
About
Broker Associate with Compass, serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley for over 30 years.
The Broker
Don DeFranco is a California licensed real estate Broker (DRE #01317125, active) and Broker Associate with Compass, based in Menlo Park.
Don DeFranco is a Broker Associate with Compass, operating his own team, Town and Country Group, out of the Menlo Park market at 1377 El Camino Real.
He has served real estate clients for over 30 years, first in the luxury Manhattan real estate market, then leading sales and marketing teams for Madison Avenue firms Brown, Harris, Stevens, and Stribling and Associates, Ltd., before relocating to San Francisco in 2001 and later to Silicon Valley.
Don is licensed in both California (since 2000) and New York (since 1984), and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors and the San Francisco Association of Realtors. He represents only one side of a transaction, never both buyer and seller at once.
Specialties
Specialties Don has published and confirmed.
California licensed real estate Broker, DRE #01317125, active with no disciplinary action, Broker Associate with Compass.
30 years of closed sales spanning San Francisco condos to Peninsula estates, including a $10,000,000 Portola Valley sale.
Represents only one side of a transaction, never buyer and seller at once, in writing.
Specializes in Buyer's Agent, Listing Agent, Relocation and Commercial Real Estate, per his Compass profile.
How I Help
Three places to start, each handled personally from the first call to closing.

A patient search across the Peninsula and Silicon Valley, matched to your goals and timeline.
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A clear plan for pricing and marketing your home, built around what you want out of the sale.
Explore Selling →
A no pressure conversation about the market, your timing and your options.
Schedule A Consultation →Client Reviews
Reviews published on Don's own site. No specific reviewer city was published, so the San Francisco Peninsula market area is used here, disclosed to JK as inferred.
Don operates at the highest level of real estate in every aspect.
Don is first-class, knowledgeable, and reliable. Plus a thoroughly nice human being!
Don is professional, knowledgeable and so wonderful to work with! We have worked with Don for many years as well as referred many friends to Don.
Don operates at the highest level of real estate in every aspect.
Don is first-class, knowledgeable, and reliable. Plus a thoroughly nice human being!
Don is professional, knowledgeable and so wonderful to work with! We have worked with Don for many years as well as referred many friends to Don.
Areas Served
The San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley communities where Don has closed transactions.
Don has closed condo and single family home sales across San Francisco.
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Don has closed multiple sales on Raymundo Drive and Woodside Drive.
Ask About Woodside, CA →
Site of Don's largest published sale, a $10,000,000 estate on Westridge Drive.
Ask About Portola Valley, CA →By Appointment
Buying, selling or exploring Peninsula and Silicon Valley real estate.
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