Elena Mendelson – Coldwell Banker

Elena is awesome! My husband and I needed a realtor in a hurry and after looking at Unilocal decided to take a chance with Elena. We are so glad we did! She is extremely knowledgeable and helped us with our home purchase from start to end (and beyond!), providing valuable insights and knowledge and ensuring that everything went as smoothly as possible. She sorted out any minor «bumps» that came along quickly and efficiently ensuring the whole process was as stress-​free as possible for us. She is really friendly and quick to respond to all emails. If we decide in the future to move on from this home, we will definitely be using Elena again and I would definitely recommend her services!

After Elena helped us buy the perfect home a little more than a year ago, she was always available and approachable for any of our home related questions and concerns. Because of our amazing first-​time home buying process with Elena, there was no question regarding who would help us sell our home when the time came.
We had to move out of state for a new job and we were worried that the Holiday season wouldn’t be the best time to sell the house. However, with Elena’s positive attitude, her extensive knowledge and preparedness, we were comfortable initiating the selling process. We accepted an offer within three days of the house being on the market and we are quite sure that we have Elena to thank for it. Even though we had to leave California in the first few days of the Escrow period, Elena was on top of everything and took care of each and every aspect of the home selling process until closing.
We can very easily say that Elena is the best at what she does. We had an excellent experience with her, both while buying as well as selling our home. We would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a reliable and professional realtor!!!

Thanks to Elena and her Team, I am now holding keys to my dream home. Not only she is extremely dependable, knowledgeable and trustworthy, she also has a tight-​knit network of highly regarded professionals in mortgage, home remodeling, construction and insurance industries who are very competent and dedicated. Together, they made this transaction a very pleasant and enjoyable experience, and I am forever grateful for that.
Elena was always there for me when I needed her guidance. Her attention to detail is amazing, which is very important when you’re dealing with hundreds of pages of documents and forms.
She is the person you can trust, and she will go above and beyond to make things happen for you. I am so lucky to have enjoyed her professionalism and dedication during this important step of my life.
Here is to working again soon, Elena,
Cheers!

Elena showed some outstanding professionalism. We were first time buyers and felt a little intimidated to go through the process of buying a house in the super competitive market in Bay Area.
She navigated us with patience and much understanding. She took her time to understand what we were after (while we were not so clear on that) and took charge of the hunt till the very end. She communicated her ideas and moves with clarity and much knowledge and was quite convincing to win our trust.
We are very thankful for the job well done by her. Kudos.

Elena is awesome! As first time home buyers we were looking for someone who would be available to help us along throughout the whole home buying process. Elena is friendly, easy to work with, and reliable.
We contacted numerous agents, that were referred to us, with no luck, especially when they found out we were looking for 1 bedroom condos. We found Elena on Unilocal and she met with us immediately. Despite some of the obstacles we faced in this market, Elena stuck with us through numerous «bidding wars» and eventually she helped us find the best home that was also within our budget.
Elena knows this area very well and we can’t wait to work with her again! :)

Elena Mendelson is a true professional. Her personal and professional qualities deserve highest respect. It is very hard to find someone dedicated to their craft, but with Elena you will not be disappointed.
From the moment of our initial conversation with Elena, and until our closing day, my wife and I never felt being pushed to make a rushed decision.
She was extremely responsive to our phone calls, texts and emails, and was always on top of all the hurdles during the process and would follow up immediately.
Home buying is very stressful, and thankfully Elena was by our side to take the edge off through her confidence, knowledge and responsiveness.
In the end we got what we wanted, in the price range we wanted, with the loan and rate that we wanted. I couldn’t ask for more!
I would recommend Elena to anyone who is looking to buy a house and needs help. I know I certainly will use her services again in the future.

I found Elena on Unilocal a few months ago. I was expecting a baby and needed to move to a bigger place. I was looking for an agent that was very knowledgeable of the areas that I was focusing on (Concord, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek). I sent her an email and got a response the same day. I knew from our phone conversation that she was the agent for me and I’m glad I picked her. Elena is a very intelligent, highly competent agent. You know she has your back and you can expect her to be very responsive and attentive to you in the whole buying process. In fact even after. She’s a very warm person who is not just an agent but has also become a friend. I definitely 100% recommend her and would readily contact her again for my real estate needs.

