Tracy is very knowledgeable on current and relvevant data, information on the most recent trends and transactions related to the local housing dynamics and with specific comparables. Tracy did not ovepromise to us the sales price lisitng that we should use. And she was honest on the pro's and con's facing us given the market conditions. Her communication style is very direct without "fluff", a straight shooter and not over selling with compliments. Just calling it as it is. I challenged her on a few recommendations she made but quickly realized that she was making the right recommendations. As to her professionalism, she combines a rare apporach; sound intelligence, practical decisions and actions and always driven with the end goal of a good sales transaction. At one point, during a receding in market visits to our property, she recommended that we stay the course and not consider lowering the price (something I was contemplating). She turned out to be right! I should point out that her colleague, Mykah, was superb; they workd very effectively as a team. Tracy's office support at North Berkley Hills Realtor were, also, excellent. And her contractors, stager were outstanding; high quality and reasonable cost. Not a combination often found in the real world. And one more thing as an example of Tracy's tenacity and getting things done the right way. We ran into a blip on the first attempt in staging (it simply was lacking in terms of accentuating the character and charm of the house), and Tracy put in a lot of work to completely bring it up to the highest presentable quality. She has a great work ethic. Finally, not only is Tracy very, very good at the business side of real estate but she has a real gift in aesthetics. She captures the feel, imagination of the home and presents the beauty so well to viewers. Trust is something that is a result of Tracy's professionalism and interaction with clients.

Tracy worked efficiently and with finesse, keeping to our deadline and staying in budget. She had a great feel for what was right for a strong sale while also honoring my process of letting go of my childhood home.

Tracy has so much kindness and attention to detail when it comes to supporting a home purchase. She was my dad’s realtor when he bought his first and second home so naturally I went to her when buying my first home. My husband and I trusted her so much to tell us what was right and wrong about a house — she and her realtor partner Linda would often scour disclosures and spot red flags we would never be able to see. On the day we decided to put in an offer, she personally went and did an inspection for us on the house and walked us through everything via Face Time when we couldn’t be there. I trust Tracy with my life and would 110% recommend her to anyone!

Tracy and her team guided us through the challenging process of selling a beloved and unique family home of 65 years. Tracy has many years of experience and provides great expertise on strategy and approach to preparing the house for sale in a collaborative manner. She is an encyclopedia on real estate rules and provides excellent guidance on the many steps of compliance to make sure that a transaction will be absolutely solid from the seller’s position. Unique with Tracy is her love of design and appreciation of a home’s style and architecture. Once we agreed together on a plan, Tracy’s team executed the plan and coordinated the many contractors in a very compressed time frame. All along they regularly communicated on the status of the work and kept a detailed budget. When additional work was needed, we were promptly informed of the scope of the work and the costs. Tracy’s stable of contractors did good work and on time. We were truly amazed that the house was ready for showing according to the original calendar plan. Tracy and team also have some great ideas on marketing a home and presenting it to the market in pre-open house gatherings, and at the open houses. They put together a distinctive website and photo presentation of our home. All in all Tracy and her excellent team made a once in a lifetime experience selling a family home a very positive experience.

Tracy Sichterman had, on very short notice, done all the due diligence needed on our new house which allowed us to make a bid in full confidence that we knew what we were buying. She held our hands through all the paperwork-- disclosures, closing - and once we had bought the house put us in touch, through the sellers realtor, with workman who fixed various small problems at no cost to us. She also put us in touch with reliable craftsman to do other more substantial needed work. In addition to be extremely competent she and her team are endlessly friendly and helpful in every [ossible eway.

Tracy has deep knowledge of the East Bay real estate market. She does wonderful property preparation and marketing and I would highly recommend her. I am a professional Fiduciary and I rely on her to handle sales of trust and estate properties.

Our house was in pretty good shape when we interviewed three realtors. One said do nothing. One recommended a couple minor things like escrow flowers. Only Tracy had the vision to see what was missing to make it great, and gave me the confidence that she would take the process, not as a set of boxes to tick, but as a personal mission to achieve a successful outcome. In the end, a very small investment made our house amazing. In fact the buyer commented they specifically fell in love with the house because of the changes she made. Tracy also made the process incredibly comfortable, and respectful of both our budgets and our emotional processes of saying goodbye to a beloved home and also hoping to make good money off it. And her advice every step of the way was spot-on.

We cannot say enough about our amazing experience with Tracy. We knew her agency was incredibly profesional from our experience buying our first home with them 10 years ago, so we were keen to use them to sell our home this year. Bringing a home to market is so complicated and stressful, especially in these tumultuous times, but Tracy led us through every step of the process with skill, patience and the confidence that comes from many years of experience. Additionally, her philosophy is to keep the client at the center, making informed recommendations but always leaving final decisions up to you. She was available at all times for even the smallest questions, and has a wonderfully approachable communication style that my partner and I found very reassuring. Additionally, Tracy has built a very capable team around her, including stagers, contractors, landscapers, and a close network of many other agents whom she can tap for insider knowledge. Ultimately, the offer we received for our home was beyond our highest hopes, and we can say without question that it was down to Tracy’s exceptional skill and experience. We will be forever grateful.

Tracy and Mykah, Saw the huge potential in our parents run-down north Berkeley hills home, and worked with us to revitalize it for a new generation. There judgment (financial and esthetic) was impeccable; they were on budget and on-time, and, yes, joyous throughout. They made it a pleasure and adventure to let go of our childhood home (all four of us), and we did very nicely on the investment as well. I can't say enough wonderful things about this people.

We hired Tracy to sell the family home after my father in law passed away last year. The market was already starting to decline and we knew we had two choices, sell as is or fix the home. We consulted Tracy and she said we would get better offers for the home if we cleaned it up and added design elements to go with the modern architecture of the home. Tracy also called other agents in the region who had recently sold similar homes to get a true feeling for the market at that point. With solid market data in hand combined with utilizing her creative and design talent, the house showed so well, that we received above asking price. Tracy made the process of moving the things out of the house and getting us through escrow seamless. During a time of grief for the family, having Tracy's calm, professional and kind demeanor made the selling of the home one thing we didn't have to worry about. Thank you Tracy for all your hard AND creative work!

Tracy and Mykah helped us bring our childhood home back to life and got us on the market and under contract with amazing expertise. When our mother died, we were left with the task of cleaning out and revitalizing our classic Berkeley childhood home. Tracy and Mykah helped us at every step, finding us the resources we needed and supervising the process from start to finish. They were easy to work with, had an eye for design that matched what we were looking for and were incredibly professional. Couldn’t recommend them more highly.

Tracy and Romney did an exceptional job guiding us through the process of selling our property. They were extremely patient during the clean up and clearing out of the property and offered helpful suggestions; they had excellent vision for ways to upgrade and prepare the home to highlight it’s best features, and came in under budget to do so; their marketing approach was thorough, targeted and sophisticated. During the entire process they communicated with us frequently, were prompt in responding to calls and emails, and in general were reassuring, thoughtful, and knowledgeable.