We wanted to share our experience of buying our home.

Bernie is a rockstar real estate agent that we would recommend to family and friends after selling and buying our new home. We can speak from experience of what a difference it was having Bernie help us purchase our home, and the value of the years of experience Bernie brings to the buying process.

Bernie’s expertise that was applied to each and every aspect of home buying was great. He made sure we covered all the necessary inspections, which gave us a clear picture of the condition of the home, and exactly what needed to be done, which amounted to 25k in credits! Bernie is always available and that made home buying a fun and enjoyable experience. Not to mention, Bernie set us up with the best lender we could have asked for, and with his knowledge we used the seller’s credit to buy down the interest rate for two years well under 5% interest!

Bernie worked tirelessly to find our new home which we love, and in a neighborhood we coveted and we are forever thankful.

Alex and Chelsea Cavelaris

Dear Rodeo Realty,

I recently had the pleasure of working with one of your exceptional real estate agents, Bernie Kozak, and I would like to express my gratitude for the outstanding service he provided me throughout the entire home-buying process.

From the very beginning, Bernie demonstrated his expertise by quickly finding me many houses within my price range that also met all my needs in a new home. He truly listened to me and catered the properties he showed me so that our time was used efficiently.

Bernie's timeliness and attention to detail were impressive, but what truly set him apart was his ability to negotiate a great price for me despite facing competition from other offers he was able to get $50,000 off the asking price. He employed a variety of effective strategies to work with both the buyer and their agent, and he kept me in the loop every step of the way.

As a first-time home buyer, I was grateful for Bernie's expertise and guidance throughout the entire process. He made everything feel like a breeze and helped me to understand what was important to look for. In fact, he advised me to get more than just a home inspection, and thanks to his suggestion to get a sewer inspection, we were able to discover a few issues that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Bernie was able to negotiate a credit after negotiating further from our findings.

It is clear that Bernie cares deeply about his clients' best interests, and his professionalism and dedication were evident in everything he did. Thanks to his hard work, I ended up with a house that was better than I could have even imagined.

Overall, I would highly recommend Bernie Kozak to anyone who is looking for a top-notch real estate agent. His expertise, professionalism, and commitment to his clients are truly unmatched, and I am grateful for all that he did to help me find my dream home.

Sincerely,

Miles Sundher

6340 Carpenter Ave

North Hollywood CA 91606

My family has known Bernie for a very long time and have bought and sold several houses with him, so when it was finally my turn we of course once again turned to him for help.

I had looked at this house the weekend it was listed while running around to a bunch of opens, and while I thought it looked awesome, I thought there was no way I would actually get it. Bernie thought it was a great house and advised I should take another look. It really did tick all the boxes I was looking for, so we made an offer.

Bernie was able to quickly close the deal and get us under contract after some negotiation at well under asking price, and within only a few days we heard the seller had multiple backup offers over asking! I am so lucky to have had Bernie in my corner, and I got my dream home!

Matt Mahler

Bought & Sold Two Properties in 11 Months with Mr. Bernie Kozak

To Rodeo Realty,

I wanted to express my gratitude and say how happy and fortunate I have been in working with an outstanding Realtor, Bernie Kozak of Rodeo Realty. My husband and I met Bernie in 1999 when he represented us on the purchase of our beautiful home of 22 years, 19218 Wells Drive in Tarzana. Since that time, he has continued to stay in touch with us through cards and mailers, and remained top-of-mind should I ever need a future Realtor.

I called Bernie in February 2021. I wanted to sell my estate on Wells to downsize, but I first needed to buy another home that was comfortable in size and in a similar, great neighborhood. Bernie explained his game plan, and I again, appreciated his enthusiasm and professionalism. Bernie showed me many homes throughout Toluca Lake, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, and Encino. Nothing matched my desired home, moving from a large 5,300 square foot property in Tarzana. My expectations were extremely high, but Bernie never stopped showing me properties. I know at times he must have wanted to quit, but he kept on smiling and giving me encouragement that I would find a great home .Bernie showed me a rough diamond in Woodland Hills, but it already had multiple offers. I was thinking, “How is he going to get my offer accepted with five other offers,” but he explained his methodology and we wrote an offer that would beat all other cash offers. My offer had a loan& a home inspection!

