Doug Buenz REALTOR - 680 Doug Buenz Group

Doug and Crystal were an amazing team. Their experience, expertise and their knowledge in the real estate market made it an easy decision to work with them. They were quick to respond to all our questions/concerns, giving us advice along the way to make the right improvements to get the highest offer. Their team helped organize and execute the improvements and kept to our tight schedule. The marketing of our home was awesome, from the photos to the open house. In less than a week, we had multiple offers. They handled all the details and kept us informed every step of the way making this entire process easy and stress-free. We were so glad that they were referred to us from a family member and would highly recommend Doug and Crystal.

We had a thoroughly professional and positive experience selling our house with Doug. He is extremely knowledgeable of the local market. He has a very well-defined process and timeline that is both understandable and efficient. Whenever a question arose, Doug was available with an answer. Our home sale was a great success, all due to Doug and his team.

Doug did an outstanding job selling our home in Pleasanton. He is extremely knowledgeable about the local market and is just an overall pro. He developed a plan for marketing and selling our property and kept us informed throughout the entire process. We had great results and couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

Working with Doug was an amazing experience. We actually started looking for our home in 2019, as we started looking the market just took off. We saw so many homes and through this process Doug, got better at understanding what we were looking for. We NEVER felt pressured to make a decision. Doug was professional, always responsive and on time with all our requests. He also knows the area like the back of his hand. Once we found the home we were all in on, he was already preparing for inspections. He negotiated diligently on our behalf never once making us feel like we were under the gun. Truly felt like he was on our side. After we closed Doug had all the local contacts for moving, cleaning, repairs etc. I HIGHLY recommend working with Doug if you are looking for someone who is professional, patient and knows his market. You're amazing Doug!

I recently had the pleasure of working with Doug Buenz with Compass, who represented us in the sale of our property. I cannot express enough how impressed I am with his professionalism, communication skills, and dedication to ensuring a successful sale. From the moment we engaged their services, Doug went above and beyond to make the entire selling process seamless and stress-free. Him and his team were always available to answer our questions and address any concerns we had, providing us with regular updates and keeping us informed every step of the way. His prompt and clear communication style truly set them apart. Doug’s expertise in negotiating with the buyer side was truly remarkable. He skillfully navigated the negotiations, ensuring that we received the best possible offer for our property. His knowledge of the market and their ability to effectively communicate our property's value played a crucial role in achieving a successful sale. Not only did Doug demonstrate exceptional professionalism, but he also showed genuine care for our needs and preferences. He took the time to understand our goals and priorities, tailoring his approach to meet our specific requirements. His attention to detail and commitment to providing personalized service were evident throughout the entire process. Thanks to Doug’s expertise and dedication, we were able to sell our property quickly and at a price that exceeded our expectations. Their guidance and support were invaluable, and I wholeheartedly recommend Doug to anyone looking to buy or sell real estate.

It was a pleasure working with Doug on our home sale. He is very resourceful and helped us secure quality contractors to help prep our home for open house and ultimate sale. We also leveraged Doug’s vast experience and knowledge of the 680 market to position our home for likely buyers. Doug exuded a high standard of professionalism and integrity in dealing with contractors, prospective buyers, title personnel and everyone who had a role along the way. We highly recommend Doug and would use him again in a heartbeat.

We were referred to Doug by neighbor friends who had a positive experience when selling their home. We told Doug that we wanted the process to be as painless as possible. We didn't want to put a lot of money into repairs or staging. Doug walked through the house and told us specifically what needed fixing so that the home would appeal to buyers. His recommendations were reasonable and within our budget. We didn't want to have open houses or continuous showings so he personally scheduled showings in blocks according to our schedule. Doug was communicative and responsive to all of our requests. In this frenetic real estate market, Doug was able to negotiate a deal that went above and beyond our expectations. In the end, we sold our home quickly and above asking price.

Doug was wonderful! We have known Doug for over 20 years because our kids went to the same schools. When we had to suddenly move out of state to care for family, we immediately called Doug and left our home in his care. Doug was fantastic with every aspect. He was detailed and organized getting our home ready to sell, took care of issues that popped up, extremely knowledgeable about the housing market and very calming when our nerves started to show. We can’t imagine anyone else taking care of our home, or us, the way that Doug did. We
absolutely recommend Doug to everyone; he is the best.

We sold our former home in Pleasanton through Doug. We are living in Florida so relied on Doug who arranged and worked through the whole process. He kept in constant touch with us and arranged all repairs and improvements, using very good contractors and kept the whole thing moving to completion. He is highly recommended and has a solid reputation for knowledge of the market and reliability.

Doug was AMAZING! He was very knowledgeable and responsive and had great expertise in multiple cities in the Bay Area. When it came time to placing an offer Doug was very efficient and negotiated very well with the buyer to get me my dream home! I highly recommend him to assist you on your home buying journey.

Doug is an experienced pro, and it really showed when we worked with him in selling our home. He knew the intricacies of our neighborhood and the overall market. He was able to guide us through many tough decisions involving pricing, inspections, repairs, vendor selection, and overall presentation. He respected our wishes to maintain the right balance between privacy and visibility. In the end, he secured multiple good offers and got the job done without a hitch.

