Donna Marie Baldwin

I can’t say enough good things about Donna Marie and Ed Baldwin.
I wanted to sell my home in Tiburon and relocate to Burlingame. I had lived in my home in Tiburon for 37 years and could not image how two transactions of selling and buying would come together in today’s market. Donna Marie and Ed spent three years looking for just the right property to meet my needs. They never gave up on me and found the perfect home in Burlingame.
They listed my home in Tiburon and sold it on the first showing over the asking price. They negotiated the best price for me on the Burlingame home. It was stress free due to the excellent manner it was handled. Every part of the two sales was smooth and too good to be true.
The Baldwins as well as their staff are just the BEST !!!

When we decided a few months ago to sell our house, our first call was to Donna Marie. She and her team, Penny and Kaye, had done a great job selling our previous home, so we knew we would be in good hands.
Penny worked closely with us on preparing the house for tour — this included scheduling all the inspections, getting the house painted and cleaned (interior and exterior), updating the landscaping, staging the house, and preparing the marketing material (including website). She also helped us to get all the paperwork completed (there is a lot!). They were extremely helpful and responsive every step of the way. And the finished product was amazing!
We had quite a flurry of activity at the open house (which was on Superbowl Sunday), but Donna Marie advised us to give it another weekend before taking offers. She was absolutely right about it, as the following weekend we had even more interested parties! That following Monday, we sat with Donna Marie and Kaye to review the 6 offers (all over asking). I was impressed with the care they took to walk us through each of them, and they really spent the time to make sure we understood the pros and cons of the various offers. We accepted a really great offer, and we are thrilled with the process and the result!
I highly recommend Donna Marie and her team. They are such delightful, caring people, and they really make an extraordinary team.

Donna Marie and her team (Erin, Ed, Penny and Kaye) are the best in the business.
We «interviewed» Donna Marie to act as our listing agent for our home in San Mateo. She was prompt, thorough and a delight to work with. It took a few weeks to get the house prepped for sale (deep cleaning, staging, photographing, inspections etc.) BUT… when it hit the market on a Friday and open houses were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday… we were OFF TO THE RACES.
The marketing that went into showcasing our home was amazing. We had over 60 people show up at the open house over the 2 days. One person was so interested on Saturday actually scheduled an appointment to write on the house the next day and there were others that were interested in our home.
She followed through with each and every person who came through the home (even if they were lukewarm and were just «looking») and we were presented with an offer by Monday evening at 10:45 PM!!!
4 days on the market and we were in contract!!! BUT, the service did not stop there. The team was busy ensuring that everything was in place for a smooth close of escrow and Donna Marie was in constant contact with the buyer’s agent to make sure everything was in order and moving along smoothly.
There is a reason why Donna Marie is top 1% for Coldwell Banker Previews, it is her focus and dedication to not only her sellers, but also to the buyers.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING DONNA MARIE and TEAM!!!

DMB is exceptional at her craft. She makes great suggestions and offers terrific advice when you’re getting ready to sell. When the stager she recommended seemed too busy and life was getting too complicated, she picked up her phone and found another stager lickity split who exceeded my expectations. She ran the open houses and sat with us as the offers came in. We recommend Donna Marie VERY highly! Even after our house was sold, she was quick to help us with related questions and problems with the house we were buying in another city. Her availability and expertise are boundless!

Donna Marie Baldwin and her team of Penny & Kaye did a fabulous job in selling my house in Redwood Shores. I interviewed several real estate agents, & chose Donna and her team because she easily was the most enthusiastic, had vast experience, & understood what my prep & selling objectives were so much better than any of the other candidates. Her team coordinated all of the prep & staging work (all of which was discussed before I incrementally committed). Donna had a great strategy for pricing & showing the house, resulting in several bids above the asking price. Donna masterfully handled all the back-​and-​forth paperwork, especially appreciated because I did not live locally. The final result was selling the house above asking price in a few days, with a very short closing period. Finally, Kaye wrapped up all the much more than usual title issues. If I ever have another house to sell, I would not hesitate to employ Donna Marie Baldwin again. I recommend her to any and every one who wants to have a successful real estate experience.

Donna Marie and her husband Ed not only helped sell our old home in Redwood Shores but worked diligently to help us acquire our new home in Belmont. I had met Donna Marie on and off throughout the years at many home openings in Redwood Shores and we’d decided if we ever were going to sell and move, Donna Marie would be our top choice for us as an agent.
We couldn’t have made a better decision.
Within days our home had sold and she made the process easy and painless. She has a wonderful crew working in her office and I never had to wait more than a half hour for her to personally return my phone calls or e-​mails.
If you’re looking for a Real Estate agent on the Peninsula, Donna Marie should be top of your list!

I have nothing but praise for Donna Marie and Ed Baldwin. Donna Marie and her husband Ed worked around the clock to help me sell my home and to get me into a new place as soon as possible.
My home sold in a few days with multiple offers and Ed quickly helped me locate another home.
Donna Marie and her team went beyond the call of duty many times through out the buying and selling process. They kept me informed about everything that was occurring along the way.
I could not have been more pleased with my experience and if I was to sell again I would use this exceptional team.

Thanks You Donna Marie!
This has been the 2^nd home that we have used Donna Marie and her team for. We were so impressed both times by the service we received. Especially this last time when we were moving out of state! She made it a breeze to get papers signed, kept us updated on the process and got us an even better price than we imagined on our home!
Best Real Estate Agent I could ever recommend!

