Bob Bredel

If you ever wanted to find the ‘unicorn’ of real estate agents, you need to work with Bob Bredel. He knows more about the in’s and out’s of real estate and the Silicon Valley market, specifically San Carlos, better than anyone– hands down. He is a consummate professional and helped us expertly navigate the entire house buying process over an exhaustive search in an incredibly hot market. We were able to buy the house of our dreams and we owe it 100% to to him. The house we purchased had 24 disclosure packages out and 12 offers. Truthfully, we doubt we were even the highest offer but Bob’s excellent reputation in the area and our rock-​solid lender (Bob’s recommendation) likely made the seller’s agent choose us amongst all the offers. We still feel the need to pinch ourselves that we will be getting the keys to our new home on Monday! Honestly, we have worked with realtors in the past and they have been flakey, less-​than-​professional, and have seemed annoyed with our questions or too disinterested to bother. Bob is a lawyer by education and it shows is his meticulousness and utter professionalism. He is engaged with prospective buyers (and sellers, I am certain) through every step of the process and is truly the best realtor my husband and I have ever come across and we have bought and sold several homes. We feel honored to have worked with Bob and will ABSOLUTELY recommend him to all of our friends!

Yes, my husband and I highly recommend Bob. He is the best realtor with whom we have ever worked.
Recently, we sold our San Carlos home in an unfamiliar (to us) market. We put our confidence in Bob’s sell strategy, and we were rewarded with the best, fastest return imaginable.
In addition, his Dwell Realtors team of similarly RESPONSIVE, experienced, competent professionals never let us down.
Perhaps most importantly, Bob and his team balanced intelligence with kindness. We liked working with them.

My husband and I just closed escrow on the sale of our condo in Redwood City, Ca. I wanted to write this review of Bob prior to the sale because of how outstanding he has been. I just didn’t get around to it until today. His professionalism far exceeds that of any real estate agent I have ever worked with.
I just want to note that It was not the best time to be selling a condo in the area. Regardless of this, Bob was able to stand by us and get the condo sold within a completely reasonable amount of time. He made the entire process from start to finish painless. Not to mention that our baby arrived early and Bob was able to accommodate us in so many ways.
Bob was a pleasure to work with. He is extremely talented, insightful, and strait-​forward. He is accessible and always follows up. I wouldn’t hesitate to use Bob for your real estate needs. You will save a lot of time, energy and money working with Bob and his assistant (who is also lovely).
Thank you for everything Bob!
We think you are the best.
–The Tiptons

My husband and I can’t say enough positive, wonderful things about Bob!!!
He has gone above and beyond for our family in selling our home and in purchasing our new one!
Not only is Bob exceptionally smart, witty, reliable and completely «on it», it is his honesty, integrity and incredible kindness that makes him stand apart from all other realtors out there. He is a first rate realtor and a wonderful person!!! He is incredibly knowledgeable and so trustworthy in every step of this tedious and stressful process. He helps you through each step with ease. We can’t recommend Bob high enough to our family and friends. We mean when we say he is truly the best!!!

We worked with Bob to purchase a home in our ideal neighborhood in San Carlos, in a crazy real estate market. The process was much quicker and easier than we would have ever expected because of Bob. My husband and I couldn’t be happier with his service and we highly recommend him!

We have bought and sold six homes in different parts of the country so have had many realtor experiences. Bob tops the list! He is professional, knowledgeable, responsive and not one to overreact in an over-​reactive market. We found Bob based on many recommendations of SC residents and he really is the San Carlos expert but also has a very good handle on surrounding towns. Without his San Carlos market connections we would not have found our dream home in 1 week! Though our search was short we did have some issues pop up during escrow and we were very happy with Bob’s firm but calm handling of the difficult situation and glad for his experience as an attorney; in that we had to draw and re-​draw up addendums to our contract. I really feel like Bob had our best interest in mind and would use him again but hopefully we won’t need to.

We hired Bob Bredel over a year ago to list our house in San Carlos. We had tried to sell this same house once previously with another agent, and knew that due to a less desirable location and some troubles with the neighbors, that the challenge of selling our home could be formidable.
This time around we chose to list with Bob for several reasons. The recommendations we had heard already were all 100% positive, he had a very approachable and trustworthy demeanor to him (not the least bit pushy), he was incredibly knowledgable, and lastly we appreciated that he was an attorney which made us feel far more comfortable when dealing with legal issues with the neighbors. We could not have imagined a better choice!
Bob is the most patient, perceptive, genuine and skilled agent I have ever met. He goes above and beyond to dedicate himself entirely to every one of his clients. He was always quick to respond via text, email or phone (there is a slight possibility that he may be super-​human;) and he has an intelligent and resourceful team to back him up as well. He will not let you down.
As soon as we listed with him, Bob and his team didn’t waste any time getting their painters, stagers, and inspectors in. Each one notably friendly and professional. The entire process was seamless. And the end result was several offers well above asking price.
Following the sale of our house, we used Bob to help us find and put an offer in on a new house in town. He offered valuable advice on how to proceed and never hesitated to get us in to see a home. When we found the one we wanted, Bob handled the offer in a manner both judicious and smart. In a position where we were competing against a dozen other offers, we were thrilled to find that we had the benefit of an incredibly savvy and dedicated agent on our side. I honestly don’t think we could have gotten this house without him.
You just can’t go wrong with Bob Bredel and his team on your side. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire them again!