We have known of Doug for over 20 years as he has served the neighborhood we have lived in. When we were ready to sell, Doug was the first person we reached out to help us. Doug was excellent in all ways. He is extremely experienced and knowledgeable, he demonstrated personal care and attention all along the way, he offered sound advice about listing and showing our home without any kind of pressure, and he had quality home improvement and staging specialists available to work with us on getting our home ready to sell. His marketing strategies were excellent and he delivered on everything he promised. Further, his entire team of people were wonderful to work with. Doug regularly emailed "next steps" information to us to keep us informed. Most importantly, he watched the market carefully especially as we neared actual listing of the property and made excellent pricing recommendations that were extremely important. Doug was available as needed and always polite and courteous to work with. We highly recommend him (and have done so already).

We recently purchased our first home with Doug at 680 group. We had an incredible experience from start to finish. Doug is amazing at what he does. He has deep expertise in the area, is very well connected and has great relationships with other realtors and home renovation professionals. He was always available to answer our questions and had great insight into neighborhoods and specific homes. Doug is a true master of his craft; he is an expert negotiator, he understands the intricacies of the whole process and manages it flawlessly.
In every interaction with him, he was a true professional and showed genuine warmth and a desire to find the right home for our family. We could not imagine working with anyone else in the future, I will be highly recommending Doug to friends and family.

We entered the home selling process in the Spring just as COVID-19 was taking hold and the stock market was crashing - a truly unique set of circumstances. Doug deftly navigated us through preparing our home for sale while waiting for the restrictions on home showings to be relaxed. We followed his guidance on several cosmetic updates to help attract buyers which I think were spot on.

Doug really excels at marketing. He prepared an extensive ‘coming soon’ campaign and website to build interest and opened our home for showings as the market rebounded. His photographer took extensive daytime and nighttime photos to showcase our home to best advantage. He arranged for a professional stager to add a contemporary flare to the house.

His sense of market timing was superb. Once the home showings reopened, we had a flurry of interested buyers tour the property, prepped by his ‘coming soon’ campaign and his outreach to other real estate agents.

On Doug’s advice, we set a due date for offers to encourage buyers to act, which was absolutely the right thing to do in this market. The negotiation process with our buyer was quick and painless, with a quick close and very few contingencies.

We are very confident Doug achieved the highest selling price possible for our home. His depth of experience is amazing as is his understanding of the local Pleasanton market. He’s super responsive and very calm, logical and level-headed, which is saying something in this environment. We highly recommend him!

Working with Doug and his team has been a great experience. He advised us on how to prepare our house for sale to maximize marketability and brought in his team to assist us along the way. He coordinated everything throughout the process to complete inspections and then launched a world class marketing program with staging, social media, photography and showings. In one week we had 12 great offers and sold our house for a price exceeding even our aspirational price target. We can't think of one thing he could have done better. Thank you Doug for making the whole process so smooth !!

Doug has been great to work with!
We interviewed 5 agents including Doug and agreed unanimously that he was the right fit to help us with the sale of our home.
His market knowledge and speed at scheduling contractors was on point. Doug's guidance through this challenging market made the process easy and helped us reach the price point we needed.

We highly recommend Doug Buenz and his 680 DB Group. Our relationship with Doug started 11 years ago when we were looking to move from the Peninsula to a lovely neighborhood in and next to the great schools in Pleasanton. Not knowing who to contact, we found a video on YouTube he had made of the city and felt compelled to reach out to him. Doug was extremely knowledgeable of the area and always steered us in the right direction without pressuring us to decide on putting an offer- he patiently showed us any home for sale that came up that matched our criteria at the time. Needless to say he eventually found the perfect house in the right place, at the right time and more importantly, at the right price- an incredible find for the price! Fast forward 11 years later, and as life may have it, we find ourselves looking to leave California and went back to Doug without thinking twice. He took care of everything, helped us prepare the house for sale and he never pressured us to make any decision we were not comfortable with. He sold our house in a manner and outcome that exceeded our expectations. So if you are looking for more than an agent, but a partner that has a vested interest in your success, think no more, Doug and his team are the right choice for both helping you sell and buy your next home! PS: In those 11 years we always heard from Doug every single year- not to sell us something, but to invite us to free movie nights, post tax season shredding events, treat us to delicious chocolate kettle corn, etc. Thank you Doug!

We loved Doug and his team. They have provided a professional and pleasant listing service! In the beginning Doug showed an impressive study on the housing market and the listing potentials, and gave a clear guideline on how to make a good sell. On each step, he provided his professional advice and helped to allocate the resources. He was caring and down to the details. We were very happy to see the success of our house sold. We feel very grateful to have Doug as our agent especially during this Covid19 pandemic. We highly recommend Doug and his team's listing service!

We are relocating from Houston and needed an agent in the East Bay. We got Doug's name from a relative, and we are so glad we did. He really delivered. He was informative, professional, and available. He was not pushy at all... he gave us the data we needed to make a decision, and was really focused on what was important to us. And he has been a valuable resource after closing with recommendations and input. In short, Doug was excellent!

Doug gave us a valuable full service and along with extensive experience specializing in luxury home sales.
Doug has can-did spirits that he strives to go above and beyond on all aspects of the process to help sellers and buyers.
We were very happy with the overall sales process and the outcome made smoothly with Doug and his excellent team. We knew he is someone has broad experience and expertise who we can trust and rely upon when we decided to sell our home in Pleasanton.