We had a wonderful experience working with Laura and her team on the sale of our condo. From start to finish, Laura was incredibly professional, responsive, and supportive. We had many requests along the way, and she handled everything with patience and flexibility. Thanks to her expertise, the entire process went very smoothly, and we were able to close successfully and quickly. We are especially grateful for her thoughtful guidance and dedication -- we truly could not have done this without her. We have also known Chi-Raie , her mother, for many years, starting from when we rented a home on Atwater Dr., and she has always taken great care of us. Together, they are an exceptional team. We highly recommend Laura and her team to anyone looking to buy or sell a home in the Bay Area. read more

I had an awesome experience working with Laura. From the day we met she didn't waste time. Very knowledgeable (knows her market), committed to client, patient and caring professional. She understood my needs that I had a very short time frame, she also met with my son valuing his input as well. She really does make you feel supported and is very good at coordinating with others which made it easy. I would have been lost without her. Not only did she show me what she thought was perfect for me but was showing me units that I wanted to see. She is an amazing communicator, very transparent which sped up the process. She was there from the start till the end and even after. She is such an understanding person. Within 34 days I had my keys to my home, and I had never met or worked with her before. She came highly recomended and I say the same to anyone that would love to work with her. read more

Laura is an amazing agent - warm, kind, polite, and highly professional. She helped us rent a wonderful apartment and made the entire process very smooth. She keeps everything well organized, communicates clearly and efficiently, and ensures the apartment is always clean and well prepared. She also helped us with a very thorough move-in inspection, taking detailed notes and photos, and sharing all documents with us promptly. There are honestly too many great things she has done for us to list them all. We truly appreciate everything she has done. Sometimes simple words are more powerful: Laura is amazing; she is the best. read more

It was such a pleasure working with Laura during the application and move-in process for our new rental! From the very beginning, she was professional, personable, and warm. Even while representing the owner/landlord, she made us feel supported and well taken care of. She answered all of our questions promptly, kept us updated throughout, and worked with us to clarify a few details on the lease. From the initial showing to the application process, lease signing, and move-in inspection, Laura was thorough, clear, and consistently communicative. She truly made the process of moving into a new home so much easier and stress-free. read more

Laura was my agent when I sold my condo in San Mateo. I contacted her early in the process, many months before I was ready to list, but Laura never pressured me to put my home on the market until I was ready. She has a network of professionals, including tradespeople and settlement companies that were a pleasure to work with. Selling a home is stressful. I was also preparing to retire and move across the country. Laura was always supportive, positive and communicative throughout the process. She is a great agent and a wonderful person! I highly recommend her. read more

OMG!!! First Class Service!!! Me and my family can't say enough good and amazing things about Laura. We needed a rental QUICK due to our ex landlord wanted to sell their house after almost 20 years of being there. Found Laura on one of the rental listing and met her at one of the place that she was in charged with. She was very welcoming with her big smile and greetings and was very informative about the place. Answered all questions. Unfortunately that first place had a lot of applicants. She did tell us about another location that she was in charged with. So we made an appointment to go see the other place and we loved the place. It was the right fit for our family. Laura went thru all the process very thoroughly and fast. Communicating with the landlords in another country can be time consuming, but she got it done quick and with her help, she got us the house and we are very very satisfied with her. She makes us feel like she's part of our family too. If there's any questions or concerns about the place, she gets back to us really fast and tries to resolve the problems quickly as possible. LAURA's THE BEST!!!! read more