With Bernie’s years of experience and knowledge, my offer was accepted, despite the highly competitive market. I was thrilled. Now came part two. I had to hurry and get my property ready to sell. Bernie gave me direct advice and clarity on what needed to be done to get the most money for my home, which I am proud to say, he accomplished. He created a website and materials to successfully market my home for sale despite a global pandemic. I can tell you and anyone thinking of selling or buying a home that Bernie is top of his game, and one of the best realtors. He is trustworthy, an outstanding negotiator, and goes above and beyond what typically realtors are willing to do to help his clients through the emotional process of buying and selling a home. I could have never done this without Bernie’s wisdom and patience.

Thank you very much Bernie I gladly refer you to all my friends and family.

Sincerely,
Diana Harvey Mahler

With Bernie Kozak In this very competitive market during the pandemic year.We have worked with other agents and we were not able to get anywhere with offers or appointments.Bernie was able to show us homes and get us into property's fast and make professional comments to lead us down the path of success. We were able to find a amazing town-home that had a golf course view in the backyard.With multiple offers , Bernie coached us to make the winning offer over 7 other offers, On the first go round.We landed a deal under 600,000 and his skills were amazing like a chess game master.Bernie scheduled inspections in our behalf.The other agent seemed to be shocked at Bernie's skills, and we drove right though inspections and made our deal come true. Bernie has won our loyalty and his respect as a true professional Real Estate Agent.Bernie kept us informed on all aspects of the transaction, His experience and knowledge is from years of practice and true heart caring for his clients. We would like to Thank Bernie in getting us a great deal,and would recommend Bernie Kozak to our Family & friends for years to come I own a car dealership and I know a Great negotiator , Bernie Kozak.

Sincerely,
Max& Sara Malayeri
7034 Paseo Encantada, Camarillo, Ca. 93012

Dear Bernie,

Thank you for helping us find the perfect condo! We have been settled in for about a week now and are enjoying the views. We will be referring you to all of our friends because of your excellent service.

Thanks again,
Igor Kogan
Director of IT

5400 Lindley, Encino, Ca. 91316

To Rodeo Reality,

We wanted to thank Bernie Kozak for the swift sale of our home located at 8526 Walnut Dr., Laurel Cyn. With the market competitive, his attention to detail was impressive, as he went above and beyond to help us with our sale. The testament of this confirms the expedient transaction and short escrow, making this an easy process. Again, thank you Bernie for helping us. We could not have sold our home without you!

Steven & Wendi Dunn

October 15, 2019

Dear Bernie,

Thank you very much for your expert help and guidance during the challenging process of selling our home in Studio City and facilitating our move to a new home in La Quinta—a concurrent close that only an experienced agent like yourself could manage. We benefited greatly from learning how to prepare our home for sale and respond to the many inquiries and offers that accompany the sale of a house. Your positive attitude, persistence, and attention to detail are amazing. We recommend Bernie Kozak without hesitation to anyone looking to sell or buy and cannot thank you enough.

Sincerely,

Ed and Diane Collins

7/9/2019

23140 Calvert St.
Woodland Hills, Ca.91367

We are grateful to Bernie for his dedication to the real estate craft throughout the years. We first worked with Bernie in 1996 when he sold us our home. 23 years later we were happy to have the opportunity to work with him again in the sale of that same home. He goes out of his way to ensure every need is met — no task is too small, he is incredibly responsive, and he works hard to meet every milestone in the selling process. Thank you Bernie for getting the deal done!"
Jennifer & Max Woodland Hills

April 27, 2019

5847 Elba Place, Woodland Hills, CA

Dear Bernie,

My sister and I want you to know how much we appreciated working with you on the sale of Elba Place, our childhood home. We interviewed several brokers prior to meeting you and we were not impressed or comfortable with them and their vision for the handling of the property. Your professionalism and expertise was apparent to us from the first meeting which made choosing you an easy decision for us.

The fact that it was the right decision was reinforced to us in a number of ways. Most impressive was your ability to walk us through the home and yard pointing out the things that needed to be addressed and/or changed to help the potential buyer envision a property that they would want to make their home. Thank you. Your continued attention to detail throughout the showing and sale of the house was very pleasing to us as we had, like others, heard stories of "not so good experiences" in the sale of some homes. We can reassure anyone that is considering using you as their broker that will not be the case.

