Patricia Bennett and Jeffrey Neidleman

Contact us at 510-387-1773 or 510-435-0325

Why Use a Team?

Patricia and Jeffrey come from diverse backgrounds with complementary experience and skills. For our clients, we provide access to twice as much agent time, resources, assistance with marketing, networking, and efficiency. We are communicators and we monitor current and shifting marketing trends and conditions to make sure you know as much as we do in order to make better-informed decisions. We are a successful team who have produced remarkable results, but who are we? Here are our stories:

About Patricia
Patricia is a REALTOR® and licensed broker specializing in the sale and marketing of homes throughout Alameda County since 1985. She is a top producing agent and has held many nominated leadership positions in local and state REALTOR® associations including her role as 2017 President of the 2200-member Bridge Association of REALTORS®, a Director of the California Association of REALTORS®, and honored in 2005 & 2013 as "Realtor of the Year" by the Oakland Association of Realtors. Patricia was also Chairperson of the Oakland Association of REALTORS® Professional Standards Committee for eight years, training agents to uphold a strict code of ethics and has served for many years as Chair and Member in Bridge Association’s Community Foundation Committee. As a REALTOR®, Patricia has assembled an impressive experienced team of professional painters, contractors, stagers, plumbers, electricians and landscapers to help transform her client’s home’s into highly desired properties. Originating from New York City, Patricia has lived in Oakland for over 40 years where she has raised a family with her husband, Thom. She attended Cornell University, Long Island University and became a certified trained mediator at Pepperdine University. Prior to becoming a REALTOR®, she was a marketing professional in the advertising industry. Her participation in community service has enabled her to know the schools, the neighborhoods, the services and the benefits available to all of her clients.

About Jeffrey

I am a full-time Broker Associate and REALTOR® based in the San Francisco Bay area with offices in Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland. I've worked with sellers and buyers of residential, multiple-dwelling, and investment properties for over 20 years. 

I obtained my real estate license in 2001 and Broker Associate license in 2023 and have an extensive network of contractor and referral agents to help my clients. I have served on the Bridge Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors as Treasurer, President-Elect and 2019 President and am a current member of several committees: I currently serve as a Director and Trustee at the California Association of REALTORS® and am affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS® holding AHWD and c2EX certificates. I am also a Certified Relocation REALTOR® and Historic Properties REALTOR®. I have lived in the Oakland area since my parents and siblings relocated from New Jersey, attended Skyline High School later graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Anthropology/Egyptology and subsequently earning an M.A. degree in Museum Studies specializing in Curatorial Research. 

I have worked in many Bay Area museums and also in the finance, biotech, and education corporate sectors as a writer and visual design artist translating content, data, and concepts into infographics for professional peer-reviewed academic journals, marketing pieces, and large advertising campaigns. 

I have been involved in dance, drama, and musical performance all my life and have served on the U.C. Berkeley Alumni Chorus Board of Directors where I am a tenor singer while also performing with several other Bay Area choral groups. I am passionate about history, antique collecting, and vintage cars and have traveled extensively.