Krishnan Team

* More than $1B in career sales
* Over $220M in sales in 2025 alone
* Our sellers earn an average of 15% above the listing price
* #1 ranked buyer agent team in 2025 per MLS
* On average our buyers get into contract in 1.4 offers or less
* 500+ 5-star reviews on Yelp and Google

Most real estate teams are structured around one person. A top agent, maybe an assistant, and a few other agents loosely working under the same brand. When that agent is in a negotiation, on a call, or dealing with a fire on another listing, things fall through the cracks, not because they don’t care, but because there are only so many hours in a day.

When you work with the Krishnan Team, you have one dedicated agent who is your primary point of contact for every conversation, showing, and negotiation. The difference is what’s behind them.

The Krishnan Team is built differently.

Ruth’s role is less like a lead agent and more like a CEO. She is involved in every negotiation, every hire, every system, and every standard that governs how this team operates. She still sells because she loves it, because it keeps her sharp, and because understanding the process firsthand is what allows her to build systems that actually work. But her primary job is making sure that every client, on every transaction, gets a level of service that no single agent could deliver alone.

That starts with who is on the sales team. Every agent at the Krishnan Team has been involved in 500 or more transactions. Every one of them has been with the team between five and ten years. On their own, each one is among the top agents in San Francisco. As part of this team, they are something more.

Behind every salesperson is a dedicated support team: coordinators, project managers, listing specialists, and operations staff at a ratio of roughly three support people for every agent in sales. That structure means that when your agent is in a negotiation on your behalf, the rest of your transaction doesn’t pause. When a preemptive offer needs to come together in five hours — comps pulled, disclosures reviewed, property visited, offer prepared — four people are working on it in parallel, not one.

Most agents, even exceptional ones, are working 12-hour days. That’s 12 hours of capacity. When you work with the Krishnan Team, you’re not hiring one person. You’re accessing a team of highly skilled professionals working in parallel, in a system built to make sure nothing is ever missed.

Whoever you work with on this team, you are not a lower priority. You are the priority backed by the full weight of the team behind them.

★★★★★
"We always felt like Lauren truly had our best interests at heart. She showed a high level of integrity and professionalism, and we never once felt pressured, only supported. If you’re looking for a Realtor who is strategic, knowledgeable, responsive, and genuinely cares about her clients, Lauren is exceptional." -P.L. Buyer

★★★★★
"We feel so fortunate to have worked with The Krishnan Team recently to sell our house in San Francisco. Yesenia in particular, but the whole team was so professional every step of the way. Their communication was always very clear, they were hyper-responsive, and their advice was spot on both in how to market the house and the timing of putting it up for sale. The quality of the vendors they engaged with - painters, stagers etc. was top notch. They made the process as easy and fun as you could hope for. Could not offer a stronger recommendation." -B.G., Seller

★★★★★
"From our first Zoom meeting, Valerie stood out right away. She’s professional, organized, and really listens. She understood exactly what we were looking for and made the whole process feel clear and manageable. She’s incredibly proactive and always one step ahead. We always felt supported and informed.
Her communication and negotiation skills are truly impressive. She knows how to read the situation, explain options, and move fast when it matters. Everything went so smoothly that it never felt overwhelming, even as first-time buyers. With her smart strategy and guidance, we actually got our dream home on our very first offer!" -G.K., Buyer

★★★★★
"Ruth and her team did an outstanding job of selling our Pacific Heights home. From beginning to end, she guided us to our goal of getting a fair price (actually more than expected) for our home on a timely basis. For our part we did very little. She planned, organized and executed a plan to prepare our home for the market. Her marketing plan was outstanding. She and her team are professional, experienced, tenacious and easy to work with." -P.D., Seller

★★★★★
"After a terrible experience buying a house in LA, working with Ruth and Maddie was a refreshing lesson in how this process is actually supposed to work.
My wife and I went into this nervous about the market, but their approach to education changed everything. They took the time to walk us through the "past sold" data in deep detail. This didn't just give us information; it gave us confidence. By the time we were ready to move, we understood the market so well that we felt comfortable making a move on a property sight unseen.
The proof of their method is in the result: We wrote exactly one offer and got into contract immediately. No endless cycles of rejection, no wasted time—just a smooth, incredibly efficient path to success.
A few other things that stood out:

• The Team Approach: You feel the support of the entire unit; nothing falls through the cracks.
• Design Eye: Their background in design is a massive asset in evaluating a property’s true value (and potential).
• Integrity: I always felt our interests were placed above their own.

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