Sell Your San Francisco Home with Confidence

We feel so fortunate to have selected Kinoko Real Estate to sell our luxury South Beach SF condo. Even though market conditions were challenging and interest rates were rising, Kevin, Nini, Catherine and the rest of their team listened to us and guided us through each step of the process. Their communication was excellent, and their network of contacts really helped not only with companies/vendors to help prep our condo for sale but also with potential buyers. Their marketing campaign really emphasized the strong points of our condo and made them shine. As a result, even in a market where similar properties were languishing, ours sold for 97.5% of the asking in a very smooth transaction. We really can’t say enough about how happy we were with our experience with Kinoko, and would recommend them highly to anyone looking for a great realtor in San Francisco.

My husband and I had a property in SF that was listed on the MLS for over two years and we switched agents twice. We were losing hope and thought it might never sell. Kinoko was highly recommended by a broker friend in the Peninsula. Kevin and Nini were extremely professional and confident, and the marketing strategies they pitched were eye-opening and impressive. They made it happen even though they couldn’t do normal open houses. Kevin and Nini’s determination, knowledge of the ever-changing market, and top-notch marketing strategies made this possible! They have followed through on everything they promised and more! It was a true pleasure working with them.

This is intended to be a recommendation for Kevin Gueco, whom we used to purchase a condo at the Madrone in San Francisco several years ago. We are in our early 60's and own 13 different homes, condos, and townhouses around California and Lake Tahoe. We have completed nearly 20 residential real estate sales and purchases over the past 35 years. We recommend Kevin without reservation - we have found him to be very hardworking, diligent, and honest. He is not a typical pushy real estate agent just trying to close on a commission. He listens very well and then goes out and scours the market to find something that fits our needs. Kevin gives his honest opinion of the value of properties and doesn't hesitate to recommend against something being overpriced. On the listing side, I am highly confident that he will not overpromise and underdeliver like so many agents do just in order to get a listing, only to subsequently come back and push for multiple price reductions. You will not regret working with Kevin.

I bought a number of properties and have worked with many real estate agents. Kevin is the best one out of all of them. Not just marginally better. MUCH better than the rest. There's a lot of great things about Kevin—knowledgeable about the market, connected, personable, hard working, always available.

My wife and I were looking to buy our first home in San Francisco and were justifiably nervous about the whole process. Kevin and his team made it easy and we had our perfect house less than a month later. Some things that drew me to Kinoko was the modern approach he takes to home buying. They leverage technology in a smart way to give us the edge in the process. On top of that, they were crazy responsive throughout the whole process, night and day - whatever it takes to get the deal done. Whenever we needed to do a private our, be at the house during escrow, or check something out either him or a member of his team would be there no matter the time. Finally, the team knew all the people involved and as a result could bring the right strategy to bear to get us the house. Kevin was also able to line up all the parties (getting us a loan agent, coordinating escrow, inspection, the selling agent and more) to make the closing process both fast and painless. Couldn't be happier with the whole Kinoko team and we're both deeply thankful for them for getting us our home.

Kevin, Nini, and team did an incredible job for us. My wife and I were looking for our first home and they quickly understood our style and aesthetic and made sure to show us only the options that would interest us. They were quick to diagnose our needs and potential locations in both the neighborhoods we knew we wanted but selectively in other neighborhoods as well. They were incredibly responsive and knowledgeable which we appreciated as first-time buyers. We ultimately tried to buy another unit in the building but were outbid. We were fortunate that Kevin and team got us an opportunity to top that bid, but we declined. Knowing we loved the building though, the Kinoko team did some sleuthing for us and learned that one of the other owners in the building with an identical floor plan but across the hall was planning on listing their unit in a few months. We were able to negotiate with that other owner and put in an offer off-market for less than what we originally planned on paying for the original unit. The grit and determination from Kevin and Nini were apparent throughout our process, particularly when they found the owners of the unit we bought on Facebook and messaged them before they were able to list their unit. We never felt pushed into a transaction (which happened with another broker before we met Kevin and Nini). We still keep in touch and enjoyed working with them throughout our process.