I have lived in my home for 18 years and had toyed with the notion of selling over the past 3 or 4 years. I met other realtors in years prior and I could not make the decision to sell as I had not yet met Donna Marie Baldwin. :-) As a ‘trekkie’, there is a saying that ‘resistance is futile’ and so resistance was pleasantly futile after meeting this dynamic professional.
I am a business person, entrepreneur, with a rather focused and hopefully not too crisp a personality. :-) I needed to be able to have someone work as hard for me as I work for myself and others. I found that level of professional commitment, candor and caring with Donna Marie Baldwin. I needed someone that I could rely on to do the deal well with competence; Given the years (37) that Donna Marie has been a top performing professional, I had confidence that there would be little risk that she would encounter something she’d not dealt with in the past. Experience, combined with empathy, humor and drive, won me for sure.
Donna Marie augments her abilities by engaging a fabulous team of Penny, Kaye, and Erin. They operate as a ‘small startup’ in everyone has a focus and specialty with Donna Marie as CEO if you will. The wonder of it all is that we all worked hard and I even enjoyed the process, though I do not want to repeat it personally anytime soon. :-))
I sold my home in 7 days of being on the market with 5 offers all above list. The pre and post sale is being handled by Donna Marie/​team; and I am getting the focused resources in my search for a sweet condo in my ‘right sizing’ strategy. I have complete confidence that the transaction was handled professionally and ethically.
I have since referred Donna Marie Baldwin and her team to other colleagues and friends who I know are considering ‘right sizing’ and would gladly provide personal referrals.
It was a pleasure

This spring my wife and I sold our home under difficult personal circumstances. Donna Marie and her world-​class team were with us every step of the way. The entire team was sensitive to our situation, highly effective – and Donna Marie got us a price so good we gave her a bonus.
One other Unilocal review (and another virtually identical hidden review) complains there wasn’t enough hand-​holding, and claims that if her team was so good they wouldn’t work for her. Maybe he didn’t have such a great experience, but you pay a real estate agent to get the best possible price on your home, and to handle a complex transaction flawlessly. Want companionship? Get a dog.
I’ll relate our entire experience: you be the judge.
In early 2013 my wife and I reluctantly decided to sell our home of 27 years. During the time we lived there we met a lot of real estate agents, but one stood out with her dedication and persistence – Donna Marie Baldwin – so when it was time to sell we called her first, and we’re very glad we did. Even though we had a desirable property, Donna Marie didn’t try to push us into selling – she put our interests first, and proposed having us rent it until we were comfortable with selling. Ultimately we decided that wasn’t an option for us.
Based on her years of experience selling homes like ours, she suggested a number of ways we could speed the sale and maximize the competition for our home. Over and over her experience proved valuable. At one point she found a simple solution to a compliance issue with our HOA that would have cost us tens of thousands of dollars to remedy; her simple solution relieved an enormous amount of stress (to say nothing of the money she saved).
Penny and Kaye, her team members, were outstanding. They managed the entire process, scheduled everyone, followed up when I forgot to take care of something important, and even supervised the removal of some furniture when we couldn’t be there. Selling a house in California is not simple: the book of disclosures was a good 3 inches thick, and the two of them built it one document at a time over the course of weeks. And most importantly they’re really nice people: they both knew of our situation and were very sensitive throughout. They were an unexpected benefit of working with Donna Marie.
Donna Marie’s extended team – stagers, inspectors, plumbers, electricians, painters, and other craftsmen – put our home into top condition, and we even used one of her movers when we finally relocated. To have access to such a professional group, built up over the years, was another unexpected benefit of working with her. It really does take a village to sell a home, and it’s not the right time to be working with the village idiot.
The sale took a little over a week. When Donna Marie called us to present the offers, the last one was $ 150,000 over the asking price! (Good thing our phone had a mute button!) The high bidder had considerable assets but limited liquidity, so before she even presented the winning offer she took 2 days to scrutinize his finances and have him demonstrate his ability to purchase. Because it was going to take some time for him to raise the cash he needed, Donna Marie proposed an iron-​clad way for him to demonstrate his commitment to buying our home – the first time in her years of experience she had proposed that kind of arrangement, and I doubt a lesser agent would have thought of it. But she did, and it made the deal happen.
After we accepted the offer she held a wonderful little reception in our (nearly empty) home where we met the buyer. It was a very nice gesture, and hearing directly from him how excited he was to have our home we feel better that it’s someone who will love it as much as we did. Corny, perhaps, but it really does help.
We both recommend her in the strongest possible way; we wish we could give her more stars.

Donna Marie is a top performers, she sold many properties in our area. When she came to meet with us before we pick an agent, she sounds very promising.
Once we signed the contract, things are quiet different. We never seen her again, even going to her office for paper work and others, only people we’ve seen was her staff. We talked a few times when we were concerned if we need to make any adjustment to the prices, and when she called us saying we got offers etc. There was no hand holding nor much attention. I now understand why she was a top performer cause she work efficiently utilizing her staffs and doesn’t spend anytime with her clients. Her main focus is to get business and let her team take over the follow up. I supposed it’s ok as long as you have a great team that know what they are doing and able to provide enough attention for the clients. But if they are that good, why would they work for her? They can just go on their own.
At the end of the day, if you are focus on money, the ethics and integrity will always lack behind in priority. As a customer, who do you want to work with and paying tens of thousands or hundred of thousands off you?