Ilona has been working with my husband and I for over two years trying to find our dream home. She has met up with us countless times at potential homes and very transparent about her thoughts on every home based on our wish list for our dream home. She paid attention, pivoted, made suggestions and gave us food for thought. It was helpful she is a Bay Area local who is also a parent so it made our interactions more helpful and meaningful. She answered all of our messages in a timely manner, sat down with us to go over language we didn’t understand as first time homeowners and did not sugarcoat the pros and cons. When we finally found The Home for our growing family she went above and beyond with Inna to get everything to us in a timely manner, very detailed emails and opportunities to call/text to answer any questions we had. The process went smoothly and I appreciated how she advocated for us with this home pricing and items that’s needed to be fixed for our home from the previous owner. I will forever appreciate her attention to details and how personable she is. I will definitely keep her in mind if we get an itch to purchase another home. I definitely recommend utilizing her services. She won’t rush you into a buy and transparency is her motto, which makes her trustworthy.

Jane and Carrie analyzed the property and provided their recommendations to enhance the sale. After living in our home for 30 years, we were hesitant to change the "culture" of the house. They convinced us that specific changes needed to be made to update and improve the home's appearance. They guided us through the process of readying the home for sale/handled the open house/receipt of offers/and eventual sale in a professional manner. The house sold very quickly.

Ana and Team Forest have been the best part of what could be a really demoralizing real estate market. I know conventional wisdom says to interview several agents…we wandered into Ana’s office wanting to write a same day offer on a house we’d just seen. From the minute we stumbled into the office saying we had a “real estate emergency”, Ana and her team took such amazing care of us. We spent well over an hour together that impromptu day and we have never considered another agent for buying or selling. Ana and her team recently guided us through the purchase process for our forever home and helped us sell our home off market, going from obtaining disclosures to presenting an offer in less than a week, all while we were on vacation. Going above and beyond is just standard procedure for them from Pascal reviewing everything that might be problematic at a house, ensuring that you think with your head and not just your heart, to helping us get rid of the things we no longer need. The team has seemingly endless resources for everything you might need, saving time and money. I used to think being a real estate agent would be an easy and lucrative gig that anyone could do….whoo boy was I wrong about that! This team earned every penny and proved that an exceptional agent works 24/7. Ana reviewed the final offer with us after 10 on a Friday night and she did it in amazing good humor. Couldn’t have done it without Team Forest!

Regina Jacobs was recommended by everyone, including realtors we met in other counties. We'd met her in open houses through the years and decided to go with her based on the strength of the word of mouth reviews we'd heard. From the start she was honest, professional, understanding, and, client-centered. She was always available to help us with the many confusing aspects of the selling process. Relationship-wise, she would call a contractor or materials store and they would instantly be on board. At one point, someone offered to open their closed store immediately so we could look at finishes! That relationship building worked on our end as well. We never felt "handled" or pushed into anything. She was entirely on top of all the prep work that needed to be done. We joke that it's too bad we can't hire Regina to run our next remodel. We had, naturally, concerns over getting the house ready for sale. She always worked within our budget, but as a seller, you can't know if the money is well spent until the sale happens. My wife and I are both financiallly cautious prople. In the end, we followed her suggestions. When we sold our home for well over what we ever imagined we would get, I said to her, "Regina, we did everything you asked and you delivered." Despite a very strong offer, she made sure we had a back-up in contract as well. She was always prepared for different scenarios and I always felt that she was being honest with us. Regina was a true partner in the sale of our home and a kind and communicative person with an incredibly deep knowledge of all the aspects of the market here, from finishes to staging to landscaping to contracts and permits.

Adele is an excellent communicator, is always professional. She knows the market and is easy to work with. We knew what to expect and when, she has a trusted team that helped get our property ready to sell.

My siblings and I selected Liz and her colleague Leonore Deaton as our counsel and guide to preparing and selling our parents' much beloved home of 30 years. Liz and Leonore guided and supported us through every phase of the process, with professionalism and empathy, building our confidence, honoring our questions and perspective, providing excellent resources and ultimately leading to a very successful result for all involved.

Liz helped our family prepare for, and execute the sale of our mother's home about 8 months after her death. She and her business partner were not only knowledgeable about the market and thus able to guide us in the practical pieces of the process, they were also extremely good about helping us understand what we needed to do to prepare (update) the house for sale to get the best price, but not lose the character of the home. This means they were respectful of the emotional aspect of selling the home, but the realities of making the best sale possible. They were firm in the kindest way - and though we may have driven them a little batty with all the questions, they never faltered in making everything happen exactly as it needed to and exactly on schedule.

We had a wonderful experience working with Azadeh Yazdi to buy our home. In a tough and competitive market, she was always in our corner and helped us navigate the process with confidence. She was prompt, responsive, and clear in her communication, which made a stressful process feel much more manageable. Beyond helping us secure our house, she also connected us with excellent referrals for our loan, an interior designer, and another realtor to help us sell. Those recommendations were incredibly helpful and made the overall transition much smoother. We felt well-supported throughout the process and would happily recommend Azadeh Yazdi to anyone looking to buy or sell a home.

Laura is simply the best investment a seller can make. She handled a precious property that had been in our family for decades with respect and got a better result for us than we were hoping for. She's a wonderfully responsive and enjoyable communicator -- she actually made a process we were dreading fun! She helped us price the property strategically, reading the market like the professional she is. All marketing was masterful, from advice on where to focus upgrade efforts to staging, photography and advertising. I am certain she was an irresistible presence at the open houses, which she handled with aplomb.

Selling our home was not an easy assignment. We bought at the peak of the market in 2022 before interest rates rose, and by the time we sold, market conditions had changed dramatically. We hoped to find an agent who understood what we needed from the sale and was willing to take on a challenge. Pamela did exactly that. From day one, Pamela showed up prepared. She walked us through a pricing strategy grounded in real market data and comparable sales while helping us navigate market uncertainty and the unique realities of selling in Oakland. Pamela doesn't tell you what you want to hear—she tells you what you need to hear. As difficult as that sometimes was, it helped us make better decisions, and in the end, the sale exceeded our expectations. From pricing and marketing to coordinating contractors, staging, and every detail in between, Pamela and her team managed what felt like a hundred moving pieces with incredible skill. She's also an exceptional project manager. We moved out of state before listing, but there was a constant sense of "Pamela's got it" that allowed us to trust the process. Her recommendations often felt less like suggestions and more like "trust me, this matters" and time after time, she was right. What stood out most was her persistence and hands-on approach. She didn't sit back and wait for buyers to appear. She leveraged her deep East Bay relationships, stayed personally involved, and despite having an outstanding team, was present at every open house. Her team deserves recognition as well. They were kind, attentive, responsive, and consistently delivered high-quality work. Pamela has high standards, and that culture of excellence carries through her team, vendors, and every detail of the process. Pamela was our advocate throughout the process. She's the kind of person you'll keep in your contacts long after the transaction is over because she's a great resource who genuinely cares. We can't recommend Pamela and her team highly enough.