Stephanie Johnson, CRS

I had the pleasure of working with Stephanie and her realtor assistant, Inna, on a 1031 exchange. Stephanie is incredibly knowledgeable about San Francisco at large, and she made sure the right home was a good fit for me. I regularly received email updates from her on potential properties and she made herself available to show them to me. If she wasn’t available, Inna, was able to find time in a pinch on several occasions. What I really like about Stephanie is her responsiveness: she emails, texts, and calls within a few hours.
If you’ve gone through the stresses and time constraints of a 1031 exchange, having an honest, calm, and competent realtor makes all the difference. I highly recommend Stephanie and she will ensure you are satisfied throughout the process.

Stephanie has been my agent for buying a house in San Francisco back in 2009 as well as selling it in 2016. Both times, she made the real estate transactions comfortable and efficient. In a market like San Francisco, having a highly experienced agent is of utmost importance. Stephanie has been in business for a long time, and has the expertise to guide sellers to maximize their profits, as well as helping buyers find value in the market. She goes above and beyond for her clients. When I was buying back in 2009, I had an unusual financing situation, and she went out of her way to accommodate. When selling in 2016, she guided me to maximize return on investment when preparing my house for sale. She was diligent in coordinating everything, which was very convenient since I live out of state.
I can warmly recommend Stephanie for anyone either purchasing or selling real estate in San Francisco. I could not have been happier with the transactions of buying and selling my house. I hope anyone planning to make a real estate transaction in San Francisco gives her a consideration as an agent.

Stephanie was fantastic. From our first meeting we could tell she was very sharp and knowledgeable about market conditions, financing options, neighborhoods, and much more. She showed us lots of nice places and asked the right questions to help us work out what we were looking for. When she finally found a place that was just right for us, she set up a private viewing for us the next day and helped us move quickly to make an offer on it, walking us through all the documents very clearly and thoroughly.
Stephanie’s savviness also saved us a nice chunk of money at the last minute: just before we sent our offer to the sellers, she learned that another potential buyer had dropped out. She called us and suggested that we reduce our bid before submitting it, which we did.
Even months after we closed on the house and paid her commission, Stephanie was still helping us. She served as a liaison between us and the sellers during a three-​month rentback, checked on the place after they moved out, and even arranged for some repairs that needed to be done. In addition to all this, she was very friendly, patient, and positive with us throughout the process: a true pleasure to work with.

It’s hard to believe I’ve been working with Stephanie for 5 years. She’s helped me buy and sell two homes each. I trust her explicitly and have know she’s truly looking out for me and my best interest. Buying or selling a home is no small task — I wouldn’t work with anyone but Stephanie!

Stephanie handled the sale of my partner’s home. The experience was amazing. Stephanie offered professional services, a clear plan and a timeline that was quick and painless. The adage of the knowing a person by their friends is a bit different for a real estate agent; you know them by the support relationships they build. Stephanie had a cadre of high quality painters, stagers, and flooring specialists that took her vision and transformed a «nice» house into an amazing house. Stephanie kept us informed and, since we are anxious people, her positive and friendly demeanor calmed us and made this an enjoyable and successful experience. Stephanie is amazing!

I had the pleasure of working with Stephanie this past year. As a first-​time homebuyer, I found her to be incredibly patient, responsive, and accessible. She was able to quickly grasp the nuances of what I was looking for, and worked closely with me throughout the entire process, from start to finish. I found both her expertise and experience in this market to be invaluable, as I was coming in very new to all this. Most of all, she made the entire experience enjoyable and I most certainly would give her the highest recommendation!

Stephanie came highly recommended from one of my closest friends which was already a huge win. Honestly my husband and I could not be more pleased with the fact that she found us the perfect home in San Francisco. We all know that in this market it’s really hard to find a home that has everything one is looking for, and she found it for us and even came under what we were expecting to pay, nothing short of a miracle. She simply took the fear and uncertainty out of the fact that we were first time buyers.
Stephanie only wants what’s best for her clients, she’s not looking for a one time transaction and is the type of realtor that has her clients come back and use her again several years down the line when they are selling off their property. She is very well connected and a truly wonderful person to work with, she also has a list of the best mortgage brokers, contractors, electricians, inspectors and movers. Speaking of the movers even they were praising Stephanie and saying if you want your house sold you have Stephanie take care of it.
Honestly there’s nothing she wasn’t thorough or prompt about. We are now enjoying our 6^th month in our new home and couldn’t be happier!

