Lisa and Kari are wonderful realtors who were instrumental in selling my parents’ home in a difficult and dynamic market. Their recommendations to price the home appropriately, market towards a specific kind of buyer, and to prepare the home accordingly were spot on. They had the right connections for us to hire professional cleaners and remodelers, as well as bring in several inspectors who completed their reports expediently. Lisa and Kari kept us up to date on the asking and selling prices of similar homes in our area and recommended appropriate adjustments to our asking price. We trusted their judgements and sold the home in a reasonable amount of time. Thank you, Kari and Lisa, for giving us a great outcome and for making a very complicated situation relatively painless.

Santiago & Joyce
Clayton, CA

In May of 2022, I decided to put my house for sale. I knew immediately I wanted Kari Houke to be my realtor. Having known Kari for many years, I've always admired her drive, dedication, humanity, and integrity. Despite a rapidly changing housing market, Kari never failed to give excellent, accurate, and helpful advice on things that we, the sellers, could do to make our house marketable. It sold when we needed it to and we were happy with the outcome. I will always be grateful for Kari being there when I needed her to be and would be happy to use her excellent services again.

Peter V. Briggs, satisfied customer

I recently purchased a house at the end of 2022 and thank to Kari Houke, she made it happen. I had a couple of agent prior to Kari, but I never felt like the agent where putting in the time or the agent was knowledgeable about buying a home. It's hard to explain, but it was the detail that cause me to look for another agent. I met Kari through my brother and he stated she was a good person. I was browsing homes websites found something that looked interesting, so I gave Kari a chance. I was surprised, shocked and amazed. She was able to pull the house history and 2 day later I was looking at the house. Kari stated that we had to move fast if I really wanted the house and I said yes. It took a little more than to 2 month to close the deal and I'm happy at my new place. Thank you Kari and your team for making this happen for my family and me.

Gene & Lucy
Fremont, CA

Kari and the Lisa Lombardi Team were a joy to work with on our condo purchase. Attentive and helpful, Kari helped us negotiate with a challenging owner (it was the perfect place...) and made everything go as smoothly as possible. Could not be more pleased with how our purchase and search was handled by the team. Thanks Kari & Lisa!!!

-M., Solano County

We met Kari at an open house in Vallejo, she was very friendly and took the time to speak to us even though she knew the house we were looking at was over our budget. She asked the right questions and connected us to her team the next day. By the end of that week, she set up appointments with us to look at houses within our budget. She didn’t mind reaching out to other realtors when we would show her a house that we found on Zillow and would get us access within an hour. By the second week we found our home and went into escrow! She facilitated the process and was available to answer any question we had!

-Rosa A., Solano County

Kari took great care of me, walking me through the process of purchasing my first home and showing me places that fit into my needs and budget. Would definitely recommend her to anyone.

-Jeremy D.
Martinez, CA

I recently had the pleasure of working with Kari as my realtor for purchasing my first home, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience. From day one, Kari demonstrated a genuine commitment to finding the right home for me, always keeping my best interests in mind. She took the time to understand my needs and budget constraints, and consistently presented me with options that aligned perfectly with what I was looking for. Her teamwork with Cherese from CrossCountry Mortgage was as good as it can be!

What truly stood out about Kari was her exceptional listening skills and responsiveness. Whenever I had questions or concerns, she was always there to provide timely and thorough answers, putting my mind at ease throughout the entire process. Her accountability and responsiveness truly made me feel valued as a client.

Thanks to Kari's expertise and dedication, I found the perfect home within a relatively short period. I am beyond satisfied with the outcome and wouldn't hesitate to recommend Kari to anyone in need of a reliable and trustworthy realtor. Working with her was a seamless and enjoyable experience, and I am immensely grateful for her guidance and support.

I wholeheartedly recommend Kari to anyone seeking a top-notch realtor!

Albert J.
Martinez, CA

Dear Kari,

Thank you so much for guiding us through the home buying process!! You showed incredible patience and let us discover what we wanted for our first home- it was a good learning process for us..

You showed incredible patience and let us discover what we wanted from our first home- it was a good learning process for us..

You're seriously so good at what you do- it was honestly quite a comforting feeling to know that you're just a text or phone call away. We really, truly appreciate your clear communication and prompt replies. So here we are- we bought our first home and we did this together!

Thanks a ton! Hope our paths cross again soon!

Loads of love & prayers,
S & A,
Walnut Creek, CA

Kari Houke has our highest recommendation as a realtor who is professional, highly knowledgeable, and very diligent.

My husband and I found Kari by happen-stance at an open house in Walnut Creek, which became our good fortune a few months later.

Kari is straightforward and crystal clear with her point of view, which is refreshing for strong-willed people like ourselves. She is keenly observant and an excellent listener. Kari puts her skills to work helping clients refine their "search". She did not back away from the complexity of a pre-foreclosure house that best fit our search parameters, and that we planned to renovate anyway. Her team allowed us to close within 20-days, which was no easy accomplishment. We closed the purchase first week Feb2025. She has an excellent network of competent and motivated professionals that help navigate the process: offer, negotiation, inspection, purchase, repairs. Kari's network was an instrumental part of our relocation to East Bay.

Again, without hesitancy, we strongly recommend Kari Houke as your realty agent. Sincerely.

Tony A.
-Brentwood, CA

We were lucky to meet Kari at an open house we randomly stopped at in March of 2024. As first time home buyers with little familiarity of the area and process, Kari won us over quickly with her impressive knowledge of Contra Costa county neighborhoods. She listened closely to what we were looking for and gave a great guidance on a specific area to focus on.

Her attention to detail, responsiveness and area knowledge are exceptional, however we most appreciated her patience. We were not in a rush to move and were looking for a relatively fair deal, extremely difficult to find in this competitive Bay Area market. As first time homebuyers we had a lot of questions, and Kari worked closely with us for over 12 months, which included A LOT of open house visits, questions and debates around offers, lost bids and even an accepted offer that fell through. We met with her so much over the year our toddler began asking us when we were going to see her every Saturday!

She was also extremely helpful in connecting us with local vendors to get consultations and estimates on potential work so we could incorporate into our offers.

While Kari was our real estate agent, we came to view her as our home ownership journey family consultant. She was always happy to work around our schedule to consult and answer all our questions as we bid (and lost), until we found the winner a year later.

Thank you Kari, and Go Niners!

D&K
Martinez, CA