Sacha lozano and pilar chaves
"Simply put, we would not have achieved the dream of becoming homeowners in Santa Cruz County without Jose’s dedicated and patient guidance! His thoughtful method, insight, organization, great listening skills and gentle persistence were critical to help us build confidence and remain engaged until the finish line. We felt supported and well cared for throughout the entire process. Jose knows his job well, he understands the housing market dynamics, has a keen eye for good opportunities, and he offers guidance in a compassionate and respectful manner. We are very grateful and offer our highest recommendation for his services!"
DOUG AND YESENIA GEORGETTI
"We feel incredibly fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with Jose as our realtor. From the very beginning, Jose demonstrated exceptional transparency and honesty, guiding us through every step of the process with clarity and integrity. What truly set Jose apart, however, was his genuine interest in getting to know us and understanding our unique needs and preferences. He took the time to listen and learn about what we were looking for in a home, and then went above and beyond to find the perfect match. Throughout the entire journey, Jose was responsive, communicative, and always available to answer our questions and address our concerns. His dedication, expertise with the Santa Cruz mountains, and passion for his work shine through in everything he does. We can't recommend Jose highly enough! If you're looking for a trusted and exceptional realtor who will truly have your best interests at heart, Jose is your guy. We're grateful to have crossed paths with him."
Anthony and Taryn Hiseley
"Jose was a dream to work with. We didn’t have a realtor when we found the house we wanted, and he was able to jump in feet first, take us on as clients, and get our offer written, presented, and accepted (under asking) all within 2 days of speaking to us on the phone. When I say he gets it done, he gets it DONE. He took the time to explain the process each step of the way, and kept us updated at all times, but we also never felt overwhelmed with information because it was so organized. As first time home buyers I thought we were going to sound silly asking questions or stressed having to figure out what was needed from us, but Jose anticipated our questions before we had a chance to ask them and still ensured we were always the ones making the final decision on everything. He is very well connected in the South Bay / Santa Cruz county region so he is able to work directly with everyone else involved in the home buying process and take that completely off our shoulders - and he got others on the Room team involved like Chris (who was also awesome) to help make the process even more seamless for us start to finish. I can honestly say with Jose, buying a house was surprisingly almost stress free (which I didn’t know was possible)."
JOHN AND JUSTINA DELACRUZ
"Always there for us! Trying to keep this review short will be a struggle because Jose was amazing. We totally hit the realtor jackpot. He was understanding, strategic, warm, and one heck of a good listener. Jose knows the market inside out and nothing fazes him. He managed the process so efficiently and so smoothly that we always felt we were in the very best hands. No doubt. And it’s no exaggeration to say that thanks to Jose we are in our dream location and loving every minute of it!"
BERKLEY AND MEGAN BRANNON
"When we told Jose that the home that we were doing a walkthrough of was the one, he did everything he could to secure the deal. Jose is very well connected in northern Santa Cruz County and his connections with other relators played a big part in scouting our home before it even came on market, being the first couple to see it and make an offer. The experience we had working with Jose was excellent and I'm sure he serves all of his clients in the same manner that he served us."
MARCO AND JENNIE CORSI
"Jose was very helpful in the process of us finding our new home. We contacted him many months ago when we were not ready and provided us with lots of helpful advice while we waited for things to fall into place. Once we got into the process of picking a house he patiently dealt with everything we needed through the whole process. He is without a doubt the best real estate agent I have ever worked with and I will not hesitate to recommend him to friends looking to buy or sell a house."
JEFF JUDKINS
"I worked with Jose to find a cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is very knowledgeable, responsive, and proactive and he helped me secure the perfect cabin at a good price - while also encouraging me to take my time and to make sure I was certain before moving forward. He was upfront about the negatives of each property and didn’t push to sell them. He really takes your side as the buyer and I can’t recommend him more. He also has a super powerful and productive team behind him."
CELINE JENNISON
"ABOVE AND BEYOND = )
It was a pleasure working with Jose – an excellent real estate agent on all fronts. Not only is he punctual, professional and super fast to respond — he is very kind and truly cares about his clients.
In addition, Jose is extremely knowledgeable about the home renovation & building world and was able to help us estimate how much things might cost to update and add-on when assessing the value and potential value of the house (while helping us realistically see what 'renos' do not add monetary value).
