In June 1985, Glenn and Therese Mendell started their real estate career by purchasing a three bedroom fixer-upper. After a year of clean up, paint, carpet and upgrades, they sold it and bought two more. This would be the beginning of a dozen real estate projects over the next 10 years. In 1988, now licensed to sell real estate, Glenn and Therese started helping first time home buyers. Working for a real estate company named Fox & Carskadon in Los Altos, they shared the day to day duties of helping clients, while overseeing their fixer upper projects. Glenn was originally from the South Bay and Therese from the East Bay. With their knowledge of the Bay Area, they could cover four Bay Area counties. In June of 1995, Glenn and Therese founded Fox Real Estate in San Ramon. The company offered everything from full service real estate representation to flat fee consulting. Being real estate investors, coupled with the growth of the Internet, Glenn & Therese created several ways of streamlining the process to buy and sell real estate. For buyer-clients willing to do some of the legwork, they could drive by listings prior to scheduling an appointment in exchange for commission rebates. It was discovered that “client drive bys” reduced the need to show every new listing that came on the market, saving time for Glenn and Therese, thus saving money for the clients. For home-sellers, bare boned services were offered all the way up to full service marketing plans. Along with the buyer plans, the menu of services was a hit, and within five years the company grew to 4 offices and over 60 agents. The Associated Press credited them with doing the first online real estate transactions. The story went nationwide and soon, agents and brokers from all over the country were contacting Glenn and Therese about this new way of selling real estate. Years later, Glenn and Therese started a loan company, and soon after, a property management division to help clients who purchased income properties.  A second San Ramon office was then opened to handle loans. By 2005, company growth had started to take Glenn and Therese away from what they enjoyed most, helping people buy and sell real estate. So, they scaled back operations. The loan company, while successful, demanded too much attention, and was the first to go. Instead, real estate clients were introduced to reputable loan companies such as CMG mortgage and others who specialized only in real estate financing. The Fox Real Estate offices in Santa Cruz, San Jose and Livermore were either consolidated or relocated, and agents that worked in remote locations were asked to work from home. Now, in 2015, 30 years since Glenn and Therese bought that three-bedroom fixer-upper, they have helped over a thousand clients buy and sell residential real estate. Their main office is located at the Blackhawk Plaza with their primary focus being the East Bay’s Tri-Valley, and the South Bay on a case-by-case basis.                Glenn & Therese at a late 1980's real estate event, and recently at a real estate client's function. It has been quite a ride. Clients have ranged from Giants to Padres, Patriots to Dolphins, news anchors to sports writers and from attorneys to zoologists. Real services have been provided as far east as Virginia Beach, Virginia and as far west as Kaanapali Beach, Maui. There have been TV appearances that include Mornings on 2 and news stories on MSNBC. There are experienced Realtors out there, some with as many as 30 years of experience, but to find a real estate duo that has been doing real estate together, full time for 30 years, is hard to find. Glenn and Therese hope to make it 40 years or more before calling it a day. You can contact Glenn and Therese at 925 735-7555.