Top Multi-Family Investment Real Estate Agents in San Francisco

A five-star rating is a weak test for an apartment building broker. Owners of a 12-unit building don’t sell often, and many never post a review anywhere. So the useful signals for multi-family investment agents sit in other places: MLS listing counts, closed sales and what past sellers say on the record.

This page pulls together what public profiles show for three of the most visible names in the San Francisco multi-unit market: Allison Chapleau of Compass Commercial Brokerage, Clinton Textor of Marcus & Millichap and Adam Filly of Compass Commercial. For each one, you’ll find their track record, one local sale, a quote and a credential.

Who are the top multi-family investment agents in San Francisco?

Who are the top multi-family investment agents in San Francisco? We don’t name a single best one. The right apartment building broker in San Francisco depends on your building’s size, its tenants and how you want it marketed. The three below come up often for 2-4 unit and 5+ unit sales, and each one works mainly or only on multi-unit property.

Three Signals to Check Before You Shortlist an Agent

Volume shows how often they’re in the market

Review counts stay low in investment sales, so listing and sales counts carry more weight. An agent who lists dozens of buildings sees more buyers, more offers and more inspection surprises. Ask for numbers by building size, since a duplex and a 40-unit building draw different buyers.

What clients say can matter more than how many say it

One detailed testimonial about a tenant-occupied sale tells you more than ten short ones. Look for comments on pricing, marketing and how the agent held up in a hard negotiation.

Recognition and recent closings show the work holds up

Awards and rankings help, but check how they’re measured. Then look for a closed sale near your building, with a price and a date you can verify yourself.

Allison Chapleau, Compass Commercial Brokerage

Allison Chapleau is Senior Vice President at Compass Commercial Brokerage, with more than 24 years of San Francisco multi-unit experience. Her About page reports that she was the #1 listing agent in San Francisco by number of 2-4 unit listings for 2021 through 2025, with 78 listings against 36 for the next agent. She also led 5+ unit listings, 115 to 92. Both counts come from Broker Metrics using San Francisco MLS data. Goliath Data’s Off Market podcast credits her with $1 billion in career sales.

Her best-known closing is 625 Scott Street, a 42-unit building across from Alamo Square. It sold for $18,050,000 in August 2022 after four offers on the bid date. The Real Deal called it the city’s biggest multifamily deal of 2022.

The seller of 628 Lyon Street wrote on her website: “Her experience and knowledge in selling multiple unit buildings is impressive.”

She holds a business administration degree from the University of San Francisco and reports 300+ multi-unit and mixed-use buildings sold.

Clinton Textor, Marcus & Millichap

Clinton Textor is Senior Managing Director Investments at Marcus & Millichap. He started in 2001 as a sales intern, and his firm profile reports more than $750 million in sales. It says he focuses solely on San Francisco multifamily property. The firm lists Sales Recognition Awards in 10 separate years, most recently 2025, plus National Achievement Awards in 2014, 2016 and 2017.

His latest reported closing is a Russian Hill portfolio on Union Street. In September 2026, two buildings with 11 units sold for a combined $6.25 million, after more than 50 years with one family. He handled the listings with Philip Batlin, Sam Runco and Jordan Tong.

His firm describes him as “a thoughtful and creative marketer and a deal tactician capable of handling some of the trickiest assignments.”

Professional trustees, banks, private investors and attorneys have hired him on deals up to $25 million.

Adam Filly, Compass Commercial

Adam Filly is Senior Vice President at Compass Commercial, with more than 20 years in San Francisco multifamily sales. His Compass profile reports over $1.3 billion in sales since 2011. It also lists him as #1 for San Francisco 5-10 unit buildings sold since 2011, and #1 for mixed-use buildings sold over the same stretch, per San Francisco MLS data.

One of his larger recent sales is 3322 Buchanan Street in the Marina. The 29-unit building isn’t subject to rent control, and it closed for $17.5 million on April 1, 2025. That worked out to just over $600,000 per unit.

The owner of a five-unit building at 241 Upper Terrace wrote on his website: “I enjoyed his direct responsiveness and down-to-earth professionalism.”

He’s a member of the San Francisco Apartment Association and owns a San Francisco apartment building himself.

2-4 Units vs 5+ Units: Why the Split Changes Your Buyer Pool

San Francisco’s multi-unit market splits at five units. Federal multifamily lending treats buildings with 5 or more units as multifamily, so those sales lean on commercial loans and investor buyers. A 2-4 unit building can still go to an owner-occupant, and current conventional loan rules allow as little as 5% down when the buyer lives in one unit. Ask each agent which side of that line they sell most.

Rent control shapes value on both sides. The SF Rent Board’s allowed annual increase is 1.6% for the year starting March 1, 2026. That caps how fast income can grow in covered units, and buyers price it in.

Before You Call: A Short Verification Checklist

None of these three is named the best here. They’re three of the most visible multi-family agents in the city, each with a different lane. Feedback on investment brokers tends to be scattered across firm sites, MLS records and news coverage, so ask each one directly. Teams at Colliers and other firms also sell apartment buildings, so a fourth interview can help.

• Ask for their 2-4 unit and 5+ unit listing counts for the past five years, and where the data comes from.
• Ask for two recent closed sales near your building, with addresses you can look up.
• Ask how they’ll reach buyers and agents outside their own firm.
• Ask how they handle showings and paperwork in tenant-occupied buildings.
• Ask for one past seller you can call.

Figures on this page come from each agent’s public profile or website, Marcus & Millichap press releases, The Real Deal and sf.gov, checked October 30, 2026.