Nicole Mendoza
DRE#02160064 | Realtor®
Opening doors, building connections, and guiding you home every step of the way.
Nicole Mendoza is an experienced East Bay REALTOR® with The Grubb Company, representing home buyers and sellers throughout Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, Piedmont, and surrounding East Bay communities.
A Berkeley native and lifelong East Bay resident, Nicole offers clients a level of local and neighborhood knowledge that goes well beyond market statistics. She understands the nuances [...]
Opening doors, building connections, and guiding you home every step of the way.
Nicole Mendoza is an experienced East Bay REALTOR® with The Grubb Company, representing home buyers and sellers throughout Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, Piedmont, and surrounding East Bay communities.
A Berkeley native and lifelong East Bay resident, Nicole offers clients a level of local and neighborhood knowledge that goes well beyond market statistics. She understands the nuances that distinguish one neighborhood and sometimes one block from another, including architecture and housing stock, microclimates, schools, commute patterns, local amenities, community character, and the factors that influence property values and buyer demand. Her deep familiarity with East Bay communities helps buyers identify neighborhoods that truly fit their lifestyle and gives sellers valuable insight into how to position and market their homes.
Nicole brings more than a decade of experience spanning residential and commercial real estate, real estate development, and escrow and title services. Her extensive industry experience, strong relationships within the local real estate community, and trusted network of lenders, inspectors, contractors, stagers, and other professionals allow her to guide clients through virtually every stage of buying or selling a home.
Nicole works with first-time homebuyers, move-up buyers, downsizers, investors, and home sellers, providing highly personalized representation grounded in local market knowledge, thoughtful strategy, and clear communication. Her approach is patient, down-to-earth, and centered on helping clients make informed decisions without unnecessary pressure.
Before focusing on residential real estate, Nicole worked as an Analyst in Regulatory and Compliance for a Fortune 500 company. That background shapes the way she approaches real estate today: analytical, detail-oriented, organized, and highly attentive to risk. She combines data-driven market analysis and strategic negotiation with hands-on, high-touch service throughout every transaction.
For buyers, Nicole brings extensive knowledge of East Bay neighborhoods, property disclosures, inspections, market value, competitive offer strategies, and the complexities of purchasing older Bay Area homes. Her strategic approach has resulted in an over 85% success rate of getting her buyer clients into contract within their first two offers, even in the East Bay’s highly competitive real estate market. She helps buyers understand not only what it takes to win, but how to structure a compelling offer without losing sight of their goals or taking unnecessary risks.
For sellers, Nicole provides comprehensive guidance on pricing strategy, home preparation, staging, renovations, marketing, offer evaluation, and negotiations. Her hands-on approach helps sellers thoughtfully prepare and position their homes to maximize their appeal while developing a marketing and pricing strategy tailored to the property, its neighborhood, and current East Bay market conditions.
Outside of real estate, Nicole is a parent, team mom, room mom, and active community volunteer. She proudly serves on the Traditions and DEI Committees at Berkeley Tuolumne Camp and spends much of her free time cheering on her kids at volleyball, Little League, and jiu-jitsu or exploring the Bay Area with family and friends.
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- Montclair Office
- 1960 Mountain Blvd.
- Oakland, CA 94611
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Nicole's Testimonials
I’m a single mother with a young child that knew very little about the Oakland real estate market and over the course of a year and a half, Nicole patiently worked with me and around my limited schedule, my specifications and my budget to help me learn about various neighborhoods and housing options. We eventually found the exact right place and home, and my son and I love it! Nicole made the purchase itself as seamless as possible—she had a great relationship with the sellers’ agents (as she does with many of the areas agents). I can’t recommend her enough!
After a long and impersonal search for the “perfect” house on Zillow, we met Nicole and immediately felt well taken care of. She showed us a terrific candidate property, we compared notes and features, really liked what we saw, and almost instantly, before the call to the broker the next day, found it sold! Undeterred, Nicole keep up the search for us. We lived half a state away, and so relied on her judgement sifting through the leads, several of which she visited before passing on them as not being “a good fit” to meet our needs. Her low key, but assiduous representation paid off when we we fell in love with “right” house. There her skills really paid off. It was a seller’s market, with the typical bids going well over asking, and the house had many suitors. Having a background in finance and contract management, Nicole was able to work with us on structuring a creative and attractive offer to the seller, but at the same time “keeping it real” for us novice buyers, Once in escrow, she followed up on our contingencies, and made sure that we had the opportunity to make a thorough and cool headed decision on the significant purchase. It became a huge and time consuming move for us, and Nicole has kept in touch and her eye on our progress. Now that we are settled into our wonderful home, we embrace Nicole as a friend and wish her the best for her new relationship with the Grubb Company.
