February 14^th, 2008

Adrienne,

It’s Valentine’s Day. And in celebration of love, we wanted to make sure you knew that we appreciated all the work you did for us in finding the house of our dreams. 

We are in love with our home. Everyday we are more and more in love. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you did to make that happen.

Your experience in the field in this Oakland area is amazing.  Your attention to detail is awesome.   Both of these qualities instilled confidence in us while we went through the very scary process of buying a house. Your enthusiasm for your work (the clients and matching them to a house) made us feel heard and attended to which in turn also instilled confidence in this very scary process.

Your deep knowledge of the market and the city of Oakland was an asset for both the buying and selling of our properties. Your many years of experience helped us to learn about the house buying process before we even experienced the pain of making an offer and having it rejected.  (Which we did not have to experience at all.)

You asked fabulous questions to determine what we thought our desires were. We appreciated your ability to listen carefully to not only what we said but what we meant which might not have always been the same.  You were able to balance our dreams with your experience in the field.  You were able to let us know what was attainable, what we might have to stretch a bit to get. Your inside out knowledge of the neighborhoods allowed you to open our minds to places we hadn’t considered. 

Your network of experts supported our decision making process. We never felt isolated because many perspectives were included in the process. I prefer decision making with community input and so particularly appreciated hearing from a variety of people who had different priorities and different expertise so that we had more information to make decisions that we felt comfortable with.

Your experience in writing offers in this market was invaluable. We went into our first and only offer with confidence that we had done the best we could. We certainly felt like you were representing us well throughout the process.  And this was true on the selling end as well. Your attention to detail in addition to your deep knowledge of the specific market instilled confidence in the tricky job of selling a condo.

On both the buying and selling end of things, you were always there to support us whenever we needed it. You nurtured our dreams and kept us grounded in reality. You held our hand and pushed us to discover and ask questions on our own.

Britt and Jesse

To Whom It May Concern:

Adrianne Nash was my realtor in the Spring of 2008, when the news every day concerned a deepening crisis in the housing market, which was affecting the entire economy.  But I needed to sell, for personal reasons, in spite of the very poor market conditions.

Adrianne’s advice, it seems to me in retrospect, was solid in every area.  I spent money I felt I didn’t really have, on what I felt was a major gamble, but Adrianne was steadfast and told me exactly what I needed to do to get ready to sell.  She was also very hands-on in her role as realtor.  She and the stager went shopping for upgrades that I had no personal interest in.  Adrianne met and spoke frequently with the stager and stressed my low available funds; she spoke at length with building management personnel, and she intervened with a handyman when I became frustrated.

In the stressful several weeks leading up to going on the market, I had lots of questions and worries.  Adrianne responded quickly, thoughtfully and helpfully to all of them.  At times I felt impatient because she was so thorough, and I was so anxious.  But I deferred to her obviously greater experience, and it ended very well.

A special circumstance that affected my prospects in selling a 10-year-old condo in downtown Oakland was the instant availability of literally hundreds of brand-new condos within a few blocks of mine.  Adrianne believed in and stressed the only advantages I did have---three bedrooms, a corner unit, a lovely enclosed courtyard, and an established community feeling in the building---to me and to other realtors and the public.  I believe she got her message across, to my immense relief, because my condo did sell at a decent price.

Amazingly to me, after one week on the market, I accepted an offer which was only $6,000 below my asking price.

Gratefully,

Jackie Allswang

                                                                                                10-18-06

To whom it may concern,

My husband, Barry, and I recently purchased a home with Adrianne Nash. Mrs. Nash’s exemplary abilities made our journey quite easy. The entire experience was like buying a home with a family friend.  She really took good care of us.  In fact, I now consider her a family friend.

Throughout the entire process Mrs. Nash remained warm and supportive.  We never once felt pressured or frustrated.  In fact, we had to sign documents for an offer while I had a sinus infection and it really went smoothly.  Mrs. Nash skillfully simplified the complicated process of buying a home.  We had so many questions at each stage!  With great care and compassion, Mrs. Nash patiently explained each detail as if she were teaching us a class. No detail was insignificant and Mrs. Nash brought her knowledge and experience into each answered question. We thought it would take a lot more time and energy to find the right home!  Mrs. Nash helped us quickly find a sweet home that satisfied our need for a yard, boat parking, and a nice neighborhood.  We are really happy!!!

Mrs. Nash is an exceptionally good realtor.  She worked hard to listen to exactly what we needed. Furthermore, her good reputation got us our desired result.  I highly recommend Mrs. Nash for her good humor, sincerity, integrity, and talent.

My husband and i had lived in our wonderful prairie style house in the Rose Garden district of oakland for twenty seven years when we decided it was time for us to move on.  Our children had grown up in this house. We became grandparents while living in this house. Our terraced back yard garden had been witness to many anniversaries, graduations,, and even one family wedding. The gracious open living room had seen twenty seven Christmas trees decorated and put up in the window.  We loved this house, and we hoped to find the agent who would understand how apprehensive and excited we were about the process we were about to face.  With the hundreds of real estate agents working in our area, how in the world would we choose the right one ?

 I began going to open houses in hopes of meeting some of the agents who worked in, and understood the special aspects of our neighborhood.  And on one Sunday afternoon, there was Adrianne holding an open house not far from where we lived! The house looked wonderful, and Adrianne was at ease while answering every question put to her by each prospective buyer. She KNEW that house! What was even better was that she knew and cared about my neighborhood.  So, after a brief discussion with my husband, we contacted Adrianne to ask if she would be the agent for us in the sale of our home.

 Now, our house was not a showplace with a new designer kitchen, or remodeled anything! We had LIVED in this house for twenty seven years, and it showed!   We knew we were going to have to invest in repairs and upgrades, but where, and how much?  We had no idea where to begin.  Adrianne was our guide through every decision. She put us in touch with roofers, electricians and inspectors of every stripe. She advised us in deciding what needed to be done as opposed to what we WANTED to do.  We listened and it paid off.

 These days, there are probably few people who stay in one place as long as we had,  and our house was our biggest investment--our ONLY investment. Adrianne truly understood the importance of this for our future. She even asked us more than once, if we were certain about our decision to sell!  

 Finally, our house was ready for it’s open house!  Frank and I put the dogs in the car and headed for a vacation in the mountains with every finger and toe crossed that we had done all we could to put the shine on our home. Now it was up to Adrianne! 

 Our home sold in nine days. The offer we accepted was 20% over our asking price.

"Adrianne helped us find and purchase our first home in 1994 and subsequently a 4-unit income property in 1997. We are completely satisfied with both purchases and Adrianne's assistance was invaluable. She has an exceptional eye for locating properties that are good values and an unusual ability to win in difficult negotiations and multiple offer situations. Adrianne is very professional, loves what she does, works incredibly hard, knows the East Bay neighborhoods well, has vast experience, is fun to work with, and comes with our highest recommendation. Adrianne is also an excellent resource for locating experts, service providers and building contractors. We intend to use Adrianne on our future real estate transactions" Doug Dove & Uma Thomas

Oakland's Temescal and North Oakland Neighborhoods