Business Philosophy

Andi was a Bikram and Yin yoga teacher for 8 years before deciding to enter the world of real estate. She chose to become a real estate agent due to her experience flipping her own home, and desire to diversify from yoga teaching. Coming from a strong sales background, she recognizes the importance of listening to her clients and working hard to ensure a smooth and easy transaction.

In 2013, after a renter trashed her home in Los Osos, Andi took 6 months and flipped her own house. She project managed 2 complete bathroom remodels, a full kitchen remodel, re-landscaping, full re-roof and various other improvements around the house. Every room needed a lot of work. She did much of the painting and landscape work herself and found she really enjoyed it.

When it came time to sell her home in Los Osos, Andi hired a non-Coldwell Banker agent to sell her home, but felt pushed by the agent to do things which were not in her best interests.

"While selling my home, my agent pushed me to set a much lower asking price than I wanted. She encouraged me to accept "low-ball" offers, when I knew my home was worth much more than the offering price. The agent pressured me for a month to take offers I didn't like until finally I got a good offer for what I felt the home was worth. Having had that bad experience, I will *never* do that to my clients. Your home is your investment, and I respect you and your investment and want to see you happy. I work for you, not the other way around."

When purchasing her new home in Sunnyvale, Andi was interested in a particular home with a cute but small garden. She asked the listing agent (again, not a Coldwell Banker agent) to please inquire with the sellers how much sun the back yard got in the afternoons during summer, so she could gauge how well tomato plants would grow there. The listing agent in Sunnyvale's response to her was, "The sun rises in the east." This was an agent who had been in business for 30 years.

Andi says, "The agent's flippant response and disregard for me as a buyer made me feel that if this person had been successful, then surely my philosophy of respect for other fellow human beings, and concern for my client's needs would be well received."

Andi's business model is based on respect, transparency, hard work, and customer service. Contact her today and see how she can make your transaction a positive, easy experience!

Education

Andi attended DeAnza College's real estate program in spring of 2015 and was privileged to study with three expert teachers who excel in the real estate field:

-- Real Estate Principals with Mia Park, the VP of Intero Real Estate in Los Altos.

--Real Estate Practices with Russell Morris of Coldwell Banker in Los Gatos. Russell has been in business for 43 years, and has been a top producing agent for most of his career.

--Real Estate Finance with Daniel Casas, a partner at Casas, Riley, and Simonian LLP in Campbell. Mr. Casas has been a real estate attorney since 1984 and is a well respected and successful litigator.

After successfully passing her CA Bureau of Real Estate Realtor test on the first try, Andi went on to complete Coldwell Banker's Fast Start program, meant to give Coldwell Banker realtors an edge in the market.

To further her education, Andi took a mentorship with Jeannie Apostole-Holden, who has been a highly successful real estate agent since 1983, and is a top 1% producer. Jeannie's commitment to ethics and caring for her clients inspired Andi again and she has modeled much of her business practice on Jeannie's highly successful one. Having completed her mentorship as of March 2017, Andi is highly qualified to assist her clients with all their real estate needs.

Areas of Expertise

Andi is both a seller's and a buyer's agent. Andi's extensive flipping experience helps her sellers get the most amount possible for their homes, while saving money on remodeling costs. Adept with project managing, Andi seamlessly organizes home improvement projects and upgrades with her vetted and experienced team of licensed providers. She is highly effective with marketing and generating "word of mouth" business in addition to internet advertising. According to Gene V., a seller from San Jose, "Through all the adversities and stressfulness of selling a home, Andi with her positive energy, positive attitude, and "keeping it real;" she had minimized the stressfullness and difficulties of selling [my] home. Andi is a great realtor and is willing to work with you in getting things done.... as she provides excellent service, is willing to go above and beyond on what she is supposed to do, and she gets results."

Working with first time and more seasoned home buyers is another of Andi's favorite jobs. She guides transactions effortlessly, thus ensuring her clients have an easy and enjoyable real estate experience. She helps buyers looking for a great deal to purchase homes with flip potential. In addition to selling single family residences, condos, and townhomes, Andi is comfortable with the mobile home market as well. No matter what your property type, Andi is uniquely qualified to help clients wishing to sell or buy theirs.

