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Maureen is passionate about Real Estate and has had the exciting opportunities to live in Montreal, Tokyo, Hong Kong,(where she began selling real estate in 1992) and Austin, Texas and has been working and living now in Silicon Valley/ Santa Cruz for most of the past 26 years. All these moves/relocations have given her first hand appreciation for the stress, challenges and joys that come with a move. Whether it’s job related, family related, upsizing or downsizing, there are successful strategies for all of these dreams.

We are thrilled to have Maureen on our COMPASS team, as she brings a great understanding of cultural uniqueness, integrity, experience and energy working with clients and other agents during a transaction. She has great compassion and love for the business and works discreetly and tirelessly with her clients to be sure they are successful in their real estate pursuits.

Maureen has a degree in design, an incredible work ethic, solid negotiating skills and knowledge of all the details that make a home purchase/sale work. She has the experience it takes to make your real estate dreams come true and looks forward to meeting with you and always has time for your referrals!

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Testimonials

Moving from the East Coast- My wife and I are thrilled to have an opportunity to unequivocally recommend realtor Maureen Rishi. Each and every interaction with her reinforced our assessment of her professional skill set. She was personable, always accessible, sensitive to our unique circumstances, and hyper-aware of the real estate market at a time of tremendous volatility. She was also refre...

Maureen Rishi represented me for the sale of a home in Los Altos, and she did an extraordinary job. Her experience, integrity and diligence helped overcome some serious obstacles along the way, resulting in a buyer well matched to the home and a higher sale price than expected. She was calm under pressure, always sincere and positive. Maureen is by far the best realtor I have worked with in eith...

Capitola Dreaming….. We had the good fortune of getting to know Maureen Rishi as a neighbor in Los Altos. Though she later moved to the coast, we have remained in touch over the years. She was the first person who came to mind when we started shopping for a home on the coast, as she is the most honest and positive agent we have ever met. She knew just what we needed and was readily availab...

Melanie and Philip

Finding our first home! We could not imagine navigating this incredibly competitive market with anyone in our corner other than Maureen! She did everything in her power and worked tirelessly to make sure we found the perfect home for us. We learned so much about real estate during our time working with her - from bidding strategies and valuing a home to how to dissect an inspection report and k...

We found a winner in our Santa Cruz Search with Maureen! We could not have been more pleased with the professionalism and warmth that Maureen showed during our process for buying our home. She truly paid attention to our needs and the picture of what a home means to us. She worked with everyone associated with the sale so any of our tasks were made easier. Maureen is a easy and wonderful to wor...

Maureen Rishi is a great realtor and a wonderful person who recently helped us find our first home in California after being here for twelve years. She worked tirelessly with us through the highs and lows of the very difficult and (at times) frustrating house search, offer and close process. Maureen developed a very professional and courteous relationship with the sellers’ agents and always guid...

George and Jeanine S

Working with Maureen Rishi to sell our house was such a pleasure. She made everything as easy on us as possible, which was so appreciated. We especially loved her amazing communication skills - we always knew what was going on - and she was very responsive to our several thousand questions. We sold our home in four days and got over our asking price. We would highly recommend her, a five star ra...

Kathi & Patrick

Maureen was receptive, responsive and dedicated. She helped us find the property we wanted and used her professional skills to close the deal. We will actively recommend her to all of our friends and family members for any real estate services.

I highly recommend Maureen Rishi as a go to Realtor. She is a high end professional who gets the job done. She recently sold my residence in Sunnyvale, from offer to close in about 30 days, to both my satisfaction and that of the buyer. When I have another property to sell or decide to buy another, My first call will be for Maureen Rishi .

Maureen was able to find a beautiful new home for me in the Santa Cruz area, as well as sell my townhome in Aptos. The timing was important, in order to make it work and she really knew how to make this happen. I was so grateful to experience the full service she provided throughout the experience. She was always available for my many concerns, and from the beginning of our time to the end of clos...