My wife and I were first-time homebuyers and did a rather long and exhaustive search for a buyers agent. We are thrilled that we decided to go with Laura. As we were new to the process, we needed someone who would make us feel comfortable with the complexities of home-buying. Laura was incredibly patient with us through our six-month search and helped us understand and discover the features that we were looking for in a first home. It never felt like Laura was pushy or wanted to convince us that we needed to put in offers higher than necessary. Being relatively new to the Peninsula, where my wife and I were searching, we needed a realtor that knew about the pocket neighborhoods that were quiet, safe, and within budget. With firsthand experience growing up in the Bay Area and a family that works in real estate, Laura helped us identify several not-well-known areas that satisfied our criteria. Her experience and network were invaluable in localizing our search and gave us several opportunities with off-market listings. Laura goes above and beyond. She was always available for random questions and found time to go to open houses with us. For each house that we were interested in, Laura would send us a personal walkthrough video that she would record, detailing all of the pros and cons. It is easy to tell that she is very organized and is passionate about her work. Laura gave us confidence that her Competitive Market Analyses and the offer packages that we put together were comprehensive and representative of our best foot forward. Most importantly, I truly think that Laura's demeanor and transparency helped us secure our home. In working with the listing agent, she clearly communicated expectations and managed the process fairly and professionally. I trust that Laura has a great reputation amongst realtors and that listing agents enjoy working with her, which was critical in us winning the bid for our home. There are many reasons that we were completely satisfied in our choice to work with Laura for buying our first home. While we don't intend to leave this home for a long time, we fully intend to work with Laura for any and all realty projects going forward and give our full recommendation to any others in similar positions. read more

Laura was beyond amazing! She worked closely with my family during the rental application process for a property she managed, and was very attentive to our needs. Laura kept us in the loop throughout the whole process, and would let us know in a timely manner what more we needed to provide or any changes to review. I'd highly recommend working with Laura to anyone! read more

Selling a home can be overwhelming, especially as the Trustee of an estate. Laura made it easy. She went above and beyond to help prepare the property, and her kindness--like hand-delivering documents--meant a lot. Her professional insight and negotiation skills helped us achieve a fantastic result. Laura is caring, committed, and excellent at what she does. Highly recommend! read more

We had a great experience working with Laura to purchase our first home! From start to finish she was friendly, responsive, and incredibly knowledgeable making the process as smooth as possible. Walking through open houses with her, we learned so much about what to look for and potential repairs and costs to keep in mind. When we decided to put an offer on our house, she provided advice on where to start without being pushy and kept us updated frequently, doing everything possible to help our offer stand out. After closing she remained readily available for questions. We highly recommend working with Laura! read more

Laura is the real deal. She is not only competent but ethical as well. I work in a highly regulated industry. Years of working experience I have learned a great deal about " Putting Your Clients' Interest First". Laura definitely has it as one of her working principles she stands by. Unlikely many top-rated realtors spend more their time/energy on advertising, faking they care their clients more than their own production. While working with Laura, I felt she does care for my best interest and in the meantime buyer's as well. I am impressed with the professionalism Laura had shown to both parties. The sale ended up a very smooth transaction to buyer and seller without any complication. read more

We worked with Laura to purchase our first home. Being in the Peninsula for the last few years, I knew that it was a tough market and that supply was tight. Additionally, we had a large search zone, starting from San Bruno all the way down to Santa Clara to find our home. Fortunately, Laura has intimate knowledge of the entire Peninsula and worked with us over 3 months to finally land our home. She was very patient, understanding, resourceful, and communicative throughout the whole process. For example, when COVID restrictions required individual appointments to be set up, Laura was very quick to respond with availability (often times less than 24 hrs), retrieve home disclosures, and establish communication with the listing agent in order for us to get all the needed information to submit a bid. Given that most homes are in the market for 7-10 days, it was important for us to spend as much time as possible and sometimes return for a 2nd visit if we were to submit an offer. During the negotiation and escrow process, Laura was very helpful to ensure that we would be able to close within 30 days. We had some unexpected challenges with our lender however Laura was able to remediate the situation and kept us informed of the process and brought us along when we needed to make a decision. As new homebuyers, we were learning as we went along and we couldn't have imagined doing this without anyone else. We consider Laura not only our trusted advisor but also a dear friend that has helped us navigate a confusing/challenging real estate market. Thank you Laura! read more

