"We had the pleasure of navigating the home-buying process with Michele, and it's safe to say that she is an exceptional and devoted real estate professional! Michele consistently impressed us with her remarkable responsiveness, profound insights, and resourcefulness throughout the journey. Her extensive network proved invaluable whenever we needed additional resources. Michele's expertise and commitment truly made our home-buying experience as smooth as possible for what could have been one of the most stressful experiences of our lives. Although we ultimately chose not to counter our offer and instead decided to rebuild our home, we highly recommend Michele to anyone in search of a dedicated and talented real estate agent!"
"We had the pleasure of navigating the home-buying process with Michele, and it's safe to say that she is an exceptional and devoted real estate professional! Michele consistently impressed us with her remarkable responsiveness, profound insights, and resourcefulness throughout the journey. Her extensive network proved invaluable whenever we needed additional resources. Michele's expertise and commitment truly made our home-buying experience as smooth as possible for what could have been one of the most stressful experiences of our lives. Although we ultimately chose not to counter our offer and instead decided to rebuild our home, we highly recommend Michele to anyone in search of a dedicated and talented real estate agent!"
Jordana
"Working with Michele on the sale of my home was a pleasure. This was my first time selling a house, so Michele was very patient and knowledgeable when it came to guiding me through the entire process. I had recently moved out of state, so after our initial meetings all of our interactions were virtual (text, phone, Zoom, etc.). Despite that, everything went super smoothly, and I was even able to sign all the final paperwork through a local notary. Michele coordinated with contractors on her end to fix up and prepare my place for sale but kept me in the loop, so I knew what was happening every step of the way. With the amount of attention she provided, it was often easy to forget that she must be working with other clients at the same time! Michele has continued to follow up and stay in touch, so she remains a valuable resource even after the sale. Highly recommended!"
"Working with Michele on the sale of my home was a pleasure. This was my first time selling a house, so Michele was very patient and knowledgeable when it came to guiding me through the entire process. I had recently moved out of state, so after our initial meetings all of our interactions were virtual (text, phone, Zoom, etc.). Despite that, everything went super smoothly, and I was even able to sign all the final paperwork through a local notary. Michele coordinated with contractors on her end to fix up and prepare my place for sale but kept me in the loop, so I knew what was happening every step of the way. With the amount of attention she provided, it was often easy to forget that she must be working with other clients at the same time! Michele has continued to follow up and stay in touch, so she remains a valuable resource even after the sale. Highly recommended!"
Jun
"We were very fortunate to have found Michele as our agent when looking for a second home in the Bay Area where our children live. Our son and daughter-in-law related such a good experience with Michele in buying their home in Sunnyvale that we were impressed enough to contact her. She is a top-tier realtor, providing services I would expect, and others I wouldn't. She was always available to take our calls and videoed the property so completely (with her verbal impressions) that we had a good idea of what we were buying and the surrounding area. She contacted the HOA reps to find out about parking and restrictions, quickly got all docs to us digitally so we could read them over before signing, and took the keys to my son's home after closing since we couldn't be there. Always respectful of our needs, Michele took the time to physically show the home to us when we were in town during escrow. We loved it and realized that she did a good job of representing it to us. She has cultivated a list of vendors who will help us tailor the house to our specs. Michele is gracious, measured, family-oriented, and incredibly capable, and we're glad she was referred to us by family."
"We were very fortunate to have found Michele as our agent when looking for a second home in the Bay Area where our children live. Our son and daughter-in-law related such a good experience with Michele in buying their home in Sunnyvale that we were impressed enough to contact her. She is a top-tier realtor, providing services I would expect, and others I wouldn't. She was always available to take our calls and videoed the property so completely (with her verbal impressions) that we had a good idea of what we were buying and the surrounding area. She contacted the HOA reps to find out about parking and restrictions, quickly got all docs to us digitally so we could read them over before signing, and took the keys to my son's home after closing since we couldn't be there. Always respectful of our needs, Michele took the time to physically show the home to us when we were in town during escrow. We loved it and realized that she did a good job of representing it to us. She has cultivated a list of vendors who will help us tailor the house to our specs. Michele is gracious, measured, family-oriented, and incredibly capable, and we're glad she was referred to us by family."
