Dan Joy

Yikes. When we told Dan we no longer wanted to work with him and thanks but we would be moving on to another realtor, he acted very unprofessionally. Like a jilted lover. Wasn’t good.

On 01/​17/​2012 I posted a review for Dan. My review, rating Dan as excellent has not changed! He sold another home, a condo in Oakland, in November 2013 for me and my partner. His guidance, integrity and knowledge base resulted in a selling price that was considerably higher than our wildest dreams. Kudo’s to Dan for continuing to demonstrate exemplary customer focus. As a repeat customer of Dan’s I couldn’t be happier and would ask him to sell property for me again with no hesitation.

Dan recently help me sell 3 properties at the same time, two in Richmond and one in El Cerrito. I can’t tell you what a great job he did.
I had three rental properties that I had owned for a long time and they were not in great shape. He helped me work with the tenants living there, and then after they moved out, coordinated upgrades and a mini remodel to make them look really fantastic. He managed all the vendors as well.
Dan’s assessment of the market was spot on. We even exceeded my price expectations on each property. The escrows were well coordinated, well managed and everything closed as planned.
I trusted Dan and he came through. It was a lot of work and he never made me feel like I was asking for too much.
I would highly recommend Dan to use as a Realtor and would come back to him without hesitation.

Dan worked with me to remodel our home and to sell it recently. He is an excellent agent, knows the construction industry, and knows what buyers want. He really proved that to me because our house got $ 65k over the asking price.
Frankly, there could not have been a more difficult project than the remodel of our house in order to prepare it for sale. Our house needed a major upgrade to the electrical system, we needed a major kitchen remodel, and we needed to make the downstairs area which had been used for laundry and a tool room into a livable space. Add to that termites were found during construction and also dry rot!
Dan was very good at recommending a team of experts to remodel the kitchen, transform the tool/​laundry room, get rid of the termites and dry rot and paint the house inside and out. He even picked out a new sink/​vanity for the bathroom and selected new lighting.
Dan is a hands-​on agent and he brought with him a team of skilled contractors who gave me reasonable prices for what they accomplished. He made some good calls about what was needed to make our house stand out — in the end the house looked quite beautiful, like a designer showplace.

Dan is an agent who has a positive outlook for the real estate market of today. Other agents told us «the market is not what it used to be.» Maybe not, but with Dan’s positive outlook and his driving the direction of what marketing was needed to sell our home, event taking us beyond our desired preparation costs, yielded us an above market listing and quick sale. Not only did Dan have a team of subcontractors to work with, he was there for us when we had differences in style opinions. Knowing our home was an estate sale Dan Knew he would be dealing with daughters that had a lot of emotional attachments and respected our desires when we wouldn’t change some things. However, he did direct us to do what he knew would sell the home. To follow his lead is a good thing. Dan is definitely the agent you will want to list and sell your home so you may reap the value you anticipate and possibly more.

Based on other Unilocal reviews, we found Dan to help us buy our first home. We had no idea what to expect from the process, and Dan guided us every step of the way — from our first meeting, to moving in. After a brief conversation about what we were looking for in a home, he quickly zeroed in on introducing us to new neighborhoods (we knew very little about the East Bay) and homes that fit our needs. After touring just a few homes, Dan also knew what we would like and wouldn’t, and made the process easy for us.
We really saw how great Dan was as an agent once we presented the offer, went through some negotiations and saw him take care of a myriad of details to get us from our offer all the way to closing — we hardly had to do a thing. Add that he’s just plain wonderful to work with, and I’d say you couldn’t go wrong.

3 years ago we moved to the East Bay from the East Coast with little clue about the real estate market, neighborhoods or schools. We rented for six months while we looked for a house. Thank goodness we found Dan. He got to know our whole family and really understood the kind of niche property we were looking for (the need for a mother-​in-​law apartment, for instance, and a family-​friendly neighborhood and good schools). He was dogged on our behalf from the time we started looking through the day we took ownership and beyond. Three years later, we love our house, and we love Dan. He’s the best.

Dan Joy is an incredible agent! He helped us find the perfect house in a few short weeks. Dan is professional, caring and helpful. He wasn’t all about money. In fact, he gave us a lower number to offer than we were thinking!
Besides being an incredible agent, Dan has a lot of wonderful recommendations for painters, contractors, etc. We plan to use him in our future purchases and have recommended him to all our friends and family!

My husband and I began working with Dan in 2006 to purchase our first home. We were unfamiliar with the area and Dan quickly realized we needed a lot of help. Dan took the time to understand the type of home that would be best for us and to educate us about the neighborhoods. He quickly narrowed our options and within 10 days we put an offer on our future home. We loved it and wanted to stay forever but our growing family wouldn’t fit in it.

Four years later we began planning to sell our home with Dan and he started hunting for a larger home for us. He found us exactly what we needed even when we weren’t sure of it. Within a few months we had purchased a new home under the asking price, Dan ensured all details were tended to on our behalf. For the sale of our first home, even though it’s a down market, Dan ensured we didn’t price it too low and we still sold it for over asking — exactly what a seller wants!
He listened, followed up, and ensured the buyers, sellers and their agents did all of of the agreed upon items for the transactions to progress smoothly. He is fair, honest, and will work on your behalf for exactly what you want and need.

When my wife and I decided to «downsize,» we met Dan Joy at an apartment he was showing. He was friendly, knowledgable and helpful. Although we did not want that particular apartment, he worked hard to find us a place, and a YEAR later he found the one we were looking for – get this – before it went on the MLS listings! We went into negotiations with the seller, bought it, and started renovations.
In the meantime, we gave Dan the listing on the house we had to sell. He hung in there, spent countless hours and tremendous energy and effort to sell our house in the worst real estate market in decades. He helped us find great contractors to get the house looking terrific, recommended a savvy stager and a plant person, and was at our house every week to make sure it looked just right for the numerous open houses he held. He is VERY attentive to details.
It took several months to sell our house, but Dan was encouraging and positive through the entire trying process, regardless of how depressed we felt.
Dan deserves this 5 star rating, for sure!