Testimonials

Our friend said, "Let me know when you're ready because I have the perfect person for you." He was right. My husband and I could not have been luckier to have had Meredith Martin as our real estate agent. We were absolutely set on buying a single-family home in San Francisco (even though that meant being further away from the park, which we didn't really want to do). Meredith sensed our hesitation and convinced us to look at a place she thought would suit our lifestyle much better— even though it was a condo. As soon as we pulled up, we were in awe. Five years later, we love our place and our neighborhood and are grateful for Meredith's keen intuition. She guided us through one of the most stressful decisions we've ever made with precision and grace. Not only did she take the time to understand who we were and exactly what we were looking for, but her solid relationship with the sellers'…

Our friend said, "Let me know when you're ready because I have the perfect person for you." He was right. My husband and I could not have been luckier to have had Meredith Martin as our real estate agent. We were absolutely set on buying a single-family home in San Francisco (even though that meant being further away from the park, which we didn't really want to do). Meredith sensed our hesitation and convinced us to look at a place she thought would suit our lifestyle much better— even though it was a condo. As soon as we pulled up, we were in awe. Five years later, we love our place and our neighborhood and are grateful for Meredith's keen intuition. She guided us through one of the most stressful decisions we've ever made with precision and grace. Not only did she take the time to understand who we were and exactly what we were looking for, but her solid relationship with the sellers' agent made it easier for us to work with the other party. When I want to understand what is happening in the Bay Area real estate market, I know I never need to look any further than Meredith's newsletter. She loves her job. She truly enjoys helping people. And she's a consummate professional. Anyone even considering buying or selling a home should call Meredith first.

We may have the craziest real estate story in SF and only a genius and a miracle could help pull this off. And Meredith did just that. We were visiting SF from Sydney and had only one weekend in SF. We used one day to see homes in Oakland and one day to see open houses in SF - primarily in the Excelsior neighborhood. Our agent Derek Chin happened to be traveling so he recommended Meredith to us, we spoke on the phone with her and came up with a strategy, she emailed us a list of places to visit and we had only one meeting with Meredith at one of those homes. We saw about 6-7 homes that day running literally pillar-to-post between them to make it to the open house slots. At the end of the day, we emailed Meredith our top 3 homes that we liked. Her vast experience and pulse on the SF market led her to convince us to make only one offer (and it wasn't my first choice it was my #2 pref.). As…

We may have the craziest real estate story in SF and only a genius and a miracle could help pull this off. And Meredith did just that. We were visiting SF from Sydney and had only one weekend in SF. We used one day to see homes in Oakland and one day to see open houses in SF - primarily in the Excelsior neighborhood. Our agent Derek Chin happened to be traveling so he recommended Meredith to us, we spoke on the phone with her and came up with a strategy, she emailed us a list of places to visit and we had only one meeting with Meredith at one of those homes. We saw about 6-7 homes that day running literally pillar-to-post between them to make it to the open house slots. At the end of the day, we emailed Meredith our top 3 homes that we liked. Her vast experience and pulse on the SF market led her to convince us to make only one offer (and it wasn't my first choice it was my #2 pref.). As serendipity would have it, the owner of this home also chose to only have one open house for this property and no more past that weekend, as it was tenanted. There seemed to be 3-to 4 other interested parties from what we saw in our time there. The home needs some work and is tenanted so it wasn't for everyone, but it was exactly what we were looking for as we live overseas and needed it rented out until we return to SF. We put in our best offer and were told there was one other higher offer than ours. We went up marginally on our extremely limited budget and Meredith worked her magic with her stellar negotiations, warm personality, and friendly demeanor, and stunned us with the news that despite the other higher offer, we were the winning bid! Lo and behold, we were in contract while we left SF and were in the process of relocating from Sydney to Singapore! Fast forward to the funding process and trying to close escrow. We had a really tough time with 3 lenders with various complexities arising from the fact that we lived overseas. Meredith was able to find solutions to every obstacle that came up. She extended COE for us and managed to get us a lender out of state that eventually sealed the deal. She coached us and guided us through all the ups and downs that came with this process. It was nerve-wracking till we took possession of the keys, but Meredith and Michael's constant follow-up and pro-active approach kept all parties well-informed and moved us along in a timely manner. We are blessed we got referred to you, Meredith- thank you for all the hard work under the crazy time pressures to help us secure our new home. We couldn't be happier and know that without this dream team at Paragon, this would have been only a dream and far from reality. Keep up the awesome work guys! SF needs gems like you!

I'm going to make this an easy recommendation: if you live in San Francisco, and especially if you live in SOMA, you need these two representing you. When I was initially searching for a realtor to help me select a property for purchase in 2011, I auditioned multiple agents who ran the spectrum from enthusiastic but clearly not knowledgeable to the peculiarities of the SF realty market, to "churn and burn" agents only interested in closing a deal as fast as possible and not really representing your interests. When I first met her, I knew I was dealing with someone different. A deep understanding of the local fluctuations in the market, and a (literal!) block by block knowledge of buildings / builders / owners / historical pricing. The woman is a walking real estate encyclopedia. Not only is that true, but at the time, I knew very little about purchasing property or how any of the nuts an…

I'm going to make this an easy recommendation: if you live in San Francisco, and especially if you live in SOMA, you need these two representing you. When I was initially searching for a realtor to help me select a property for purchase in 2011, I auditioned multiple agents who ran the spectrum from enthusiastic but clearly not knowledgeable to the peculiarities of the SF realty market, to "churn and burn" agents only interested in closing a deal as fast as possible and not really representing your interests. When I first met her, I knew I was dealing with someone different. A deep understanding of the local fluctuations in the market, and a (literal!) block by block knowledge of buildings / builders / owners / historical pricing. The woman is a walking real estate encyclopedia. Not only is that true, but at the time, I knew very little about purchasing property or how any of the nuts and bolts of a real estate transaction worked. She handled every single question I had, no matter how ridiculous or mundane, with speed and aplomb. On the rare occasions she had to look up historical prices, comps, or obscure legal questions, she would without fail get back to me within a day or two at the most, often with a very nuanced understanding of what information I was seeking. She worked with me for eight months before we found a fantastic, off market condo that was exactly what I had been looking for and she knew it was a perfect fit even before I bought, given her time commitment in getting to know what I was after. And she doesn't forget her clients. This year, remembering my tastes and preferences, she contacted me immediately when something she knew I had my eye on became available, and I had the opportunity to meet her new business partner Michael. Mike, this goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway- you round out the technical aspect of the team in an incredible way. Before the purchase of my new condo, Michael compiled a remarkably impressive interactive comparative spreadsheet that let me know at a glance almost every conceivable metric on recent sales in the neighborhood. I'm not easy to impress, but this did just that. Once the decision to purchase the new property was made, I had an opportunity to work with these agents on the sellers side. Again, having sold other properties with other agents, I cannot imagine a more seamless, painless process. Within three days of my decision to sell, Mer and Mike had professional staging and photography set up, and a specific website dedicated to my loft for sale within the week. Offers were arriving within three days of it hitting the market. Once we were in contract, literally everything that had to happen behind the scenes was taken care of before any issues could arise. Okay. I'll stop singing their platitudes now, I'm certain you get the picture. If you want a hardworking, honest, deeply skilled team to handle your purchase and sale in San Francisco, you cannot possibly do better than these two. Trust me. I tried. And they're both awesome people, to boot. Thanks again, guys.