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Meet Nicole

A lifelong lover of architecture and design, Nicole’s passion for real estate originally propelled her into the top ranks as one of the youngest sales managers for the Mark Company, (now owned by Compass). She built a track record of successfully juggling multiple developments totaling hundreds of millions. After mastering commercial real estate early in her career, she had a successful stint in new construction sales for developers before settling into her true calling, residential real estate.
 
A top producing agent for consecutive years and counting, Nicole’s numbers speak for themselves. Yet, it’s her approachability, relatability, and savvy counsel that garners her repeat clients and a steady stream of referrals.
 
Nicole knows that buying or selling a home is one of life’s most momentous milestones, and she has earned a reputation for being an expert sounding board and trusted advisor. A fixture in the industry for nearly two decades, the seasoned agent is equipped to handle first-time buyers and veteran sellers alike.
 
The most lowkey Realtor® you’ll come across, Nicole operates with an effortless straightforwardness that’s never pushy or aggressive. Renowned for being refreshingly relatable, the Northern Californian local raised kids in Oakland before moving to Lafayette in 2014. This means she knows all about the family-focused choices that accompany home buying on both sides of the tunnel. 
 
As tenacious as Nicole is in her realm as a Realtor®, it’s no surprise she was an All-American swimmer and team captain at Cal Berkeley. A natural-born leader and team player at heart, she has the unique capacity to remain calm, cool, and focused under pressure.
 
Ultimately, isn’t that who you’d want on your team when the stakes are high? Happily married to a fellow Cal Berkeley Alum and former athlete for fourteen years, the duo is actively involved in their three children’s after-school sports and activities. Come weekends you’ll find Nicole joining masters swimming with Orinda Aquatics or hiking and biking with her tight-knit family in the backcountry. 

Nicole Tamayo

LICENSE NUMBER
01328956
ADDRESS
971 Dewing Ave., Lafayette, CA 94549

Testimonials

Buyer

Buyer

Nicole is a dream real estate agent. She's highly professional, she did all the hard work for me. All I had to do was show up and see properties. She expertly handled the bidding process for my property, and after our offer was...
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Susan

Susan

I just want to express my sincere appreciation for all of your help with my parents during this major life changing time. You’ve made the yourself extra available to help them out while juggling your job and your own families s...
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Elliot, Ali, Cole & Isabel

Elliot, Ali, Cole & Isabel

We would like to thank you for your help during this house hunting process. Your guidance on the purchase of our new home in Alameda was amazing. From our first tour in Castro Valley to our final counter on McDonnel, you proved...
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Seller

Seller

We worked with Nicole in selling our home in Albany. Nicole went above and beyond in helping us get our house on the market which included some design and renovation work. She was very responsive with our requests and questions...
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Karen

Karen

Nicole heard what I wanted and went looking for it. She understands the market, the ins the outs, the ups the downs. A lot of the information is overwhelming, especially for a first time buyer. Nicole took care to break it down...
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Seller

Seller

We were recommended to Nicole by a Realtor® friend as an expert in the Berkeley selling area. Was she ever. Nicole was professional, knowledgeable and prompt with responses. She always told us when she would be unavailable, she...
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Lisa & Kayla

Lisa & Kayla

Nicole was a fabulous agent for us. She helped us find our first home in a very competitive market two years ago and we had such a great experience with her that when it was time to sell it was a no brainer to use Nicole again....
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Buyer

Buyer

Nicole helped us buy our first single family home in an ultra competitive Bay Area market. We attended open houses over two weekends, made 2 competitive offers, one got accepted, and closed on the house we really wanted several...
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Buyer

Buyer

Nicole has worked with us on and off for over two years, she was a godsend and a voice of calm rationality in the face of a very aggressive and competitive market. We were not only new to the area, but new to the house buying p...
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Steve & Josh

Steve & Josh

We can’t say enough about Nicole Tamayo, she simply amazing. We made the move from San Francisco to Oakland and she helped us with the transition familiarizing us with the neighborhoods and finding the right house for us. We ha...
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Buyer

Buyer

Nicole helped me and my husband buy our first home, and we can't say enough good things about working with her. We worked with Nicole on a very aggressive timeline to close, and in the process, communicated with her multiple ti...
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Sarah & Mel

Sarah & Mel

Nicole Tamayo is professional, personable, honest, thorough, resourceful, committed. Nicole respected our home search when we started long before we were actually ready to purchase. She showed us homes we had particular interes...
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Buyer

Buyer

I highly recommend Nicole Tamayo. Her knowledge of the market and personal connection to everyone she meets owners, listing agents, etc. are masterful. She has a keen ability to understand the marketplace price of a home and ho...
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Buyer

Buyer

We emailed back and forth with Nicole for about two years before we finally got serious about looking this spring. Once we decided to dive in, we met Nicole at her office and spent a good hour and a half getting on the same pag...
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Buyer

Buyer

Nicole has been our agent for the past 2 years as we looked for our first home to purchase. After 2 years of learning the painful realities of the Bay Area real estate market, we're excited to say we just moved into our first h...
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Buyer

Buyer

Her knowledge of the market and personal connection to everyone she meets are masterful!
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Seller

Seller

Nicole went above and beyond in helping us get our house.
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Lisa & Kyla

Lisa & Kyla

She is responsive, tactical, and flat out gets the job done.
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Karen

Karen

Nicole understands the market, the ins the outs, the ups the downs.
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Sarah & Mel

Sarah & Mel

Nicole Tamayo is professional, personable, honest, thorough, resourceful, committed.
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