Recently, I made the decision to sell my duplex property in San Francisco. Erika Burke of Zephyr Real Estate developed as a candidate and provided me with references on request, which I followed up on. All of my inquiries elicited good, supportive responses, and reassured, I chose Erika as the agent for my listing.
With the advantage of hindsight, the decision to engage Erika was very positive. She turned out to be energetic, astute, communicative and cooperative real estate professional. She overcame the obstacle of a tenant with attitude and made sure all of the deal details were properly addressed. With her leadership the sale was smoothly managed culminating in a quick and successful real estate closing.
I recommend Erika wholeheartedly. I feel sure that she would be an excellent choice for anyone contemplating a property sale in San Francisco.
George R. - 2 Units Split Levels - Inner Sunset Seller-Out of Town (Colorado)
Seller - 2 Units - Inner Sunset
I recently hired, Erika Burke, to help sell a property in San Francisco. It’s a daunting task to sell property at anytime, but when you also live a thousand plus miles away it’s simply overwhelming.
Choosing Ms. Burke as my agent was the best thing that ever happened to me. She is extremely easy to talk to, very knowledgeable and fantastic at guiding you through the process of selling your property.
I would not hesitate to recommend Ms. Burke, to anyone contemplating selling a property. She is truly a rare find
Rose R. – 3 Units Plus - Noe Valley Seller - Out of Town (Omaha, NE)
Seller - 2 Units Ply 1 unwarranted - Noe Valley
Thanks Erika. The more experience we have with real estate agents the more we appreciate how professionally you do your job. Keep up the good work and you can’t help but continue to be extremely successful.
Ken G – 3 Units - Hayes Valley Seller - Out of Town (Marin County)
Seller - 3 Huge Units - Hayes Valley
Erika, You new just how to handle my husband.
Julia S. - Inner Mission - Buyer - 12 Units
Dear Erika,
Thank you for bringing a great single family development property to us. My wife and I had been looking in Noe Valley for over a year and were pleased that you contacted us, as this property met our needs perfectly.
We found you to be communicative, up-front, concise and extremely knowledgeable. Your easy approach, efficiency, and attention to detail was greatly appreciated. It’s unusual to find a Realtor of your caliber.
We’re developing the property with the plans and permits that were included in the sale and hope that you will bring us the Buyer. When we’re ready to sell, you will be our first choice as a Listing Agent. It will be our pleasure to continue to do business with you. I would highly recommend you to anyone selling or buying Real Estate in San Francisco and am sure they will find you to be as “special as we have.
Thank you again for your effort on our behalf
Steve & Erica – SFR Development Property – Noe Valley
Seller - Single Family Development - Noe Valley
I highly recommend Erika Burke for any real estate deals. I recently bought a condo. I found Erika to be very helpful, congenial and very responsible, always on top of everything. Actually, Erika was always ahead of the game. I found buying the condo was actually easier than buying my car. I intend to use Erika for all my real estate transactions in the future as she is extremely knowledgeable.
Caitroina - 1st time Home Buyer - Condominium
Dear Erika,
I wanted to express our gratitude to you regarding our recent real estate transaction. Indeed, as you had anticipated, it was tumultuous at times and, yes, my anxiety did not help. You certainly provided a much needed sense of security via your expertise, patience, and of course, sense of humor. We really appreciated your being so readily available to answer little questions as well as big ones.
Over the course of the last few years, we have been involved in several real estate deals, but this one was a stand out. An example of how a deal “should” go as you handled each issue expediently, and with true professionalism. As my husband had mentioned, “That was the easiest deal I have ever been involved in, thanks to Erika!”
We are now in our new home, settling in very well and even upgrading the other units. We just did not want the opportunity to thank you to pass. Suffice to say it was a pleasure to work with you and look forward to working with you in the future. We will recommend you at any and every opportunity. Good luck to you
James & Eileen - Buyer 2 Units Plus - Outer Richmond
Buyer - 2 Units - Outer Richmond
Dear Erika,
I want to express my sincere thanks for all your help and for keeping me sane while buying my first home and development project. I was expecting it to be a scary experience, but with you taking care of everything, the whole process was a breeze.
I will definitely call upon your services for all future real estate transactions! You are a star!!!
Thanks again Erika
Sean O.– Single Family Development - Outer Sunset
Buyer - Single Family Development - Outer Sunset
Dear Erika,
Thank you for representing me on yet, another successful real estate transfer. Last year, you brought a private purchase to me for a development property in Hillsborough. This year, I asked you to contact the owner of a commercial property in San Francisco which was adjacent to a family owned business of mine, that I have long wanted to purchase.
You displayed great diligence and effort for this, and all of our real estate dealings. I was finally able to acquire this property due to our collaboration on several negotiations with the Seller over the last year. I’m impressed that the final sale price was considerably less than our initial offer as well.
I can’t Thank You enough for sticking with it, though it was a challenging transaction. I highly recommend you to anyone looking to sell or purchase investment property in San Francisco. You have shown great patience, fortitude and tremendous knowledge. I applaud your honest, positive attitude and never-say-never approach. You made it trouble-free for me.
You know you are my “Go To” agent for all of my San Francisco development projects. It is always my pleasure doing business with you.
Gregg S - Buyer Commercial Property - Richmond District & Development Property - Hillsborough
Thank You Erika,
My husband and I cannot Thank you enough for your hard work and effort on our behalf.
