Laura and Danielle Sell Homes

Laura and Danielle are outstanding real-estate agents! As first-time buyers we needed guidance at every step and they were there all along. There are hundreds of realtors, but here are a few of the many qualities that make them stand out from the crowd:
- honesty and transparency
- patience. Never getting tired of our questions and inquiries
- respectful of wishes and limitations. Never pushing us to go beyond our means or questioning our decisions. But, at the same time laying out the pros and cons of each house and location
- warmth, sense-of-humor. Home-buying was a stressful process for us (well, me), but talking to them has always been fun
- responsiveness
It was hard for us to make it to all the Sunday open houses with two young kids. They were happy to take us on tours, walk the house with us, read disclosures, provide us with estimates of repairs, etc.
If you want someone to be on your team and working with ONLY your interests in mind, I would not hesitate to give Laura/Danielle a call. They will work tirelessly to get you to that dream-home of yours or sell one for top dollar!

The day my wife and I met Laura, our lives changed forever. 5 years ago we knew nothing about what was involved with buying/selling homes. When we met Laura all we knew was that we wanted to buy property. We were not married at the time and weren't sure whether we wanted a home with a white picket fence or an investment property. We easily could have been the most indecisive buyers out there, what a pain for agents!
Yet Laura would tirelessly spend every Sunday with us and over the course of 9 months took us to look at dozens of homes that created different positive scenarios for us. We looked at homes that we would never live in, homes that we would die to live in and everything in between. And for every single home Laura brought us to, she would point out all the great things each property had to offer in relation to each of our goals. But the thing she would do that most agents wouldn't is that she was completely honest about what wasn't going to work for us at each place. This has proved to be possibly the most invaluable part of working with Laura. We have yet to buy a property that did not work just right for our needs and goals!
Laura has been so amazing, that in the end, we bought one home, then bought another the year following, then returned last year to buy another and recently sold another with her. She makes buying the right home for your specific needs easy. Her predictions about the buyers/sellers market and expected rental income has been spot on. Because of Laura we have become savvy investment buyers/sellers and will continue to return to Laura because of her expertise and positive attitude.
Laura is committed to the best interests of her clients, works seriously hard (too hard in our opinion), is never out for herself and is one of the most honest and real people we know. If at the 11th hour you find out something about a property that just isn't going to work for you, Laura will happily tell you that "you always have options", will never make you feel pressured and will tell you "I want you guys to be happy, so if this isn't going to work, we'll keep looking." If only every professional out there worked with the same dedication to her clients as she does!! As if all of this wasn't enough, Laura is truly a pleasure to work with!! Thanks for everything Laura!

Laura and Danielle were absolutely wonderful helping my husband and I move from San Francisco to Berkeley! We recommend them regularly and could not have had a better experience. Laura knows the East Bay market so well, as did Danielle, who grew up here! It was incredibly reassuring since my husband and I weren't too familiar with Berkeley and Oakland (despite living just across the bridge for quite a while....). Laura patiently talked us through various concerns such as easy transportation to work in the city, schools, neighborhood safety, walkability, which areas are up and coming, etc. She gently steered us away from some neighborhoods that weren't right for us or were out of our budget.
As first time home buyers we were totally new to bidding / pricing, disclosures, mortgages, potential future improvements, etc but Laura was an excellent guide to the entire process and had an incredibly strong sense of pricing trends, etc. She made us feel comfortable with an otherwise intimidating process. We totally trusted her and she was the first to steer us away from houses that were over priced or would require too many tradeoffs. She will never apply pressure and had good intuition to help steer us. Lastly, she is super responsive and will make time for you even when she has a full plate. I can't imagine making it through the home buying process in this market without Laura and Danielle!

The best of the best! Laura's combo of candor, experience, warmth, and positivity make her a true asset to anyone buying or selling a home. My husband and I both felt like she and Danielle had our best interests in mind and really brought more value than most realtors I know to the process - peering over fences to check for things I may have been oblivious to, getting down on hands and knees to investigate foundations, and the list goes on. I'd recommend them to anyone!