It was a great experience to sit down with you after 7 days to review 7 offers on the property. Thank you for your input and guiding us through the content of offers. It made the sales decision that much easier. Please feel free to have any potential client contact us to share our experience.

Best Regards,

Robin Keene

January 15, 2019

Bernie:

Broker to the stars, you warrant star status too.
After we had struggled to sell our home, referred by our friend Daniel, you stepped in and immediately identified, and the led us through, the steps we had to take.
A couple months later, you had sold our house among multiple offers.
Thank you for your expertise, and more so for your caring deeply, diligent attention to detail, perseverance of home marketing, and relentless, conscientious hard work.
You are a godsend.

Dennis & Robin Geselowitz
4221 Vanetta Dr., Studio City

Hi Bernie just wanted to thank you again for all of your efforts during the process of finding a new home in Calabasas. My family and I are very happy living in our new place!

Thanks to you we found the perfect spot for the right price and in an awesome location. Your knowledge of the area was extremely helpful, as were your skills in managing the negotiations with our landlord.

Again thanks for all your help, your great personality and knowledge and just know that I will highly recommend you to my closest friends and acquaintances.

Jessi Losada
Fox Deportes

July 11, 2017

Jully 11, 2017

02/19/2017

Bernie,

FANTASTIC is the only way for Kim and I to describe the tremendous job you did in selling our home in Woodland Hills. As they say, the third times the charm! With 39 years in the movie industry Kim and I have moved across the country and have had eight houses and no agent has ever exceeded our expectations as you have. We are so appreciative of your work ethic and diligence. You not only did your job but ours as well. The fact that we moved out of state and left you to handle so much for us, well there are very few people who would have done what you have done. Not only were you at the house for every appointment and inspection, you were there checking on everything due to our absence. You were an indispensable part of our sale!

Thank you again,
R.B. Gautier II
VP 20th Century

21625 Yucatan Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Dear     

Bernie,The sale of the house feels like a miracle!  Thank you for getting it sold! I had tried many months to sell the house with other agents without success. Your methods of attracting buyers worked! I was blown away to have an offer made on the house in the first week.

Thanks Again,
Igor KoganJD, Real Estate Broker

4315 Willow Glen Street, Calabasas, CA. 91302

04/16/2016 

January 20, 2016

Thank you so much Bernie for your dedication, professionalism and hard work. We have known Bernie for a very long time and always use him in all our real estate transactions. We always recommend Bernie to anyone in need of brokerage services.

Esther and Mark Graisel

Bernie March 20, 2015
I want to thank you for all of your help in finding us a new home. When we first met I mentioned we were looking for a home but we were not quite ready to buy. You sent us listing after listing and never gave up on us until we found a home that really suited our needs. When it came to making an offer on the house you rushed it thru so we would not lose the house. Your help with loan and escrow issues was above and beyond what I would expect from anyone. The home warranty program is getting their first call today to look at the spa.We are glad we got the warranty.

I am sitting in the backyard right now waiting for a washer and dryer to be delivered. I have not felt this happy in a long time. We have referred you to several friends and will continued to do so without a doubt. Give us a few weeks to settle in and we will have you over for a nice BBQ, you have earned it. Thanks for being a great real estate agent, and for being so helpful with us.

Mike and Janice McNeely

23642 Fambrough St, Santa Clarita, CA 91321

Dear Bernie,

We appreciate all your hard work, patience, diligence and optimism in selling our home. You sure earned your money! Thank your for not giving up on us! You were outstanding at keeping us up to date & communicating any changes & answering our questions. We could have never found a better realtor than you.

Thank you so much & we wish you all the best.

Mr. & Mrs. John Lago
Sergeant CHP

Dear Bernie,

Thank you for all your help and expertise in making the escrow process go so smoothly on 4154 Meadow Lark Dr Calabasa, 91302. I am very impressed with your professionalism and appreciate your hard work. I always like working with someone I can communicate with and who handles everything in a professional manner.

Please tell Wendy (my transaction coordinator) Thank you for being so efficient with all the paperwork.

I hope we have the opportunity to work together again soon, and I wish you continued good health. Happiness, on your marriage.

Barbara Koval.

Bernie,

Thank you for your dedicated effort and great results in the recent sale of our home AND the purchase of our new home. Your professionalism and responsiveness to our needs were greatly appreciated. You quickly identified the type of person who would be interested in our home and brought a qualified buyer to the negotiation table quickly. Likewise, on the search for our new home, you made yourself available, listen to our needs, desires and constraints and then helped us find and negotiate a successful new home purchase.

