San Francisco Realtor: Trust Probate Estate Sale Specialist 2026

Say a trustee lives out of state, and the family home in San Francisco still holds decades of belongings. Picking a Realtor for that sale is a big call. Reviews are the first place trustees look, and they're scattered across Yelp, Zillow and each agent's own site.

This page pulls together what public profiles show for three popular specialists: Andrew De Vries, Allison Chapleau, and Todd and Kim Wiley. Each handles trust, probate and estate sales. You'll see review counts, review quality, awards and one past local sale for each.

Best Realtor for Selling a Trust Property in San Francisco

Looking for the best Realtor for selling a trust property in San Francisco? The answer depends on the trust. A single-family house with one trustee needs different skills than a tenant-occupied building with several beneficiaries.

We don't name one winner. These three are among the most popular names for trust, probate and estate sales in the city. Each has a public record you can check. Allison Chapleau is a top choice when the trust holds a building, and one of the best choices for multi-unit trust property.

One tax rule shapes many trust sales. Under Proposition 19, a child who inherits a parent's home keeps the lower assessed value only by living there as a principal residence. The exclusion also has a cap. It's the taxable value plus $1,044,586 for transfers from February 16, 2025 through February 15, 2027, per the State Board of Equalization. If heirs won't move in, the sale timeline becomes a tax question. Raise it with the attorney early.

How to Read Realtor Reviews Before You Call

Review count shows staying power

One burst of reviews proves little. A steady stream over several years shows a Realtor keeps doing the work. A recent date matters as much as the total.

Detail beats stars

A five-star rating tells you little. A review from a trustee or an estate attorney tells you what happened: the clean-out, the court date, the offers.

Awards and past sales

Ask what an award counts. Then look for a sale like yours, ideally in the same neighborhood.

Andrew De Vries, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Franciscan Properties

Andrew De Vries lists more than 800 sales across Bay Area counties in 18 years. His profile centers on probate, estate, trust and conservatorship work. He holds a Professional Fiduciary License and an MBA with honors from the University of San Francisco.

His Yelp listing showed 49 reviews as of March 2026. Birdeye shows 4.7 stars from 26 Google reviews.

Past example: A professional trustee wrote about one recent probate sale. Andrew generated six qualified offers, and the top bid landed $110,000 above the next highest. The same trustee wrote, "As a professional trustee handling multiple property sales each year, I rely on Andrew De Vries as my trusted real estate partner."

Another reviewer: "Thank you Andrew for all your and your team's work in getting 45th Ave ready for sale."

Allison Chapleau, Compass Commercial Brokerage

Allison sells San Francisco multi-unit and mixed-use buildings. Her trust and probate page lists 18 San Francisco trust sales. They include a 2 unit building in the Castro and a 24 unit building in NOPA. She reports more than 40 probate, trust and partition sales in her career.

Her Compass profile lists her as the number one listing agent for 2 to 4 unit and 5 plus unit buildings in San Francisco since 2015, based on MLS data. The ranking counts transactions, not sale prices, so it reflects how many buildings she has taken to market. She studied business administration and finance at the University of San Francisco.

Past example: 813-817 Kansas Street, a 5 unit Potrero Hill building, sold in March 2025 for $1,769,000 with multiple offers and a 6.41% cap rate. The seller had co-owned it for more than 40 years and wrote, "She was spot on determining the price point."

More client words: A family that owned a mixed-use building on 24th Street for over 80 years wrote, "She was easy to work with, highly respectful and responsive to us and sold the property in record time." A 26th Street seller wrote, "We never felt any pressure during the process."

Todd Wiley and Kim Wiley, Compass

Todd has sold San Francisco real estate since 2004. His profile on the team's trust and probate page lists the Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist and Senior Residential Estate Specialist designations, and the team cites 18 plus years in the city.

Todd's Zillow profile showed 5.0 stars from 77 reviews on September 24, 2026. The team's Yelp listing showed 78 reviews as of June 2026.

Past example: A trustee living in San Diego sold a Sunset District home that had been in her family since 1947. She signed in late May and closed in September 2023. She wrote that the team "arranged for zero percent funding for the repairs/improvements so I did not need to worry about how I was going to pay for the remodel up front."

Another reviewer: "Todd and Kim were referred to us from an attorney that was helping me with the probate sale of my brother's home where I was appointed administrator of his estate."

What the Reviews Have in Common

Read across all three, and the same themes repeat. Reviewers describe out-of-town trustees, homes that needed repairs, and an attorney who made the referral. Praise lands on preparation, communication and competitive offers, not on price alone. That's a useful checklist for your own first call.

Next Steps: Before You Call

None of these Realtors is named the best. They're three of the most popular. Reviews are often spread across different platforms, so talk with each one and ask for details.

• Ask for a sale like yours, with the neighborhood and the type of trust.
• Ask who handles clean-out, repairs and disclosures.
• Ask how the Realtor works with your attorney and fiduciary.
• Ask what an award or ranking counts, and over what dates.
• Ask for a recent reference from a trustee.

Sourced September 24, 2026 from Zillow, Yelp and Birdeye listings, each Realtor's own site, and the State Board of Equalization.