My parents purchased their home in the US with Laura and her mother Chi-Rae. My dad wrote the below review for them: Before coming to the United States, I met Laura Lee and her mother Chi-Rae Cheung, both real estate agents in the Bay Area, through the Internet and we added contact details. I expressed to them my desire to buy a house in the Bay Area, and they quickly responded to me and sent a form to me hoping to know my detailed requirements for buying a house. In the second week after we arrived in San Francisco in January of 2023, they began to show us different houses, and soon we saw a house to our liking in Foster City, so we immediately started preparing to submit an offer. Laura collected all the details of this house and had a meeting with us to discuss all the details of the property. That day she and her mom took 6 hours to walk us through every possible detail. Although in the end we failed to buy that house, they showed their excellent professional side and rigorous work ethic, as well as patience and efficiency in the whole process, analyzing the specific situation of the property and how to quote, which left a very good impression on us. They did not lose confidence because we failed the first bidding, and continued to introduce us to the listings in various cities in the Bay Area and provided us with other different ideas, so that we are no longer limited to one house in one place. With their efforts, we finally decided to do various research on a house we saw previously, and with their help, we successfully bought our first house in the Bay Area at a price lower than the asking price. A successful cooperation depends on whether you choose the right partner. Laura and Chi-Rae are such excellent and trustworthy partners, and I highly recommend them as buying agents! Even though we have closed everything for a couple of weeks, Laura and Chi-Rae are still responsive and helping me and my wife through various things like referring us to electrical and general contractors to help us fix things we want to within the property and giving us answers and advice to our various questions as new homeowners in the US. read more

Laura provided an experience that should be the standard for the industry. The experience for the sale of our property wasn't the easiest with the drastic shift of the economy we're in. Yet Laura kept composed in all aspect allowing us to stay calm. She was comforting but blunt allowing us to stay confident every step of the way. Every detail was vetted ahead of time and the escrow went smoothly. read more

Laura helped my husband and I with our rental property. She was very friendly, helpful and very responsive throughout the process. Laura was very knowledgable about the property and answered all of our questions. Additionally, she was with us every step of the way from touring, move-in inspection and even personally delivered the keys to us. Would recommend her services to anyone, anyday! read more

Laura Lee did an amazing job. She was very earnest, prompt, honest, really helpful and just a joy to work with. It's difficult to walk the line between professional, savvy and warm and she does it with aplomb. Everything you would want in a real estate agent and now friend/neighbor!! We would highly recommend working with her if you get the opportunity! read more

I had the pleasure of meeting Laura through a mutual friend. And I'm so glad our mutual friend introduced us as I was looking for a tenant for the first time for my previous home. The first time we spoke over the phone Laura walked me through the entire process and explained what to expect and general timeline. I was really looking for an experienced agent in my area and Laura fit the bill on all accounts. She's local to the Peninsula, her family has been in the real estate business for a very long time, and she is generally a very personable individual. So I was very much looking forward to working with Laura. Laura was also very responsive to emails and texts which was highly appreciated since I wanted to get new tenants in sooner than later. In the end, I was able to get the home ready and found wonderful tenants in a very short period of time. I credit that 100% to Laura's expertise. I hope my tenants stay for a while but when the time comes I would not hesitate to reach out to Laura again. Thank you! read more

Laura and her team have helped us prepare and sell our townhome as smoothly as we could not have envisioned ; accomplishing such task in less than two months time from signing our contract with her to home closing escrow! The process involved dealing with owners of different ages and tenants; organizing, coordinating and mobilizing people with different schedules and mindsets to work together harmoniously, effectively and efficiently. She was quick minded and flexible, with excellent communication skills and always pleasant to talk to, in-person, or on the phone, while texting and emailing all parties involved in the selling process and keeping track of details and gave clear explanations to questions with patience. Her team prepared and staged the home responsibly and tastefully. The home was on market for ten days, with multiple offers and sold less than a month from accepting offer to a family we feel would enjoy being part of the community. All the paper work involved were prepared professionally and on time. Thank you Laura, we wish you and your team continuing success in helping, organizing, mobilizing and matching people with the least amount of stress and friction to all parties involved in the buying/selling process. read more

