I have bought and sold homes for over 40 years across California and Maryland, and Alice Chang is,…read morewithout question, the most prepared and focused agent I have ever worked with. When I decided to sell my home in Sonoma, Alice came to our first meeting with exhaustive research and a clear, actionable plan to get the best price. Even though she was working outside her home county, her preparation was flawless. The results speak for themselves: my home sold within one week. Alice is now helping me find my next home, and she is just as impressive on the buying side--quick with disclosures and comparatives, and always providing sound, honest advice.

Alice helped me sell the home that I grew up in. Alice is experienced and knowledgeable, and she…read moreworks really, really hard. Alice isn't the type of agent who tells you what needs to happen and then says, "call me when you get it done." Alice will actually manage the fix-up process for you, which enables you to get your home on the market in a very timely fashion. If you think about it, that makes good business sense for her, too. My family home, as you can imagine, had a lot of emotional meaning for me and let me just say that there was also some family drama. Through it all, Alice showed what a determined AND compassionate person she is. Her team members are also on the ball, and I felt their support the whole way through this first-time selling experience. I'm glad I chose to work with Alice and her team at New Horizon Real Estate and highly recommend them.

Professional and Reliable Property Management I have been…read moreworking with The Cal Agents since 2025 to manage my house rental in the Bay Area, and it has been a consistently positive experience. Key Highlights: 1. Exceptional Team: I've had the pleasure of working with Wilsen, Ahyeza, Chris, Patricia, Jana, Fiona, Nikki, and Ramiro. They are professional, attentive, and easy to collaborate with. 2. Problem Solvers: One of their greatest strengths is that they never shy away from a hard problem. Whether it's a maintenance issue or a tenant concern, they tackle it head-on with a level of responsiveness that is hard to find. 3. Trusted Partnership: When you are looking for a partner to manage an investment property, creating an empathetic and caring relationship with the tenants is the most important factor. They have proven themselves to be reliable stewards of my property. Pro-Tip for Owners: Because they manage a diverse portfolio of both condos and houses, I found that providing clear context on my specific expectations for house-level marketing and maintenance from the start created a great feedback loop. Their receptiveness to this high level of communication is exactly why our partnership works so well; it ensures everyone is aligned from day one. Overall: If you need a team that is responsive and capable of handling the complexities of the Bay Area rental market, I highly recommend The Cal Agents.

So I am in the process of finding an agent or company to rent out a family home. I put the need out…read moreon Yelp and received several responses. I spoke to one agent, then made an appointment to have calls with others. The Cal Agents called me, and in less than a minute I realized it was someone from a Philippine call center. What a slap in the face. Outsourcing is a hot button issue, and I will NEVER share personal information with someone overseas, but also: WHY? Are they too busy for a two minute call to make that connection? Introduce themselves? Answer relevant questions? And perhaps MOST CLOYING: is this the same company that employs those same call centers to make masked cold calls asking to buy our property? HARD PASS.

My partner had to decide to rent or sell his house. We met with Nick from Ukiyo twice and we were…read moreso impressed with his knowledge, direct approach and patience. We were looking forward to having them manage our rental and felt very confident with the selection based on the support and communication provided. We have had to put renting on hold but Ukiyo will be our first call if we decide to move ahead.

We saw a property on the Ukiyo website, and they quickly accommodated a tour. My partner toured the…read moreunit and loved it, so we applied. Saj was in touch with us frequently through the application process, but once our applications were submitted, communication was less consistent. That said, we found out the next day that we were approved! At least, we thought we were. Nobody at Ukiyo had confirmed whether we have pets (we do, and didn't want to double-list them with multiple adults applying), so they had to recalculate the deposit and needed us to provide vaccination records. Once we did so, we paid the deposit and went to bed, feeling like the next day we would pick up keys to our next home. Instead, we found out that the property owner doesn't allow pets, and that our entire application process was wasted. Not only are we not moving into what we thought would be our home for the next decade, but also we're having to find another option and wasted a week of time and energy. I can't claim I understand property management. That said, either the owner provided incorrect information to Ukiyo (in which case Ukiyo needs to do a better job screening owners since they "don't work with just anyone" according to their site) or Ukiyo didn't ensure that they had the correct information in their listing. Whichever is the case, the entire process has left us with a terrible impression of Ukiyo's business. It's already exhausting enough to navigate bay area housing without this kind of mess.

Basically Jan and her husband are lazy property managers. They use an unlicensed handyman who is…read morenot very competent. They send you to look at the property alone. When you ask them for a repair, they act like they're doing you a favor. Avoid if possible.

I would strongly advise other property owners not to use Jan at Access Property Management to…read moremanage their rentals. We were very disappointed with Jan for the following reasons, among others: * Her email communication skills are atrocious, and she depends predominantly on email. In one case, the tenant forwarded me one of her emails and we tried to decrypt it together. In another, her email curtness and vagueness cost a significant amount of money. * She was fast to engage us in a contract, but exceptionally slow to contact the tenant to begin collecting rent. * The property began getting fines from the City of Richmond for an easy to fix issue caused by the tenant. She did nothing about it for 3 months. We were responsible for extraordinary compounded fines. * She does not do rent increases, unless asked by the landlord. Set your calendars. You have to ask her everytime and at the right time. * Her repair estimates come from a non-licensed contractor who does not list any address or other contact information on their estimate. * The work estimates were extraordinarily high. Need carpeting put into a 10x20 room? That's $6k. We got a bid from Home Depot and Abbey Carpets for $2k and $3.1k respectively. * She does not show your unit personally. She provides prospective tenants with the keys and sends them to view it themselves. * She only does showings at certain limited times on certain days. In a hot market, it took 22 weeks to rent out our property. We would not recommend using Access Property Management.

