Doug Sager

Working with Doug to find and purchase my first home was great! Our offer was accepted on our first try! He walked me through confusing paperwork and frustrating hiccups in the process. He always had great recommendations for contractors, roofers, insurance, etc. I highly recommend working with him!

Doug is a fantastic real estate agent.
I’ve purchased one condo and one unit in a TIC building through Doug.
The TIC unit I purchased in SF, I purchased while I was finishing up an expat assignment in Europe. Doug went above and beyond to make this purchase work for me especially given the 9 hour time difference and the competitive real estate market. In addition, Doug was extremely knowledgeable in the TIC market and was able to give me the right guidance (selection of the right lender) on making this purchase.
I recently purchased a condo in the Rockridge area and again Doug was able to efficiently and effectively guide the home purchase process.
Doug is a results oriented real estate agent who provides a high level of customer service that I greatly appreciate.
I would definitely recommend Doug to any prospective home buyer.

Doug is amazing… truly amazing. We were first time home buyers and Doug walked us through every step of the way, never making us feel bad for asking questions. We weren’t the most competitive buyers in the market, but he found us an amazing home really quickly and worked strategically to get it for us. We can’t thank him enough for his partnership and knowledge throughout the process.

Doug is a great guy. He is knowledgeable, competent, and accomplished.
As a first time home buyer, Doug helped educate me on the process, and was quick to adjust with my changing situation. Once I was prepared to buy, Doug pulled from his intimate knowledge of the area and tapped into his local network to secure the ideal home for me.
We closed quickly with absolutely no snags, plus my offer was not the highest.
I highly recommend Doug Sager.

Doug is the best! He assisted me with the purchase of my home in the spring of 2015. I actually started looking to buy in 2013, but after a conversation with my boss, felt that it was not a great time to buy as I may need to relocate.
Fast forward 15 months, I’m still in Oakland and am staying here for some time. All it took was one text for Doug to completely re-​engage. If you’ve bought a home before, you know that the process can be arduous and stressful. My case was no different — an error on my credit report took months to fix. Again, Doug waited patiently and was there for me through it all.
As soon as everything was ready to go, Doug quickly helped me narrow my search. In less than two months, I was in escrow on my dream home! Doug is a seasoned expert and veteran. He provides great recommendations on everything, patiently explains any questions, is responsive, professional and detailed.
Bottom line is, if you buy or sell in Oakland and you don’t work with Doug — you’re making a mistake!

I would highly recommend Doug Sager if you are buying or selling a home. Doug is a pro and knew just how to get us top dollar for my dad’s house. Following Doug’s advise we got $ 120K over asking which was a lot more then we expected to get for the house. He and the team he works with are super stars.

Doug was fantastic. We had been contemplating selling our home for a long time and when we were finally ready to take the leap, Doug was totally ready to help us get it done. He was organized, setup a project timeline, and had his entire team lined up in no time. The house got tastefully painted inside and out, floors refinished, and fully staged in less than one month’s time. We were not always the easiest folks to work with as we were particular about the work done on our home and we had busy schedules to work around with two young kids. But Doug was patient, worked with our needs, and kept everything moving forward as planned. The house went on the market exactly on schedule and we closed within 2 weeks for upwards of 20% over the asking price. All thanks to Doug and his hard work.

We chose Doug Sager after interviewing three agents and we could not be happier with our choice. He helped us assemble a strategy, team and offer that got us the first house we bid on in our first choice neighborhood. Doug made the entire process quick and enjoyable. He was a delight to work with and we hope to work with him again in the future. We recommend Doug Sager to anyone looking for a home!

Doug helped me sell my TIC apartment in Oakland and couldn’t have been any more amazing to work with. Other realtors turned me down due to the challenge of working with a TIC, but Doug took it on with confidence. He had a clear plan of how to sell, stuck to the plan, was great at communicating about how things were going, and we were in escrow within two weeks. He’s not like most realtors… a down-​to-​earth, friendly guy, who was a pleasure to work with. Don’t look any further, choose Doug to help you buy or sell a home in the East Bay.

Doug helped me buy my condo in Oakland!
He was knowledgable, reliable and responsive. He could see my sense of urgency and that I was motivated and was quick with responses.
He also was really patient with me. Over the course of my process of looking for a place, it took many incarnations (condo vs house, parties involved) and he was flexible, understanding and stayed with me despite the challenges. And we made it work and I’m really happy with my place!!! Everything was really smooth once the offer got accepted and he just made the whole process seamless.

If you need to buy a home in the East Bay, Doug should be your first point of contact. We worked with Doug to buy our very first home, and were unsure of both the process and whether we could afford anything that we would actually want. We also knew that one of the few cities left that had affordable houses in the Bay Area was Oakland, but knew very little about the city or its neighborhoods.
Doug went out of his way to show us houses all over the city and explain what was great and different (or maybe not so great) about each of the neighborhoods so we could make an informed decision. I think the average number of offers that people make before having their first one accepted in this area hovers around 10, we found our dream home with only two. Once we found the dream home, Doug worked tirelessly to ensure that our offer was accepted, including helping us write our offer within 3 hours of having seen the home. He is strategic, clever, professional, honest, connected, and everything you could possibly want when buying a home.
He also set us up with an AMAZING team to walk us through the process of our very first home loan, which can be daunting and terrifying. Not only is Doug a pleasure to work with, he’ll ensure that once his job is done, that you’re in good hands.

