Lisa Blackwell

My sister and I recently made the difficult decision to sell our family home. Lisa understood the sentimental aspects of selling and was patient and was very low-pressure. She even selflessly offered ideas as to how we could potentially stay in the home ourselves. Moving forward with the sale, we established a very comfortable working relationship with Lisa as she demonstrated extensive knowledge of what needed to be done to prepare the house for sale. She is very well-connected in the Real Estate community and our house sold before it was put on the market for well above the asking price. It was a pleasure and very positive experience working with Lisa.

I would like to strongly recommend choosing Lisa Blackwell and Paula J. Harrell as your prospective agent and mortgage broker for any real estate transaction. I have been in the home buying process for the past year where I had to put in several offers to no avail. Within two weeks of working with Lisa, I found a property I liked and got my offer accepted. She really knows the Bay Area neighborhoods and is very well connected amongst real estate agents and other professionals one may need to close a real estate transaction. Both Lisa and Paula worked tirelessly in tandem as the dynamic duo to close my purchase despite many ups and downs. These two amazing ladies kept an overly aggressive selling agent and developer in contract (90 days) during a seller’s market. There were times I had doubts about the transaction closing but was reassured by their strategy and skill in making my home buying dreams a reality.

My husband and I have sold many properties in numerous communities across the nation and Lisa Blackwell has been an outstanding partner in our recent local transactions. Our requirements for our most recent transaction were to sell the property, manage the renovation and close our home while realizing a certain profit in 60 days. Lisa met our demands and even exceeded them, selling our property in record time, at the highest $/sqft to date, with little involvement from us, saved us money on the reno and sold at a higher price than we expected. We are thankful that Lisa was recommended to us and endorse her as a high level professional with a team that go the extra miles for her clients and is a real pleasure to work with.

I can’t thank Lisa enough. Having her sell my home was a wonderful experience, she was kind, listened to what was important to me, and did an exceptional job of paying attention to market changes- all to put more money into my pocket! I have already referred her to people I know and would recommend her to anyone to be their real estate advisor.

Lisa's a great real estate agent and advisor. She listened to our needs, helped us find a great location for our home, and made sure that we get the house we wanted. Lisa was very patient. Our interactions with her were great. We really liked that she provided us with great advice: for example, how much the house will likely sell for and the comps. Lisa had a quick turnaround especially every time we made an offer. Lastly, she introduced us to amazing people that helped us with our home, like the architect and the loan people. She has a great process in place. It was spot on. We're very satisfied with the service she provided and wouldn't have changed anything during our home buying experience with her.

Lisa Blackwell and her team represented us across different asset classes and neighborhoods in both San Francisco and the East Bay and each representation has been successful and enjoyable. In every scenario, she listened to what was important to us and then did what it took to deliver success as we defined it. This ran the gamut from off-market sales to traditional marketing and open house marketing campaigns and negotiating multiple offers. She went above and beyond, paid attention to what was going on, and acted quickly whenever a situation came up. For one property after just days on the market, Lisa made a total pivot to the marketing campaign when the feedback showed a very specific likely buyer. In all cases, she was assertive about getting us what we wanted, mitigating our risk at every juncture, and made it as pleasant as possible by communicating frankly and kindly throughout the process. Having her represent me has been a great personal experience and sound business decision. I would recommend Lisa Blackwell to anyone without reservation.

The experience with Lisa Blackwell Properties was extremely phenomenal. I've recommended Lisa to 3 other colleagues since the time of closing. I would say the transaction we had with Lisa was the smoothest closing. We've had experience closing properties with 2 other agents, but the entire experience with Lisa was different. Lisa did a fantastic job representing us. She communicated very proactively. She did a great job of communicating through email and SMS. She understood perfectly what we needed and what was important to us, and she found the perfect property. Lisa has continued to follow up with us, which is great. The process was extremely thorough and very easy to follow. What really stood out to me during the entire transaction process was the proactive communication, understanding what the client really needed, and follow-through after the closing. If I were to describe Lisa, the top three words would be: proactive, caring and committed, and very professional.

Working with Lisa Blackwell Properties was seamless from start to finish. Things were pretty quick. Her team was beyond responsive. My husband and I were navigating internationally since we are in different time zones though she makes sure that we are both included in the conversations. Very attentive and very helpful in dealing with different tasks like document signing. The whole transaction process was thorough and I can't think of anything or any area to work on. We did this whole thing and this is not the first time we are selling homes though I honestly can't think of any room for improvement. The top three words that best describe Lisa to me are professional, she seems very authentic, and collaborative. Lisa was 100% super professional, very engaging and was really open to engaging at different times handling the transaction process since me and my husband are in different time zones. She seemed very authentic to me as compared to other realtors. She was collaborative in the sense that she was working for her clients looking for scenarios or wins across the transaction process.

Things went well during the transaction process with Lisa Blackwell Properties. No feedback on the transaction process since we had worked with Lisa a couple of times before and we are comfortable with her and with the support team. There were a couple of buying and selling transactions we had with Lisa and it all worked out pretty well. As a buying agent, Lisa really helps you find out what you want. She has a good handle of all the neighborhoods in Oakland, and will definitely recommend her to other people as a realtor. Lisa is knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and personalized. She really cares about what the family thinks. I feel like she takes the time to get to know you and provide you with tailor-fit service.

We thoroughly enjoyed working with Lisa in our home search. She employed creative home-finding strategies that went above and beyond our expectations. Lisa is a well-connected, well-experienced realtor and that definitely showed in the decisive work she did on our behalf to get us meetings in the neighborhoods that we targeted. Even after we purchased our home, Lisa continued communicating with us and also provided recommendations for handymen and contractors to keep the house in tip-top shape. Lisa is fantastic to work with and we highly recommend her!