The SF Team

I am extremely happy with my real estate experience in purchasing a pied a terre with James. it was a seamless start to finish due to his diligence, quick response and experience. I believe my offer was accepted in this competitive market because of his personal letter and keen insight. Furthermore, his diligence, timing and attention to detail made him the perfect real estate agent for us. He is our realtor for life because he is simply… the best!!! I would recommend him and Eva without reservation.

My wife and I are still in disbelief at how amazing James and Eva are with their work. They helped us buy our first home recently and am still in shock how smoothly the whole process went. James found us a home that filled all of our wants/​needs. The seller did a price drop and James contacted us almost the moment it happened. James wanted us to see the house prior to them hosting an open house with the new listing price, so we went and saw it that night. Good thing we did because there was another offer that came in right before we were getting ready to submit ours. They knew exactly the right timing, what price to come in at, and the offer package that they drew up were perfect. They helped us win out without getting into a bidding war with the other potential buyer. The seller’s agent in escrow, multiple times, mentioned to us how amazing it was working with James and Eva, and how they did an incredible job.
They knew exactly what buttons to press, what price to come in at, and put together a flawless offer to win out against the other buyer. We are so appreciative of the dedication they showed us and really helped put us at ease in this process, and would recommend to anyone looking to buy or sell a house in the bay area, to work with them!
Thanks again, James & Eva!

We LOVE Eva and James. Because of them, we look like geniuses for stretching our budget in Western Addition in 2010 to live in an amazing Victorian condo and watch Divisadero boom. Because of them, we look like geniuses because we moved out, retouched, staged and sold that condo in less than a month this summer for nearly double what we paid for five years earlier. Trust me, we are not geniuses! Along the way, both Eva and James have always been supportive, flexible, dependable and honest. When we bought, they spent many a weekend with us touring houses. They made that process easy even while we were based 3000 miles away in Brooklyn. And when we sold, all we had to do was move out and they did the rest — hiring painters, repairmen, floor refinishers; staging and restaging to get the place looking its best; generating buzz about our place before it hit the market; pushing us to list at a price higher than we thought we could get (because they knew we could get even more); holding countless open houses and private tours; and getting us a price $ 300k over our dream price within 11 days of listing. Really, we could go on and on. They’re the best, and if you are not settled on your agent, you should give them a call. You won’t regret it.

My husband and I still can’t believe what a smooth and successful process it was to buy a new home in SF and sell our condo with the SF Team! We truly believe and credit James and Eva for the offer acceptance on our beautiful new home. In this crazy competitive real estate market, James’ and Eva’s market knowledge and impressive communication with the seller’s agent is what got the seller’s to even consider us, then choose and accept our offer. We our eternally grateful to James and Eva!
Then James and Eva helped prep our condo and make it look AMAZING! Eva handled the entire process of painting, staging, fixing up (by her awesome contractor husband Sergio), which greatly made our lives easier since we have three young children to also manage. We put all our trust in James and Eva and knew that they could sell our condo well above market value — and they did!
We have already recommended the SF Team to many friends and family. James and Eva are incredibly dedicated, honest, diligent, and genuine kind people which is why all their clients love them and how they work so well with all the other agents. We will miss working with them!

Simply put James and Eva are amazing! As hot as the market is right now, you need as much a competitive advantage as possible and James and Eva are it. My boyfriend and I can’t express our gratitude we have for James and Eva in words. With James and Eva’s written offer, we beat out 10+ offers including multiple all cash offers and 2 higher offers. We couldn’t purchase our home without James and Eva’s hard work, timeliness, market knowledge and professionalism. James and Eva made buying our first single family home seamless, we closed escrow in 14 days and we couldn’t be happier with our home.
If you are currently looking for the next open house your home, don’t hesitate because James and Eva is your SF Team!

James and Eva are amazing! They helped us sell our home in the Central Sunset and their knowledge of the market, great attitudes and contacts with great vendors (stagers, painters, etc) made the whole process a breeze. We had a tight timeline for getting the house ready to be on the market and they nailed it. The house looked fantastic and their extensive (and beautiful) marketing helped us not only sell it quickly but we blew the record on sale price for our neighborhood. If you need to buy or sell property, look no further than James and Eva. They’re the best.

It’s hard to express in a short review just how wonderful Eva and James are. We have worked with them both when listing our very tricky SF TIC as well as buying a single family home in Marin. Eva and James are extremely knowledgable about the market, tenacious in their negotiating skills and highly organized, making sure every step of the way goes as smoothly as possible.
My husband and I feel so grateful to have them on our side. Not only are they trustworthy, honest and dedicated, Eva and James continually go above and beyond. From helping us visualize what a potential remodel might look like to managing difficult HOA relationships, Eva and James are nothing short of amazing. You will not be disappointed.
To top it all off, we feel lucky to now call them friends. Thank you Eva and James!

