Each is a great city for walking and exploring.

In Paris, walking along the Seine, or wandering through the streets of the Left Bank, or exploring the Latin Quarter or Marais or other parts of this great city, there is always something new, something wonderful around each corner, new shops, lovely cafes, historic buildings and parks.

Arc de Triomphe

The same is true of San Francisco.  Take a whole day and just walk.  The city reminds one of Paris even.  It is packed with wonderful cafes and restaurants, and walking along the streets all over the city, just as in Paris, you hear languages from around the world.

Each city is a magnet for tourists who want excitement and beauty.

San Francisco Cable Car

Beyond San Francisco is a wealth of diversity and beauty, in the lovely towns north of the City in Marin County, such as Sausalito and Tiburon and Larkspur; the world famous wine country of Napa and Sonoma counties, and dynamic Oakland and Berkeley, home to the University of California.  Farther north is beautiful coastline and redwoods; while south is also stunning coastline and beaches and Monterey and Carmel.

Beyond Paris, of course, is all of France, a country filled with jewels of places, a world of medieval villages and castles and incomparable food and wine.

At The Matchmakers, our goal is to bring people to these two magical places and assist them in finding their dream home.

Our website is filled with information and videos about the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.  Take a look, and give us a call if you are interested in buying a beautiful home in the Bay Area or France, or are relocating your business to either of these areas.

We look forward to meeting you.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Real Estate in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.
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Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
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With approximately 10,000 square feet of habitable space, on 300 hectares of land and four kilometers of river frontage, the interior of the the chateau has been stripped of all decoration and is awaiting refurbishment by its new owner.

There are ten additional renovated cottages on the property.

Price available upon application.

Dordogne Medieval Chateau

The Dordogne Valley, east of Bordeaux, in southwest France, is one of the most beautiful areas of France.  The video below, filmed by Jim Hilgendorf of The Matchmakers, will give you some of the flavor of this region.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France.  Give us a call.  We pride ourselves on great service.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers Real Estate

THE MATCHMAKERS
Real Estate in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.
Jim Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 01891419
Cell: 510-501-9643
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net

Villa in Mougins, France

Recently constructed, using quality materials, this contemporary home has panoramic views over the Bay of Cannes and the mountains of the Esteral.

Mougins, France, Contemporary Home

The home has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, a large lounge opening to the terrace and pool, teak decking, and a large double garage.

Offered at 3,500,000 Euros.

Mougins has been a magnet for celebrities, including Pablo Picasso, who spent the last 12 years of his life living there, Jean Cocteau, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Winston Churchill, Catherine Deneuve, and Edith Piaf, to name only a few.  With its proximity to Cannes, Mougins is often the tourist destination for Hollywood stars during the Cannes Film Festival.

Mougins also has a strong culinary history, and annually hosts the International Gastronomy Festival of Mougins, or “Les Etoiles de Mougins”.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France.  Give us a call.  We pride ourselves on great service.

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Real Estate in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.
Jim Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 01891419
Cell: 510-501-9643
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Known as a haven of the famous, it was frequented by the likes of Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, and Marc Chagall.

This beautiful maison has panoramic views of the sea.  Close to the village, it is conveniently close to St. Paul de Vence.

Villa, St. Paul de Vence, Provence

With 4 bedrooms and 4 baths, the villa is in excellent condition throughout.

Stone fireplace, high cathedral ceiling with exposed timber beams, swimming pool, and a fully-equipped Provencale kitchen.  Two double bedrooms with en-suite bath/shower rooms.  Upstairs master suite has fabulous views to the sea and to distant hills.

Offered at 1,785,000 Euros.

St. Paul de Vence Villa

For more information, contact The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Real Estate in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.
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CA DRE # 00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 01891419
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Dordogne Chateau, France

The Dordogne River Valley, east of Bordeaux in southwest France, is one of the most beautiful areas in the world.  This is a magical region of ancient castles and chateaux, lovely medieval towns, and the beautiful Dordogne River.

Set in a country setting with a large Gite and various other outbuildings, the chateau has seven bedrooms all ensuite, large reception rooms, terraces and a swimming pool.

The Gite also has seven bedrooms and four bathrooms and its own swimming pool.

Gite in the Dordogne, southwest France

With 62 acres of flat land, the property would make an excellent equestrian center or farm.  The property is only 10 kilometers from an airport.  Fast broadband and mobile phone signal are available, thus making it an ideal property to work from.

Dordogne Chateau, France

Dordogne Chateau, France

The property is offered at 1,495,000 Euros.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France.

Jim Hilgendorf, the principal broker of The Matchmakers, is also a film producer – his company The Tribute Series – and one of his films, “Bordeaux & the Dordogne: A Tribute“,  is about this region in southwest France.