Katherine & Cameron
"I don’t think we can ever find the words to express how highly we recommend Michele Harkov as a realtor. She worked with us to find our dream home over two years (with a 16-month gap due to Covid when we couldn’t travel to CA.) Michele’s upbeat personality is the first thing you notice about her, but her knowledge of the real estate market is profound. She seemingly knows every neighborhood in every city we were interested in, in San Mateo County. Our initial time with her was spent viewing different neighborhoods in different cities, so we had a feel for what cities might work best for us. Not only did she know of the neighborhoods, but she almost always seemed to know someone who lived in each neighborhood and could answer a question about that area, if we had one. Michele has an endless list of people to call upon, to do work on a home you are considering buying or selling (e.g., how much will a new roof or new windows cost?) Once you’ve bought a home, she continues to follow up and give you recommendations for every resource imaginable, if needed. Michele was also amazingly responsive whenever we had a question, and we felt supported in our seemingly endless quest to find a home. Even though there were many, many homes we saw and rejected, Michele never made us feel like we were taking up too much of her time. Rather than trying to sell us any house, Michele would always point out the negatives of a home, along with the positives. She can magically detect a floor that is unlevel just by walking on it. What we most appreciated about Michele occurred twice when we were all set to bid on a home, and expressed to Michele that we didn’t think that it was our dream home, but we were just weary of the search. In each instance, she told us that there would be another home to come, and even in this very tight real estate market, we shouldn’t be discouraged. She told us not to buy a home unless we truly felt positive about it. We let both of those homes go, and then happily did find the home of our dreams which had everything we were looking for. Finally, Michele’s negotiating skills are superior. In the final round of bidding to buy our home, she saved us a substantial amount of money by advising us how high she thought we should go, which was less than our top number. While we were stressing out, Michele stayed calm. Michele then followed up with the appraiser to make sure our home appraised for the full amount we paid, even though we all thought that might not happen. We also saw that for those whose homes she is selling, Michele comes in with a crew and transforms the house into its best possible presentation. We simply cannot imagine any broker putting more time, expertise, or positive energy into buying or selling a home. Based upon the many realtors we met with in terms of selling our prior home and buying a new one, Michele is truly the rare gem!"
"I don’t think we can ever find the words to express how highly we recommend Michele Harkov as a realtor. She worked with us to find our dream home over two years (with a 16-month gap due to Covid when we couldn’t travel to CA.) Michele’s upbeat personality is the first thing you notice about her, but her knowledge of the real estate market is profound. She seemingly knows every neighborhood in every city we were interested in, in San Mateo County. Our initial time with her was spent viewing different neighborhoods in different cities, so we had a feel for what cities might work best for us. Not only did she know of the neighborhoods, but she almost always seemed to know someone who lived in each neighborhood and could answer a question about that area, if we had one. Michele has an endless list of people to call upon, to do work on a home you are considering buying or selling (e.g., how much will a new roof or new windows cost?) Once you’ve bought a home, she continues to follow up and give you recommendations for every resource imaginable, if needed. Michele was also amazingly responsive whenever we had a question, and we felt supported in our seemingly endless quest to find a home. Even though there were many, many homes we saw and rejected, Michele never made us feel like we were taking up too much of her time. Rather than trying to sell us any house, Michele would always point out the negatives of a home, along with the positives. She can magically detect a floor that is unlevel just by walking on it. What we most appreciated about Michele occurred twice when we were all set to bid on a home, and expressed to Michele that we didn’t think that it was our dream home, but we were just weary of the search. In each instance, she told us that there would be another home to come, and even in this very tight real estate market, we shouldn’t be discouraged. She told us not to buy a home unless we truly felt positive about it. We let both of those homes go, and then happily did find the home of our dreams which had everything we were looking for. Finally, Michele’s negotiating skills are superior. In the final round of bidding to buy our home, she saved us a substantial amount of money by advising us how high she thought we should go, which was less than our top number. While we were stressing out, Michele stayed calm. Michele then followed up with the appraiser to make sure our home appraised for the full amount we paid, even though we all thought that might not happen. We also saw that for those whose homes she is selling, Michele comes in with a crew and transforms the house into its best possible presentation. We simply cannot imagine any broker putting more time, expertise, or positive energy into buying or selling a home. Based upon the many realtors we met with in terms of selling our prior home and buying a new one, Michele is truly the rare gem!"
