Joan B. Laguatan, Principal Broker/Owner
Canvass Properties is led by independent real estate broker Joan Laguatan, who has been serving buyers, sellers, and investors throughout the Bay Area since 2003. Having closed hundreds of transactions across eight Bay Area counties, Joan provides highly personalized representation throughout San Francisco, the Peninsula, the East Bay, and surrounding communities.
With a background in legal and research work and more than two decades of real estate experience, Joan brings exceptional precision to contracts, disclosures, negotiations, and complex deal structuring. Her expertise spans single-family homes, condominiums, TIC resales, multi-unit properties, new construction, and condominium conversions – including her own conversion projects.
Joan has extensive experience advising investors, luxury home buyers and sellers, and international clients. She regularly assists with investment properties, second homes, off-market opportunities, and sophisticated transactions requiring strategic analysis and creative problem-solving.
Each listing benefits from a carefully curated marketing plan that may include professional photography, video, staging enhancements, custom property marketing, and targeted exposure designed to maximize value and attract qualified buyers. As an independent broker, Joan remains personally involved throughout every stage of the transaction, providing direct communication, individualized service, and flexible pricing options, including flat-fee representation for off-market sales, negotiations, contracts, and disclosures.
She also serves as a board member of Sinai Memorial, actively supports animal welfare causes, and has successfully represented various nonprofit organizations in the sale and acquisition of their properties.