Anyone looking to buy or sell a home would be well-served in working with you. Thanks again for all your hard work.

Mike Clardy

From: Faith Murphy cameronf@yahoo-inc.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 12,2008 7:00 PM
To: Michael Murphy
Subject: Letter of Recommendation for Bernie Kozak

To whom it may concern:

Bernie Kozak recently represented us in our purchase of a house in West Hills, This not being our first purchase, it was refreshing to have an agent who was completely dedicated to our satisfaction and ensuring that this was a smooth process. From the very first time we met Bernie, I was impressed with his professionalism, enthusiasm and love of the expect with a foreclosure. With Bernie's many years of experience, he was able to provide solid recommendations for prossional service ranging from general contractors to glass repair.

Both my husband and I felt that Bernie went above and beyond what we ever expected from a real estate agent. As full time professionals, our availability becomes limited during the week and Bernie never thought twice about offering his services; whether it was to meet a repair man at the house or coming to meet us late on Wednesday night to sign paperwork.

We are very grateful for the services he provided and would recommend him to anyone who was looking to invest in real estate.

Sincerely,

Michael and Faith Murphy

May 2, 2007

To Whom it May Concern:

This letter is in deep appreciation for the job that Bernie Kozak of Coldwell Banker did during my time of looking for and ultimately buying a property. Bernie was a true professional and knowledgeable in every aspect of the estate process. He was patient in his approach and kept me abreast of all new properties that became available on the market. He was always reachable by phone or email and took the time to carefully answer all of my concerns and questions. The above qualities are what all estate agents should possess.

In summary, I recommend Bernie highly for all of your estate needs. He truly exemplifies an estate professional on every level.

Regards,

Dr. Grady Hanrahan
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
California State University, Los Angeles

We met Bernie at an open house and was immediately intrigued by his energy and enthusiasm for his work and profession. Once we decided to work with him on finding us a new home, we were so glad we did. He was prompt to respond, easy to get a hold of, and always made us feel that we were his only priority. His years in the business were evident in his knowledge, but most importantly his connections to other realtors. He found us our home and helped us through a stressful multiple offer/counter situation. And, he found a buyer for our condo within a week! We wouldn’t be in the home of our dreams without Bernie and Rodeo Realty!

Dear Bernie,

Christy and I wanted to thank you for recently helping us with selling our mother's home. As you know, we hired a licensed appraiser before we contacted you, and also interviewed five other agents that called themselves, area specialists. However, upon meeting you, we were very impressed with your professionalism, years of experience and knowledge base about the market and area that provided us with an honest evaluation for selling Our mother's home. We especially appreciated the way you guided us through each step to get the "right buyer" in the shortest amount of time.

While both Christy and I have worked with many people through the years, we can't say enough great things about you as our Agent. We look forward to working with you again, as well as recommending you to our family and friends, or anyone else who may be seeking to buy or sell a house.

Best Wishes,

Robert Waldman & Christy Titen

Dear Bernie,

Scott,and I are finally settled into the new house and loving it!
We would like to thank you again for the exceptional job you did in helping us with the purchase of our home. Your skill and knowledge, and not to mention great patience, made for a smooth transaction. We are so happy with the mid-century master piece we purchased and could not imagine living anywhere else.

We especially appreciate the dedication and hard work you did for us: negotiating the contract,responding quick to our questions,and negotiating with the seller to make an equitable deal happen. You have always maintained the perfect balance of professionalism, good humor,patience, understanding and diplomacy. You have been a true delight to work with on a personal level as well, reassuring us and comforting us through the stressful task of closing on a house.

Based on our experience with other agents in the Los Angeles area, you have,by far,been the best realestate agent that we have worked with and we would highly recommend you to anyone looking for a real estate agent.

Once again,thanks for a job well done!

Jola and Scott Cardillo

"We are grateful to Bernie for his dedication to the real estate craft throughout the years. We first worked with Bernie in 1996 when he sold us our home. 23 years later we were happy to have the opportunity to work with him again in the sale of that same home. He goes out of his way to ensure every need is met — no task is too small, he is incredibly responsive, and he works hard to meet every milestone in the selling process. Thank you Bernie for getting the deal done!" - Jennifer & Max Woodland Hills