For more information on this property, or on other real estate in this region, and to introduce you to this beautiful region of France, please contact Jim or his wife Elizabeth.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

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Real Estate in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.
Jim Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 01891419
Cell: 510-501-9643
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net

Oyster Bliss Celebration Berkeley California

The southeast corner of Cedar St. and San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley is home to three outstanding businesses:  Cafe Fanny, a small French cafe started by Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse, one of the most outstanding French restaurants in the world; Acme Bread, the baker of some of the finest artisan breads in America; and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, one of the most famous distributors of French and Italian wines in the world.

Each year they put together the Oyster Bliss Celebration, setting up tables and tents on the corner, and drawing hundreds of people who come for the fresh oysters, hand-made sausages, wonderful wines, music and comraderie.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and France.

CA DRE # 00667290

The Matchmakers – a real estate company in the San Francisco Bay Area – has a unique mission when it comes to matching up its clients to their dream homes.

Jim and Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers, love San Francisco, and they also have a passion for France.  These two places are the focus of their business. They love to share their passion with their clients.

Both Jim and Elizabeth have been to France many times, and Jim – also a filmmaker – has produced a film on one of their favorite areas in France, the Dordogne Valley in southwest France.

Searching for and buying property in France can be a daunting task, so Jim and Elizabeth have built relations with excellent brokers in several areas of France – Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Nice and the Cote d-Azur, Provence, and Bordeaux and the Dordogne – whom they can trust to provide great service for clients they refer.

Jim has been producing video for 18 years, with his other company The Tribute Series, and so their Matchmakers website abounds with video.

People are moving overwhelmingly to the internet in their search for properties, and video is an extremely powerful tool, when well done, to showcase clients properties to the world.  The Matchmakers are extremely well positioned to help clients do this.

This is one of the videos of homes Jim has produced.

Pictured below is one of the beautiful chateaux that cover the landscape throughout southwest France, in the Bordeaux, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne regions.  The chateau itself has 8 bedrooms, with en-suite bathrooms, and a swimming pool. Another guest or guardian’s cottage, with pool, and a large restored farmhouse with pool, are also part of the grounds.  With 20 bedrooms and 15 baths overall, this stunning property is offered for $2,700,000 Euros.

The Bordeaux to Dordogne area in southwest France is one of the most beautiful areas in France.  This is an excerpt of clips from Jim’s film, “Bordeaux & The Dordogne: A Tribute“.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdx4QERrsjg

If you are looking for that dream home in the greater San Francisco Bay Area or France, contact us.  We would love to share our passion for beautiful cities and beautiful homes.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf
The Matchmakers
Jim Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
CA DRE # 01891419
Cell: 510-501-9643
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

The main house has three bedrooms and an indoor pool, and a guest cottage offers a further three bedrooms.

Chateau in Dordogne River Valley, France

Remodeled Dordogne Chateau, France

Dordogne Valley Chateau from the Air

Formal gardens surround the chateau, with a countryside of pasture and woods. A beautiful chateau in the lovely Dordogne Valley.  For sale at 1,605,000 Euros.

The Dordogne River Valley is one of the most beautiful areas of France.  The Matchmakers real estate is very familiar with this area.  Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers, have been to this area many times, and find it one of the most beautiful in France.

Jim is also a film producer, with The Tribute Series, and one of his films – “Bordeaux & The Dordogne: A Tribute” – is about this area.  The video below shows some scenes of this area where beautiful chateaux abound.

Give us a call or send an email.  We can provide you with additional information about this fabulous property and other wonderful properties in this area of France, including properties in the Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Bordeaux and Gironde departments of France’s Aquitaine Region.

The Matchmakers
El Cerrito, California
Jim Hilgendorf
Cell: 510-501-9564
CA DRE # 00667290
Elizabeth Hilgendorf
510-501-9643
CA DRE # 01891419
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net
Website: http://www.thematchmakers.org

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

But if you are a home owner looking to list your property, the sad fact is that very few brokers or agents are fully aware of how to utilize this tool. If you are lucky, they might produce a passable video and then post it on their website, and think that does the trick.

The problem is this:

The vast majority of home buyers are now taking their initial steps in looking for a home by searching on the internet. But they are not looking for the agent’s website. They are typing search words into Google Search or some other search engine, describing their dream home. And the results they get are not including the agent’s website. Even if the agent prints lovely brochures, and his or her agency is part of a national or international chain, the agent’s efforts are still reaching only a fraction of the available pool of prospective buyers.

At The Matchmakers real estate, we are taking video to a new height as a tool for our clients to attract both domestic and international prospects.

First of all, Jim Hilgendorf, broker for The Matchmakers, is also a 20-year veteran in the arena of video production. He is the producer of the Tribute Series, a series of highly-acclaimed travel videos that are in homes, libraries and schools throughout the United States, several of which have appeared on PBS and international television. He also produces documentaries and corporate promotional videos.

Below is an example of a video for luxury homes that he has produced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExGZFIBKv4

Secondly, The Matchmakers is posting video not only to their website, but to a series of blogs and press releases, maximized for Search Engine Optimization to catch buyers, both domestically and internationally, searching for a particular description of properties.

For instance, type in “country estate San Luis Obispo” into Google Search, and see what comes up. In the results our video is #1.