My wife and I came to Pittsburg to deal with her mother's estate. There has been some serious…read morefamily drama over the will, trust, bank accounts, etc A little bit biased, I admit - my wife knew April back in high school- but they, Dough especially, have really gone of their way to take us through this process. It's my mom-in-law's estate, and there are actual criminal acts we have to deal with. April and Doug have been perhaps the biggest blessing of the whole process. Doug even went out to buy us lunch, from my mother-in-laws's favorite restaurant. April and Doug have really gone above and beyond what they have to do just to sell a house. They actually care.

We are really happy that we chose Todd Hodson of Red Oak Realty to sell our vacant lot for us. He…read moredid a great job of educating and guiding us through the process. His experience and connections proved invaluable in preparing to put the property on the market, and it the end it sold extremely quickly. We couldn't be happier!

Allan Bolte with Albany Hill Realty did an exceptional job selling mom's condo at Gateview…read morerecently. Everything went smoothly and either met or exceeded our expectations. Allan is a fantastic realtor and property manager. His communication and interpersonal skills were excellent. Allan has the highest level of integrity. He gave us great advice during each step of the process. His kindness helped relieve our stress, which made the whole process easier for us. Allan was invaluable during the many years that he managed mom's condo rental at Gateview. We would highly recommend Allan for your real estate needs and are grateful for his many years of loyal service. Specifically, Allan has lots of real estate knowledge; especially, at Gateview. Even during this challenging market, Allan was able to sell the condo in a timely fashion. Thank you Allan for all the help that you gave mom!!

Albany Hill Realty is a very good real estate company. Allan and Cathy helped me to get my unit…read more I would recommend them if you would like to live at Gateview. But I will give you a head's up that Gateview has become severely overcrowded, with all of the inevitable problems associated with that: hot water issues, long waits for washer/dryers and ill will among residents because of that (we can't have our own washer and dryers), horrendous noise problems, dog poop in the hallway, cockroaches, etc. . . what you would expect with severe overcrowding. The take away: If you decide to buy here, Allan and Cathy are the ones to go to. They are very kind and very experienced. But think twice about buying here. It is a very stressful and chaotic place to live.

Jenna and Greg, a brother and sister team with a long-term family presence in the Bay Area, are…read moreeverything you could ask for in a rental agent and property management service.. I used them recently when I was in a terrible jam as a landlord, needing to rent at the last minute when other agencies who said they help did not make good on their promises. BCPM responded to my crisis with calm confidence and an impressive reservoir of knowledge of the real estate market in Berkeley/Oakland/SF. They listened and took the whole situation in. I relaxed immediately: you could feel the realism and common sense from the first minute. Such a contrast to the hyped up, shark-pool norm in the Bay Area at this point! This group is the backstop everyone involved in renting in this crazy market longs for and desperately needs. For renters and landlords, I cannot recommend their services highly enough.

I was a tenant of BCPM for 7 years and though at first they were responsive over the years they…read morestarted taking weeks to respond to us. They also did not fix things adequately and we just learned to live with the state of house declining due to deferred maintenance. We moved out eventually and were due our security deposit over a week ago and have been completely ghosted.

I have had ~9 different landlords in my lifetime; we recently purchased our first home and…read moreunfortunately had the extreme displeasure of dealing with Castle Rock and Irma Armstrong until we closed. During the past 20 years my family and I have lived in Utah, Idaho, NYC, and California. I have never encountered more red tape, basic communication issues, ability (re: inability) to fix basic issues, poor response time, and unprofessional behavior. This includes the notorious NYC Irma Aldama Armstrong was our landlord representing Castle Rock. I wouldn't recommend her or Castle Rock (based on our awful interactions with her for three years). If there was an option for zero stars I would choose it.

I see from other comments that people seem to find Keith to be helpful but we only worked with…read moreDavid Ratoosh and felt that he was incredibly rude and required follow ups. I also see that Keith commented that some people gave poor reviews because they were bitter about not getting a rental. I can't speak to that but in our case, yes we were disappointed but you can also be kind and respectful to people who come to you with potential business. I'm a strong believer in treating people with kindness and respect because you never know what when the person you snub could have been of help or a big client. We need to rent a place so that we can put an addition on our house that we plan to rent later on. We will definitely NOT be using this service.

I've rented through Advent Properties for a year now. They have been responsive and considerate…read more There are some glitches with the ap Meld, but they have been easy to resolve.

I've rented my home through Advent for several years, and have many good maintenance experiences…read more I am writing specially to recognize Julio, part of Advent's maintenance team. Julio has come to my house several times and is always extremely helpful, kind, personable, resourceful, generous, and generally a delight to be around. Today, he came by to fix my range, didn't have the necessary tool, so went out to his truck and made it! In minutes, he was back in and adjusted the range exactly to my liking. Thank you, Julio, for making life easier every time you visit!

You can be confident when renting through Feagley Realtors or Feagley Property Management (FMI)…read more They were my rental agent for 5-years and provided excellent service throughout. From the owner Jerry Feagley on down I received first class support throughout my stay. Heater on the fritz? No problem. Hot water issues? They're on it. Broken garbage disposal? Fixed. Renters can relax knowing Feagley Realty or FMI Is managing their home. Thank you!

I am writing to sing the praises of Feagley Realtor, Cindy Wilson. We had a very complicated condo…read moresale and Cindy went SO far above and beyond to help us. She was incredibly kind, smart, competent, caring, trustworthy, understanding, tenacious and patient. There are not enough words to express how wonderful she is. She has so much integrity and a huge heart. I am so deeply grateful to her for all she did and feel so fortunate that we chose her as our realtor!! I wrote the same review on Google and if I had social media accounts I would post this there as well as she deserves to have her praises sung everywhere!