I could try harder to say amazing things about Eva and James, but i’m not bright enough. They are tenacious, lovely, dedicated people who who know the SF real estate market better — by far — than any of the other four agents with whom I’ve dealt over my 16 years there.
They work harder (and better) than anyone I could have imagined. Eva was unbelievably understanding, helpful, compassionate, knowledgeable, determined, and just so committed to helping me that it made what could have been a nightmare into a beautiful dream. (Though dream might not be the right word, because I’m not entirely convinced that Eva sleeps. Ever.)
Anyway, if you’re lucky enough to get Eva and James on your side, just do whatever they say and let it go from there. It will be perfection, and your move (selling, buying, whatever) will be the least of your life’s concerns. I’m going to stop there because I’m going to run out of adjectives heaping praise on them…

We chose Eva and James as our real estate agents thanks to our friends’ suggestions and we are so pleased we followed their advice. My husband and I are relatively new to San Francisco and Eva and James helped us enormously in our quest to find the perfect house to call home. Their skills, knowledge of the market and savoir faire are beyond any expectation.
They listened to our needs and helped us screen houses, highlight pros and cons of each house and promptly replied to every question we had. We immediately felt comfortable with them thanks to their data driven approach and professionalism.
Buying a place in this competitive market can be daunting but, thanks to Eva and James, the experience was great. They held our hands throughout the entire process, and after seeing various home for a couple of months we finally found the one. We only put one offer and got accepted out of 6 others. We now have our dream home thanks to their outstanding work.
Without any doubts we will work with Eva and James in the future!

We almost went with another team in 2012, but a Condo sale and a Home buy later, now count ourselves lucky that we listened to a friend, and took the time to talk to Eva and James. We didn’t know what we were missing in prior home sales/​buys.
Details below, but the end results were a condo sale price well beyond our expectations, that really allowed us to get into and renovate a single family home in our ideal location (close to 9^th and Irving.)
in selling our condo, preparation was the key difference with Eva and James. We had no time to spare like anyone else, but made it and it worked. Highly recommend taking their (sometimes time-​consuming) advice on preparations, staging, and marketing. Eva is very detail oriented and has a great eye in what needs fixing, and in taking great pictures. James really helped on the market analysis, providing the numbers in a way we could consume, and helping understand the competition. We were firmly against the concept of staging prior, but they had great style tips and thankfully talked us into staging that we are now fans of. Eva literally rolled up her sleeves to help clean, paint and put together finishing touches one day when we couldn’t.
The property we purchased was a challenging situation in that the house needed A TON of work, there were tenants, the selling agent was from out of town, and language hurdles to boot. It was enough to scare off the usual horde of SF single home buyers, including us, but as we took a couple tours and discussed it with Eva and James it became more clear that we had a great opportunity in front of us, particularly when they pulled in trusted contractor and inspectors in short order. They helped us get the price down to a point we could handle, provided advice on where to go for legal questions, got inspection reports back fast, etc. And the result a year later is a fully renovated home that is really a (valuable) dream home for our family.
Take the time, it is worth it.

Eva and James are excellent. We have worked with them on both the selling and buying of homes in SF. They always approach each transaction with a wealth of in depth local knowledge, energy, and creativity.
Even though they are busy they have always made us feel like VIPs.
A great bonus is that Eva is a fantastic photographer and copy writer. She made our properties absolutely shine in the online marketing material. Prospective buyers commented repeatedly how much more beautiful our photos were than anything else they had seen. This translated to many more people in the door and offers in our hands.
Eva and James are a great choice to sell or buy a property in SF and you will thoroughly enjoy working with them.

Eva and James exceeded my expectations in every way. I’m so glad I chose them to represent me in the sale of my property. Here are some of the reasons why.
Eva and James:
* offered excellent, practical and sound advice about preparing my property for sale
* were patient and encouraging during the property preparation phase
* created beautiful marketing materials (both web and print) for my property
* treated me with respect and dignity, even though my property was small-​scale compared to other listing opportunities
* were friendly and welcoming to all potential buyers during open houses
* brought me several excellent offers and helped me accept the right offer
* communicated with me clearly and consistently throughout the entire escrow phase
* helped me make responsible and informed decisions throughout
* were there with me at the closing (hand-​holding)
* have stayed in touch with me and continue to be friendly and lovely
* are a resource for pretty much everything (restaurants, contractors, etc.)
There are hundreds of agents in San Francisco, and real estate in this town is tricky. Trust me, Eva and James are wonderful, ethical, knowledgable, and resourceful. If you are looking to select an agent to help you buy or sell, you MUST contact Eva and James. They WILL exceed your expectations. Please message me if you would like more information or a proper reference for these wonderful agents.