When I started down the path to home ownership, I knew an expert realtor was paramount to finding the perfect home and successfully navigating the purchasing process. As I began searching out recommendations and reading reviews, I noticed a trend of overwhelmingly positive feedback for Elena Mendelson. After our first correspondence and again after our first meeting, I was so impressed with her professionalism, depth of knowledge, and willingness to spend time listening, educating, and advising. It was also abundantly clear from the beginning Elena genuinely cares for her clients and is passionate about her work. Not even two months later, I’m writing this review from the living room of my new home. I am so grateful to have found Elena, and I encourage anyone looking for a true real estate professional and advocate to contact her.

Elena shepherded me and my fiancé through our first home purchase, and were extremely impressed with her expertise, ability to execute quickly, and professionalism. We were psychotically detail-​oriented clients with a pretty stringent set of requirements for our first home, and on top of it all were extremely ignorant of the entire process. Elena took the time to explain the full process of buying a house, escorted us to see 80+ homes within a few months, and was always, always kind and patient. We never felt pressured to make any decisions, and she very promptly answered all of our questions. I personally really enjoyed her fluff-​free communication style :) — she’s very direct, doesn’t sugarcoat, but also has a great read on how to soothe our worries and how to best address our questions. Even after we found a house, she was an excellent partner in a tricky closing, and continued to volunteer her advice and services after we closed on the house. She still keeps in touch :), and I’m looking forward to hopefully working with her again in the future!

We had a great experience working with Elena.
My husband and I were buying our first home in California with a very limited budget. We were very nervous and excited at the same time — in a highly competitive market and limited time frame it seemed unreal. With Elena’s help we found an amazing place with everything we wanted and even more; and still we managed to stay within our budget. And we enjoyed the whole process.
Right after we started working with Elena we knew we had found a great agent. She was very knowledgeable, well organized and quick to respond.
Elena made sure we knew everything important about every place we considered, all pros and cons, which places would be more promising than others, and even things that could have been concealed to make a property to look more appealing.
Elena did her very best to help us get the property we wanted. She went above and beyond and I truly felt like she was an advocate for us throughout the entire process. I can’t say enough good things about Elena.
If you are looking for a top-​notch agent, I would highly recommend Elena Mendelson.

I cannot speak too highly of Elena Mandelson and the service she provided for us. If/​when we want to buy or sell a property again, Elena will be the first person we call! We had a pretty negative experience with a previous agent and during the purchase with Elena we had a really negative experience with our lender that I don’t think we would have survived if it were not for Elena’s patience, clarity and positivity. Right from the beginning Elena explained everything about the process with clear timelines and required actions from all involved. She was always available to answer questions either by email or phone both during the search for a place and during the purchase process. Her advice was invaluable. She really helped us to work through some big problems created by the lender and we would have lost the property if it were not for her hard work. It was a really stressful process due to the lender’s mistakes but Elena was always calm and clear about what we should do next. She’s also a lovely person and was therefore a pleasure to work with.

Elena is an outstanding real estate agent, extremely hard working business professional, and smart well rounded and a great person. We have worked with Elena for the last 2 years and got to know her very well. We are extremely demanding and difficult to please and Elena has exceeded all expectations. After a long search we have finally gotten into contract on a great house in Danville. Not only was Elena objective and patient with us, she was able to deliver by establishing rapport with the largest agent in Danville and beating out 5 other offers and winning the house. It’s worth noting that Elena was on vacation in Europe when we finally got into contract and she literally worked the whole trip — showing her unbelievable work ethic. In hindsight, Elena was always spot on her recommendations and calls on the market. Elena is extremely attentive inviting her clients to a lot of events, never forgetting about your birthday, Father’s Day and a lot of other occasions. Her personal touch goes above and beyond anything I have received from any professional. When she learned that I needed a new job, she immediately connected me with relevant contacts in her professional network. In fact I now turn to Elena for a lot of things such as recommendation on contractors or house insurance. She is very knowledgable and expert on anything house related. I know for fact that I am going to be calling her on our next house purchase or sale!

Elena has been most helpful.
Her real-​estate expertise is very broad in every aspect of a property hunting process. Her professionalism with personal touch make the whole experience very easy.
Thank you Elena — I will be using your services once again.

