David Kim

My husband and I recently bought our first home with the help of David. I completely agree with all the five star reviews on Unilocal,including the filtered ones.
David is perhaps one of the hardest working human beings I have ever met. He would show us a house at 10 o’clock at night so we don’t miss the offer deadline. If I can’t reach David right away, I never had to wait more than an hour or two before hearing back from him. But most importantly, I can place my complete trust in David’s judgement and integrity. I believe that he always has our best interest in mind. If he thinks a house is a bad choice, he will not shy away from telling us so. In fact, during our month-​long search, there had been more than one occasion where David advised us to walk away from a house because of his knowledge about a certain neighborhood, or potential problems with a house. Given the red hot market condition at the time, he could have easily made a quick commission and move on to the next client.
Dave went above and beyond of what I expected from a real estate agent. For example, he went to the city plannings department with me to make sure the future expansion I have in mind is feasible. He helped us schedule and coordinate the various repairs in the house we bought, which was a huge relief because not only do we have zero experience in home improvement, we were also expecting a baby, so we were under an extremely tight timeline to move in.
To be honest, when we started out looking for a home, I was one of those buyers suspicious of the value of a buyer’s agent. After my experience with David, I am now a firm believer that a good buyer’s agent is worth everything. I know David will be our guy when it’s time for us to sell our current house or find the next one.

We recently bought a house in San Jose and David was our agent. My wife and I initially were exclusively relying on Redfin to find new houses. But before we were going to make an offer, we weren’t sure if we were making the right bid. Our next door neighbor referred us to David. David was their agent when they bought a property in Los Altos a little while ago, and they were extremely happy with David. In the hindsight, we feel we were so lucky to have David as our agent for a couple of reasons:
1. David is very experienced and confident. He persuaded us to back off from two houses we were going to bid on. He could have made quick sales but he placed our interest above his.
2. David is very hardworking. The Bay Area is a very competitive market and time is always of essence. He read every disclosure on every property we were going to bid on. And often he worked until midnight to put together offers and had us sign the documents via DocuSign. Once, we made a stretch bid we knew was tough to get accepted. Nevertheless, he still went ahead and presented the offer to the seller’s agent in person on a Saturday afternoon. We got a counter offer although we decided not to pursue that property by that time.
3. David is extremely responsive, even after the closing. We are first-​time home owners and we have a lot of questions even after we moved in. David continues to give us sound advice.
In short, we are very impressed.

My husband and I recently bought a house, and it would not have been possible without David Kim’s help, insight, guidance and diligence. He is not only knowledgeable about the market and but knows how to find the best home per one’s liking. We spent over 8 months looking for a house, and David was never pushy, but very very approachable and shared the listings, per our price budget, our necessities and considered safety and neighborhood at all times.
It has been over 6 months now since we bought the place, and David is still there for any help or advise we need.
He is truly the very best Realtors I have ever worked with, and definitely going to recommend him to anyone who is looking to buy their next home.
He is AWESOME!

David is an excellent agent. We met David at an open house and decided to explore opportunities with him. He started out with a detailed profile of our needs. David set us up with our search and proactively recommended criteria he believed would be beneficial to us based on his experience. We really valued this feedback. His no-​pressure approach and commitment to providing genuine value to his clients is one I haven’t seen in many agents. He was very responsive throughout the search and purchase process. He negotiated our price and even advised us on when to walk away from a deal. He had a detailed schedule ready for us at purchase time and went the extra step of lining contractors to ensure our close and move-​in was very smooth. Even today, David volunteers help on questions or concerns I have. As a person, he is friendly and a true gentleman to work with.
I have referred David to a few of my friends and we all share the same feedback. I can strongly recommend David to anyone who is looking for an agent that truly values their interests.

