Prior to my retirement in August 2023, I found myself in the position to sell my Willow Glen home of 20 years and buy a new home in preparation of getting a fresh start in retirement. As I received competing input from friends regarding my new home search, Sharon was incredibly patient and helpful in taking me to tour homes in many different parts of the Bay Area and in a targeted area of Santa Cruz County. Sharon and I did some initial home shopping in August 2022, then took a pause as Sharon also helped with advising me, extensively, on the kitchen upgrade I decided to do in order to have a more updated home to sell. I would then place the funds from my home sale toward the purchase of a home for retirement. With Sharon as my realtor for both, my home sale and my new home purchase, it was like having a half dozen professionals in one well-organized, collaborative individual. She has an amazing knowledge of not just the complex real estate market, but also of home structure and design, and she uncovered and consulted on what might be issues for me as a home buyer. Sharon also has exceptional analytical skills to provide comprehensive analysis on comparable homes in my neighborhood and collaborated with me to set a competitive, appropriate listing price for my Willow Glen home, which she sold successfully, and also met my high expectations for the sale. Sharon has relationships with staging professionals and Sharon provided the staging to sell my home. I was absolutely ecstatic with the staging and know it helped bring appealing offers for a successful home sale. Many thanks to Sharon for all the driving, touring, researching, troubleshooting, investigating, analyzing, inspecting, counseling, contracting, and ultimately selling my wonderful Willow Glen home, followed by negotiating and sealing the deal on my purchase of a beautiful “home sweet home” for retirement in the peaceful, lovely beach community of Aptos, California. It is with enthusiasm and gratitude that I highly recommend Sharon to others to buy and/or sell a home.  CIENT: Carolyn F - Willow Glen and Aptos