Laura helped us find the perfect home in the Bay Area! They say referrals are the best and this could not be more true. When my wife and I started on the journey to find a new home, we didn't really know where to start and consulted a couple of Redfin agents like most people as they browsed through listings. However, we didn't feel the connection with the Redfin agents so we asked our friends and one of whom referred us to Laura (who helped them sell their property during crunch time). Needless to say, we are very happy with Laura! She's professional, courteous, down to earth, organized, knows the right people, and gets things done. From starting to look for a property to a ratified contract only took only two weeks! We didn't think we would be able to find the perfect home so quickly especially given the pandemic, but a home we did find. During the short process Laura suggested lenders, possible issues of properties from her experience, and how much things were to fix. Laura was also very cognizant of staying safe by wearing masks, bringing sanitizers and wipes at every showing. We were very comfortable with our safety. During the closing process Laura also coordinated with the lender, title company, and notary to make sure everything was in order. All in all, we had a great experience with Laura and looking forward to working with her in the future! read more

Laura was a pleasure to work with both when assisting us finding and applying for an apartment in San Mateo but also in getting things in order when we decided to move on a year later. Just the thought of moving is painful, but Laura helped us arrange for cleaners and handymen to lighten the burden of handing back the keys. When it comes time to purchase a home, I'll definitely have Laura in mind to reach out to. read more

Laura provided a refreshing and smoothly experience for the sale of our property. I would not hesitate to recommend her services. We were happy with minimizing our involvement in the process but Laura was fully capable of customizing her approach to fit anyone's needs. A+ read more

After meeting Laura and talking with her for the first time, I knew she would be an excellent Realtor to work with. My sister and I decided to sit down with Laura and her brother Wil which handles houses with tenants. Both of them worked very hard on everything, the process went smoothly from beginning stages, showing and closing. I highly recommend Laura and Wil for your real estate needs. read more

Working with Laura is a great experience. Laura is very professional , efficient and diligent . She find a desirable tenant for me less in a week ! Amazing ! JoAnn G read more

I worked with Laura to rent a home recently and she was a pleasure to work with. Very professional while retaining a warm and friendly vibe. Immediately responsive throughout the rental process and flexible for any requests I made. Detail oriented. A strong and fair advocate for both the owners and the renter/buyer. She is a pleasure to work with. read more

We were looking for a house to rent in the San Mateo area and Laura did an amazing job helping my husband and I select and settle into the perfect home. Laura was informative, responsive, and ensured that our experience from initial showing to moving in went seamlessly. Could not have had a better experience~ read more

It's been such a pleasure having Laura as our agent! Throughout the process of buying a home, Laura was flexible, super responsive, detail-oriented, and resourceful. Laura was always considerate and mindful of working around our son's nap times, our daughter's school time, and work schedules. Even when Laura was on a trip during the buying process on our home, she always made sure that she was reachable and checked in constantly. Whenever we had any questions or concerns, Laura made sure we had the right information needed. Laura is genuine, honest, and so down-to-earth; we never felt like this was just a "transaction"--which was such a breath of fresh air to us! We're also working with Laura to sell our condo, which puts us at ease because she manages to make a stressful process run smooth. read more

Laura is an excellent real estate professional. She's extremely organized, detailed, friendly, and knowledgable. I appreciate that she communicated with my husband and me via text, and ran all the paperwork through docusign. Laura made what is usually a stressful process, seamless and easy. I highly recommend Laura to anyone who's looking to sell, buy, rent, etc. read more

Laura was our buyer's agent and helped us purchase our first house. She is very attentive to all the details, large and small. We had so many questions throughout the process, and Laura was always there to answer them quickly and patiently. She is super responsive over phone, text, and email. Her guidance and expertise helped make the process a bit less daunting. We highly recommend her! read more

Laura Lee of Compass is truly a professional real estate agent. After my wife passed away, I needed to downsize my house. In a span of less than 3 months, she first of all guided me through a smooth consummation on the purchase of my new house. She then coordinated seamlessly with the contractor to update my old house, staged it and put it on the market and it was sold in 4 days at a price I was happy with. She was very communicative and kept me well informed throughout both transactions. I highly recommend Laura if you are looking to sell or buy real estate properties. read more

