So this is review is late and for that I do apologize. With that being said, my wife and I were first time homebuyers March of 2021. We utilized the services of Team Sierra Fong and Shallon Santiago with Sequoia Reality shortly after the new year of 2021. We had been renters our entire lives and never considered purchasing a home until our landlord of two and a half years notified us of her intent to sell her home. With the market being as competitive as it is, both for home buying and renting, we decided to look for at our options for owning. Renting a home and constantly having feeling of uncertainty that our lives could uprooted by a owner wanting/needing to sell is one we hope to never experience again. To our rescue came Sierra and Shallon. With their experience, expertise, and knowledge, they held our hands throughout the entire experience of home buying. After expressing our desire to purchase and the shortened timeline with which we had to work with, they quickly got to work. First they connected us with a lending agent, American Pacific Mortgage. They were able to waive the loan contingency and waive appraisal contingencies, making our submitted offers more attractive to the sellers. Their team was able to allow us to close on our home in 24 days!!! Second, Shallon and Sierra was able to hit the ground running showing us, on average, three homes a week for two months. After being outbid on multiple listings, they found us a home which fit our needs. Three bedrooms, large backyard for our two children and dog, updated kitchen and bathroom. Most importantly in the same neighborhood in which we rented previously! We couldn't be happier with how everything turned out and we owe it to Sierra and Shallon for making our dreams come true. read more

When I first called Melanie Leung and spoke to her, I found her to be very pleasant and nice. She talked about herself and her accomplishments and how she is familiar with the housing market in San Francisco. She asked me for the rent roll and appraisal which I sent to her. She told me that she would do an assessment, but I never heard back from her. I left a message and texted and nothing. My experience is very different from others. I just found Melanie to be unresponsive and unreliable. read more

Wow, where do we start? I always thought there were a lot of realtors here in the bay area... and there are. What I didn't realize is that there are a lot of residential realtors, but barely any local commercial realtors. Luckily we found Sequoia Commercial Group. They were so responsive and you can tell they know what they're doing. They helped us successfully negotiate a lease for our commercial building and we are more than grateful for their services. There were many items on the lease that we did not understand, however, Ashley and the team were very patient and helpful in negotiating a great deal. The experience was wonderful! Thank you Sequoia, especially ashely! read more

Kalok Law is the real deal y'all. And I really don't think I'll ever stop raving about her. Last year, I went into the Balboa office for my initial homebuyer meeting. The office is modern and well kept. We reviewed the home buying process and she catered it towards me, a first time home buyer. I have some background knowledge on the process but it was a good refresher. I got some detailed information to bring home for my husband as well. We started off the process pretty quickly. She asked me what I was looking for, if I was preapproved, etc. I gave her a list of needs/wants and we got straight to it. By mid week, we were at our first showing. She drove out to the east bay multiple times a week if needed to go with us to open houses/scheduled showings. I could tell she was driven in helping us find the right home. Long story short, we closed 2 months after our initial meeting. I was out of the country during the close and she still made it happen. I trusted her and her process. We took her advice and it really paid off. Her experience, attention to detail, determination, and true kindness has still left us in awe over one year later. She's reached out to check in on us and has extended contacts for any work (from gardeners to concrete contractors) we've needed to have done since the purchase. I really can't recommend anyone better. If we buy another or sell, we know who we're calling first. Pro-tip: Not limiting her to this, but first time homebuyer? Kalok is the gal for you. read more

