Getting Started

• Meet with you to discuss your needs, analyze your financial resources and establish achievable goals.

• Recommend financial institutions where you can shop for the best possible financing and obtain loan pre-approval pertinent to Silicon Valley’s real estate market. 

• Explain conditions, contingencies, customary practices, local laws, regulations and agency relationships.

• Establish the neighborhoods and subdistricts where your money will best perform and discuss the nuances of those locations.

• Set you up with Compass and Collections to stay current on all new listings that meet your criteria and neighborhood preference.

Viewing Properties

• Tour homes with you at least once, but preferably twice, to establish your likes, style and needs.

• We’ll monitor on, off market opportunities and Compass Coming Soon to assure awareness of all opportunities.

• Once a property is identified, request disclosure documents and review these documents with you explaining and pinpointing conditions and potential issues of concern.

• Discuss data specific to this subdistrict and the listing agent’s expectations.

Offer and Closing

• Monitor interest level in the property and then draft the purchase agreement to best position your offer for success.

• Leverage our many relationships to present your offer, highlighting your strengths as a buyer.

• Negotiate a fair agreement based on current market conditions and performance.

• Open escrow with a title company.

• Manage the escrow period, ensuring that all conditions and contingencies are addressed promptly and in accordance with the contract.

• Help arrange and be present for all inspections of the property and review the inspection reports.

• Further negotiate based on findings during our inspections contingency period.

• Remove conditions in accordance with the contract and sale timeline.

• Coordinate with your insurance agent and the title company to make sure your policy is in effect at the close of escrow.

• Close escrow, meet you at the property and arrange for delivery of all documents in either electronic or print format.

• Be there with you to celebrate the purchase of your new home!