Testimonials

“Dave and his team were wonderful throughout our very challenging home-buying process. After an extensive search in the East Bay area, we set our hearts on a home that proved to be an endless hoop of hurdles to jump through, due to both the specifics of the home and to particular challenges of our financial portfolio. Throughout the experience Dave, Laura, and the financing team remained incredibly responsive, helpful, and patient. We are now moved into our dream home, and I would highly recommend Dave to anyone looking for a positive home purchase experience.”

Dave, it's been awesome working with you and your team. You folks are pros and really I appreciate the attention and follow-through in all aspects of the process.

We recently sold our home in Oakland, California after signing a contract with David Higgins of CUSH Real Estate. We bought a house out of state in the spring of 2022, which wasn’t going to be completed until 2023. We had not planned on selling our Oakland home until the late fall of 2022. Because of the uncertainty in the real estate market David suggested that we put our house on the market in September, much earlier than anticipated. We moved out of state in mid-August and David and Erika Vexler, realtor and Director of CUSH design, took over like whirlwinds. Erika and her design team suggested some amazing changes to the laundry room to turn it into a usable office/play area and to update a small bathroom. This and the general sprucing up of the property including landscaping, floor refinishing, and paint colors were all included in the budget that Erika provided to support the no interest concierge loan that they were able to obtain for us. This loan would be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the house. Though we were not in the area, Erika and the CUSH staff sent us photos and kept in touch during the process. The contractors that David and Erika used to work on our home were very professional and did fabulous work. The updates to our house were done in 3 weeks and a beautiful 3-D Matterport video was posted on line along with wonderful photos. Our home listed on 9/16/2022 with an open house the next 2 days. One week later we signed a contract to sell and the closing was less than 2 weeks later. This was an unbelievable ending that could not have happened without David’s marketing strategy and planning and the support and efforts by Erika and the fabulous CUSH crew. Thank you so much. October 2022.

“Dave represented us recently on the purchase of a house in Crocker Highlands. Dave is very attentive, responsive and patient, immediately answering the countless questions that arose for us during the transaction and always following through on his end. His knowledge, connections and savvy made a huge difference in winning the bid on the house we wanted. He also had connections to secure the financing we needed to make the purchase a reality. From the first showing to the close of escrow, Dave was extremely accommodating -- making himself available to us. His knowledge of the market and neighborhood are enhanced by the fact that he lives in the neighborhood himself and sends his children to our local public school. In fact, he generously donates to the school and has a true stake in the community. On top of annually giving to the school, he has a PTA Giveback program where 5% of his commissions are donated to the school. Thank you, Dave!”

We are so grateful for your fabulous work in selling our home. It's such an emotional process and your expertise and professionalism really helped us navigate this time. We will miss you and appreciate all you did for us!

“Dave and Amy were super knowledgeable about the market and positioned us very well to make a winning bid. They were a pleasure to work with -- super nice, communicative and flexible. As a first time home-buyer in a super competitive market, it could've been a really stressful experience, but working with them made it seem easy!”

Dave - It was a pleasure to work with you and your team in selling my home. I trusted your expertise in the real estate market and it contributed to a very successful outcome.

“Dave recently helped me and my fiancee, both first-time homebuyers, buy a home in El Cerrito, and Dave was outstanding throughout the process. The bay area real estate market is hectic, and Dave walked us through the entire process. He was extremely responsive and would usually respond to our emails (which we sent constantly) immediately. When he was going to have any periods of unavailability, he let us know and set us up with someone else in his office who would show us homes or answer our questions. He's very willing to call the listing agent and see what other information he can get about the house, the sellers, and others potentially making offers. Dave is very patient and did not try to pressure us into making an offer when we were on the fence about a certain properties. Once we were in escrow, he has a great network of contractors, inspectors, engineers, etc. who he got out to the house quickly. I would definitely recommend Dave to anyone buying a home in the east bay.”

If you ever in need of a realtor, I highly recommend Cush Real Estate By Design. David, Erika, and their team are the best, I loved working with them! They did an excellent job for my house from renovation to staging in a short period of time and the outcome was more desirable than I expected. Best of all, I received offers within a week and it was above what I asked Dave to sell for. I definitely will use them again in the future!