Hi, I’m Karina

Karina has all the secret weapons when it comes to real estate. If you want to know the tricks no one tells you, make sure you get her course.

-Alisa P.

Karina not only guided us through the feedback she provided but more importantly through real-time, in person exploration that we could experience for ourselves. With Karina's guidance and local expertise, in a matter of a week, we were able to go from a search region that included multiple cities to an area that checked off all our needs / wants that span only a few blocks.

With the super focused search area that we fell in love with, one can imagine that we may be waiting for months before the right property comes along. This was not the case. Karina tapped into her local connections and used her networking skills to find our property in record time (days). We were able to walk through the property, get our offer accepted before the property even went on the market.

Karina always welcomed questions / comments throughout the early morning, day, and evening. She responded promptly which allowed us to move through the process swiftly.

- Robert S. 

Karina Ballantyne is the #1 reason we are the happy owners of a home in Half Moon Bay today! We had been watching and learning about real estate on the coast online for many, many months when we finally saw a property that checked all the boxes. We made an inquiry and learned offers were being reviewed in just a few days. Rather than give up hope, we contacted Ocean Blue Real Estate. Karina was quick to respond, flexible with her time, responsive and informative, and a total pleasure to interact with from start to finish. She helped us create a persuasive offer within the parameters that worked for us. She nimbly moved us through what's usually a very stressful and complicated process in just a few days. Still amazed. And, more importantly, very grateful.

- Kayrn B. 

My wife and I could not be happier with Karina and Ocean Blue! If you are looking to move to the Coastside, you will be in amazing hands with Karina and her team. She was super communicative, knowledgable, and just a pleasant person to guide us through the home buying process.

We were a bit hesitant about the whole process going into the COVID-19 SIP but Karina took it upon herself to provide Facetime walk-throughs of houses we were interested in. Through her local network, she was able to find us a home that wasn't formally going to be on the market until late August and worked with the sellers' agent to allow us to tour the outside of the home and peek into the windows.

Once our offer was accepted, her team was extremely attentive to detail and on top of the entire process through closing. Overall, we loved working with Karina and if we ever have to go through this process again, we wouldn't hesitate to contact her.

- Michael B.

Karina was thorough and levelheaded throughout. Two important factors that make a great Realtor. Her responsiveness and communication skills were also exceptional.

- Glen M.

My partner and I worked with Karina, who helped us buy a home in our dream neighborhood in El Granada. We knew going into our home search that we wanted to work with a firm that was based in the coast and staffed by folks who call the area home. And we think this made all the difference in terms of having someone who was familiar with the pros and cons of various neighborhood and the peculiarities of smaller town living. Karina provided us with all the guidance (and moral support!) we needed as first-time homebuyers and we couldn't be happier with how knowledgeable, responsive and upbeat she is! Highly recommended. - Emmie T.

Working with Karina was the best experience we've had in 6 home purchases across the country. Her communication is prompt and clear, she does a great job of getting to know her clients' needs (and even steered us away from houses that were not right when we got desperate to find something), and she did an excellent job of helping us create an offer that was competitive without us feeling like we overpaid. We got our dream house in our dream neighborhood thanks to Karina, and would work with her again in a heartbeat.

- Emily S.

Well, this review is way overdue but Ocean Blue deserves it...we were in a competitive bidding situation for a house in Half Moon Bay and Karina from Ocean Blue made it happen for us. She guided us through how to position our offer, a letter to include, what carrots we could offer the seller - and to our shock and joy our offer was accepted.

- Aaron F.

We were on vacation in Portugal when Karina Ballantyne alerted us to the perfect house for us. Because of her care and diligence, her attention to detail and her excellent negotiating skills, we purchased the house of our dreams!
But that wasn't enough because, of course, Karina also took care of selling our former house, helping us through the process and obtaining the best possible price. We appreciated Karina Ballantyne's commitment and dedication. She truly enjoys finding the right house and making her clients' dreams come true.
- Claude Marie