Pascal and Ana Forest – Red Oak Realty

I had the pleasure of working with Ana on our most recent transaction in the Montclair area. She has to be one of the best agents I’ve worked with. She was knowledgable, thorough, and hard-​working. She will always communicate with you on the status. It was a great, easy and SMOOTH transaction. I am looking forward to the next opportunity to working with you again.

A ROCKIN’ agent team that helped us land our dream house! Super responsive, thorough, knowledgeable, and also very fun to work with (have to keep a sense of humor in house-​hunting!). In this über-​competitive market, we GOT our house and could not have without them! We are forever grateful to Ana & Pascal.

We are a French couple. Just below is the story of our experience with Pascal and Ana Forest. The fact that they are a bilingual team was very helpful to us.
We bought a house in the East Bay in June 2014, thanks to the excellent services of Pascal and Ana Forest. From the beginning of our search, the market was tense, and very much a «sellers market». Pascal and Ana not only took the time to familiarize us with the area in order to define a search zone and be more efficient– they also had us benefit from their expertise in the subject of construction when we visited homes (they helped us verify foundations, plumbing, etc.).
Ana and Pascal regularly kept us informed with objective criteria, which allowed us to review our notes and see the changes in our demands, in order to lead us positively through the process. After our offer was accepted, Pascal and Ana stayed in contact with us, and even helped us get started with workers and contractors to get our home improvement projects launched. We warmly recommend the Forest Team for the quality of their work, and for their faultless commitment to us.
Nous avons acheté une maison east bay au mois de juin 2014 grâce aux excellents services de Pascal et Anna. Dès le début de notre recherché le marché était tendu et nettement favorable aux vendeurs. Pascal et Ana ont non seulement pris le temps de nous faire connaître le coin afin de définir une zone de recherches et être efficace mais ils nous ont aussi fait bénéficier de leur expertise en matière de construction quand nous visitions des maisons (vérification des fondations, plomberie…). Régulièrement Pascal et Ana nous ont tenu informé avec des critères objectifs ce qui nous a permis de revoir notre cahier des charges et nos exigences afin d’aboutir positivement. Après que notre offre ait été acceptée, Pascal et Ana sont restés en contact étroit avec nous et nous ont même assisté dans les démarches avec les artisans pour faire faire des travaux. Nous recommandons chaleureusement La Forest team pour la qualité de leur travail et pour leur engagement sans faille auprès de nous.

As a Home Stager who works with the Ana and Pascal Realty team, I can attest that they go above and beyond for their clients. In this market, it is important to have agents who will take the time to review the market and prepare a property in order to get the best deal for their clients. After all, this is the biggest sale and/​or purchase you most likely will make in your life time.

