About Sara Garabedian

I don't think that I could say enough in terms of praise for Sara. I've known her professionally for almost twenty years and engaged her services twice over the past dozen years before asking her to sell the home that I co-owned in Kensington this past December. To say that it was a challenging transaction would be an understatement. It was precipitated by a difficult ending of a ten year relationship with my co-owner partner and was further exacerbated by a looming foreclosure and bankruptcy, rendering the whole experience extremely stressful for all parties. Besides Sara's superb job of marketing and negotiating a better than expected sale price at a less than ideal time [the Xmas holidays], she deftly navigated the tensions and speed bumps between my ex and me and made the whole experience as satisfying as was humanly possible under the strained and trying circumstances . Sara is the most ethical, trustworthy, hardworking and skilled realtor that I know of and I recommend her without reservation.

Sara was referred to me by a real estate attorney and was an excellent choice for 2 very challenging properties. I found her professional, highly experienced, capable, and extremely responsive. Our family was put at ease with her skillful navigation of pre-inspection, disclosure, and other local requirements that were necessary to conclude our sale in the best way possible. I highly recommend her services.

This review is so very overdo.  In a word, Sara Garabedian (and Tommy too) is nothing short of amazing.  She is a master of her craft and skillfully supported both the sale of my Oakland loft and the purchase of my first single family home, in a market that is unbelievably competitive compounded by a significant lack of inventory.  Tommy and Sara worked tirelessly to get my home sold and helped me not only to find interim housing but ultimately with helped with the acquisition of my dream home.  In addition, throughout both transactions, Sara provided multiple resources/service providers, including an amazing stager.In a highly competitive market, Sara's ability to project final sales prices, in addition to helping support creative financing strategies (along with her seamless partnership and cooperation with my own finance resource) allowed us to develop and implement a successful strategy that ultimately led to a winning bid, on a wonderful home.Sara (and Tommy) are a smart, experienced and skilled team that bring significant resources to the table and are definitely a team that you want on your side ! Marcus Lee

Sara was referred to us by a mutual friend. I was immediately impressed by her professionalism and her positive feedback about selling our house. She is very experienced and knows exactly what she is doing. She helped us get all of the necessary reports in a very timely manner and was informative about how to stage the house to our best advantage. She also was very patient in answering all of our questions and was always prompt in returning our phone calls and emails. She has a great sense of humor and was fun to work with. We saw her in action when we were presented with all (16!) our offers and gave analysis on the pros and cons of each. We sold the house within days of it being on the market, and she helped us close escrow within 12 days of the offer! She was great to work with, and I would recommend her to anyone who is in the market to buy or sell a house. She KNOWS what she is doing,

Sara is the main reason we are in our house today. She got us a fantastic deal because she was a step ahead and anticipated every move that was made. She was always on top of the situation and played our cards perfectly. Her experience and professionalism gave us the advantage we needed. Our deal was complicated due to many different factors; foreclosure, condo, FHA loan etc. but Sara understood the complexities of what needed to be done and did it. She led us through the entire process and in the end, we have a beautiful place to call home. In this crazy competitive housing market, no one does it better than Sara. You want her in your corner.

Sara and Tommy were an enormous asset when trying to sell our dad's house after he passed away. We each live far from Berkeley where his house was, and the house kept having unexpected and unwanted surprises as we tried to sell it, but Sara and Tommy still made it very easy for us, even though we live out of the area and had little to no experience in real estate. Overall both worked very hard for us and were well worth the commission they earned. Thanks again Sara and Tommy!