As first-time homebuyers, we had a lot to learn, and we are so grateful to have had Margaret by our side throughout the process. Margaret provided invaluable guidance, expertise, and support every step of the way. Margaret helped us refine our search, offered great insights on the homes we were considering, and skillfully negotiated on our behalf to secure the deal. Margaret was always professional, responsive, and patient, making sure we fully understood each step of the transaction. Thanks to Margaret's efforts, finalizing our first home was less stressful! We would highly recommend Margaret to anyone looking for a knowledgeable and supportive realtor!

I could not have faced selling my family home of 50 years and downsizing without Margaret. She is a real professional and can-do person. Always upbeat and ready to take on a challenge. She had an answer for every problem. But most importantly Margaret was trustworthy and open about the transaction. I had complete confidence in her. If you want to sell your home, run, don't walk to the phone and call her.

We were so fortunate to have Margaret as our real estate agent when we purchased our new home in Oakland last year. Even with the competitive housing market, Margaret made the home buying process smooth and stress-free (as possible) for us. She was extremely knowledgeable about the Oakland area, providing great insights on the different neighborhoods, school districts, and housing markets. Margaret's extensive experience and excellent negotiation skills were invaluable. She helped us submit very competitive offers and ultimately secure our dream home! Throughout the complex paperwork and financing process, Margaret patiently guided us through every step. Her optimism and encouragement kept us motivated. She was always available to answer our numerous questions and concerns. Margaret's dedication to providing top notch customer service was evident in everything she did. We could not have asked for a more skilled, hardworking, and caring real estate agent. Margaret went above and beyond expectations to ensure we found the perfect home. We are so grateful for all her help and wholeheartedly recommend her services to anyone looking for a phenomenal real estate agent.

As homebuyers in 2018, Margaret represented us with professionalism, confidence, and boundless tenacity. It was a no-brainer, then, to ask Margaret to represent us as we sold our house five years later. Just as we remembered, Margaret brought it! From the early planning stages to orchestrating the work of an impressive team of contractors, stagers, marketers, etc., we navigated the long road with total confidence that every aspect was being managed optimally. We were incredibly pleased with our outcome and highly recommend working with Margaret.

Hire Margaret. Right now. We were green first time homebuyers, and she walked us through every step of the process with patience, humor, and experience. She understands the unique East Bay market, is knowledgeable about home construction (pointing out potential issues in home tours), and is strategic in offers, negotiating, and navigating escrow. But her most valuable quality is her honesty. She was straight with us the entire process (even in a difficult escrow with a challenging lender). Her positive mindset of abundance rather than fear or scarcity was INVALUABLE to me, particularly in stressful moments. There is not even a hint of salesmanship; working with her feels like consulting a good friend who always has your best interests in mind. I would be thrilled to work with her again, except I won't need to anytime soon because we love our house so much.

Margaret is the best. As an agent and a human being. We were relocating to Oakland from Los Angeles. She educated us on all the possible neighbourhoods, analyzed our needs and then narrowed our search to the areas that we could get what we wanted at the price we could pay. When our search was interrupted by Covid closures and we returned to L.A. for a year she continued to educate us on the changing market and our options. All of this meant that when we sold our L.A. place and returned to the hunt in Oakland we were able to zero in on the property that worked for us in about 2 weeks. She then guided us through the somewhat mysterious pricing and offering process here which was completely unfamiliar to us. As a result, we got the first house we made an offer on and couldn't be happier with our choice. She's also just great to share the whole experience with and we highly recommend others take the opportunity to work with her.

We worked with Margaret to buy, and some years later, sell our home in Oakland. When we were purchasing, not only did Margaret help us approach our purchase in an objective and thorough manner, she also dug through the piles of disclosures with us to help us find things we otherwise may have missed! Along every step of the way, Margaret went above and beyond to answer some of the more outlandish questions we could come up with. Her guidance and expertise did not conclude after the purchase; she checked in from time to time and assisted us in getting various facets of homeownership squared away. In both, the process to buy and sell, Margaret's expectation management was superb. In a market where the dynamics change rapidly, and in a way that feels nonsensical sometimes, Margaret's down to earth approach helped us navigate the processes without any surprises and, in both cases, exceeding expectations!

Margaret is absolutely amazing to work with. I can't recommend her enough. As a first-time home buyer I had a lot of questions and Margaret always answered them in a way that was easy for me to understand. Margaret is empathetic, sincere, professional and fun to work with. I ended up choosing to work with Margaret because she seemed the most honest to me and was straightforward, she didn't come at me with a hard sell of herself, and to me that made our interactions feel more genuine. Out of any of the other real estate agents I spoke to, I was the most comfortable with Margaret and felt that I could easily share the stresses of home buying with her, she was such a comfort on the hard days. No question, I will be recommending Margaret to all of my friends and anyone who wants to buy a home in the bay area when they are ready.

My husband and I cannot recommend Margaret enough! We have already sent a few people her way since we closed in mid-December 2020. Margaret is not only a great realtor, but part teacher, mentor, therapist, and friend. I think first time home buyers really underestimate the amount of time they spend with their realtor and feeling comfortable is paramount. The home buying process can be extremely challenging and stressful, especially in the Bay Area, nevertheless Margaret's positive attitude and push to discard a scarcity mindset were invaluable. As first time home buyers we were total novices and had tons of questions and worries, yet Margaret was easy to talk to, knowledgeable and educational throughout the process, and always ready to explain things to us at a moment's notice. She is incredibly well informed and experienced with the East Bay and relies on a mix of data, persistence, precision, and an understanding of her buyers' needs to help them find the right home for them.

As first time home buyers, Margaret went the extra mile to make us feel safe, heard, and special. Safe because no question was too ignorant, and no gut reaction of ours was received in a negative way. Heard because she took and weighed inputs from every stakeholder on our side equally (including my parents, who she handled with extreme patience and grace!), and special because she worked hard to accommodate our timelines and considerations without complaint, and without other clients' details bleeding into our situation. Not once did we get our signals crossed. We also became friendly, sharing life updates and joys/grievances. She was in the trenches with us. Escrow was stressful, but we were so glad Margaret was in our corner for constant consultations, anecdotes for the situation we were currently in, hard data to support what was happening in the market, situation updates, and temperature checks from the selling party. We were able to get some negotiations in, and closed!