Jen Jacobs Bolger and Joy Jacobs have many talents and are supportive of their clients. Their experience and expertise were invaluable in helping us find a home.
Michelle Bachini, Salinas, CA, a seller from Salinas, CA
From our first conversation to completion of the sale of my family home, Joy has always been extremely responsive, caring, efficient, and professional. She provided me with excellent advice and shared her wealth of knowledge and experience to set a great price for our home. Her team stepped in to prepare my home when I was unable to complete necessary work. Within 24 hours of listing our home, we had our
buyer. Joy, Jenn, and their team worked diligently to close the sale.
I recommend Joy and her team to everyone.
Harleen & Sumeet Singh, Monterey, CA, a buyer from Carmel, CA
Well I want to write more, but will keep it brief. Joy & Jen Jacobs were a pleasure to work with. Joy's experience made the whole home buying process as smooth as you can imagine, she handled everything meticulously. We highly recommend them as your next real estate agents.
Dawn Andresen, Phoenix, a seller from Monterey, CA
Joy & Jen Jacobs Bolger were helpful in selling my vacation home in Monterey. I wasn't able to be there and they took care of everything, getting it ready to sell and also clearing out the furniture and items when sold. The house sold the first week-end on the market. Very thankful for all their help. They did much more than most Realtors would do. Always answered phone calls and kept me up to date. I highly recommend them.
Mashal Batheja, Phoenix AZ, a seller from Carmel, CA
Highly recommend Joy Jacobs Team! Our realtor Maha Malek was outstanding, start to finish! Truly appreciated her professionalism and patience, excellent marketing strategy, and willingness to help us every step of the way. Critical as we were navigating the sales process from afar.
Joy and Jen are knowledgeable, friendly and a pleasure to work with.
The whole process was quick and easy and they were helpful throughout the purchase of our new home.
Better than imaginable.
Joy Jacobs provides as much honesty and guidance as you want. If you're independent, she meets you there. If you want her insight, she meets you there. If you're like me, and you want to turn the entire process over to an expert, Joy is exactly the person whom you want working for you, because that's exactly what she does: Joy diligently and with care works for you. From market analysis to vital staging advice to receiving and responding to offers, Joy is an expert, and her experience and thoughtfulness is on full display through the close. While working with Joy, I knew Jen and the entire Jacobs Team were working behind the scenes making things happen. Buying and selling real estate is fraught with the unexpected and can be loaded with emotions. My purchase and sale experiences were seamless and flawless.
Happy with Joy, Jen and the Jacobs Team is an understatement.
All these aspects describe Joy and her team perfectly. Polite, respectful, paitent. Understanding and knowledgable. We will be using her for all of our future real estate purchaes!
Steve and Joy Garvey, Monterey, CA, a buyer from Monterey, CA
Maha is committed to her clients and the most available agent we have ever worked with, her knowledge and ability to schedule necessary appointments and get everything done on time or before is phenomenal. She is a delight to be around and the most positive person I have ever met. We will recommend her to everybody we know!
Justin & Kara Hays - Salinas, CA., a seller from Salinas, CA
We recently used The Jacobs Team to sell our home in South Salinas, and we couldn't have asked for a more capable, hard-working team! After quickly and efficiently getting our home on the market, we received multiple offers and were in contract in only 48 hours! Joy negotiated on our behalf to get the buyer up in price, and even got us a backup offer in place. Jen was wonderful in handling the entire (quick) escrow and was wonderful about sending us daily updates and checking in. We felt secure throughout the entire transaction. We are beyond happy with the outcome of our sale and would HIGHLY recommend The Jacobs Team to anyone and everyone!
Happy Retirees, Salinas, CA, a seller from Salinas, CA
We selected 3 realtors to interview. Joys personality, authenticity and knowledge impressed us. Her presentation was reassuring and made our choice easy.
Joy was critical in assisting us to look for our forever home. When we found our forever home she guided us through the bidding process, discussed the pros and cons of the home and completed the process after shelter in place orders were issued.
Then the Jacobs team helped us put our old home on the market, priced strategically and we had 9 offers in 2 days at or above asking price! We are ecstatic. The Jacobs Team is a Joy to work with.
We dealt primarily with Joy. She was professional and enthusiastic. She used her expertise in guiding us through the process of buying and selling our homes. She used her witty sense of humor, knowledge and honest concern to reassure us through all the steps of the process. She made sure we knew we were part of the team and they would back us all the way. Her negotiating skills are impressive and gave us confidence throughout the whole process.
Our purchase of our forever home and the sale of our previous residence was a remarkably smooth experience despite the usual glitches and pandemic restrictions. Joy and her team made the complicated ominous prospect of buying and selling real estate during a global pandemic look easy!
We were so impressed with Joy and her team, we referred friends to Joy and her team who sold their home in short order!
The Jacobs Team was absolutely phenomenal and so instrumental in helping us to acquire our "forever home" on the Monterey Peninsula. Without a doubt, we could not have done it without them!
