Testimonials

"I had the pleasure of working with Ilana Minkoff to sell my home in San Francisco. I have been living in the condo for 16 years so this was a big deal to me. Ilana did a fantastic job from the start to the closing. She is a true partner and I felt incredibly supported throughout the entire process. We ran into a glitch with the staging, and she ..."

"I had the pleasure of working with Ilana Minkoff to sell my home in San Francisco. I have been living in the condo for 16 years so this was a big deal to me. Ilana did a fantastic job from the start to the closing. She is a true partner and I felt incredibly supported throughout the entire process. We ran into a glitch with the staging, and she handled it impeccably with integrity and speed. And the staging was better than I dreamed possible in the end. Ilana Knows the San Francisco market extremely well. And she knows what it takes to get a great price with a solid buyer. Her marketing skills are top-notch and one of the best in the bay area that I’ve seen. Because of her skills and commitment to me and my home, we had a first offer within four hours, we agreed it was a great offer, but with the crazy amount of showings, she encouraged me not to jump on it and trust that if one person loved it that much, so would many more. We set an offer date a week later and received multiple offers higher than the original one. With Ilana’s guidance, we negotiated the price even higher and I accepted an amazing offer way over the early offer. Those negotiation skills are really what counts. I highly recommend Ilana to represent you in the sale of your home and I hold her in very high regard. You will be lucky if you have the chance to work with her."

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— Heidi

"As everyone knows the San Francisco real estate market is one of the most competitive in the world. If you're looking to buy a home you will need to arm yourself with a top-notch agent and Ilana Minkoff is a secret weapon. We were looking to buy a condo in SF and fortunately, we started our search with Ilana. She gets to know you and all the pla..."

"As everyone knows the San Francisco real estate market is one of the most competitive in the world. If you're looking to buy a home you will need to arm yourself with a top-notch agent and Ilana Minkoff is a secret weapon. We were looking to buy a condo in SF and fortunately, we started our search with Ilana. She gets to know you and all the places you've called home in the past to really understand what the comforts of home mean to you. This type of personalized attention is just one of the things that make working with Ilana so rewarding. Ilana is also super focused and responsive. In a market that moves in the blink of an eye, we needed someone who moves quickly and she was always available to us. She knows the market and most of its players and for our condo, she was able to get us in to see it before the first open house which was key. She guided us through exactly what we needed to do to get what we wanted and in taking her advice we got it. Her negotiation skills are top-notch and it's easy to see that she truly loves what she does. You can tell she is having fun in the process and makes going along for the ride a fun one too. I highly recommend Ilana-she is the best."

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— Sharon

"We had known Ilana for a couple of years from our neighborhood in Cole Valley. One night just before Christmas we called her with a big ask help us buy our dream house that had just come on the market. We had to sell our condo at the exact same time to make it happen. Both had to happen really fast and we were leaving the country in a couple of ..."

"We had known Ilana for a couple of years from our neighborhood in Cole Valley. One night just before Christmas we called her with a big ask help us buy our dream house that had just come on the market. We had to sell our condo at the exact same time to make it happen. Both had to happen really fast and we were leaving the country in a couple of days for the holidays. We just had to have it and we knew we could trust her to help us get the job done for us. Ilana moved mountains to make our speedy purchase go through nothing was too much trouble, she made problems go away in a second and was so incredibly efficient and professional. She sold our flat fast and very smoothly. She knows the business inside out and is an absolute pleasure to work with. And the relationships she has established with lenders, other realtors, and contractors helped enormously to make the process as easy as possible. What a joy she is, and we'll always be so grateful she helped us buy our dream house. And we would definitely recommend her to anyone I ever hear needing to buy or sell a property."

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— Amanda & Stuart

"Ilana took the time to get to know us on a personal level. We were new to buying, and she guided us through every step of the process. She helped ensure we understood the market, the keys to negotiation, and the risks involved with buying and selling. She even introduced us to the lenders that we ended up selecting. She's incredibly patient help..."

"Ilana took the time to get to know us on a personal level. We were new to buying, and she guided us through every step of the process. She helped ensure we understood the market, the keys to negotiation, and the risks involved with buying and selling. She even introduced us to the lenders that we ended up selecting. She's incredibly patient helping to ensure we didn't rush an offer when it wasn't the right fit. She's definitely someone you want on your side when it comes to the negotiation, from pushing to get your offer in front of sellers, to know the right tactics on counter-offers, etc. We owe her one as she ultimately helped us find a great deal one that was originally priced outside our range. She identified the opportunity to offer less than asking and we got it which is almost unheard of in the Bay Area. And her support doesn't end when the deal closes she still reminds us to pay property taxes and has given us tips on remodeling as well."

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— Mike & Kailee