First off, just let me be very clear that Bob exceed our expectations in every single way, which is no small accomplishment, as I have been told I am pretty demanding. I tried to pick out one or two of Bob’s most outstanding qualities, but the fact is, Bob is outstanding in all areas! From always being available and responding within minutes, to helping prioritize what decisions need to be made when, to providing relevant fact based data to help guide our decisions, Bob just had all the answers.
Most importantly, Bob is not afraid of trying to make the impossible happen, because that is what he did for us. Specifically, Bob helped us sell our home off market for the price we wanted in under 48 hours, with a contingency on the purchase of a new home. Here is how our transaction went:
1) Saturday Night — We called Bob after finding the home we wanted to purchase.
2) Sunday Morning — The house is shown off market to 6 interested parties.
3) Monday Afternoon — We accepted an offer on our home.
4) Wednesday — Our purchase offer is accepted.
5) 21 days later we closed escrow on the sale of our existing home.
6) 23 days later we closed escrow on the purchase of our new home.
What makes this so incredible is Bob’s advice on how to purchase the home we wanted to buy. The whole transaction was based on a strict set of parameters and timing to make it work which were all dependent on the new home purchase process. Bob’s guidance and innovative out of the box ideas on how to approach the purchase were what was needed to get the transaction completed.
In addition to his sale and purchase expertise, Bob is a full service broker with an amazingly competent staff and a great network of service providers, the broker he referred us was just as outstanding.
Obviously, we can’t say enough about Bob and highly recommend him, you will not be sorry.

What an ideal realtor should be! After going through a couple of purchases and sales in the last few years, our experience with Bob tops all other agents we’ve dealt with. We would highly recommend Bob for not just San Carlos but also other cities in the Peninsula. He is extremely knowledgeable, honest and diligent. He also provides excellent customer service and responds very quickly.
Bob is honest and diligent. When we first looked to buy a home a San Carlos, Bob would do his due diligence on homes we showed the most interest in, and he would even call the home inspectors directly to ask questions. Most buying agents would not do this much work because it might be a waste of time if the buyers decided not to make an offer. Bob would even discourage us from making an offer if he thought the house had major issues or we would be spending too much money upgrading the house. We know Bob is a busy agent so we were pleasantly surprised by his effort on homes that did not qualify for us. In contrast, we find many agents follow the mantra: «ABC: always be closing».
We eventually decided to move from San Carlos to another city and picked a «local» agent for our buying decision. A big mistake! Even after we made our home purchase with another agent, we relied on Bob for references on painting and flooring contractors for the new home. We found Bob to be very fast in responding to all our questions. We usually got email responses from Bob within an hour.
When we decided to sell our home in San Carlos, we interviewed several agents. Bob immediately stood out to us after our first meeting because he was the least «salesy» of the agents we talked to. He was not only the most knowledgeable but also spoke in a straightforward manner. Bob came to our meeting prepared with an information packet he personalized for us. Some agents either showed up with nothing or brought some disorganized MLS sheet that just came off their printers.
Bob told us he’d market our house with the same approach as he would for more expensive homes. While most homeowners like to hear prospective agents estimate home prices as high as possible, Bob did not shy away from giving us an honest opinion based on current market conditions. We found Bob’s honesty refreshing. During our sales process, Bob kept us up-​to-​date so we didn’t feel out of the loop. Due to his legal background, he was able to explain all the items in the contracts in layman terms and the whole process went extremely smoothly.
We have been pleasantly surprised by all our dealings with Bob. Had we met him earlier, we would have gone with him for all our transactions and saved ourselves the frustration. He genuinely looks out for his clients.

We love Bob! He helped us purchase a house and dealt with all my questions and emotions during the process (on top of buying a house, I was pregnant…). He’s a great communicator, uses technology well (text and email) and got us our house in a very competitive process. Would not hesitate to recommend him for the San Carlos neighborhoods and he’s been very helpful since then with recommendations for plumbers, handymen, etc.

Bob is the best.
We approached him after hearing many wonderful recommendations in the San Carlos Mothers Club, and they are all true and more.
Within 30 days of just talking to him on the phone, we moved into our new house, which answers all our desires.
Bob is dedicated, responsive, and patient to our very detailed and thorough extensive questions.
He goes way beyond a regular realtor and made this whole experience very pleasant.
Thank you Bob !

My husband and I recently sold our old house in San Carlos and bought a new one in San Mateo. We worked with Bob Bredel from Sotheby’s on both sides of the deal and would recommend him HIGHLY. While he’s known as a San Carlos Real Estate Specialist (and he is! — check out his blog at
), he knows the entire Peninsula very well and was knowledgeable about the neighborhoods we were considering in San Mateo as well.
Bob is professional, kind, patient, savvy, a shrewd negotiator (he practiced as an attorney prior to real estate), practical, clever, thoughtful and a family man who will be very understanding of your life (I was 8+ months pregnant with #2 when we did these transactions with him)! He’s well respected by his fellow Realtors on the Peninsula, which helps a ton both in searching for off-​market houses and during negotiations. I really can’t say enough good things about him.
There’s no better Realtor on the Peninsula. Bob is awesome!