My wife and I had the priviledge of working with both Jen Jacobs Bolger and Maha Malek and they tirelessly advocated for us during the entire home purchasing process. From our initial contact with them and their immense knowledge of the Northern California real estate market to having their personalized service with us during various open houses to their meticulous attention to detail when we were ready to negotiate an offer, Jen and Maha were with us every step of the way. They were honest, trustworthy, and they had our best intentions at heart the entire time. What was even more impressive was their ability to work with our unconventional parameters in this challenging market. They are just so resourceful and damn good at what they do!
My family and I are truly blessed to have had The Jacobs Team representing us and we would highly recommend them to anyone who values customer service, integrity, and professionalism.
Linda Chang and Robert Proudfoot,, a buyer from Pacific Grove, CA
We live on the peninsula and, after a four-year search of coastal towns, settled on Pacific Grove for our next hometown. Maha came highly recommended to us by a peninsula broker. We began our search in late 2019 and Maha was eager, charming and industrious; she regularly checked in, sent us listings and set up virtual tours via FaceTime. Maha displayed great patience as we worked through our own process of figuring out what we want - whittling through properties, giving her feedback. In March 2020, COVID arrived and as the world went sideways, we thought we would have to suspend our search. Maha however had other ideas and rose above and beyond to keep the dream alive for us. She continued to search for properties and when interesting, she set up appointments back-to-back so we could drive down and make the most of the time we had. At one property, she insisted that the other broker stay outside while we toured on our own in a socially distant and safe manner. It felt crazy to be doing this during a global pandemic, but Maha never missed a beat and adjusted the whole process seamlessly to make it feel not just possible but safe and protected. After multiple drives down, we were ready to give up, but Maha persevered, keeping the faith while ours flagged, ever-positive that our house was right around the corner. And it was. On our last drive down, we found our house and we knew immediately that it could spark a bidding war. Four hours later, we submitted a bid with Mahas expert guidance and barely 2 hours later it was ours. A substantially higher bid came in a few hours later and an even higher one the next day. Without question, Mahas expertise and professionalism made this outcome possible for us. In normal times, she would have earned our highest approval and recommendation. During these COVID times, we also extend our deepest gratitude for her unflagging optimism and keeping us safe throughout the process. If you are looking for a broker, Maha is absolutely the one you want on your side.
Heather, Carmel by the Sea, a buyer from Carmel, CA
The Jacobs Team recently represented my husband and I on both the sale of our home and the purchase of our new home. Jen Bolger and her team are well organized and helped make the entire listing process seem effortless. The sale of our home was handled so beautifully that we had 3 competing offers in under 3 days. Jen thoughtfully helped us review the offers and make an educated decision on our acceptance. This is above and beyond what I have experienced in previous transactions.
On the purchase of a new home, Jen tirelessly searched for potential homes. She had leads on homes before they had officially hit the market, which was a wonderful advantage for us. Jen listened to what both my husband and I were looking for and was able to find us an absolute gem that is a perfect blend of what we were each looking for.
Both transactions exemplify what flawless transactions look like. Jen is a consummate professional, she keeps her clients informed and helps to make what is often a stressful process an absolutely pleasant one. You know that your best interest is being kept at the forefront when you have Jen representing you. There is a reason why the Jacobs Team has been so successful for so long.... They know what they are doing and they are building life long community relationships in the process. If you are looking for stellar representation, this is your agent.
Joy Jacobs and Jen Jacobs Bolger were a pleasure to work with. They gave us good advice about staging and keeping the house ready for visits from potential buyers. They kept us informed every step of the way, even lending us outdoor furniture to put on a patio. I would reccomend them to potential home sellers OR buyers without hesitation..
Jim and Michele Corso, Temecula, CA, a seller from Monterey, CA
Michele and I appreciate all the extra work Joy and Jen needed to take care of as we live in Southern CA and were not in Monterey to take care of details necessary to get the house listed as well as repairs at closing.
Joy also recommended a great contractor David at Thames Construction to handle the work necessary to list our house.
We would highly recommend the Jacob's Team.
Kim Johnston Monterey, Ca, a seller from Monterey, CA
I have now sold two homes with Joy Jacobs and Jen Jacobs Bolger. I could not have asked for better service, communication and attention to details. I recommend them without hesitation.
Mark Benetti of the Jacobs Team was a pleasure to work with and is 100% referable to friends and family in the area.
This was a sale from out of state. We put our complete trust in The Jacobs Team and Mark Benetti because we could not be in the area for the process. He exceeded our expectations.
Mark Benetti of the Jacobs Team handled the sale of the home with the utmost of professionalism. He kept us up to date with a detailed report from each open house and advised us on the feedback he was receiving from prospective buyers we needed to price the house appropriately.
Everything went beautifully & easily. Joy (and Kara) were there when we needed them! She really went the extra mile in selling and relieving the stress. We could not be more grateful.
We were well represented by the Jacobs team and we highly recommend them! They did a super job in selling our house. nThey were supportive and professional during the entire process, helping us with advice, their positive attitude and with all the negotiations and paper work. nThey definitely went the extra mile for us. nThank you so much! 2017
We were so blessed by The Jacobs Team. We are grateful for all of their knowledge, helpfulness and kindness to our family in the process of buying our home. We are completely satisfied with them and highly recommend them to anyone looking for a trustworthy realtor. 2016