Last but not least, Jose has a fantastic 'Rolodex' of experts who can come in for inspections, quotes etc while in escrow. He was able to get us a radon test appointment extremely quickly (not that common of a test to do out here). On his own accord, he went to the house at 7 am to set up the testing kit so we could get enough test time in before the rain was scheduled (test must run 48 hours) and we were able to get test results the same day after the 48 hours elapsed.
We feel very fortunate to have had Jose as our agent. He was also able to help us negotiate on the price at the very end of escrow even though we did not have contingencies."
It was a pleasure working with Jose – an excellent real estate agent on all fronts. Not only is he punctual, professional and super fast to respond — he is very kind and truly cares about his clients.
In addition, Jose is extremely knowledgeable about the home renovation & building world and was able to help us estimate how much things might cost to update and add-on when assessing the value and potential value of the house (while helping us realistically see what 'renos' do not add monetary value).
Last but not least, Jose has a fantastic 'Rolodex' of experts who can come in for inspections, quotes etc while in escrow. He was able to get us a radon test appointment extremely quickly (not that common of a test to do out here). On his own accord, he went to the house at 7 am to set up the testing kit so we could get enough test time in before the rain was scheduled (test must run 48 hours) and we were able to get test results the same day after the 48 hours elapsed.
We feel very fortunate to have had Jose as our agent. He was also able to help us negotiate on the price at the very end of escrow even though we did not have contingencies."
Abd & shaina dakkak
"Jose went above and beyond by going the extra mile to assist us in locating the perfect property we’re looking for at this stage of life. He introduced us to off-market listings, a rarity among realtors, and provided invaluable local market knowledge. His flexibility in scheduling viewings and making himself available on short notice truly set him apart."
Leslie Tremaine
"Jose beautifully balanced the complex, technical, and legal skills with a real sense of caring and personal responsiveness. The home sold super quickly and I know it is due to his skills that the process went so smoothly . I couldn't have asked for more in the way of help!"
-DANIEL AND HEATHER Daniels
"Where to start! Jose has been instrumental in helping us navigate the difficult journey of selling our home and finding our ideal replacement property. He was always available to answer questions (and we had a lot!), showed us listings on the fly and took considerable time to understand our needs throughout the process. He has stuck with us through every twist and turn and we are so honored to have worked with such an amazing agent. Thank you Jose and the Room team!!"
-EDWARD & HEATHER Cortez
"My wife and I met Jose at one of his open houses. We just entered the market as first time homebuyers and we couldn’t have been more fortunate to have had Jose as our agent! We only had a brief moment with him at the open house but we knew he was going to be our agent! He had a pleasant calm demeanor and I felt like he genuinely cared about us. Being new to the housing market, he had a brochure prepared that helped couples like my wife and I become more familiar with the whole process of purchasing a home. We felt like he understood us and our situation.
We submitted a couple of offers on some listings with Jose as our agent before we landed our dream home in Boulder Creek! Throughout the process he always made us feel comfortable with any decision we made while providing his own professional opinions/guidance along the way. His knowledge of the real estate market in the Santa Cruz Mountains is second to none. We strongly believe that his extensive experience in the region coupled with having strong connections with so many agents and contractors in the area allowed my wife and I to find our dream home, put in an offer, have seller accept before receiving any other offers, and close escrow in under 2 weeks!
Thankful for amazing professionals like Jose. You’re the best Jose!!!!"
We submitted a couple of offers on some listings with Jose as our agent before we landed our dream home in Boulder Creek! Throughout the process he always made us feel comfortable with any decision we made while providing his own professional opinions/guidance along the way. His knowledge of the real estate market in the Santa Cruz Mountains is second to none. We strongly believe that his extensive experience in the region coupled with having strong connections with so many agents and contractors in the area allowed my wife and I to find our dream home, put in an offer, have seller accept before receiving any other offers, and close escrow in under 2 weeks!
Thankful for amazing professionals like Jose. You’re the best Jose!!!!"
-Jaime Poris
"Had a great experience selling my place with room/jose. Great team and jose was a very thorough and competent broker anticipating all the potential difficulties with selling your house. thanks jose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
-STEFAN & ASHLEY Hall
"As 1st time home buyers, we were very new to the whole process. Jose sat with us and really got to know us, what we were looking for in a house and really nailed what we were looking for quickly. He went out of his way so many times to show us houses and to answer our 100’s of questions. He showed us a lot of properties that matched what we were looking for and ended up falling in love with an off-market property that he was able to get us in to see before it went on market! Highly recommend Jose for anyone looking to buy or sell in the Santa Cruz mountains- he’s extremely knowledgeable and made this process easy and stress free."