Nicole really helped us find our perfect home! She was so accommodating with our schedules to view houses and always made the process feel easy. No matter the time, she was very responsive and quick to answer our questions. We felt supported every step of the way and are so grateful for their guidance. Highly recommend her for everything!
Nicole was an amazing realtor! We had an incredible experience with her guiding us throughout the home purchasing process from start to finish. She was knowledgeable, responsive, and always went the extra mile to ensure our questions were answered and concerns addressed. I would HIGHLY recommend anyone looking to buy a home in the East Bay to hire Nicole.
I had an incredible experience working with Nicole as a first-time homebuyer. Since I had no prior experience in purchasing a home, Nicole guided me through every step with patience, professionalism, and deep market knowledge. From the start, Nicole provided well-researched price comparisons of similar recently sold units, which helped me make an informed offer. With her confidence and expertise, she successfully negotiated $30,000 off the asking price—an outcome I am truly grateful for! She answered all my questions in detail, ensuring I fully understood the property before proceeding. She also recommended general and pest inspections to protect me as a buyer, giving me peace of mind. During negotiations, she even secured a seller credit to cover the inspection costs, which was a huge bonus! Beyond the purchase, Nicole and her excellent team continued to impress me. They gifted me a one-year home warranty covering appliances, the refrigerator, and almost everything in my unit. This thoughtful gesture gave me an added sense of security and truly made me feel valued as a client. Even after closing, Nicole followed up to check if I needed any help or had any questions. Her ongoing care and dedication to her clients make her the best agent! I highly recommend Nicole to anyone looking for a knowledgeable, skilled, and genuinely caring real estate professional.
Nicole is an absolute Rockstar! Buying a house in the bay area is often a depressing and frustrating experience and Nicole makes it soooo much better. Her patience, support and energy were amazing. She learned quickly what we would be interested in, provided great context to every house we saw and was incredibly responsive. It felt like we were with a true insider, getting the best advice and seeing the best opportunities. She also never made us feel guilty or pressured for not hopping on a house when it didn't feel right which we really appreciated. Highly highly recommend!
I had a great experience working with Nicole. She is knowledgeable and patient, and exceeded my expectations in assisting my transition to my new home. Would recommend to anyone.
Nicole was truly a godsend to my partner and I. As first time homeowners we had no idea what we were getting into or even how to start the process. Nicole exceeded all of our expectations and spent a lot of her own personal time explaining everything to us; sometimes repeating herself multiple times until we got it, all while being extremely patient and understanding. She even went as far as creating a spread sheet outlining potential home concerns, points of contact, literally anything we could have thought of. You really can’t find a better realtor than Nicole Mendoza!!!!
Being a first time home buyer Nicole exceeded our expectations as our realtor. Through out the whole process she encouraged us on what steps we needed to take and was a great source of knowledge. Nicole exudes professionalism, provides level headed advice, and is truly a pleasure to work with. If you are looking to buy a home in the Bay Area you need Nicole to represent you!!
As first-time homebuyers, the process of purchasing a home felt overwhelming and daunting, but Nicole Mendoza made it all manageable. From the very beginning, she was a calming voice, guiding us through each step with amazing clarity and patience. Nicole took the time to thoroughly explain every detail, ensuring we felt confident in our decisions. Her availability was incredible—whether it was late-night calls or early morning emails, Nicole was always there, especially when we faced challenges with our lender. She handled every aspect of the process, from making sense of inspection results to negotiating a favorable price on our behalf. Thanks to Nicole, what could have been a stressful experience turned into a smooth and positive journey. We absolutely love our new home and couldn't be happier with the outcome. If you're looking for a realtor who is kind, responsive, and truly invested in your success, Nicole Mendoza is the one you want by your side.
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