Deborah Samuel

The Senior Scoop Podcast

The Senior Scoop is a podcast hosted by Deborah and Kelsey Samuel, created to support and inform seniors navigating major life transitions. Based in Santa Barbara, the show focuses on helping older adults understand and prepare for various aspects of aging — from downsizing and home maintenance to emotional well-being and planning for the future.

Each episode explores topics relevant to senior life, such as physical and mental health, financial planning, trusts and wills, pet care, and more. The hosts bring on local experts — including healthcare professionals, legal advisors, and home service providers — to offer insights, resources, and practical advice.

The Senior Scoop is a warm and informative resource designed to empower seniors and their families with trusted guidance and real-life tips from the Santa Barbara community.

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What My Clients Have to Say

See why my clients love working with me.

Mary Jane M.

Deborah is a fantastic realtor…especially for seniors. I needed to sell my home of 49 years. I chose Deborah for her enthusiasm, marketing plan, and experience of walking older folks through the home-selling process, which is ...

Nancy L.

I had an exceptional experience working with Deborah Samuel as my real estate agent. Her thorough market analysis and expertise in identifying the appropriate price point resulted in my house receiving four offers within just 2...

Derek & Beth W

Among the most significant decisions we have ever had to make as a couple was the choice of an agent to help us sell the striking, architecturally significant home that we built almost 40 years ago. We are now seniors. Much as ...

Erika W

Deborah Samuel was the best realtor and her wife Kelsey at SB SOS took amazing care of my parents during the downsizing and move. My parents never had to lift a finger, and everything they wanted to keep was moved and put away ...

Nina & Ken

Deborah Samuel, our Santa Barbara Realtor, was very professional, efficient, organized, punctual, and detailed. She is energetic, upbeat, knowledgeable, and communicative. She prepares the property for a clean sale by recommend...

Stephanie P.

Great Experience, Wonderful Realtor We hired Deborah to help us sell a family home, and she did a wonderful job. The house needed some love, and Deborah's team was able to clean it up and get it ready for sale. Deborah is knowl...

Chris O.

Deborah Samuel did a great job for us. She changed our mind on how we'd position the house for sale and ended up getting us more than we initially expected. She also took care of nearly everything. We did a fair amount of work ...

Roger & Joan C.

We have bought and sold many homes over the past 65 years, and we have worked with many real estate agents on both the buy and sell side. Deborah Samuel has clearly been the best of all those real estate agents. Deborah is a co...

David & Candy S.

Deborah was highly professional in all of our dealings. Her knowledge of the market and how to handle the sale was outstanding. The process of selling our home was much smoother than we thought it would and the results exceeded...

Sally & Don W.

We want to thank you, Deborah, for your careful and detailed attention to the successful sale of 621 Cowles Road. When we started the process back in Feb we had a different economic and real estate landscape. Properties were bi...

Andy & Jo G.

Deborah suggested a pre-sale inspection to identify items that a buyer would want to have corrected, then contacted the appropriate service people to attend to those items, which made the house "ready-to-move-in condition" when...

Lotte & Ira W.

When we decided to sell our house and move to a local retirement facility, a friend highly recommended Deborah Samuel to represent us in selling our home. Deborah is a TRUE professional. She helped us set a competitive price, a...

Jenn B.

Deborah Samuel of Berkshire Hathaway sold our family home of 55 years for over the asking price in a remarkable four days. Living out of state, I needed to find a trustworthy advocate for my elderly mother who would guide her t...

Joyce F.

Deborah Samuel demonstrated extensive knowledge and professionalism as a real estate agent in her preparation and showing of my house, highlighting its special features and place in Santa Barbara's history. She expertly managed...

Herrera F.

Deborah is everything we had hoped for in a real estate agent and more! We knew the process of selling the place we called home would be a transaction, yes, but it was way more than that for us. Deborah knew it, and from the mo...

Brian J.

Deborah listened to and executed my desires graciously and professionally, explaining each part of the multitude of paperwork. I was kept aware of the progress during the whole process. All was completed thoroughly and expediti...

Nancy & Bob M.

Deborah is a very unique real estate agent that we have been blessed to know. She is professional, creative, energetic, market savvy, and cares deeply for her clients. Way beyond selling their property. We are Seniors and have ...

Lynn & Doris R.

Deborah did a great job not only in selling our house but preparing our house for sale. She always kept us up-to-date on what was going on and gave us the paperwork that we needed both to sell the house and move to Samarkand. S...

Fran & Augie

We would like to take this opportunity to give Agent Deborah Samuel of Berkshire Hathaway a well-deserved review. She went above and beyond making it all happen for our family's condo sale. She knows what to do, who to call, an...

Candy & Dave S.

Deborah was the perfect agent for us. She began by getting to know our needs and giving us confidence in her ability to work with us to meet them. He knowledge of the market and her skills to advertise our home were spot on. Sh...