Stephanie was recommended to us by friends and she does not disappoint. Buying a house in 2013 was not an easy prospect, whether you had our very specific neighborhood requirements or not. She has great knowledge of the market especially Noe Valley. She is diligent, thorough, and trustworthy. She also quickly attuned to our real needs and wants (not just what we said we wanted) to help us find the perfect home!

Over the last 10 years we have bought, sold and bought again with Stephanie and couldn’t have done it without her. She has exceptional knowledge of the market. She keeps you well informed and offers guidance that is helpful to you.

We were first time home buyers in a country foreign to both my husband and I. Stephanie was just the trusted advisor we needed. From our very first meeting, where she patiently educated us on the various neighborhoods of San Francisco, to identifying interesting properties for us each weekend, Stephanie was prompt without making us feel rushed. She was thoughtful, attentive, responsive and took the labouring oar to find us our perfect home with minimal sweat and fuss on our part :). We felt comfortable discussing finances with her and sought her advice on issues that first time home owners likely find challenging. She patiently answered our umpteen questions, represented us assertively against unyielding seller (s) and eventually got us a deal we love. The fact that as first time home owners we did not feel exhausted by the end of it all, speaks volumes for how seamless Stephanie made it for us. Even after we closed the deal, Stephanie was kind enough to follow up and see if she could help us with the logistics of our move-​in (help book time slots with our building management etc). That level of thoughtfulness and professionalism is compelling.
We look forward to working with Stephanie in the future and will be happy to provide recommendations in person, if needed (She has our phone number).

I would highly recommend Stephanie Johnson– I’ve bought and sold three properties in the bay area in the last ten years and she stands heads and shoulders above anyone I’ve ever worked with.
* Knowledgeable & intelligent. Stephanie knows the city, its neighborhoods, its streets and its properties. Frankly, for some reason, real estate is an industry that does not attract the best and the brightest and Stephanie stands out because of her intelligence. She’s articulate, intuitive, understands the finance piece and sees the long term big picture.
* Service oriented. She did a great job handling a very complicated transaction for me — including multiple bidding, a non-​negotiable and very tight window to close, an international power of attorney and a lien on the deed. Further, she kept me true to my goals and was constantly reminding me of my priorities so that I didn’t let my emotions get in the way.
* Technically adept. For some reason, the real estate industry seems to lag behind just about every other industry in its technical advances. Stephanie works hard to overcome the limits of the industry — she was constantly available to me via email, phone and sms and she set up electronic signature so that I could sign documents from my blackberry while on vacation.
I am happy to give a personal referral on the telephone. Please email me and we can set up a time to talk.
Anna

Stephanie will get your house sold! Before heading out on a 3-​week vacation in June, I hired Stephanie to sell my Castro condo. By the time I came back from vacation she had the condo beautifully staged, the neglected garden was rejuvenated, and the whole place just looked better than ever. She also managed my move into my new apartment while I was gone. After one open house, we had multiple offers and got over asking. Stephanie is super detail oriented, a highly strategic marketer and negotiator, and an overall remarkable professional to work with. If you’re looking to buy or sell real estate in San Francisco, I couldn’t recommend anyone more capable than Stephanie.

We worked with Stephanie in a kinda complicated situation. She was awesome. She worked her butt off for us and we sold our condo in 3 days and got asking price – at the beginning of the housing bust when we thought it might sit for ages. She has an aggressive marketing strategy and does a nice job of balancing her opinion with what you want. In the end, I think we did everything she wanted… and she was right! She is extremely professional, yet easy to talk to and, as I already said, works really hard for you. Will definitely use her again.