Sharon & Irwin
"I highly recommend Michele as a realtor. She was very communicative throughout the home-buying process and was always available to answer any questions I had. Her knowledge of the local housing market and negotiation skills were also very helpful in securing the best deal for me. Overall, Michele was a pleasure to work with and I would work with her again in the future."
"I highly recommend Michele as a realtor. She was very communicative throughout the home-buying process and was always available to answer any questions I had. Her knowledge of the local housing market and negotiation skills were also very helpful in securing the best deal for me. Overall, Michele was a pleasure to work with and I would work with her again in the future."
Matthew
"Michele exceeded expectations throughout the entire process and was incredibly informative through every stage of selling our home. She was an ally, friend, expert, and advisor and helped us navigate a difficult time to sell a house in NorCal while simultaneously buying another house in SoCal. We felt like we were constantly “ahead of the curve” in every step of the process, which was entirely due to Michele’s attention to detail, ability to read the buyers and the volatile housing market, and her unwavering dedication to us as repeat clients. It’s a remarkable vote of confidence that we engaged Michele to buy the house ten years ago and re-engaged to sell the house this year. We always knew Michelle had us covered. We plan to buy another home in the coming two years and will engage Michele’s services again. We are more than pleased to recommend her to other buyers and sellers. We are spoiled by her white glove treatment and cannot imagine working with anyone else."
"Michele exceeded expectations throughout the entire process and was incredibly informative through every stage of selling our home. She was an ally, friend, expert, and advisor and helped us navigate a difficult time to sell a house in NorCal while simultaneously buying another house in SoCal. We felt like we were constantly “ahead of the curve” in every step of the process, which was entirely due to Michele’s attention to detail, ability to read the buyers and the volatile housing market, and her unwavering dedication to us as repeat clients. It’s a remarkable vote of confidence that we engaged Michele to buy the house ten years ago and re-engaged to sell the house this year. We always knew Michelle had us covered. We plan to buy another home in the coming two years and will engage Michele’s services again. We are more than pleased to recommend her to other buyers and sellers. We are spoiled by her white glove treatment and cannot imagine working with anyone else."
Susan
"Michele is as good as it gets and I recommend her to all of my friends in the area. She helped us to both buy and sell our first home and she was phenomenal on both sides. When we were buying, she guided us through the process expertly by making several offers in a very hot market and was eventually able to get us a great starter home under the asking price. Two years later, when we were moving out of the area, she helped us sell that same home for over the selling price and got us a great return on our investment. Beyond this, Michele goes way above and beyond what most agents will do for you she referred us to great contractors and made the appointments for us, she met vendors and even movers at our home when we were out of town, picked up mail, and overall spent a lot more time and effort than she had to, which I know she does because she genuinely cares about her clients and goes out of her way to make the home buying and selling process easier for them. When we moved out of town and used agents in our new city we truly realized the difference in service that Michele provides nothing compares! I highly recommend her."
