Michael Salstein – Broker Associate

We recently relocated to the Bay Area and Michael was recommended to us by friends. We were very pleased with our experience. Being new to the area and our first home purchase, Michael was a fantastic guide! He knows the local markets inside and out. Throughout our few months working together, Michael was always available. Even when he was on vacation in Mexico, I always heard back from him within 15 minutes at the most. I am in a client facing profession myself and I really value this level of client focus and responsiveness. We also appreciated Michael’s candor. He often brought items to our attention in the process that we might have missed (being first time homebuyers). We would absolutely recommend Michael and would work with him again in the future without hesitation.

I have known Michael for over ten years now and he has helped me buy my first apartment and buy and sell two more. He has a vast knowledge having been in the business for many years. He can make any deal happen, he is a great negotiator and will ease you the rather stressful process of mortgage application and home purchase. He has great attention to detail and is a pleasure to work with, you can trust wholeheartedly that he will do right by his client. I highly recommend him!

We are first time home buyers, so we needed a lot of guidance. Michael has been an excellent buyer realtor for us. He is very patient, and took the time to explain all the details to us. He is very responsive to all our queries be it emails or text.
Michael also has many years of experience working in the SF market. So he knows how to price the offer properly. This is very crucial as a buyer in the hyper-​competitive seller’s market in SF. We listened to his pricing advise in our very first home offer in SF, and our first offer was accepted 24 hours later! This is almost unheard of in the current SF market!
Michael is very easy to work with, and you can trust him that he has your back. For example, he identified a seller’s charge on our Buyer’s statement that was erroneously placed by the escrow company, and that was promptly corrected.
I highly recommend Michael, and would work with him again!

I worked with Michael to sell my Noe Valley condo last February. I am so glad I did. The process was far more challenging then I had anticipated (not because of Michael!). Michael really understood our challenges and went out of his way to mitigate them. He took on additional roles and counseled us through some really tough terrain. His knowledge and expertise made a huge difference. He was also able to find contractors, workers, and a stager within our very limited budget making an enormous difference in the end. He was always patient with us, as we were not the most on top of the things we needed to get done (I had just had a baby about three weeks prior and was pretty exhausted!) What really stood out to me throughout the entire process is how much he cared. He added humor and calm in the midst of challenge, leaving us laughing about things that could have left us in tears. San Francisco is not the easiest place to do Real Estate, and it pays to work with someone who has the experience and expertise to make the process feel smooth. And I should mention that he helped us get an amazing price for our unit with his even tempered and calm negotiation skills. I would use Michael again and I have recommended him to multiple friends.

Michael was amazing during my entire buying process. My husband and I were not the easiest clients– we couldn’t make up our mind what we wanted!- but Michael was always patient and helped us figure out what was right for us.
His attention to the details really impressed me too. He made sure that everything was taken care of and that the process was as smooth as possible. I highly recommend Michael to anyone who is looking for a smart and professional real estate agent in SF.

Michael was an excellent match for the house search that my husband and I conducted in the up-​and-​coming Bayview neighborhood. His straightforward and direct manner meant that we received the benefits of his expertise throughout the process. Michael was thorough and responsive in all aspects of our house search, from our first meeting with him when we expressed interest in purchasing a home, all the way through to a successful bid. He was attentive and quick to grasp the sort of properties that we were interested in and openly communicated some of the red flags that we should keep an eye out for when choosing to make bid. Michael’s ability to negotiate with challenging sellers and situations is fantastic. We were very grateful to have someone with so much knowledge, savvy, and confidence on our side. I highly recommend Michael to anyone looking to purchase a home in San Francisco — he’s a pro!

Michael Salstein has been my realtor and most importantly a friend since 2004 when I relocated to San Francisco from LA. I had lived in San Francisco for a few years prior but was not a home owner during that time. When I was relocating to SF from LA Michael was my realtor. He was great as he started showing me a variety of homes to help pinpoint what would be the ideal home for myself. After about 3 weekends of looking the ideal home discovered and he made sure that I got it! A few years later he helped me buy my East bay home and then this past year he sold our SF Condo for us. What an adventure this was. We stayed in contact for 3 years while we decided when the right time would be to put it on the market. This Spring we talked and he said — It is time. You have waited for the right time and it is now. In less than 1 month of having it on the market it sold and closed and for way way over asking. He helped get a price for it that far exceeded any value expectations that I had for the home in all 9 years of ownership. Michael has and always will be a mentor, friend and respected individual in my life. I am grateful for everything that he has done for me and my spouse. Thank you Michael. I am truly ever indebted to you.