Meet Elena
America's Best Real Estate Professionals.
TOP 1.5 % AGENTS IN THE US.
Elena brings 20+ years of practical knowledge in the Bay Area real estate market to her clients, combining successful experience in residential real estate development, $100M+ lifetime transaction volume as a realtor, and strong managerial skills honed in the high tech field.
Starting in 2004, Elena worked as a residential real estate developer in the Palo Alto area. Her technical and managerial skills, paired with excellent design taste, have helped her to complete a number of projects including construction of new luxury residences in prime Bay Area neighborhoods..
She is always happy to share her vision on how to buy and build one’s dream home long before the involvement of an architect or general contractor. Elena provides 100% commitment to her clients and brings into each transaction a team of top professionals ready to serve her clients, from lenders to architects, interior designers to painters.
Before her involvement in real estate, Elena Tsukanov, M.S. Computer Science, held engineering and management positions with several technology companies creating software for lasers, telecom, and semiconductors. She has lived in the Bay Area since 1994 and currently resides in Los Altos Hills.
Testimonials
Elena is a real estate wizard who can solve any housing problem, big and small. Her business ethics and efficacy are outstanding.
– Konstantin, Palo Alto
Elena is extremely knowledgeable about the housing market and the technical stuff related to homes that I still don't understand (she has also worked as a contractor), available, and makes this stressful process fast and smooth. Elena helps your family understand what you actually value in a home so that you're ready to bid and buy when the opportunity comes around; we ended up with our dream home in Los Altos after three weekends. She loves this work and goes above and beyond to help her clients, which almost made hunting for a suburban home while living in San Francisco with baby twins and working weekends fun.
– Maria, Los Altos
It has been a pleasure to work with Elena. Her expertise, personality, negotiation skills and professional network are amazing. It took us a long time to find exactly what we wanted. Elena’s support, patience, honesty and willingness to help are outstanding.
– Anna, Los Gatos
It took half of a year to find our house and all this time Elena was with us. It was a really exciting process. Elena shared her knowledge and experience with us. Her knowledge of the market and investor mindset helped us to be focused on the right houses. We bought the house and are really happy with our decision. The buying process was smooth at all stages. Elena knows how to close the deal in multiple offer situation. After purchasing our house we had to make some renovations there. Elena kindly shared her proven contractors contacts with us. Her help was invaluable. Not pushy, responsive, and very experienced agent. We were so lucky to meet Elena. She is a great professional and a great person.
– Oleksandr, Mountain View
Elena was working with us this year on helping us to find a new house, sell the old one etc. During the entire process she demonstrated a very high degree of professionalism combined with creativity, persistence and tenacity. We didn't know much about what we wanted and she patiently helped us to make sure we understood various opportunities. Once we identified them she quickly helped us to structure the process to get the best possible outcome: the house we wanted for the price we wanted. And then in the same manner she helped us to get the best price for the old house. In todays' very unpredictable circumstances she managed to deliver the expected results. If you are in need of a good agent who can understand what you need and get it to you - think no more, Elena should be your trusted party.
– Inna, Saratoga
We were looking for a house for almost a year, and Elena worked with us for the entire process. It was very hard to find the perfect house in our price range, but Elena not only helped us to pick out the right houses to look at, she also worked with us to help us figure out our own priorities. After almost a year of living in the new house, I can tell for sure that we bought the best house in our price range. Elena was very easy to reach and to communicate with. She was never too pushy or intense, and instead was very honest with us. She was very professional during the negotiating process, and was always on our side. Elena truly knows and feels all the market trends and is always honest with her clients.
– Maria, San Jose
Elena is an excellent agent. We were looking for our first home in Palo Alto last year and she found us the perfect house and closed the deal on our terms. She's nice, easy to work with and she's always on your side. Elena also knows how the industry works and is willing to do whatever it takes for her clients. We highly recommend Elena if you are buying or selling in the bay area!
– Tal, Palo Alto
Elena helped us find our home here in Palo Alto last year. We were first time buyers, and Elena was very helpful during our search. She walked us through the process every step of the way and kept everything on track. During our open house tour, she pointed out many improvements that we could make to the house under consideration if we bought it. Very quickly Elena came to us with a listing that was perfect. She recommended that we make a pre-emptive offer on the house, which is ultimately how we ended up here today.. During the time-sensitive process of making a pre-emptive offer, she did a great job keeping us on track and making sure the listing agent considered our offer and got back to us quickly. So, if you are looking for an agent to buy or sell a house here in the Bay Area, I would strongly recommend that you work with Elena. In this ultra-competitive market, she can make the impossible possible!
– Reid & Stasia, Palo Alto
Last year we decided to sell our house and were looking for an agent. Elena was the best choice for us. She helped and guided us throughout the entire process. It is not easy to make the selling fast and smooth at the same time, but she did it! She has a great team of professionals to help: awesome photographers, great inspectors, graphic designers and advisers. Finally, she helped us sell our home for more than we planned! We would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell a home. For ourselves, we look forward to use Elena's services again.
– Vlad & Elena, San Jose
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COMPASS
270 3d St,
Los Altos, CA 94022
Tel: 408-205-1724