-VERN & STACEY BELGER
"Jose was amazing from the start. It took me a really long time to get brave enough to get a realtor and start the process of finding and buying a home. We were lucky enough to run into Jose at an open house. Jose is very calming, thoughtful, and down to earth. He makes sure that all your needs are heard and puts absolutely no pressure on you when it comes to decision making or timelines. He goes at your speed and never pushes you out of your comfort zone and aggressive when the time is right. My husband and I are more than thankful that Jose helped us find our dream home. We highly recommend Jose if you’re in the market to buy a home. "
-JESSE & ANNA TOBAR
"We found that our current home was not meeting our needs and decided we needed to sell and find another home. We contacted Jose and he was up to the challenge of selling our fixer upper mountain home and helping us find our new forever home. Jose took the time to get to know us and our wants, needs, and interests in order to best help determine what we really needed in our new home. He was flexible with our late schedules and busy family life. He made sure to help us get viewings of homes on the market and walk us through the questions we needed to ask ourselves. He knew how to ask us the right questions so that we could make a strong decision on any home we were on the fence about. Once we found the home we knew was ours, he did everything he could and gave us the best advice on how to make sure our offer was accepted. He helped us make a simultaneous sale and purchase and checked in with us every step of the way. As we went through some renovations before putting our home on the market, he checked in on the work and made sure we were still set on our decision. He encouraged us and was considerate in every interaction. We are so happy with our new home and have Jose Salas to thank for that. We highly recommend him to anyone looking to purchase or sell a home."
-LAURIE DENNIS
"Jose was amazing to work with. He is very knowledgeable, and I truly appreciated how he communicated and followed up every step of the process. The selling of our home came with some complications along the way, but Jose helped find solutions to make it work! The listing period was during the holidays, storms and power outages but he was always there and checking in. He helped us through the process to make some minor renovations and updates with the team of contractors, which ultimately helped with a smooth sale. I wouldn't hesitate to refer family or friends to Jose for future real estate needs."
-TRAVIS & HEATHER CHUN
"We loved working with Jose and would recommend him very highly to anyone that is looking to work with a personable, responsive and knowledgeable realtor. Jose really took the time to get to know us and our needs when we were looking to buy a house. He helped keep us on track and walked us through every step of the buying process. We never felt pressured or judged. Jose was super responsive, answering all our questions in ~10 minutes or less. Super easy to get in touch with, whether it was over email, a phone call, or text. 10/10 experience, we would 100% work with Jose again!"
-Devin & Mccall sodt
"Devin and I are a bit late giving Jose a review. We closed in June 2022, but we are not late for a lack of appreciation for Jose! He happened into our lives at the very beginning of our house hunt, figuring we'd see how we liked him and we found out it all happened for a reason. We truly believe we wouldn't have gotten our sweet, first home without the help of Jose. It's a tough market and things move so fast, so it took a lot of perseverance to keep putting in offers. But through the whole process, all the houses we looked at, and all the offers we made Jose was able to keep us motivated and helped us be quick to action. If you are looking for a realtor who will listen to your wants and needs, keep you on track, and help you to not get too burned out during the whole thing, then Jose is your guy. Buying a house isn't always easy, but it certainly helps to have a good advocate on your side."
-Jen & Mark Bowman
"Jose is an incredibly skilled realtor with amazing instincts on how to price, market, and prepare our home to put on the market. We trusted his input as he guided us through the process. Our house had some work that needed to be done before we could sell and we originally thought it would take us a couple of months to get it ready. Thanks to Jose and his team we were able to get the house ready in 3 weeks, had it on the market for a week, and got an offer over asking price just as the market was shifting. Jose is an excellent negotiator! And, he goes above and beyond making himself available at any time to help his clients. He even connected us with a tax accountant to help us with our capital gains planning. I can't wait to work with Jose again when we purchase our next home. You won't be sorry in choosing Jose as your realtor!"
-Swapnil Suraj
"It was a pleasure working with Jose. I was extremely pleased with his working style. He did not pressure me into making an offer over asking and helped with pricing the property accurately. He is extremely responsive and took care and reminded me of all the steps in the transaction. Overall, I would definitely like to work with him for my next transaction."
-STACI & JAMES MAGDALENO
"After looking for the perfect house for over a year with another realtor, we were left with a bad taste in our mouth. Within a month of working with Jose we were under contract on a home in the perfect neighborhood. He was honest with us in what we would need to do to make it happen. Ethical, honest, and very personable. We would definitely work with him again!"