Kevin and Nini are simply amazing! They helped us buy our first home, a single-family home in Bernal Heights. We had been looking for at least 6 months with no luck before we met Kevin and Nini, who make an absolutely dynamic team. Nini has the incredible ability to figure out what the client wants and needs. During the preceding months, my husband and I had difficulty finding a home that both of us liked, but Nini asked us detailed questions during our consultation and found several homes that we loved within a day. Once we decided to make an offer, Kevin helped us with our offer strategy and negotiated on our behalf, resulting in an accepted offer below list price within 1 WEEK of us meeting them. From personal experience and speaking to multiple colleagues and friends, this is absolutely unheard of in San Francisco. I believe this is a testament to their solid relationships and real estate expertise in the Bay Area. Kevin and Nini absolutely nailed it during the escrow process. As first-time homebuyers, we asked questions at every step of the way and they were extremely responsive. We often received a response within minutes. They took care of everything! When we walked through the house and Nini noticed it was not completely clean, she immediately sent a cleaning crew over and paid for them herself. Their attention to detail and solid follow through really made a difference during this potentially stressful process. We had such a spectacular experience that we have referred several colleagues who have purchased homes with Nini and Kevin's help. Whenever someone asks me for a real estate agent recommendation, I send them to Kevin and Nini without hesitation and my friends and colleagues who have worked with them have all echoed our experience. I fully trust them to have our best interests in mind and would absolutely work with them again if we decide to sell our home in the future.

I’ve known Kevin Gueco since 2012 when I bought my first property in San Francisco. Even though he was not my agent, he was very professional and gracious enough to provide some great advice. His knowledge of the real estate market and future outlook was spot on. The first encounter made a lasting impression. Fast forward eight years, after interviewing several real estate agents to help us sell our property we made the decision to work Kevin and his team. We were glad to have crossed paths again and to have the opportunity to work with him. Since listing our property, it confirmed we made the right decision. Kevin and his team have been a great asset. They are very attentive to our questions and concerns. Their recommendations and marketing strategy demonstrate the experiences Kevin has garnered over the years in the San Francisco real estate market. I would not hesitate to recommend Kevin to any of my close friends who is looking for a caring and top rated real estate agent.

Kevin Gueco, Nini, and team are the best agents we've worked with and I recommend them highly, particularly in a competitive environment like the bay area. Six years ago, I worked with Kevin on the purchase of my current home in San Francisco. Kevin is exceptionally responsive and has the kind of hustle you want on your team. He was able to successfully negotiate a win for us against multiple other buyers and through multiple rounds of counter offers. After the close, Kevin added value by introducing me to trusted service providers that we still use to this day. More recently, my husband and I have been looking for a second home on the peninsula, and we immediately called up Kevin. It was a highly competitive and unique property. Rather than use the same playbook we did on the current home, Kevin's team put together a smart strategy to give us the best chance to win the property given our constraints. Although we didn't get the property, we don't regret how we played the game. You can't always win, but why not give yourself an edge by having the MVP on your team?

My husband and I have known Kevin Gueco and his wife Nini for over 10 years now, both as our realtors and friends. We met Kevin and his team as a young couple, looking to buy our first condo in San Francisco. We had no idea what we were doing or where to begin in such a competitive market. Kevin took all of our questions and concerns, listened to them, and patiently showed us properties that we found and loved, along with some amazing options we may not have explored on our own. When we found our dream starter home, the team helped us navigate every step of the way, answering countless questions at all hours of the day and night, promptly and expertly. So, when it came it came time for us to upsize and sell our condo, the choice to have Kevin run the show was a no brainer. We very quickly sold at one of the highest per square foot prices in SF at the time, due to the extensive knowledge and negotiation skills of Kevin and his team. We then closed on our second home in the extremely desirable Dogpatch neighborhood in record time and for our offer price, despite many issues with the developer and his agent’s team. Kevin and his team deftly handled the many obstacles thrown at them in order to get us into our new home within our very tight timeline. Currently, we are thinking of selling our home and relocating back east next spring, so we have already had a couple of Zoom meetings with Nini to discuss timelines, expectations, and the current state of the market. The patience and care on the part of the Kinoko team is truly genuine and we have often referred them to friends looking to buy or sell. I cannot say how impressed I continually am with the Kinoko team’s desire to educate themselves, stay on top of new trends in the field of real estate, and to just generally be excellent resources to their clients. We are very thankful to have such a fantastic and driven team to rely on. It is my feeling that anyone would be in great hands with this team!

