home and hope to stay a very long time)!!!

Andrea was incredible. She's smart, informed, and patient. As a first time buyer, I had a lot of questions throughout the process of looking for a home and she answered all of them. I never felt rushed or pressured into making a decision. It always felt like she was helping me find a home that would work best for me in the long run, and not just trying to close a deal. I couldn't recommend her more highly.

Andrea was so helpful throughout the entire home buying process and helped us feel at ease when we were feeling anxious or worried about something. We had so many questions as first-time home buyers and she always handled them with grace and in a timely manner. We would highly recommend Andrea to anyone looking for a new home!

I have one word to describe Andrea, Amazing! Pick her as your real estate agent.

Andrea was amazing! She answered all my questions, always checked in throughout the process and was just a pleasure to work with! I highly recommend her! Sincerely, Dorothea

Andrea is very organized and is a great communicator. She always keeps her clients well-informed while staying well-connected to various agents (which is so relevant to the transaction). She gets things done with minimal face-to-face meeting and minimal effort from the client side. Andrea solved and and every "problem" when they arised. Also, she is quite artistic in setting up staging !