I am not in the field but I know many people now a days need the help of good realtors. So I’m happy to heartily recommend Ana and Pascal Forest of Red Oak Realty. Team Forest!
I could not recommend a more powerful realtor team and I am 1000% certain of it after what I saw them accomplish for a friend of my mother’s last year.
Ana and Pascal stuck with that client through thick and thin, over a year of research and linking fine points of special situations to serve this super complicated circumstance. Their background informed them as they grew and educated themselves even more to be able to help her develop potential options (which at first were frighteningly very scant) As they did so they dug deep and found a way to help her and all the players she needed for what resulted in an
extremely difficult TIC in which every party’s needs were served. Just amazing.
The thing is, they never left any stone unturned! They worked miracles for this elderly homeowner who was about to lose everything she had worked to keep up for 40 + years. This woman is now able to own a smaller home, when at the onset, it was clear that she was likely never ever going to be able to own again! It was like a miracle. And everyone benefited from their commitment, devotion and passion.
I credit Ana with an amazing talent and ability to network and have vision
while still keeping things real, grounded, maintaining super vigilance and
forethought. Pascal is a treasure trove of knowledge, expertise, of analytical
wisdom and quiet energetic vibrance or what I’d call positive energy. Their
experience is vast, maybe that is why they acheived this for my friends mom. They researched EVERY POSSIBILITY and found solutions no one thought possible so this woman DIDN“T LOSE EVERYTHING AS SHE WOULD HAVE. Other realtors turned their backs they knew how bad it looked. But Ana and Pascal stayed true and with sincere integrity and honesty they risked a lot to see this through.
The most deeply impacting aspect is how much they care about people. All people. They are the most caring Realtors I have ever met and I have met many since I have done work with home sellers who need to clear out their spaces.
I have seen Ana and Pascal give hours of in depth information to
folksand their consultations are not only in depth but they can go on for days as they research and dig into the specifics of existing properties and the needs and interests of the buyers. That is why this woman was so lucky, because her needs were of epic proportions.
Team Forest specializes in the Berkeley/​Oakland and extended area around Alameda county. Especially since Ana grew up here and has owned property for a long time she knows this area. (We know each other from Berkeley High & have been recently happily reunited.) The point is, they really really know this market place and offer so much because of being so familiar. Their newsletter comes to me monthly now with so many important details, the trends and market characteristics. I have learned a great deal now from their newsletter;I love getting it even though I wasn’t their client I was only helping their client for my mother.
So definitely check out Red Oak Realty Team FOREST. Ana and Pascal are the best. I would willingly speak in person about whatever other questions one may about them or the situation I just described. Feel free to call or email me. They really are absolutely amazing. Thank you for taking the time to read this recommendation.
Kaylia

I would never hesitate to recommend Ana and Pascal as honest, knowledgable, and professional people. In my experience they go beyond the lines of strickly business to include patience, decency, and compassion to help with very complicated housing problems.

I cold called Ana and Pascal from Los Angeles when I was considering relocating to Berkeley. They spent several days with me taking me to all of the neighborhoods from El Cerrito to Berkeley to Montclair and educating me about the area. I ultimately chose Berkeley and they led us to our beautiful home in the hills– this was after a highly competitive bid for another house and was also a competitive process. I believe both Ana and Pascal go the extra mile in sitting down and presenting their offer to reflect the seller’s intentions. I don’t think I could have had better representation. Pascal has a discerning eye with respect to building quality and design. He knows all the in’s and out’s of the hills. They are not pushy but are in it for the long haul to deliver a good outcome for their clients. They will say– are you sure you want to spend this much? They have also helped me in a bid for a house for my mother and they’ve called prior listings to try to dig up supply.
With Pascal and Ana I not only ended up with a fabulous home but also with two friends I hope to have for a very very long time.
[Also, they know tons about Berkeley schools too!]

We have worked clisely with Pascal and Anna for almost two years now. They have helped with our primary home purchase, as well as several unsuccessful bids in the frothy market of spring 2012. They also have helped us with the local house rental market, and we are currently working with them on potential investment properties and local condo purchases for an aging mother. Regardless of the price range or property type we have received the same attentive service and personal care. Both of them view the client relationship through a personal lens, and they bring their intuitions to bear on these emotional decisions as much as they bring their delamaking savvy and financial know-​how to the rational elements of the process.
If anyone asks me who to use as real estate agents in Berkeley l will encourage them to use Pascal and Anna. Whether you are a seasoned homebuyer or new to the process, Pascal and Anna will make your experience more enjoyable and as efficient as ever.

I found Pascal Forest to be incredibly insightful and helpful. I contacted Ana and Pascal because I was unsure about whether and how to buy property in the East Bay, with a particular interest in the Berkeley Hills. Pascal not only offered his services as realtor, but helped me to understand the financial dimenions of the purchase at a level of sophistication far beyond what I would normally expect from a real estate agent. I have worked with three brokers in the past (in Southern California) and only wish I’d had someone so helpful from the get go! I recommend the Forests to anyone looking for a combination of in-​depth knowledge and clear communication.