We hired Eva, James & Ruth to sell our home and we are so thrilled we made the choice to have their team for the job. They were fun to work with, made our life as easy as possible during a move and a home sale, and the result of their marketing efforts was astounding.
We chose them because we felt they were right-​on in value, and we had similar thoughts on what improvements were needed before the sale. They coordinated a cosmetic kitchen remodel that transformed our country kitchen into a lovely modern showpiece in just under two weeks. They also coordinated painting and staging, all seamlessly, while respecting our requests and budget.
The marketing process was like nothing we’d ever seen — they put in 110% — doing a neighborhood brunch, with guest take-​away favors, beautiful brochures, and set up a ton of tours, both scheduled and private to make sure every possible client would see our house.
They were also extremely particular with their pricing. They didn’t just tell us an opinion of value at the beginning, but watched the market and looked at the finished product when the work on our home was complete and made a final decision on pricing in the days before it went on the market, using the most recent comps and looking at what was currently on the market to ensure that we came on at the right price.
Thanks to their advise on timing, staging and their marketing efforts, we received 5 offers, all above asking and ended up selling our home for nearly double what it was valued at when we bought it in 2006.
They were professional and their experience showed. We highly recommend them!

It was an absolute joy working with Eva and James. My husband and I were nervous first-​time buyers and they helped us buy our first home in the Inner Sunset. We feel lucky to have found them and to have had them on our side and we both agree that we are convinced that we would not have been bought a place if we had not been working with Eva and James.
We were amazed at how knowledgeable they were about the buying and selling process in SF, and with TICs and at how they were ALWAYS flexible and available to meet with us or talk to us on the phone and how they managed to make us feel like we were their only clients… well really they made us feel like family! Now that the whole process is done (and we are so happy for that!) we actually miss being in contact with them on a daily basis!
While we were deciding on properties and making our offer, they were very informative and explained to us thoroughly how the process worked each step of the way but we never felt pressured by them to do anything.
They are extremely professional, they do not shy away from challenges and they are some of the hardest-​working people we know. They went so far above and beyond the call of duty on SO many occasions and we felt confident during the entire process knowing that they were taking care of things and checking up on the many facets of the process for us while we were both working full-​time.
I would and already have recommended them to anyone and everyone I meet. If you want to buy a house in San Francisco then you will not go wrong with Eva and James… I cannot sing their praises enough!

I am absolutely convinced no one else would have sold my unit, but Ruth Krishnan and the SFTeam at Paragon made a seemingly impossible situation happen!
I was introduced to Ruth a couple of years ago when I was trying to decide what to do about feeling trapped in a TIC post 2008 bubble burst. Twice over those last few years I have gone to Ruth for real estate advice, and after spending over an hour with me each time, gave me advice that ultimately she would not earn one penny from.
Flash forward to the present. I knew I wanted to work with Ruth because of her past professionalism, but my selling partner was looking for someone with extensive experience selling TICs. Ruth brought in the SFTeam and the personalization we would get from them was immediately apparent and night and day different than the other Real Estate company specializing in TICs would have been able to provide.
Ruth’s team worked what seemed like 24 hours/​day getting the house prepped, staged, and marketed. They helped in in ways that we didn’t even know we needed help! It seemed like they anticipated every possible obstacle that could come along they way. They were lightning-​fast with their responses whenever we had any questions. They even did a custom website for us when the standard website didn’t allow for video uploads.
They were always VERY objective when presenting us with information needed to make any decisions and reminded us that ultimately the decision was ours. They set very realistic expectations all throughout the selling process and we never felt pressured in any way when making decisions. I always felt like I was as informed as possible at these junctions along the way.
They helped out with references to moving companies, painters, stagers, contractors, storage facilities, etc.
And when it came to a difficult TIC situation at the end (completely unforseen), when I thought all hope was lost of ever selling our unit due to stipulations by the lender, they fought hard for us with the bank to reach a compromise and somehow magically made it all fall into place.
I’m not sure how she had time for any of her other clients while selling our TIC because it seemed like 100% of her focus and attention was on us. Ruth is great! The SF Team is great! I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking to sell a home in San Francisco.