This review is specifically for Saw Tan. We are first time homebuyers and as such we did not know the specific ins and outs of this industry, so having Saw around was incredibly helpful. We are definitely the type of people that love doing our own research, so we began our house hunt with a fairly clear idea in mind of what we wanted. Saw was incredibly patient with our questions, and replied at all hours of the day (Sorry Saw!). For all of our viewings, Saw was there well before our scheduled meeting times to make sure she was able to let us in to the houses for our scheduled viewing times during Covid. This has been an incredibly hot time in the market for houses in the Bay Area, but Saw was able to always find time to squeeze us in. We lucked out on a house, and we managed to squeeze in the final viewing for a house that was relisted that we were very interested in due to Saw's quick work. We managed to look for and purchase our first home in roughly 6 weeks (yes, we were quite aggressive with scheduling our house viewing, - sorry Saw! - but she never once complained). Saw was so very helpful and reassuring during the entire home buying process, from helping us formulate offers, to examining properties about what is the current trends of styling. She even walked us through the entire incredibly stressful escrow process, and throughout that whole super stressful ordeal, Saw was ALWAYS able to reply promptly for our questions and concerns. Whenever we had issues come up through escrow, Saw was so much more than willing to help us talk to the sellers agent and explain what is going on. We had a short close period, and timing was super critical. We had to ask for additional extensions, but Saw helped us talk to the seller's agent to explain our side of the story in order to help us close the deal. I feel that many real estate agents representing buyers want to encourage their clients to bump up their pricing, even to numbers they weren't quite comfortable with, but I never once felt that pressure from Saw. She understood our budget, and respected our concerns in regards to affordability. This is not to say that Saw isn't aggressive about connecting with the seller's agents, she does all her work and more in order to get us the best price. Saw has been so helpful, If any friends that were first time buyers were anxious, I'd refer them over to Saw, because I know she would have their backs. Thank you so much, Saw! read more

Having worked with several real estate agents, I can only say Kalok Law is the best! She is very responsive, attentive and patient. She is also extremely knowledgeable and made sure I was informed every step of the way. I highly recommend her! read more

Surprised to find this pamphlet on my main door! The sign on the street says 'No Soliciting' - and they are soliciting! Either by way of informing me of their available properties, or for me to consider their services if I were ever to consider selling my property! Violation of privacy and trespassing into private property! NOT OK. read more

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We were super impressed that Tony Ngo from Sequoia was able to sell our condo at the very beginning of SIP with Covid! From the beginning, Tony was very hands-on throughout the entire sale process, making it very easy for us to be hands-off. As we met with several agents prior to choosing an agent, Tony and Kelvin Kam were very thorough in walking us through the process, all the aspects that they would handle, and their overall philosophy in representing the seller. We felt very comfortable handing off the details to them, knowing that we still had the final say. Tony made sure our condo unit was positioned well for buyers, including select appliance upgrades and full staging. He also coordinated with the HOA and handled all of the paperwork involved. After two weekends of open houses, SF was under SIP and we thought for sure it would take months before our condo would sell. Tony kept in touch with potential buyers and sold our condo! Definitely reach out to Tony if you're looking to sell your place in the bay area! read more

Melanie is professional and extremely competent. She listened to our concerns and made sure we were well taken care of. She was able to answer all of our questions any time of the day. She negotiated for us and it exceed our expectations. I would highly recommend her! read more

Egan Lim of Sequioa Real Estate is terrible. Did not carry through with his promises. Did not look out for our family's interest when we were his clients. Instead the investors were his best friend. read more

Robert Tao has been unresponsive to my phone and email inquiries regarding a property my client was interested in. I find his level of professionalism left to be desired. Regardless if the property may be in contract (but MLS still shows Active status) , it is courteous to at least let other agents know so they can advise their clients accordingly. read more

We recently bought a house in San Francisco. It was a short sale with two mortgage lien holders. Our agent Melanie Leung of Sequoia Real Estate made it possible. She worked with listing agent closely to get approvals from two lien holders under tight closing schedule. She provided detailed and timely explanations for each step of the process and answered our questions/concerns quickly. She did a lot of hand holding and reassurance to ease our concerns and made the short -sale process manageable for us. After the close, she answered our follow up questions. If you are looking for a real estate agent, you are unlikely to find a better one than Melanie Leung. read more

Steven Truong of Sequoia Real Estate is the most untrustworthy and unethical realtor that I have ever come into contact with. My wife and I saw a property in which he was the listing agent. After touring the property he informed us that no offers would be accepted until a specified date. When that date came and our realtor submitted our offer, he informed us that they had already accepted an offer before the offer date that he had previously listed on the property listing and had verbally told us. I am not mad that we lost out on the property (let's be real... being out bid is a definite reality in the SF Bay Area real estate market), what made us mad was that he did not keep to his word to keep to the specified offer date, allowing ALL offers to be presented to the seller. This unethical realtor is dishonest, untrustworthy and the most unprofessional individual that I have ever come into contact with!!!!! Both buyers and sellers beware!!!!!!!!!!! read more