About Alex Wang
Alex has been practicing real estate in the Silicon Valley Bay Area since 1999. Embracing his role as one of the Founding Sales Partners of a locally owned and operated boutique residential brokerage, Rainmaker Real Estate, he strives to move the industry towards a model of smaller business with stronger fidelity to clients, while combining focused negotiation, innovative technology and reliable real estate practices.
Alex is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. He has traveled to many different regions of the world, including to South Africa to teach foundational business principles to local real estate agents. This exposure to diverse cultures has helped him better understand and serve his clients who are often foreign-born and western educated. Alex is an alumni of the University of California at Berkeley, and a graduate of the Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program at Stanford University.
Alex and his wife Lily currently reside in Los Altos with their three children. His family has a continued focus in giving back to the local community through non-profit and charity work. In his spare time, Alex enjoys playing poker, rock climbing, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Milestones and PRESS
2020
August - Tea with GaryVee Episode 052, interview with Alex Wang and Gary Veynerchuk, link/youtube
June - Inman, “It's time to build a legacy that can withstand significant market shifts — here's why” link/pdf
June - PR Web, “Alex Wang Launches Rainmaker Real Estate In Partnership with Side, Leading Technology Brokerage Platform” link/pdf
January - Daily Post, “Use of ‘8’ on ballot defended” pdf
2018
December - RISMedia, “Real Estate Newsmakers: Futurists” link/pdf
September - California Real Estate Magazine, “A Day in the life of Realtor Alex Wang” link/pdf
July - Los Altos Town Crier - “Summertime is pool time for many local residents” link/pdf
July - Palo Alto Online, "Local realtors take high spots in national sales rankings" link/pdf
June - REAL Trends Top Real Teams (#216 by Transaction Volume)
2017
July - Bay Area News Group "Advantages and disadvantages of hosting an open house" pdf
July - Inman, "Agent puts a twist on ‘Mean Tweets’ and ‘Bad Yelp Reviews’" link/pdf
July - YouTube, "Worst Real Estate Agent Yelp Reviews" video
June - Palo Alto Weekly, "Local realtors rank nationally in real estate sales" link/pdf
June - REAL Trends Top Real Estate Sales Professionals (#138 by Transaction Volume) link/pdf
February - Inman, "Alex Wang pulls the curtain on the listing agent life through video" link/pdf
February - YouTube, "Gloom to Bloom in 12 days" video
February - The Real Estate Sessions by Bill Risser Podcast, "Episode 82 – Alex Wang"
January - San Jose Mercury, "A Silicon Valley down payment could buy you an entire house in much of the U.S.", link/pdf
2016
August - Florida Realtor, "Your Real Estate Reality Show", pdf
August - Wired, "Real Estate Agents Are Weaponizing Snapchat" link/jpg/pdf
July - Hageymedia, "Snapchat + Real Estate - Worth the Investment?" pdf
April - KTSF News, "Priciest Zip Codes" youtube
March - San Jose Mercury, "Palo Alto, Atherton crack top 10 priciest ZIP codes in U.S." link/pdf
March - Inman, "The Snapchat secrets behind this agent’s social-media success" pdf
2015
November - SF Curbed, "A 180-Square-Foot Palo Alto Shack Is Up For Sale for $1.998M" link/pdf
November - SFGate, "$2M for 180 sq ft home in Palo Alto exemplifies insanity of Peninsula real estate" link/pdf
October - Inman, "Why industry disruption must support agents — not replace them" link/pdf
October - LuxuryRealEstate, "Sereno Group Agent Alex Wang Sells Enchanting Palo Alto Home for $3.7M" link/pdf
August - San Jose Mercury News, "Bay Area real estate: Busiest summer since downturn" pdf
July - Realtor Magazine, “The Ethics Around AWOL Agents” link/pdf
July - Inman, "Alex Wang on his hyperlocal Yelp strategy" link
July - REAL Trends Best Real Estate Agents in America (#185 in California by Volume) link
April - San Jose Mercury, "Bay Area home sales and prices jump, again" link/pdf
2014
October - Palo Alto Weekly, "Dear Seller: Please Choose Me" link/pdf
August - Gentry Magazine, "The $50 Million Club" pdf
July - Palo Alto Weekly, "Local Realtors outselling most in country" link/pdf
June - REAL Trends and Wall Street Journal, "Top 250 Sales Professionals by Volume" link/pdf
February – Gentry Magazine, "10 Under 40" pdf
2013 and older
2013, April – Gentry Magazine, “The $20 Million Club” pdf
2012, January – LuxuryRealEstate.com, “Sereno Group Real Estate Announces the Acquisition of Rainmaker Properties” link/pdf
2011, January – Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, Alex Wang ranked top 100 real estate agents in Santa Clara County based on gross commissions
2010 October – a|r|e Fall magazine, AREAA “A” List featuring the future faces of Asian American real estate issuu
2010, May – Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, “Top 24 Residential Real Estate Firms in 2009″
2007 – Founding of Rainmaker Properties brokerage