- ALBERT & CHRISTINA LOPEZ
"Jose was awesome and patient with us while selling our home. Made us feel confident in knowing the market and was he right!! Would recommend anyone that looking for an agent to reach out. You won’t be disappointed"
- MARIANNE WEINELL
"Jose was very responsive to all my questions throughout the entire time of both selling my home and buying another. I especially appreciated Jose's expertise in preparing my home for sale, and again as we evaluated the conditions of homes I was looking to buy."
- LAURA ROCHELLE
"Jose was on it from the beginning! He helped us all the way through and was very easy going, low pressure and very knowledgeable. He always responded in a very timely manner to any questions we had big or small. Would definitely recommend him."
- TRAVIS GRAHAM
"Jose was great! Very helpful and easy going. No pressure and very knowledgeable! Would definitely recommend this cool dude!"
- Lisa & Sal Saldana
"My husband and I had a great experience working with Jose. This was the first time selling a home, and he made it easy. From the marketing plan to assisting with all required documentation and reports, his experience with vendors was top notch. Jose stands out from other Realtors by making sure we were comfortable every step of the way. Although he made suggestions, every decision was ours to make, and we appreciate his approach. I would definitely recommend Jose to anyone needing a Realtor."
- Kenna Clouse
"Jose was wonderful. He was so accommodating throughout the entire process. He went above and beyond to achieve any requests or suggestions. He worked flawlessly and provided great follow through! Would highly recommend 10/10!! Was a treat to work with."
- Miles Clouse
"Jose has been an absolute delight to work with! Whether buying or selling, you should not pass up the opportunity to work with this talented professional. The whole process was smooth and seamless from start to finish! He listens, takes personal input and desires into account and is realistic! He’s knowledge of the market and social skills are exceptional. I look forward to working with this man again in the future!"
- Victor & Monica Alvarado
"Without any doubt Jose is the best agent you can work with! He listens to you and provides an unconditional and unlimited support. My husband and I were looking to buy a place, got referred to Jose and it was the best that could have happened. He answered any single question we had regardless the time we contacted him, always making time for us around our schedule. He did all the research to accurately and promptly answer our questions, not pushing towards any specific direction, but always making productive suggestions. Even after closing/moving to the new place, he has been contacting and supporting us, he really has professional and personal values that are very hard to find nowadays. If you are in need of an agent, Jose is the person to work with. We definitely will refer him to our friends and relatives."
- Phillip Vargas & Jenny Sanchez
"Jose not only is professional and good at his job he has characteristics that have been lost in this new age, he still has integrity and truly listened to our story and our needs from that story. We had a few challenges that stopped us from buying our home at that time, he provided contacts of other professional people who helped us overcome those challenges and for one year he kept in touch with us, made sure all was still going well and we still wanted to go this direction!!! One year folks!!!!! We recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell! He will sit down and listen to your goals and take the time to discuss your options, he won't tell you what to, he won't push you to decide quickly! He allows you the time to process it all then make you choice! He was our 3rd agent and so glad we walked away from the others! By the way, we are not the easiest people to with, I am very strong willed, I asked him questions that caused him to dig and do more work almost every time we talked. His attitude and demeanor never wavered! Always so polite, well mannered and respectful!! He was never on his cell phone and he made eye contact even when having to give me not such great news! Always! This is a person we gladly shared our hard earned money with, mind you, this was a very very small purchase! He still treated us as if our purchase was for a million dollar home (it was under a hundred K, I kid you not!!!!!). If you're looking for an agent, you owe it to yourself to at least meet him in person, that is the only way you will know what I am talking about!"
- Soccoro & Stephanie Jaral
"What a wonderful experience purchasing our first home was. Jose, we are forever thankful that of the people in this line business, we were lucky and very fortunate to have worked with you. Jose goes out of his way to answer all of your questions, if the answer isn't in his field he will either find the answer for you or the person who can. I'm in awe of what a smooth process he made it be for myself and my family. Despite hearing stories of what the home purchase process would be I now can say it must all depend on the agent you work with, that just has to be the answer. Jose has won my whole family over with his sincere transparency & humbleness. It feels as if you're being guided be a family member, and that has no price. THANK YOU JOSE."
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- ALBERT Lopez
"Finally got the keys!! The wait felt like forever but well worth it.. If it wasn't for Jose Salas I would have never thought about the possibility of getting a house. We are truly blessed for all we got and can't wait to turn this house into our home"
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