Tracy McBride

Experience? Check. Professionalism? Check. Extremely hard worker? Terrific communicator? Check. Integrity? Double check. As first time homebuyers with nary a clue when we started the process, Tracy has helped us masterfully navigate the oftentimes treacherous real estate waters in this hot market area. There are many, many moving parts that need to come together before, during, and after the offer is submitted, and she is truly an expert in ALL phases of the process. We had boatloads of questions, she answered them thoroughly and expeditiously. Her trained eyes caught subtle clues about the properties’ «bones» which added to our body of knowledge. She was unafraid to enter crawl spaces or further investigate nooks & crannies to obtain a true picture beyond that of the glossy marketing handout. Her network of local professionals, including loan officers, seismic engineers, home inspectors, and so forth, made the process exceptionally… painless. It’s been such a pleasure working with Tracy: if we held her in any higher esteem, her silver hair would be brushing against heaven’s door. In short, she is THE première realtor.

Rarely do I meet someone that truly impresses me. Tracy is what a real estate agent should be. We decided to work with Tracy to sell our loved home in Berkeley. Tracy was a true partner every step of the way. She gracefully navigated each step of the process and educated us along the way. Tracy was tireless with all the details, including paperwork issues, contracting bids, details of working with contractors to ensure high quality, helped out with random unexpected jobs, marketing and negotiating the final deal. With her help, we had a very solid home to put on the market and all the paperwork in order for clean offers, escrow and close. She was also great at communicating with us every step of the way. I was particularly impressed with her marketing readout. Our home sale went incredibly smooth. I can tell her years of experience and industry relationships add incredible value. All in all, we highly recommend working with Tracy!

5 stars is not nearly enough! Tracy helped us buy our house, after being recommended by a friend who also bought her house with Tracy. A+ in every category! She made the whole house buying process so much easier, carefully explaining everything that goes into it and patiently answers our long lists of questions. We really can’t say enough good things — we’ve already recommended her to every friend who is even thinking of buying a house.
You need an agent who is good. You will also be spending a lot of time with your agent, and it’s great to have someone friendly and helpful. Tracy is both.

When my 87 year old step mother decided to move out of the house she had lived in for 50 years, she talked to several realtors in the area. The materials Tracy McBride assembled for our first meeting, including market evaluations and a comprehensive marketing plan, persuaded my step-​mom to pick Tracy to list her house.
From then on, Tracy became an invaluable resource, always available, responding quickly to questions, going out of her way to make my step-​mom comfortable with all the unfamiliar steps and requirements. From the very beginning of the four month process Tracy was kind and considerate as well as business-​like and well prepared. Her suggestions on preparing the house for sale were always balanced and presented in a low-​key, straight-​forward manner. She gave us multiple options for how much work to have done. She created a detailed schedule for gardeners, cleaners, painters, inspectors and all the other workers necessary to get the house ready. She project-​managed the entire process while keeping us up-​to-​date and promptly answering all our questions. She was always happy to meet my step-​mom face-​to-​face to answer questions but was also completely comfortable exchanging emails and text messages with me. She even helped move some houseplants in her own car.
When the house was ready, it went on the market with a suite of attractive photographs, a web site and brochure ready to go for the open house. The sales campaign, which only lasted just over a week, generated over a dozen offers at prices which far exceeded our expectations.
Tracy then met with us, presenting all the offers in a huge spreadsheet and discussing the pros and cons of each. She helped us through the process of deciding which to accept. Then followed several rounds of negotiations with the various brokers until the final buyer emerged. Throughout this rather dramatic process, Tracy’s real estate expertise and levelheadedness were an enormous help as was her diligence in getting the right forms prepared and signed at the right times.
In summary, our experience with Tracy McBride was complete positive and I would unhesitatingly recommend her to anyone needing a realtor.

I recently sold my beloved North Berkeley home. Tracy managed the nitty-​gritty details of that sale, and as a life-​long project manager I have to say I have never seen anybody as on top of her game, and of details, as Tracy. She knows what it takes to present a home in its very best light in order to get the best sale price. She is absolutely relentless about making sure that all the bases are covered. She has a cadre of highly skilled and professional crafts-​and-​service people at her fingertips who seem willing to drop what they are doing at a moment’s notice and show up to fix stuff (for example — we had a sudden and unforeseen plumbing emergency on Super Bowl Sunday and Tracy’s plumber came out to the house at half-​time to take care of it). She is very proactive. She manages the paperwork and the inspections and whatever else needs doing so that you are always in the loop and always feel taken care of. She is remarkably responsive. Whenever I had a question or concern, she was a text away, day or night. Tracy helped to make what was for me a scary and overwhelming process smooth and easy, and we had a wonderful outcome. She was a joy to work with. I highly recommend Tracy to anybody considering selling their home in the East Bay.