We came to you during the early spring of 2006 and wanted to purchase a single family home as a fixer or on an RH2 lot so that we could develop it. You provided us with the listings & resources to assist in our search. We did find several properties and made offers, although the market was very active and we were unsuccessful. We then decided that we would wait until fall, increase our finances and hope for a change in the market.
You continued to keep us informed of properties that may have met our needs. We were so impressed that we came back to you early this fall when we began to look again. Once we decided upon the property we wanted, you were right there, prepared and explained our offer to us in terms we could easily understand, worked the odd hours required to present the offer, since there were competitors and you made it happen for us.
You were also great at keeping my husband informed regarding what he might expect when improving the property, looking into title difficulties, and making sure all of the tenants vacated before we took possession. This wasn’t an easy deal, but you made it look like it was.
We will definitely use you again when we sell this development property. We highly recommend you to any and all prospective real estate sellers or buyers.
Sarah & Neal - Buyers SFR on RH2 Fixer/Development - Inner Mission
Buyers - 2 Units Fixer - Inner Mission
Dear Erika,
I left my “heart” and my plum tree in the garden on Florida St. in San Francisco. You have given me a new plum tree for Sonoma, along with a good profit on my house.
Thank you for your gift and your expertise in real estate. It was a happy experience to work with you and I so appreciate you for that.””
Randa S 86 year old Seller of Victorian Fixer on RH-2 Lot – Inner Mission
Dear Erika,
I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the fantastic job you did with selling my mother’s home. She had lived in that house for almost 30years and the extra support and encouragement you provided really helped her separate from it relatively painlessly.
From our first meeting it was clear that you had the expertise and sensitivity to sell my mother’s house. Your patience in answering all our questions (no matter how insignificant) was very reassuring. We always felt confident that everything was “under control” and progressing forward.
The most amazing thing for us was that 14 days after the house went on the market my mother accepted an offer (significantly over the asking price) and 30 days later the sale was a “done deal”. From our prospective everything seemed to flow seamlessly but I know that it was your hard work, diligence and extreme thoroughness that was the driving force behind it all.
So ThankYou once again - our only regret is that we don’t have any more houses for you to sell for us.
Christine & Mark (Son & Daughter-in-law of Randa S)
Erika Burke is an amazing realtor. We met her at an open house in San Francisco on one of the first of many such outings to try to relocate from a house in Palo Alto to San Francisco. We were immediately struck by her professionalism and honesty, so much so that we decided that she would be our real estate agent.
Although her specialty is multi-unit homes, which was not what
we were interested in, her knowledge, skills and commitment were so evidently exceptional from the start that we never considered looking for someone else. Erika lived up to this confidence every step of the way.
She was relentless in finding houses for us to view, energetic in previewing houses so we didn’t need to make fruitless trips to San Francisco and determined not to let us settle for something that would not meet our needs. Her home previews were especially critical as we were living in New York City during much of the search. During that time she spoke with us almost daily and gave detailed, lively and often remarkably entertaining accounts of the strengths and weaknesses of various prospective homes. This process took eight months and she never wavered in her commitment and enthusiasm.
There were times when we were ready to settle and she just held firm that the right house would come along. There were times that we insisted on visiting endless houses that were obviously not appropriate and she viewed each of these without a complaint. And there were several occasions when we fell in love with a house that she dissuaded us from making an offer on because she believed that we would be very unhappy after the fact.
Each time she was correct-such as when she persuaded us not to buy a spectacular house without a garage, with no possibility of adding a garage, in a neighborhood with very limited parking. Coming from the suburbs and in our sixties, we really didn’t have a proper respect for the problems of parking in San Francisco. Now that we are happily in a home with a garage we have a better understanding of what we would have been in for.
Erika also knows San Francisco intimately, has incredible contacts such as architects, contractors, service people and the list goes on. Her resources are limitless and they are always prompt, honest and efficient. In addition she is always ready to make the call to be sure you get the best service.
Buying a new house can be a stressful time but with Erika as our realtor with looked and bought with great confidence.
Arlene & Bruce, Buyers - Single Family Home, Mini Mansion – Lake District
Wow Erika!!!
Thank you so much for the fantastic closing gift! I've never done anything like that before, a full day at a spa, it sounds absolutely wonderful!!
Thank you so much for finding the place (TIC) for me! I was talking with the other Buyers the other day and they were mentioning the Leavenworth place, and how this place was so much nicer and how happy they were they found it...I told them that my realtor took one look at Leavenworth and said "this isn't the one, you don't even need to see it."
They said "Wow, you have a good realtor!"
I sure do.
I'll definitely give you a call in a few years when I'm thinking of moving again, but I'm sure we'll be keeping in touch in the mean time. It's been fun Erika, Thank You!
Tara S.. – 1st Time Home Buyer of a Tenant-in-Common - Pacific Heights
1754 Larkin St. No. 101
Dear Erika,
I really want to Thank You for how well you handled the sale of this development property. This wasn’t any easy deal, but you made it look easy even though it was challenging at times.
I have the utmost faith in you, as you know, since you have another one of my properties for sale right now. I will always use you for all of my projects, whether I have rehabbed or an entitled a property for sale. I know you will get the job done, professionally and with an excellent attitude. I know I can count on you and you can count on referrals from me.
Again, I can’t Thank You enough.
You really performed in a changing market.
A.Murphy, - Lot with Development Plans for 34 Units - Oakland
Seller, 34 Unit Development Property, Oakland, CA