Community Involvement

Andi has been an active volunteer since 2008 when she graduated from Bikram's Yoga College of India. From 2008-2010 she volunteered at the San Jose Family Shelter, which houses homeless families and helps provide job training and reentry education. She worked there once a week on Fridays, serving lunch or dinner to the community of up to 200 people.

After 2010, Andi found her true calling as a dog walker/cuddler extraordinaire at the San Jose Animal Care Center. As as dog walker and socializer, she loved nurturing homeless dogs. For the next 7 years, she volunteered for at least 20 hours a week, giving the homeless dogs of San Jose lots of love, play, and cuddle time as they waited for their forever homes to come claim them. Currently Andi volunteers for FETCH, a Northern California shelter animal transport group, as well as several rescue groups. She has taken many dogs from the San Jose Animal Care Center to waiting rescues or new, loving homes, and continues to do so when she is not busy selling homes. She also has two rescue dogs and a rescue cat at home. Andi highly recommends that all her clients looking for a pet try shelters and rescues first!

Personal Background

Andi was born and raised in Saratoga and is the youngest child of four. Her parents are still living in the same home she was raised in, and she goes to visit them several times per week. She greatly enjoys chatting with her parents, spending time with their loving German Shepherd (a rescue Andi found at the San Jose Animal Shelter), and gardening. She is an avid reader and practitioner of yoga. She is very close with her two brothers and sister, and enjoys family time with her ten nieces and nephews. In late 2015, Andi married a man she fell in love with in her early 20's. Together they have a sweet and cuddly Chihuahua, a Terrier, and tortie kitty, all of whom are rescues. She considers herself very fortunate to have such a love filled life, and does her best to translate that gratefulness into her positive conduct in the world.

Andi comes from a strong sales and customer service background. She has worked at several boutique businesses and yoga studios as a manager, and also been trained by large corporations such as The Sharper Image and Chili's.

Andi came to real estate directly from the health and wellness field. After a kidney surgery in 2002 left Andi in severe chronic pain, she became a chronic pain patient until she was 28. When a friend's daughter invited her to yoga, Andi's life was completely changed. The practice of frequent Bikram Yoga healed her chronic pain over a year's time of practice and completely changed her flexibility, pain levels, and mental state.

After practicing yoga intensely for one year, she attended Bikram's Yoga College of India to become a certified yoga instructor. After 500 hours of full immersion yoga training, she earned her diploma and graduated in Fall of 2008. For the first time in 5 years during her teacher training, she was pain free, able to go off all painkillers, and has never needed one again. She has actively taught the yoga that healed her since then and is well known and loved at studios throughout the Bay Area. Some studios she has taught at include: Bikram Yoga San Jose, Bikram Yoga Santa Clara, Bikram Yoga Oakland, Balance Yoga Center in San Jose, Village Yoga in Santa Cruz, Get Fit Yoga in Fremont, and Club Sport in Fremont.

In 2015, Andi realized that although she *loved* yoga teaching, she needed to diversify. Having flipped her own home and enjoyed sales, she was inspired to get her real estate license in 2015.

Andi has studied with many highly successful agents including Russell Morris of Coldwell Banker, Jeannie Apostole-Holden, and Jeff Bell also of Coldwell Banker, and has been happily practicing real estate full time since getting her license. She finds her colleagues at Coldwell Banker to be friendly and supportive and appreciates the environment greatly. Her yoga journey has given her a great deal of patience and understanding for her client's needs.

Communities I Serve

-Santa Cruz County, including Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos, Seabright, Seacliff, Watsonville, Boulder Creek, Felton, Scotts Valley and the Los Gatos mountain areas.

-Santa Clara and San Mateo counties including San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park, and Atherton. She also works in Daly City, South San Francisco, San Francisco, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Carlos, and Belmont.

- The East Bay from Richmond, south to San Leandro and Newark, through Union City, down to Fremont, and Milpitas.