Cari Gennarelli – Marin Modern Residential Real Estate

After just one consult with Cari, my wife and I chose her to be our realtor in our search for our first home. We immediately felt comfortable with Cari’s expertise in the Marin market and her willingness to work with us who where completely new to the home buying purchase. Our chose paid off big time. The first Sunday we went with Cari to see homes she had chosen for us, we found one we absolutely loved. The following week we put in an offer and it was accepted! We did not expect it to be so easy, as my sister just a few months before put in several offers on homes and didn’t have one accepted until several months after her initial search.
Being our first home purchase, we were both excited and overwhelmed. Cari was fantastic in explaining the entire process and answering any questions we had. We cannot recommend her enough to anyone looking for a realtor who both knows what she is doing and is easy to work with.

Yesterday marks our one year anniversary in the house that Cari helped us buy — and we still can’t believe that this is ours!
We started working with Cari about a year before we bought; I had contacted her to help us find a home to rent. However, after looking at many rentals (and getting discouraged by what we were finding) we started talking about the possibility of buying. After several conversations about the pros and cons, we decided to move forward with securing a loan, etc.
Being somewhat naïve to this process (especially in the Bay area) Cari was great at talking us through each step. Never once did we feel pressured, and never once did we feel rushed into doing something that we didn’t want to do. In fact, one of the things that I appreciated the most about Cari was the way that she asked us questions — so that we would get a better understanding about what was really important to us in finding that «perfect house».
It took several months of looking (and sometimes getting depressed by how expensive everything was getting), during which we had moments where we were tempted to go outside our budget. Thankfully, Cari reminded us about all the reasons why we didn’t want to do this (she was our voice of reason on more than one occasion). She kept re-​assuring us that the right house would come along, and we shouldn’t get discouraged — and she was right! We found «our» house — and it is more than we could have possibly imagined! Best part of all was that we didn’t get into any bidding wars, and the price fit well within our budget.
Whenever I hear someone talk about wanting to buy a house, I always refer them to Cari. She is a great person to work with — patient, thoughtful and comes from a place of integrity! I highly recommend her!

While neither of us are big Unilocalers, we can give Cari and Marin Modern nothing less than a 5 star rating! Cari was our real estate agent for the purchase of our first home. We decided to take the big leap and leave our little one bedroom condo in the marina in San Francisco for Marin County. Cari is a Marin native and knows every community backwards and forwards (She also knows San Francisco real estate inside and out). This was extremely helpful because as first time home buyers in Marin and dealing with everything else in life, we constantly shifted our hopes and desires, buying time frame and expectations and as we learned more about the various areas of Marin and the housing market.
Cari was extremely patient throughout the year-​long + process and ultimately succeeded in helping us buy our dream home in the Bel Marin Keys on the water. This was not one of the areas we initially targeted in our search, but hey, good things come to those who wait. We had a couple of heartbreaks along the way as we learned what it takes in terms of getting an offer accepted in Marin but Cari helped us stay the course and everything turned out for the best. She seemed to be truly emotionally invested in our finding the right place for us and equally disappointed for us when our first 2 offers were rejected.
When we discovered Bel Marin Keys and did not have our first offer on a home there accepted, Cari went above and beyond and contacted every home owner in the neighborhood who lived in homes that we would be interested in buying, to determine whether anyone was or would be interested in selling even if they hadn’t listed their home yet. Wow!
While truly positive and fun to be around when you’re spending many hours driving around Marin and looking at properties, Cari was also direct and honest with us in what we could expect to find within our budget so as to manage our expectations and land a place that we could both love and afford. She also never pushed us to make an offer on something without our expressing a sincere and legitimate interest in it. The last thing you want in an agent is someone who puts even more pressure on you in what is already a stressful process.
Cari was always accessible and responded quickly to any questions or concerns that we had. Since we moved in, she has remained in contact and inquired frequently as to how everything is going which is definitely much appreciated as well.
We couldn’t have asked for a better agent than Cari and highly recommend her to anyone seeking a real estate agent!
Big Cheers to Cari!
Justin & Christina