Thirdly, The Matchmakers is combining video projects of local events, festivals, landmarks, and interviews with people in the Bay Area, to continue attracting people to the website.

At the Matchmakers, we are dedicated to great service also.

For an interview about having us market and sell your home, give us a call.

Jim Hilgendorf
The Matchmakers
CA. DRE #00667290
Cell: 510-501-9564
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net
Website: http://www.thematchmakers.org

Eugene, Oregon is a vibrant, progressive city. The University of Oregon is located here, with its 20,000 students. The city bills itself as a great city of the arts and the outdoors.

This home is only a few miles from the heart of downtown Eugene.

Jim and Elizabeth Hilgendorf are The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes in Oregon, California and France. For more information on the lovely home above, please contact us.

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The first is located just minutes south of the center of town in Eugene, Oregon.

The second home is located in San Luis Obispo, one of the fastest growing wine regions in the United States.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf are The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful homes and estates in Oregon, California and France. For more information on these properties, please give us call, or send an email.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

The Matchmakers
A Real Estate Company
Website: http://www.thematchmakers.org
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net
Tele: 541-484-7529
Elizabeth’s cell: 541-968-0883
Jim’s cell: 541-285-6393
California DRE license # 00667290

The first home is a gorgeous English country estate, just a few miles south of the center of downtown Eugene, Oregon – a great city of the arts and the outdoors, in the great Pacific Northwest.

The second home is located on an acre in a gated community, with only eleven other property owners, overlooking the mountains and vineyards in San Luis Obispo, California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, on California’s Central Coast. This area is one of the fastest growing wine regions in the United States. A lovely home.

The Matchmakers is a real estate company located in Eugene, Oregon, with offices in California also, specializing in beautiful homes in Oregon, California and France. Jim and Elizabeth Hilgendorf are The Matchmakers. If you are interested in either of these two homes, give them a call or send an email. We look forward to meeting you.

The Matchmakers
Website: http://www.thematchmakers.org
Office Tele: 541-484-7529
Jim’s cell: 541-285-6393
Elizabeth’s cell: 541-968-0883
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net
California DRE license #00667290

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

Video is about to explode as the next wave of great promotional tools for real estate agents, because buyers are increasingly using the internet to search for their dream home, and this search is bringing in buyers from across the span of the globe. Well-produced video makes a big difference to prospective buyers when they search for a home on the internet. The old saying goes – A picture is worth a thousand words. Well, nowadays, a video is better than a lot of photos.

Buyers can see the flow and beauty of a home. A luxury estate springs to life. Take a look at the video below, of a beautiful luxury country estate in Eugene, Oregon.

But once you have a well-produced video of that property you are trying to sell, what do you do with it? Just putting it up on your website will do the trick only if clients find your website. You need to get it out to the world. That’s the other side of using video to promote your properties.

At The Matchmakers, we are using a combination of postings, blogs, press releases, contacts with brokers, etc. to get the video out to the world. We have a plan to reach out to the world.

You need both – the well-produced video, and the promotion plan and action – to get the results you are looking for.

By the way, the video above was produced by Jim Hilgendorf, one of The Matchmakers. His filmmaking company is The Tribute Series, and the video above was done through the Tribute Series corporate and real estate promotion division.

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers

The Matchmakers
Real Estate Brokers
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California DRE license # 00667290
Website: http://www.thematchmakers.org
Email: thematchmakers@comcast.net
Office Tele: 541-484-7529
Jim’s cell: 541-285-6393
Elizabeth’s cell: 541-968-0883

The first home, in Eugene, Oregon, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, is set on five acres, with a total living space of approximately 7500 square feet. This is one of the most stunning properties in the area, and is just minutes from downtown Eugene, a great city of the arts and the outdoors, and home to the University of Oregon.

The second home is located in San Luis Obispo, California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, on California’s Central Coast. This home has absolutely stunning views, looking out over mountains and vineyards. San Luis Obispo is located in one of the fastest growing wine regions in the United States.

Jim and Elizabeth Hilgendorf are The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in beautiful estates and homes in Oregon, California, and France.

For more information on the properties above, or to schedule a showing, please give us a call.

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Real Estate Brokers in Oregon and California
California DRE License # 00667290
Office: 541-484-7529
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Jim’s cell: 541-285-6393
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Would you like to move to a greener, friendlier climate, and find your dream home?

More and more people are discovering the Pacific Northwest, and many of them are coming to Eugene, Oregon – a great city of the arts and the outdoors.

Homes and real estate are much cheaper than their big-city counterparts, and the rhythm of living is much more congenial.

You can search homes in the area on our website; but if you are really looking for a dream home, take a look at this video of a gorgeous country estate.  The video will also give you some information about Eugene.

For further information on the home, or to schedule a tour contact Jim or Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers.

The Matchmakers: Real Estate Brokers in Oregon
Office: 541-484-7529
Elizabeth’s cell: 541-968-0883
Jim’s cell: 541-285-6393

Jim & Elizabeth Hilgendorf, The Matchmakers