My husband and I recently decided to move to San Francisco from Chicago. After searching for our new home in SF on-​line using Redfin and Zillow, my husband and I decided to enlist the help of a buyer’s agent. James and Eva came highly recommended by a friend, and they did not disappoint.
From the start, the SF Team made a real effort to learn about us and what we were seeking, asking us lots of questions and sending listings soliciting feedback so they could determine our style and principal criteria. They did a great job sending us listings that would work for us and were in our price range and were always using their connections in the real estate industry to get «behind the scenes» information on a particular property. They are also highly knowledgeable about the market and different neighborhoods and were super responsive, responding to our questions literally around the clock.
When we visited SF to look at open houses, James and Eva were there with us every step of the way, taking the entire day to visit properties with us and showing us around different neighborhoods, in addition to comparing notes and taking our feedback at the end of the day. I was amazed at the level of personal service. I’m sure we were not their only clients, but they made us feel as if we were! During open houses, I loved having experts there with us know knew the kinds of questions to ask and what to look for beyond basic aesthetics.
Since we were still living in Chicago during our search and couldn’t fly out every week, James and Eva also frequently visited open homes on our behalf, taking pictures and giving us feedback so we could determine if the property was worth a trip out to SF. They were very conscious of wasting our time and money and never suggested that we schedule a visit for a property that they didn’t think we would love.
I always assumed buyers agents would be pushy, but James and Eva were not at all! They viewed every property with a critical eye, gave us their honest opinion when we asked and never ever made us feel pressured. This is particularly impressive given that our search went on for months, with James and Eva working tirelessly for us.
We ultimately found our perfect home (just closed!) thanks in large part to James and Eva’s guidance and expertise. We absolutely would not have been able to navigate the insanity of the SF real estate market without them. Thank you!!!

I cannot recommend Eva and James enough! They have now helped us with the sale of our condo, sale of my dad’s home in Pacifica, and most recently helped us purchase our new home. They are truly amazing at what they do, and they do so much more than what you normally expect from a realtor. They have excellent relationships with contractors, roofers, plumbers, inspectors etc., so they help handle everything. They gave us a ton of attention, really got to know our needs, responded to our questions immediately, and went to check out properties before showing us to make sure it was even worth our time. They also handled so many aspects of the entire process for us as we were balancing having a baby and demanding jobs, including finding and working with competent loan officers and mortgage brokers. At so many points in the buying process, my husband and I commented to each other how lucky we were to have found such outstanding realtors.
Eva and James are both the kind of people who just problem solve to get things done and make things happen. Additionally, they are both genuinely kind and clearly care about their clients. You can ask them anything anytime. Not to mention that I have a friend crush on Eva and am going to make her be my friend now that we’re no longer her clients! (though Eva, you may be selling my dad’s condo again soon enough! :)

I wish I could give 100 stars!
I recently purchased a condo with James and Eva as my buyer’s agents. I couldn’t have asked for a better team to represent me. They were wonderful in every way. First, they were extremely responsive and informative — when I asked a question, they were back to me very quickly and with an actual FULL answer, not a short little one sentence text or email. They made sure not only to answer my question but to bring details to my attention that really mattered to me. I trusted them 100% and knew that they represented my interests.
They are also two very positive, upbeat and warm people. They never treated me like my «gut instinct» didn’t count. They answered all of my concerns and never made me feel like I was asking a dumb question. They gave me their full attention when I needed it.
Above all, they helped me achieve my dream! Everyone told me how «impossible» it is to buy a place in San Francisco — I’m a single mom, with an OK but not amazing salary, OK but not super great credit, and I’m certainly no millionaire. Despite these challenges in this market, Eva and James found and helped me buy a great place in a neighborhood we are very happy with, and in the time frame I wanted. I would work with James and Eva again in a heartbeat, and I think that is the best recommendation.
Thank you James and Eva!

Eva and James are truly incredible professionals, and in addition, they are also wonderful people who really care about their clients and the work that they do. They perfectly understand the meaning of the word «service» and very often went out of their way to help me with my needs. And this started long before I was ready to put my property on the market. They have lots of experience, so whatever came along, they were able to deal with it rationally and successfully.
They were always there to answer my questions, review the options, and find a solution. Very accessible by phone and email. Eva is also an amazing photographer. I did not expect the process to be nearly as smooth and seamless as it turned out to be. I could not have worked with a better team than Eva and James.

Buying your first place in SF could be a bit challenging. Eva and James’ understanding and expertise of the market made our dream possible. They started by explaining the market behavior and showing us places that ultimately made us understand the value of a property. Seeing the listing price of properties and final sale price was incredibly useful by the time we made an offer. They helped us tirelessly for more than 8 months until we found the perfect place.
They are a pair of incredible hard workers and a dedicated team who would get on the phone even at 10pm to answer our questions and are constantly keeping you updated. Eva and James were not only our agents but also became great friends. It is very hard to trust a realtor, but they made the process so easy and transparent.
I will continue to recommend Eva and James to all my friends. Thank you guys so much!