"Thank you, Shalene, for all of your help and making our first home buying experience a great one. I will definitely recommend you to my friends in the future!"

- Angela (Oakland CA)

"Shalene helped my husband and I purchase our first investment property locally in Berkeley. I can say she's honest and really cares. This was a big step for us (she knew that by how nervous we were) if your looking to purchase in the East Bay, Shalene is your Realtor!"

- Kim (Oakland CA)

"My wife and I just bought our first home in North Oakland this summer. We are so happy and excited and I can honestly say that Shalene is a huge reason why we are where we are today. As anyone knows who has bought a house, it can be overwhelming, time constraining, financially draining, and downright exhausting. But Shalene listened to our wants and needs EVERY step of the way. Anytime there was a hitch or something that needed extra attention, she was there. I'm quite sure she worked many overtime hours for us and never complained once. She is super nice, and very, very good at what she does. We always felt like we were on the front burner and could count on her to always answer our calls and sooth our fears and freak outs. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a house! My wife and I are also very excited to have a new friend in our lives! THANX SHALENE, YOU ARE TRULY AWESOME!!!"

- Mike N. (Oakland CA)

"I couldn't be happier about my decision to work with Shalene to sell my condo in Berkeley. I looked forward to receiving her calls and emails because I knew she was doing everything she could to help me get top dollar for my place. She put me in touch with an amazing team of people to get my condo into prime selling condition, and she helped coordinate everything while I was hundreds of miles away. Shalene works incredibly hard at making sure all the details are covered and that you are completely satisfied with your real estate transaction, and she does it with a refreshingly high level of amiability and professionalism."

- Eric O. (Berkeley CA)

"Shalene is an extremely caring, conscientious, and knowledgeable Realtor. Her enthusiasm for her work and her clients is obvious from the beginning. She takes a positive approach, focusing on solutions to bring the best possible results to her clients. I would recommend her to anyone!"

- Jane G. (Oakland CA)

"Shalene rules! My wife and I just moved in to our lovely new place in Oakland and Shalene was there to help us every step of the way. She's super knowledgeable, friendly, caring and takes the time to find out what you're looking for and doesn't waste your time as a result. The same can not be said for us as we sent her on numerous wild goose chases, which she happily obliged, that ended in us saying things like "jeez, it looked a lot nicer in the photos" or "funny, the listing didn't mention anything about the bathroom falling into the basement.

She was always willing to work around our schedule (in fact i'm not sure she ever sleeps and/or stops working) to go look at places and in the end, after all our trolling of the internet's mls listings, it was Shalene that found the perfect house for us. Thanks to her we've got a sweet place in my new favorite oakland neighborhood; the Dimond District."

- Ian H. (Oakland CA)

"Shalene was a great asset in my effort to buy a house. She made herself available in person and on the phone, and quickly understood what I was looking for. Shalene was extremely knowledgeable about the entire process and really helped out this first-time home buyer. When I did finally decide on a house, we encountered tremendous obstacles in escrow and she went to bat for me every time. We got everything that we wanted and helped me stay sane through everything! I recommend Shalene without reservation."

- Jeremy C. (Oakland CA)

"Seriously, could we have found a better realtor for us? I'm pretty sure we couldn't. As first time home buyers we needed schooling on all the technicalities and paper work. We looked at more homes than I can remember and it took us a while to find the right one, Shalene stuck by us and made sure we found the right house for us. After many months of searching we found the best house and attempted to snap it up. Shalene made sure that we were going to walk away with those keys in the end. She made it happen and I'm writing this review from our new porch over looking the east bay! If you want a realtor who's going to give you every possible option, always work over the top hard and always pull through for you, than Shalene is your realtor!"

- Devon F. (Oakland CA)

"Shalene is an amazing realtor as well as a great person. She stuck with me every step of the way in buying my first home in Oakland for MANY months! She was always enthusiastic, patient, and encouraging. She's is also a very calm person who is easy to be around (which is great considering how much time you spend looking at homes together). Shalene is always pleasant, real, and thinking of your best interests, but she also knows how to handle stressful situations in a professional way. You can feel confident that you are being taken care of in the best possible way when buying or selling a home with her. She has the experience and tact to get the job done, even with foreclosures. I really grew to trust Shalene, and you can tell she loves her job because she is so good at it! I would recommend her to anyone!"

- Bianca D. (Oakland CA)

"Shalene just helped us buy our house in Oakland. We started working with her long distance while we were still in Chicago. She was invaluable--running by open houses for us, taking pictures and sending them off over e-mail. The whole search was much longer than we anticipated--with lots of patches of rocky road along the way. Shalene was always positive, always patient, and always supportive.

What is great about Shalene is that she is a great people person. That not only makes her great to work with, but for us it meant that she could (and did) draw on her large personal network to get us rush quotes from contractors, or an opinion on something that we were concerned about."

- Nilofer A. (Oakland CA)

"Ever wanted a best friend who’s an expert realtor and knows all the best spots to live, shop and play in the East Bay? Call Shalene. You'd think shopping for a new home would be fun, but the truth is it can be incredibly stressful, especially in the Bay Area market. But Shalene makes it fun, and has your back! She's on top of every detail, and is in tune with everything that's great about living in the East Bay. At first I thought she was so great with me because I'm a friend of her fiancee, but the more I've worked with her, the more I see that she goes the distance for everyone as if they were a family friend. If you're looking for a rental in the East Bay, DEFINITELY sign up for her website. She always has a line on really nice homes in the best neighborhoods.

- Susan B. (Hayward CA)

"Shalene helped my husband and I find our new house, and we found her to be friendly, well-connected, and knowledgeable of the area where we were looking. She is always willing to go the extra mile to make sure her clients are satisfied."

Kristie S. (Oakland CA)

"Working with Shalene on the sale of our home was a thoroughly positive experience. Her understanding of the East Bay real estate market, her effective promotional strategies, and her attention to detail resulted in a sale that exceeded my most hopeful expectations. I especially appreciated her very conscientious involvement in every aspect of the selling process and her prompt communication to me about each new development. I can highly recommend this competent and diligent Realtor."

- Martin O. (Berkeley CA)

"Shalene was like a guiding light in the realization of our new home for our business. I was impressed by her ability to be absolutely firm yet incredibly polite. When we didn't get the first space we wanted, I was about to give up when I got a phone call from her saying she found the perfect spot! It turned out to be much bettter than the first and a perfect fit for our new cafe. She was a committed negotiator and extremely knowledgable about all aspects of the process. She was patient with us and willing to LISTEN to our needs. I loved working with her and she made everything fun!"

- Kari C. (Oakland CA)