Silvia Damen, MBA, San Francisco Realtor

Here's the deal- I decided to sell my condo in the worst downturn since the depression. Silvia Damen, a.k.a. "Super Agent" sold my place in 3 days, with 2 cash offers, for over asking. Everyone around me is in shock, and my friends who were trying to sell and who've gotten no offers are firing their agents and trying to switch to Silvia.

Here's how she did it: First, she's that unusual agent who's great with numbers (she's got an MBA and very comfy crunching numbers) so she's got a better understanding of the comps than any other agent I've seen. She was spot-on in her pricing strategy for my condo. Second, she's a guerilla marketer, and she had my condo listed on about 8 websites including facebook, she held 3 open houses in 4 days, and she marketed it aggressively to her extensive network. We had 2 cash offers by the 3rd day, before she even held the 3rd open house! I know that used to be commonplace in SF, but in March 2009, we're in a tough housing market and terrible economy, and many of the comps were slashing their prices and getting no offers. Mine flew off the market, and it's due to Silvia's extensive marketing and well thought out pricing strategy.

Silvia listened to our needs, envisioned our desires, helped us find exactly what we were looking for, and most efficiently assisted us from offer through closing and beyond. Her professionalism and wonderful personal touch ensured our complete trust and comfort throughout our 13 month long journey that included visits to 133 homes! Needless to say, we were very picky clients in search of the “perfect home,” not easy to please, and Silvia never lost her patience with us and even helped pick us up when we were losing ours.

With a keen intelligence and an MBA, Silvia brings a deep understanding of the market and the process. She is a good listener, which makes her able to satisfy clients’ wants and needs . She was totally respectful. And she never pushed us above the price point we had set. Her responsiveness is astounding – Although she is a very successful and active agent, she makes you feel like you are her top priority. We received calls from Costa Rica when she took a rare vacation and routinely got e-mails time stamped after midnight and phonecalls throughout the day. Silvia consistently acted with complete honesty and integrity, even if it could cost her a sale. Since we are relative newcomers to the West Coast, she made sure we understood the pros and cons of the different neighborhoods and the home purchase process in San Francisco and educated us on the issues involved when one home we liked was in a liquefaction zone. She is an able negotiator and helped us to beat out other bidders on our new home.

Silvia doesn’t see her job ending at the close of escrow. She was able to recommend fabulous workmen, both high end and value propositions. Silvia provided us with a wonderful comprehensive list of personally screened people that we needed for our new home, from movers to floor refinishers to contractors.

We cannot tell you how much we appreciate working with someone who we knew was really looking out for us and honestly cared so much.

I highly recommend Silvia for both the new buyer as well as the experienced buyer/seller. When I was a new buyer, Silvia helped me understand everything about buying a house: she showed me around San Francisco neighborhoods; helped me get a sense of value and fair pricing; introduced me to a mortgage lender; talked me off several ledges; and knew exactly what to bid for my house (I was going to bid $50,000 more but Silvia talked me down..saving me a lot of money).

Since that time, Silvia has stayed in close contact with me with market updates and free advice. Silvia has also helped many of my friends buy and sell their homes successfully.

Silvia is detail-oriented, focused, and responsive. She is also wonderful to be around - which is a plus!