Laura was our selling agent during the COVID times in 2020, and we are very glad to have found her! We were planning to move out of the country within a few months, and selling the house in a safe manner (since this was during shelter in place due to COVID) and with someone we could trust was our top priority. We first reached out to Laura via email after seeing all the great reviews on Yelp, and she responded very quickly with a time to meet over Zoom. On our first Zoom call (which was just 1.5 days later), we were immediately impressed by the research she had already done on our house, the area, and some recently sold houses and market analysis. She was also very pleasant to talk to and asked good questions to understand who we are and what our goals were. Needless to say, we decided to go with her after our call. She was very communicative throughout the whole process and always kept us posted with every step. Since this was during COVID times, we had done almost everything digitally and virtually. We signed all the paperwork online, and even did our open house virtually. I took the photos and videos based on some instructions and she helped put together a great video for us and was also very open to the feedback we provided. She also suggested to have the potential buyers do a walkthrough outside the house and checked with the county's health office to make sure it was safe to do so before we did it. During the offer process, Laura set up a Zoom call to review all the offers in details but she also summarized them very well for us and gave great recommendations on timing and strategy. We were able to get 4 offers one week after the virtual tour and landed at a price and an offer we were happy with. And of course throughout the whole process of closing, Laura was always quick, communicative, and really just took care of everything. We had a bit of a hiccup with our floor having some buckling problems and she immediately got her contractor to come check it out (following the county's safety rules). On top of being a great seller agent, Laura is also such a caring person. She took care of a lot of things outside of her job duty such as helping us find a piano mover for our international move, and even making sure that after our furniture was moved away that we had sleeping mats to sleep with the night before we flew out. We would highly recommend Laura to anyone looking to sell a house and would gladly work with her again! read more

I highly recommend working with Laura. Based off of what I had heard and read about purchasing a home in the Bay Area, I didn't think it would be in the cards for my family but before we decided to give up on that idea before trying, we decided to give it a go. We met Laura at one of her open houses in San Mateo. Afterwards, we scheduled a first home buyer consultation. Before and after the consultation, I could tell that Laura is very organized, methodical, and thoughtful. During our meeting with her, she asked us questions to learn more about what we were looking for. Within 4 months and 2 offers, we purchased our home. During those 4 months, she was very responsive and patient. She was very quick to send us disclosures and follow up with listing agents to ask questions. The home buying process can be stressful, but Laura was calm and very knowledgeable, and helped us navigate through the offer and closing process. I'd highly recommend working with her! read more

Laura has been our go to person through out our home buying process. She is great with her time management, contacting us time to time, providing good estimates, showing property per our convenience, answering all our questions patiently and in detail. One thing we would definitely highlight is her positive attitude and giving perspective in terms of value - both financially and personally. She comes with great experience from her family being in same business for many decades. In Covid times she was very diligent and toured all houses we were interested on her own and made awesome videos for us to look at. We would finally go and check out only the ones we really liked. That was very helpful and thoughtful. We would recommend her for any of the home buying needs. She closed the deal for our home as well we could not be happier. She is wonderful! read more

My wife and I had an amazing experience working with Laura. We were unsure of what we were looking for and were exploring various neighborhoods. Laura was very patient, helpful with great suggestions, attentive to details, and very responsive at anytime of the day and evening. It really made our purchasing experience easier. We would highly recommend Laura to any potential buyer. read more

I worked with Laura as she was the realtor overseeing a listing for a home in the Bay Area that we were interested in. She was patient, open, and knowledgeable in answering our questions. I very much appreciated that she was transparent about the process and served as an effective bridge with the existing owners. Highly recommended to others without reservation - thank you, Laura!! read more

Laura is young and full of energy, always smiling. But comes to work she is serious, efficient, knowledgeable. I feel she put her whole heart into the assignment and doesn't rest until she gets it done. I thank her for her good service and wish her the very best! read more

