Santa Cruz Real Estate Company

Nikki Pendergraft has spent her Real Estate career emphasizing move up and investment buyers in Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. Utilizing her teaching background, Nikki believes it is important to educate her clients, while guiding them through home buying and selling.  She enjoys helping first time home buyers find their perfect home and advising them while they make the biggest purchase of their lives.  She has a Psychology and Business degrees from UCLA.

"Working with Nikki when we bought our first home was both exhilarating, and exciting. She was so patient and took the time to help us understand all the steps to owning our home. We feel very fortunate that Nikki was there for us, and have recommended her to our friends." k.green   

Nikki is an avid runner and loves the beach. Nikki, her husband, and her two children enjoy living near the Santa Cruz Harbor and are actively involved in their community, schools, and sports.


Contact Nikki at 831.430.6980 or Email

Her father always said, "Don't tell me what you are going to do, show me" This has been the building block of Elaine's career since day one.

From the broad expanse of the San Lorenzo Valley where she was raised, to the hills of Aptos where she currently resides with her husband and their dogs, Elaine has a keen knowledge of the entire Santa Cruz County. As third generation resident, Elaine considers herself "a locals' local" with a unique knowledge of what makes this area so exceptional. "I love the opportunity to help my clients in a positive and upbeat manner as they move through the process of buying and selling Real Estate," says Elaine.

"I like to think of myself as a Real Estate Consultant" she explains, "the most important thing I can do for my clients is to provide the information that becomes the tools used in their decision making process. I enjoy surprising my clients with a level of service they just do not expect."

As a premiere agent in the County, with a keen attention to detail, clear and effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, Elaine provides her clients with an unsurpassed level of customer service. She understands that the same principles of success she mastered during her earlier years in retail management, apply to Real Estate equally well: Rely on your product knowledge, listen to your clients' needs, share what you know, and provide value. She is a firm believer in making the process of buying and selling properties fun.

Advocating patience to her clients, before the term Short Sale was common place Elaine made a name for herself as a Short Sale Strategist. Over the last 3 years, she has garnered a 100% success rate in helping her clients through this difficult Real Estate transaction.

Elaine is also an advocate for 'giving back". She volunteers as a Trustee for the Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors Housing Foundation (SCAORHF) a local non-profit that provides free closing cost grants for first time low income home buyers within Santa Cruz County.

Contact Elaine at 831.247.9977 or Email