A few blocks change everything
Lot sizes, the walk to shul, the flood picture and the price all shift street to street in Hollywood. Rivka works these particular neighborhoods, so what she tells you is about your block.
Where would you like to start?
- I am buyingStart with the neighborhoods. Rivka will tell you what a specific street is like before you spend a weekend on it.
- I am sellingPricing from what has closed on your street, a short list of what to fix first, and photography that does the house justice.
- I am still decidingMost people watch the market for months first. Ask what your home is worth, or just ask a question.
- I am renting firstA year in a neighborhood tells you whether you want to buy there. Rivka handles rentals too.
One agent, start to finish
You will not be handed to a team member after the first call. The person who answers is the person who prices your home, photographs it, negotiates for you and sits at the closing.
Rivka spent a decade as a photographer before real estate. That matters more than it sounds. Buyers decide whether to visit from a phone screen, and most listings are photographed badly enough to cost their sellers money.
Hollywood has a large Israeli and Orthodox community. Moving countries is a different transaction from moving suburbs, and it helps to work with someone who has done both. Hebrew or English, whichever is easier.
Start with the neighborhood
What each area is actually like, and the questions worth asking before you make an offer.
- Emerald Hills
Established, green and unusually spacious for Hollywood, built around a golf course and home to a large and long-settled Jewish community.
- Hollywood Hills
Central, well connected and more varied than its neighbours: a mix of mid-century homes, larger renovated properties and quiet residential pockets.
How this works
- Who you deal with
- One agentFrom first call to closing
- Languages
- EN / עבWhichever is easier for you
- Focus
- HollywoodEmerald Hills and Hollywood Hills first
- Reply time
- Same dayAlways within one business day
Questions people ask before they call
Who is a good Realtor in Hollywood, Florida?
Rivka Zerbib works Emerald Hills, Hollywood Hills and the neighborhoods around them, with United Realty Group. One agent from the first call to the closing, in English or Hebrew. She is the person who prices your home, photographs it and negotiates for you, not the person who hands you to a team.
Which Hollywood neighborhood should I be looking at?
It depends on what the address has to do for you. Emerald Hills if a walk to shul decides it, since the shuls and the kosher markets are inside it or on Stirling Road along its southern edge. Hollywood Hills for a more central position and a wider mix of houses. The other twenty-four areas each have a page saying how far they sit from Emerald Hills and what that costs you.
Does she work with families keeping kosher and walking to shul?
Yes, and it is most of what she does. The community guide on this site lists the shuls, the Jewish day schools, the kosher markets and restaurants, the mikvah and the eruv, with addresses. Which street you buy on decides your walk, your school run and your Friday shopping, and that is a conversation worth having before you start looking.
Can we do this in Hebrew?
Yes, the whole process, including the parts that are harder to follow in a second language. The entire site is published in Hebrew as well.
Does she handle rentals?
Yes. A year in a neighborhood is the cheapest way to find out whether you want to buy there, and plenty of her buyers started as tenants.
What is my house in Hollywood worth?
That is set by your street and your specific house, not by a neighborhood average, so an online estimate is a starting point rather than an answer. Send Rivka the address and she will come back with what has actually closed nearby and what it means for yours.
Buying, selling, or just working out the timing?
The most useful conversations happen months before anything is listed. A short one costs nothing.