Twigg and I have the utmost admiration and respect for this professional, efficient, and effective real estate duo!
Laura is a self-motivated, energetic, real estate dynamo! She's knowledgeable of neighborhoods; exhibits meticulous attention to a property's negative and positive attributes; and communicates clearly and directly. Rather than jump on the freeway to get to prospective properties, Laura took us on the back streets providing us with a real feel for each neighborhood.
Laura was exceptional at fine tuning our search in the vast Bay Area market. All questions came with an honest answer. She was a great resource for finding information on local rules and regulations. Team member Danielle was behind the scenes working her magic at the office, and making sure every detail of the closings were met.
Great experience! Buying or selling we'll
call upon this awesome team again and again!
Twigg & Vickie

We met Laura through Redfin, when we started looking for homes about 6 months ago. Laura promptly set up a showing of the place, and though we didn't like it much, she took the time to understand what our expectations are and made recommendations on what would be right for us, market conditions and location. We eventually ended up liking a property, and they helped us write a offer on it at a very very short notice (3 days!!). We ended up getting accepted and closing our first offer, thanks to Laura and Danielle! I hear it is very uncommon in the Bay Area.
We also ended up running into issues with our financing and closing took 2 weeks more than expected. We were thrown out from our previous home (thanks, no thanks to previous owner who we do not like much anyway!) and Laura graciously and generously let us Airbnb at her cottage for 2 weeks at a very chaotic time in our lives. We will forever be grateful for her generosity.
Also there were a few small issues in the new place post moving in, Danielle was super diligent in checking in with our realtor on those and following up to get them fixed while we were out of town traveling. Thanks for all your work and helping us buy our first home, the numerous visits pre buying, all the great advice and help, and a lovely attitude through the process. You helped us buy our first house in the US, and we will always remember and love you for that :D.

I want to reiterate my 5-star rating for Laura. Six months have passed since she helped us find our first home and she's still super-responsive to our questions, which lately have been along the lines of "Do you know a guy for [floors, driveways, plumbing, etc]?" Each time, she's had a great referral for us.
Really appreciate Laura and highly recommend her as a wonderful agent!

Update from 2015:
Laura and Danielle did an amazing job for us. We had worked with Laura before on our first California home purchase in 2013 and we were thrilled to be working with her again when we moved from SF to the East Bay in 2015. They knew exactly what we were looking for and ultimately helped us find our dream home in a wonderful neighborhood in Berkeley. Since our first two buying experiences were so positive, I was happy that Laura and Danielle agreed to help us sell our condo in SF as well, and they worked hard to get the condo in shape and helped us get a great price. They are honest, smart, and hard working, and they went above and beyond for us many times.
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Review from 2013:
If you're searching for an honest, smart, and thoughtful real estate in the bay area, please stop looking right now and give Laura a call. She has been a dream to work with (three times now, twice buying and once selling) and she helped us find and purchase a fantastic home for our small family.
My wife and I found Laura through yelp and fortunately, her excellent reviews are true! Laura worked with us for a year and helped us find our perfect home in San Francisco. Through all that time, Laura showed us she had a very good understanding of what we were looking for, truly cared about us, and had our best interests in mind. We began working with Laura when we were pregnant with our first child, and Laura's deep knowledgable about the safety of neighborhoods and quality of public schools benefitted us greatly. Having recently moved from Austin, we weren't too familiar with the bay area. We never felt pressure from her and she spent several weekends with us driving us all around the east bay and San Francisco, showing us different neighborhoods, and hanging out with us in restaurants and coffee shops in potential neighborhoods. Most importantly, she had our backs: educating us about the current market and advising us when to walk away from places that were being over-valued (even though, of course, it would have meant a larger commission for her!). We wrote two offers, and when our second one was accepted, we knew that we had found a place that's good not just for the near term, but should also prove to be great in the longer term, as both a home and an investment. To top it all off, she's hilarious and a pleasure to spend so much time with. We ultimately ended up with a wonderful home and a new, cool friend.

I have bought and sold several houses. I've never been completely satisfied with my realtors (I have used many) until I found Laura! I had a very difficult home to sell with an existing problematic tenant in it. Laura took control and my house was sold within 2 weeks of being on the market. It required a lot of work to ready the property for market and Laura and Danielle handled everything!! I barely lifted a finger, which had not been the case with every other property I have sold. I am truly AMAZED by this woman's work ethic, knowledge, drive and "let's get it done" attitude. I wholeheartedly recommend Laura for ANY real estate transactions you want to get done and get done right, PERIOD!