Bernie Leung

​ ★★★★★
Dear Bernie,

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for all that you've done for us since we met in January. It's been so lovely spending time with you and we appreciate how easy and fun you've made everything for us.

You are truly a spectacular agent. Without a doubt, you're the best realtor we've met and probably will ever meet, so you can count on a lifelong list of referrals-- both because we loved working with you, but also because we want our friends and family to be in the very best hands. We are indebted to the whole Deleon team including Andrew for his lightning fast disclosures summaries, and Colette for guidance on the legal front. Also very happy that you urged us to work with Chris from Wells Fargo-- a key ingredient for our success!

Sadly, we may not get another chance to work with you directly again, because we're literally never moving. You helped us find what we absolutely consider a forever home, and for that we cannot be more grateful.

You knew better than we did what to look for in a location and listened well for what we value. In this absolutely insane and unprecedented market, with so few choices, we benefitted from your expertise and sharp, detail-oriented assessment of the properties we toured together. You know the important things to consider and what actually brings value to a property.

We're so glad that in the end we ended up in Menlo Park - the place we originally found you! We're also glad that due to your extensive familiarity with each neighborhood pocket along the peninsula that we were able to confidently search in different towns to try them on for size. It's such a blessing that we lost the other homes we bid on, and that we walked away from many others. In the end, we were able to make a highly informed decision and feel even better about the purchase.

Your expertise, hard work, and friendship has lead us to the best possible outcome-- Allied Arts of all places! We have no doubt that you truly went to bat for us to make this possible, so thank you for using every tool at your disposal to seal the deal.

We feel lucky and excited to get to move forward with this new stage in our lives and we hope to keep in touch with you throughout your career and to celebrate your own milestones as well.

We admire your work ethic, honesty, and how well you've perfected your art. Thank you for everything you did to steer us in the right direction and to make sure everything was completely handled along the way. You truly went above and beyond."- Tiffany V., Stanford, CA

★★★★★
"What happened to be a chance encounter when my wife met Bernie at an open house he was hosting for Deleon, has turned out to be a wonderful friendship with Bernie, a gifted realtor, and an amazing human being.

Over the past year and a half, my wife and I, met Bernie on and off, and he guided us through a few homes, primarily in Portola Valley and Los Altos area. From the very time we met him, what impressed us was his punctuality (he was always ahead of time, waiting for us at the predetermined location, meticulously dressed (always with a mask)), always smiling (yes, he can smile through the mask), and always prompt. Given that visiting listed properties during covid times needed a lot of co-ordination and scheduling, he always delivered. He would have all the doors and windows unlocked, and be ready to give us a tour of the property. He always made it a point to check on our well being, and lead on to giving us a highlight and a low light of the listing, while walking us through the property. He had a clear understanding of our ever changing list of requirements, and he would give us a comparison point of a property we visited earlier so that we always had a reference point. He has a thorough understanding of the areas we were shopping at, not much missed his keen eyes. Bernie never hesitated to point out the glaring deficiencies and shoot down potential homes. Bernie was always super prompt with responses to messages and phone calls.

Bernie, you are a rare professional in this business. What stands out are: your integrity, genuineness, and promptness. Working with you is like working with a best friend, a friend who looks out for our best interests. You never pushed us towards any property, you never hurried us, you never made us wait at any property, nor did you display any negative energy. We looked forward to meeting you because we knew that even if the house we were visiting wouldn't suit us, we would always leave more educated about the entire process. When we finally found the home which everyone in our family loved at first sight, you got us introduced to the banker, got us valuable guidance on the financials from the experts at Deleon, got flawless paperwork prepared, and over a rewarding 4-5 days, we went from worrying if we would ever be find a home, to finding our dream home. Even more outstanding is that this was the only offer we ever made, for a home purchase. Your mastermind in working through the challenging offer process deserves kudos all by itself. If not for your high quality representation, your penmanship in helping us craft an endearing cover letter, and wading through the complicated process, we would be miles away from attaining our dream home. You are a gem, and we are going to recommend you to everyone that we know of are looking for purchase a home. We are confident that you will help them the same way you helped us. We look forward to being in our home for many many years. Bernie, you are one of a kind. And we are deeply grateful for highly appreciative of what you did for us. And yes, you are a rockstar. We look forward to staying in touch as your career takes you greater heights."- Naveen J., Menlo Park, CA

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"My family has had an extraordinary experience with Bernie. He worked tirelessly to educate us on specific properties, neighborhoods, and factors involved in resale. As first-time home buyers in Silicon Valley, this has been invaluable. When we found our dream home - a property with 8 other competitive offers - we were concerned about whether we would be able to secure it on our budget. Bernie did extensive research, going through old archives on same-model homes in the community that were not obvious to get a more accurate valuation of the property. He formulated a strategy on how we could compile the most attractive offer. He was there every step of the way, coaching us on all aspects of strategy execution - from how to write a "love letter" to connecting us with a lender who could offer the most expedient close of escrow.

Without Bernie's work ethic, outside the box thinking, connections, strong reputation, and raw intelligence of what is needed in a given situation - I do not believe our offer would have been accepted, and we would still be searching for a property. Because of Bernie's talent, we now own our dream home and have never been happier. We could not be more grateful or impressed by his work.

I have never heard of people having the kind of experience that we had with Bernie with a real estate agent. His mind, heart, and approach are one of a kind. The degree to which we feel cared for by him has made him like family to us. We have felt particularly impressed by the extensive time and effort Bernie put in to teach and guide us. Thus, throughout the entire process, it felt really good to know that our interests were aligned and that Bernie's exceptionally hard work was aimed at us getting us the best possible outcome.  

We cannot thank Bernie enough for his first-class service and DeLeon for its innovate real estate model. I'd strongly recommend Bernie to anyone buying a home in Silicon Valley!"- Katie F., Mountain View, CA

★★★★★
"Highly highly highly recommend Bernie. He is absolutely the best.

How we found Bernie: we interviewed 3 agents (one from boss at work, one from inlaws' agent's friend, one from hubby's coworker who used Bernie). The first one was kind of an over talker but nice, but then didn't respond to our follow-up email. The second one seemed like she would just  sell us whatever to make a buck. Bernie, however, always responded promptly, not an over talker, very very nice, and just fit everything we wanted. A definite plus in my book that he would text us (not call - I don't like picking up the phone haha); and promptly at that too (I don't like being on read).

Bernie's goal was to make sure we liked our house,  didn't over pay, and got fair market value in this crazy bay area market. He also wanted us to be able to make money from our house in the future in the event should we choose to move or sell. He was an excellent teacher; we learned so much about real estate from him. He talked us out of buying a house with a poor layout when we were at the depth of our despair when there seemed like there weren't any more houses in our budget (good thing too since that house later on sat on the market for a long time after). He showed us houses but never pushed us to buy when he saw the slightest bit of hesitation on our end (because he cares about our happiness!). He was always professional, respectful. When we did find our house, he worked the whole night (sellers were overseas) to secure our deal, and definitely negotiated to get our house under the listing price. Even after securing our house, he didn't disappear; he continued to work hard to make sure all loose ends were tied up. Got us connected to contractors, and helped us get good deals on those things as well.

To sum it up, Bernie is very honest, very professional, hard working and just an all around wonderful person.

The saddest thing about finding the house is that we won't get to see any more houses with Bernie anymore - that is just how wonderful of an experience we had!"- Amy Y., Palo Alto, CA