As others have mentioned, Laura is an absolutely wonderful person. She is genuinely kind and as likeable as anyone you will meet. This alone is enough for me to have her as our agent, but she is so much more! Our family recently worked with Laura to buy a house in Burlingame. The scenario was a little unusual, but Laura was open to our needs and did everything we could have possibly expected and more to get the job done. She was there for every step and even completed some tasks that I would not have expected any agent to do. Laura always had a friendly smile and made our entire family feel good about the process. We have worked with several real estate agents in the past and almost all of them were fine, but now that we have met and worked with Laura, I know we weren't getting the best service possible. Don't let the fact that she is such a wonderful person fool you, she is a great real estate agent too! Also, kudos to Laura's Mother and Father, who are also in the business and were able to help us out as well. A complete team! read more

We couldn't have asked for a better agent -- period. Selling a house is hard -- selling a house during a volatile time with an ongoing pandemic is much harder. We relied on her for not just her expertise in a real estate transaction, but also for all the other pieces that come with it (communication, negotiation, staging, sourcing, etc.). She was extremely communicative and went above and beyond in taking care of all the small things that make a big difference. We relied on her for everything -- from prepping the house for a showing to consulting us on fixes and coordinating with contractors. The bay area has a lot of great agents; however, if you are looking for someone to adapt to your working/communication style, you can't go wrong with Laura. She offered a true personal touch and the pride for her work is so apparent from day 1 through signing. It was nice to know she was always a text/call away -- that peace of mind is so invaluable while selling a house :) read more

I had the opportunity to work with Laura in my recent apartment search. She was a great help and very professional in getting things done in timely manner. Within one week all the paperworks were done and we were in the apartment within two weeks. She managed all the communications between us and the owner very well. She took care of any issues and problems immediately and also communicated with us throughout the process. I highly recommend working with her. read more

"Going the extra mile" and "Above and beyond" are terms that accurately describe Laura's dedication. My family was involved in a 1031 Exchange needing to acquire a replacement rental property, apply for a pre-approval loan, as well as find a realtor, all within a 45 day window. While faced with these daunting tasks, a friend luckily recommended Laura Lee.  After a brief introductory phone conversation, Laura was totally up to speed on our situation and ready to accept the challenge of helping us find a home within the limited time and budget. Laura proved her mettles right away. She researched every prospective property we were interested in by personally inspecting every house and filming walk through tours on houses we were not able to visit. She also mapped out a schedule and bidding strategy within our 1031 Exchange deadline. Just days before the deadline, we were able to buy a house! Thanks to Laura's experience and guidance, we were able to purchase a property well within our price range.   Working with Laura was one of the best decisions we made. The amount of time and attention she provided to us made this whole experience a positive one. We highly recommend her for all your realtor needs. read more

If I could give 10 stars, I would. I've worked with a good number of agents for various properties around the Bay Area. None has ever stepped up to the plate for her clients like Laura has. When you talk about people going above and beyond in customer care, this should be the bar. Sounds hyperbolic but these words couldn't be truer. Let's take this through the steps: 1. My family bought a condo on the peninsula. We are less familiar with the properties around there as we live in SF. We met Laura and she was incredibly warm & genuine. No salesperson demeanor. She made everything quite clear. 2. BONUS: she's local so she knows a lot. 3. We got the place! This is after her advice on the bid and what was appropriate based on comps. 4. Great, place is my family's but it's old and in dire need of updating. Laura offered to get rough estimates for us in the remodel work. 5. Unprompted, she then gave us several referrals for people/places she knew to be good or used by her own friends/family. 6. Dealing with the HOA is new to us and has been quite frustrating/unclear. Laura checked in with us, again, unprompted, to see if we were having trouble. We were. She then stepped in. 7. I won't go into all the details but she not only reached out to the people we had trouble communicating with, she went out of her way to get a floorplan for us. Who does this? I've never encountered an agent who not only stays in touch well beyond the sale, but takes her own time and energy to make sure things remain smooth. In sum, I cannot stress how wonderful Laura is at what she does. She was an incredible find and if you are looking, she's the agent on whom you can depend. Thank you, Laura. read more