Asher and Associates

For all of the people out there who wonder where I went for Condo Management after PMC: I went to Laura Asher at Asher and Associates. Laura was skillful at navigating tricky situations. She is a very gentle and peacemaking presence. She helped my HOA get past some difficult times and move to very smooth sailing. I highly recommend her.

Laura was our HOA at our amazing condo in the heart of San Francisco and was always very pleasant and responsive to questions, etc.
Upon finding out we were relocating, Laura reached out to offer to be our selling agent. We had no idea she did this, and were about to sign with another realtor but she changed out minds with her passion and responsiveness. She was out to look at our place within a few hours and had the papers ready by that evening, photos were taken the next day, and the place was on the market. We wanted a quick turnaround and the other realtor we were going with had a strategy that we thought we liked, based on that fact that she had been the seller’s agent when we bought the condo, however upon speaking with Laura, we found that the other realtor we were talking to was going to price our place way too low and was waiting longer than necessary. Laura was extremely helpful in explaining taxes, fees, and all of the lingo, as well as constantly answering questions quickly and professionally. The plan, after placing on the market, was for two open houses and then an offer date, however Laura got a call from one interested buyer who was going out of town and asked us if it would be ok to show him the place before the open houses. We allowed this and the guy put in an offer way over asking that next morning. Laura then worked quickly to get all necessary paperwork done and in so that she could try to accommodate our extremely quick turnaround for moving.
I recommend Laura as an HOA, as well as a realtor. She seems to know the market well but also puts everything into terms that the general public can understand. She is extremely responsive and a very pleasant person. Laura helped us immensely and I would recommend her to anyone looking to sell (and probably buy… although I can’t vouch for that since I didn’t have the opportunity to use her for this).

Laura is incredible! My wife has purchased several homes but this was my first and Laura converted all of the home buying lingo into easy to understand language so that I knew what was going on and what to expect. Laura only showed us houses within our budget range and didn’t try to ‘upsell’ us like another agent we were working with tried to do. Anytime we had a question she was available with an answer for us. She worked hard negotiating with our lender, the sellers and the title company in order to save us as much money as possible. Even though our financing wasn’t the most ‘desirable’, she was able to get us into a home that had other ‘solid’ offers. Even now, after being in our home for 4 months, she is still helping me, the newbie home owner, with understanding property taxes and all of the other wonderful things that come along with owning a home.
Thanks again, Laura, for helping to make our dreams come true!