My wife and I were second time home buyers. We didn't realize how much better our first experience could have been until we started working with Team Gueco on our current home. They made themselves available around the clock and were always keeping an eye out for homes that fit our specific tastes and needs, while trying to identify opportunities that could work. Their smart use of technology to augment the process was really productive. The team was always patient and communicative, offering advice whenever we sought feedback. And they are the best client advocates and negotiators in the business. When a previously unknown issue with our house was discovered during escrow, the team worked with us emotionally as well as walked us through the steps to get additional inspections on the property and then negotiated down our offer price by nearly 10%. WOW! Highly recommend.

Nini, Kevin and their team gave us such a great and easy experience buying our first home here in San Francisco. Day and Night we could ask questions per email or phone and the both responded quickly. We were overwhelmed with this crazy house market here in the Bay Area since me and my husband are from Germany and had no idea how buying a place works here in the US. Nini and Kevin were such a help and all our questions were welcome and answered. We only had a small time window to find a home because of our rental contract but Nini and Kevin were up for the challenge and found us a nice home here in North Beach for our little family. We would definitely work with them again in the future.

Our journey to find our new home actually started while working with another agent. However, we were dissatisfied with our existing agent so we decided to reach out to Nini and we never looked back. Nini and Kevin’s expertise and level of service was night and day compared to the other agent. Their knowledge of the real estate market, different neighborhoods, and the buildings we were interested in as well as new developments was evident early on. Although we knew that Nini and Kevin were juggling multiple clients, they always treated us like VIP clients and were extremely responsive and proactive. Nini and Kevin immediately scheduled a consultation with us where they quickly gained a clear understanding of what was important to us and started showing us great properties that we hadn't seen, and many before being listed due to their ability to leverage their network. Within a few days of the consultation and despite the holidays, they were able to work with other agents to schedule open houses right away. Then it happened, they sent us pictures and information on an upcoming unit that was exactly what we wanted plus more! Because of them, we were actually the first to view this home. Knowing how much this unit was perfect for us, Nini and Kevin came up with a clear and creative offer strategy. They made sure to develop a strong rapport with the seller's agent and understand what the seller was looking for. They also recommended we include a personal note with our offer to show how much we loved and would take care of their home. On the day we submitted our offer (the seller held private showings for 2 weeks and only accepted offers after the showings were complete), Nini went above and beyond to deliver our offer in person to make sure she could gather where we stood versus the other offers and adjust our offer on the spot. She negotiated relentlessly on our behalf. We know that we didn't give the highest offer, but she somehow made it clear that we were the right people to be the new owners. We were beyond excited! We can safely say that if it wasn't for Nini and Kevin, we wouldn't be in our home today. Their knowledge of the market is only surpassed by their passion to deliver for their clients. We can’t recommend Nini and Kevin highly enough!

I worked with Kevin back in 2008 in my search for my first home, and I remember it was a pleasure working with him. I found him sort of by chance, and he quickly helped me to understand the processes in finding the right home as well as the San Francisco real estate market back then. My search took us all around the city and took several months, but Kevin was always there to help, do the research, and advise me. He was very patient throughout the process, and very thoughtful in helping me avoid mistakes. After months of searching, I finally found what I was looking for, and he immediately went the extra mile to help me negotiate the right price and deal for me. Twelve years later and I still consider Kevin a partner and a friend, and would work with him again.

When we started our process as first time home buyers, we were wondering what the need for Real Estate Agents were. Shortly after starting to work with Kinoko (Thank you Michael and Nini!), our question was answered. Their depth of knowledge, familiarity with San Francisco, responsiveness, and willingness to go the extra mile made the buying process feel easy. After we told them what we were looking for, they got right to work and started sending us several listings and were always open to meet us to do walk throughs/answer questions about a property. Most importantly, they were quick to earn our trust that they wanted to find the ideal home for us and were not in rush to close just any home. I give them a glowing 5 stars and would recommend anyone looking in San Francisco work with Kinoko.

My wife and I engaged Kevin to sell our San Francisco condominium in 2018. The decision to use Kevin as our agent was not made lightly as we had used another broker in the past with good results. Several key skills made Kevin stand out to us. The responsiveness of Kevin and his team was fantastic and each inquiry or issue along the way both prior to and after sale was lightening fast and accurate. His use of technology was best in class. Kevin was also able to draw on a network which he has cultivated over the years. Kevin offered a realistic, common sense approach to the market which was honest and resulted in a quick and flawless sale. As far as a testimonial goes, the most important question is always "would you use him again"? We have another property in San Francisco currently used as rental income. When the time comes to put it on the market, we will reach out to Kevin and his Kinoko group to sell.