"Michele is as good as it gets and I recommend her to all of my friends in the area. She helped us to both buy and sell our first home and she was phenomenal on both sides. When we were buying, she guided us through the process expertly by making several offers in a very hot market and was eventually able to get us a great starter home under the asking price. Two years later, when we were moving out of the area, she helped us sell that same home for over the selling price and got us a great return on our investment. Beyond this, Michele goes way above and beyond what most agents will do for you she referred us to great contractors and made the appointments for us, she met vendors and even movers at our home when we were out of town, picked up mail, and overall spent a lot more time and effort than she had to, which I know she does because she genuinely cares about her clients and goes out of her way to make the home buying and selling process easier for them. When we moved out of town and used agents in our new city we truly realized the difference in service that Michele provides nothing compares! I highly recommend her."
Nicole
"Michele was enormously helpful in our house hunt. Her efforts not only helped us quickly close on a great home, but she also saved us a significant amount of money. She negotiated very well with the seller, which saved us much more money than we expected, and even got the seller to fix a couple of small items a couple of months after the sale closed. Before, during, and after the transaction, she has been extremely helpful, in providing advice, market insight, assistance with handling the transaction, and recommendations for service providers. I very highly recommend working with Michele!"
"Michele was enormously helpful in our house hunt. Her efforts not only helped us quickly close on a great home, but she also saved us a significant amount of money. She negotiated very well with the seller, which saved us much more money than we expected, and even got the seller to fix a couple of small items a couple of months after the sale closed. Before, during, and after the transaction, she has been extremely helpful, in providing advice, market insight, assistance with handling the transaction, and recommendations for service providers. I very highly recommend working with Michele!"
Julian
"We could not have possibly been more happy with our experience working with Michele. There’s no one I’d recommend more highly. Michele is organized, efficient, warm friendly, understanding, and focused on full-service care of her clients. She takes over 100% to make sure the stress of buying or selling your home is as low as possible. We were fortunate to have Michele as our agent for both processes: selling and buying. For the sale of our home, she was prepared with all of the resources and vendors to make our home ready for market (painting, landscaping, bathroom updating, inspections, staging, etc). She went above and beyond to lead the whole process. When it came time to purchase a new home, Michele was diligent in her research, patient and calm, thorough and complete with her communication, and available to go see any potential interesting homes with me. Once we found a place we wanted to make an offer on, she made the process fast and easy and took care of all of the details. We are so lucky to have gone through this whole process with such a thoughtful, intelligent, and experienced leader representing us. She made it all possible and even enjoyable!"
"We could not have possibly been more happy with our experience working with Michele. There’s no one I’d recommend more highly. Michele is organized, efficient, warm friendly, understanding, and focused on full-service care of her clients. She takes over 100% to make sure the stress of buying or selling your home is as low as possible. We were fortunate to have Michele as our agent for both processes: selling and buying. For the sale of our home, she was prepared with all of the resources and vendors to make our home ready for market (painting, landscaping, bathroom updating, inspections, staging, etc). She went above and beyond to lead the whole process. When it came time to purchase a new home, Michele was diligent in her research, patient and calm, thorough and complete with her communication, and available to go see any potential interesting homes with me. Once we found a place we wanted to make an offer on, she made the process fast and easy and took care of all of the details. We are so lucky to have gone through this whole process with such a thoughtful, intelligent, and experienced leader representing us. She made it all possible and even enjoyable!"
Kathryn
"Michele was an exceptional agent representing us in the sale of our home. Her knowledge of the market and the recommendations she provided gave us the confidence to make sound decisions regarding our property, leading to a quick off-market sale at an optimized price point. During our interactions with Michele, she was responsive, knowledgeable, and adept at addressing any questions and concerns that we had. The process of moving and selling our home was as painless as possible with the help of Michele and her team. We would recommend and will use her services again in the future."
"Michele was an exceptional agent representing us in the sale of our home. Her knowledge of the market and the recommendations she provided gave us the confidence to make sound decisions regarding our property, leading to a quick off-market sale at an optimized price point. During our interactions with Michele, she was responsive, knowledgeable, and adept at addressing any questions and concerns that we had. The process of moving and selling our home was as painless as possible with the help of Michele and her team. We would recommend and will use her services again in the future."
Janice