I had the pleasure of working with Doug on a purchase with a mutual client. I am a mortgage consultant in Walnut Creek and have handled many purchases loans for my clients. Doug was fantastic to work with.
Doug helped our clients find the home that they wanted in a competitive market and successfully got them into contract within a couple of weeks. He took outstanding care of our clients and was super accessible. He knows Oakland Real Estate and has the connections to the other Realtors in the area, which is extremely valuable when writing offers and finding properties.
If you are looking to buy in Oakland and Oakland Hills area, I could not recommend Doug any higher!

We worked with Doug to purchase our first home and had a great experience! My husband and I had heard so many horror stories from our friends regarding their Bay Area home purchase experience that we were definitely very wary when we started our search. However, unlike many people we know who spent months (or years) looking for a home, we found something within a couple of months. Doug is extremely knowledgeable and really seemed to get what we were looking for. Doug is very responsive and just an all around nice/​cool person. With Bay Area home prices being what they are and how competitive the market is, I’ve had friends deal with snobby realtors who made them feel «poor» for not being able to spend millions of dollars on a house! I didn’t even know that was a thing as Doug always made us feel like we were a priority (and we had a tight budget). If you are looking for a realtor, or have worked with someone for a long time with no results, we would highly recommend working with Doug.

I would highly recommend Doug to anyone looking for a Realtor in the Oakland/​Bay Area. I was referred to Doug through a friend who also used him to help her find her first home.
Doug took the time to listen to what I was looking for, my must haves/​have nots and got to work. I knew he was listening to me when I sent him a link to a condo community and said «i like this type of place», and his response was «that was my first choice for you.»
Doug is extremely knowledgeable in the Oakland/​Bay Area real-​estate market, as well as the home-​buying process (as he should be – but as a «rookie» I especially appreciated his expertise). We had a very unique situation — he was able to find me something before it’s renovations were done, before it was on the market. It was a very unique transaction, which seemed to take ages, but I always knew he was in my corner, with my best interests in mind.
He is also very well connected, and has excellent referrals for your mortgage, home inspection, etc (if you don’t have a preferred vendor already). I had great luck with everyone I’ve worked with through Doug as well.
Thank you Doug for helping me find the perfect place!

If there were a possibility for 10 stars, Doug certainly deserves it and has earned it. He helped us to buy our second home in Oakland, which we used a HELOC as a down payment from our first home to purchase the second one.
Doug found us and won us a home in the toughest real estate market in the country (November 2013 in Oakland, CA) where homes are literally going for $ 200,000 over asking with multiple over asking offers!
He not only got us the home we wanted in the neighborhood we wanted, but it appraised for OVER what we bought it at and he even protected us from delays in closing and worked closely with the sellers to keep us from losing our dream home when the banks delayed our loan (s). He also worked closely with the banks to make sure everything was done correctly the first time!
This is the third house I’ve purchased and I will NEVER USE ANOTHER REALTOR! Doug is it! He still helps us when we have questions and he sat at every one of our signings, taking the time to help us understand what we were signing and always working on our behalf. He was also very involved in the inspection and documenting the repair list, which proved to be invaluable. When you get a realtor that knows what they’re doing — it truly does make a world of difference.
I refer everyone I know to Doug when selling or purchasing their home because he has been BY FAR the best realtor I’ve ever worked with. You’d be lucky to have him as your realtor. He’s stellar.

I am updating my review for Doug because I just became a homeowner thanks to him! Hooray!
I now have a beautiful loft in Oakland, and I could not have had this without Doug’s help.
I had a really complex closing. First of all, it was a short sale. For anyone who has gone through this process, you know how stressful it is. You’re basically just waiting and praying to the bank gods (in my case, Wells Fargo) that they will approve the sale. You never know how long this takes. I found out a week before my trip to Japan that my home will be closing during my trip. I had to set up Power of Attorney for my best friend to sign the documents, rush everything with the escrow company, etc. I was stressed.
Doug was my savior. He made all the appointments for me, patiently explained all the real estate jargon on every document, and most of all, he was just there for me. His presence meant more than anything to a confused, first-​time buyer like myself.
I will never forget the text Doug sent me as I sat on the plane to Japan. I had texted him to tell him how worried I was about the closing. This was my one shot at getting my dream place. What if something went wrong? My best friend got sick? I was missing a document? Doug simply texted back: «Let Doug take care of everything.»
And you know what? He did.
That pretty much summarizes the AWESOMENESS that is Doug Sager. If you are looking for a home, «Let Doug take care of everything.»

Doug recently sold me house for me, and I could not have been more pleased with his performance. Doug took care of everything and made the transition from the home I had been in for nearly a decade to a new place in another area, as smooth as humanly possible.
Over the course of the few months we worked together Doug answered my numerous questions thoroughly and quickly, putting all of my concerns to rest. Doug went above and beyond the call of duty, assisting me with finding a storage unit, etc.
If you are looking to buy or sell a home in the Bay Area, you owe it to yourself to engage Doug’s services. You will not regret it.