Elena helped us find/​buy a house in the Walnut Creek area — which is a very crazy market with many houses getting multiple offers and people going over asking. We consider ourselves extremely lucky that we got our house (the first one we made an offer on) and feel that having Elena as our realtor was a big part of it. There were multiple offers on our house and we were not the highest bidder. We found out that one of the reasons the sellers chose us is because they liked Elena’s professionalism and open communication during the buying process. On top of the fact that Elena seemed to know the Walnut Creek area inside and out, she could also answer many detailed questions about property maintenance costs, etc — she was a wealth of information. When showing us houses, she was very open and honest about the pros and the cons of a house if she didn’t think it was a good house or a good fit. We found Elena INCREDIBLY EASY to work with and someone we highly respect. We could not be happier with our home — we love it! I would not hesitate for a second to recommend Elena to others — and I already have.

We can’t be more thankful to have Elena as our realtor. She represented us from both perspectives: as sellers and then as buyers.
We were in the difficult position of selling our house and buying another one in a fairly short time frame. With Elena’s help we were able to sell our house and buy a new one in a very competitive market (we competed against all cash offers). Her negotiations skills were essential in both transactions and she has successfully managed the complicated issues of the business. She had a pivotal role in helping us navigate through an exceptionally difficult and tedious sale, all while keeping the purchase of our new home alive.
She was never out of touch and actively followed up with each and every party involved in the selling/​buying process to make sure we were all moving forward together. She made herself available no matter it was early Sunday morning, late at night, or when she was out of country/​town. She is patient and knowledgeable, highly responsive and reliable.
Elena was tremendously invested in our process, and very sensitive of our time commitments during such a busy time in our lives. There were many details we relied on her for and she took care of them. Aside from her knowledge and professionalism, it was her caring, warmth nature and her understanding of individual situations that moved this entire process along. We are very grateful for this.
Elena Mendelson was a pleasure to work with and I strongly recommend her to anyone who values high quality service. She is the best of the best and hope to work with her again.

Elena did a small miracle last spring when she helped us sell our house and move to a larger one. The market was more than just a bit on the crazy side at that time, but she firmly guided us around all obstacles and made sure we stayed sane along the way. She assisted us in coming up with the right selling price, worked with us on staging the house, she went with us to a thousand showing, never trying to hurry us in our decisions, always being very observant and attentive to details that would have escaped our attention if not for her. Elena is a very tough negotiator — she negotiated a lease-​back for us with the buyer on conditions right for us, even though the buyer was not quite excited about that, and helped us in our bargaining over the price of the house we were buying. At the same time Elena’s networking skills are fabulous and saved us a lot of time and likely a sizable chunk of money — it looked like she personally knew every agent we ever met on showings or open houses, and she was able to learn details about the houses we considered buying we would otherwise just have kept guessing.
Selling and buying real estate is really stressful, but Elena was there for us 24/​7, listening to us with more patience and attention than any shrink.
Another thing we really liked about her is how tech-​savvy she is. All the paperwork, and there was a lot of it, was made available for our e-​signatures practically in instant, which was very convenient and time-​saving.
We highly recommend Elena as a true real estate professional who is also a pleasure to work with.

Elena is an extremely well organized and friendly REALTOR that knows all of the ins and outs of our local area, helped us make an offer well within our budget, and was always available for any questions we had. The offer and closing processes were a breeze. Working with Elena was seriously the most pleasant purchasing experience my family has ever had. We would gladly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell a home. Thanks again Elena!

My husband and I are very lucky to have Elena as our agent for buying our first mutual home.
Elena is very experienced and patient. She educates, but never pushes for decisions.
She is committed to doing the best job for her clients.
Elena took the time to learn what is important to us and used her experience, and out of the box thinking, to advocate and get the most for us. This brings a sense of comfort during what typically is highly stressful times.
We never thought it was possible for us to find and get our house so quickly, especially in this complicated Bay Area real estate market.
If you’re looking for a trustworthy and brilliant real estate agent to help you buy or sell. Look no further.

Elena Mendelson is the best! I highly recommend her to anybody looking for a friendly, knowledgeable, professional real estate agent!

Elena guided us through the entire process, from loan prequalification to searching for houses to making the offer and closing the deal. It was our first home search and we were so fortunate to have her as our agent.
Her knowledge of the local market and her key contacts in the community helped us in our search for our house. She’ is super quick to respond when you need help and have a question.
Honestly, I was so impressed with Elena’s negotiation skills and I am pretty sure in our case we would not be at our dream house without her business savvy.
She is very professional and I highly recommend Her…