I need to rave about Dave. I had a great experience with him, we’re first time homebuyers, and Dave walked us through the whole process. He really goes above and beyond. He set up open houses, walked us through many houses on off-​hours, met us early or late to accomodate my work schedule, answered emails and phone calls on weekends and late nights and when he was in Hawaii with his family on vacation. His advice was sound and he didn’t apply pressure, he took the time to learn what was important to us and tailored his advice to us.
Through the closing process, he was there for all the signings, going over disclosures with us, and even helping us with contractors for a remodel after the closing was finished!
It may sound cheesy, but it is true: we even go to dinner with him now, we’re friends! We’ll definitely use him again and recommend him without hesitation.

Dave Kim is the type of realtor that goes above and beyond and then some!
My husband and I were first-​time home buyers, and after casually going to open houses for a few months on our own, we finally got serious and decided we needed a realtor. A colleague of mine had been working with Dave and put the two of us in touch. We met Dave over lunch where he made us feel comfortable and tried to get to know us as people so he could really help us find a house that fit our lifestyles and priorities.
The first time we visited homes with Dave, we were really impressed by his eye for detail, knowledge, and candor. He would point out his concerns about the home and help us understand trade-​offs. He was incredibly patient with us through the process. One time, he met my husband at a house well before work hours so he could see how bad the Caltrain traffice /​noise was during the morning. Another time, he met both of us at a house at 10 pm to look over disclosures and decide if we wanted to put an offer in (we ultimately decided not to on that one).
Over the 3 months we worked with Dave, he really educated us about the home buying process. The market was crazy pre-​Facebook IPO, so it wasn’t normal times, and there was a lot more things we needed to know and be comfortable with. Even in a competitive market, we got a house after our 2^nd offer. We even got it for less than we originally were willing to pay for it because Dave was so attentive the day offers were being accepted.
Even after we bought a house, Dave helped me look into contractors, met them at the house (cause I was away on vacation) and got estimates for me. I can’t imagine any other real estate agent doing this (after all, he had already gotten the sale!) We are so happy we had Dave though to help us through this process. He was incredibly responsive, helpful, and honest with us. I swear I talked to Dave more than my husband and mother combined during the house hunting process. He was just always so on the ball. We could not recommend him more highly for anyone looking to buy a home between San Carlos and San Jose.

David is the best realtor in the business! My husband and I have gone through another realtor a couple of years ago and she was not very helpful, since we were first time home buyers. She was not very attentive and seemed like she could care less if she made a sale or not. We stopped looking for a house then.
A couple months ago, we started working with David. As first time home buyers we knew a little bit about the home buying process through informational events, but David went into detail about what we wanted in a house, what price range we were looking in, the areas we wanted to look in, and the whole home purchasing process from beginning to end. David was available day and night to answer our questions via phone or email. When we found a house we liked, he did background research about the area to make sure it was a place we wanted to buy. David is based out of the Mountain View area. David is a very good negotiator and was able to get us more than we could have asked for. He also is there for you from the moment you choose him to be your Realtor to closing, making sure everything gets done on time. Thanks to David, we got a brand new house and will be moving into it in November! I would highly recommend anyone looking for a realtor to have David be theirs!

I had a great experience working with David.
As first-​time homebuyers, my husband and I had no clue about home purchasing/​real estate market at first. We were so nervous and so confused that we kept changing about our needs. Also, we were simply anxious to see every homes as possible in our price range, here, there, and pretty much everywhere in the Bay Are. But, David was so patient and made the home buying process as easy as possible for us by proactively educating and informing us of the market and home purchase. David was always there, day and night, to answer our questions. He takes the extra time to understand our needs. He really listens!
I can say so much good things about David. Honest, professional, trustworthy, patient, good at negotiating, attentive to details, calm, etc. I always felt David genuinely cares about the client’s best interest, not his own interest. All of these makes David a great realtor!
Yes, thanks to David, we finally purchased our dream house in Sunnyvale a few months ago. He still calls us to ask how we are doing in our new house.
So, what can I say? David is the best realtor! I highly recommend him to anyone, especially to first home buyers.