The First Call I Make After a Seller Says Yes, and What Actually Happens After You Decide to List
What happens after you sign a listing agreement: the file, disclosures, title and HOA documents come first. The vendors come after, and here is why.
What Sellers Look For in an Offer Besides Price, and Why I Start With the Buyer’s Agent
What sellers look for in an offer besides price starts before the offer arrives. Why I have recommended the lower one, and what buyers can do about it.
Buying a Condo in San Mateo County: Why Buyers Now Read the Building Before the Unit
Buying a condo in San Mateo County now means underwriting the building. What reserves, special assessments and the SB 326 balcony inspection tell you, in order.
What a San Mateo County Seller Actually Nets: The Line Items That Surprise People
What a San Mateo County seller actually nets: county and city transfer tax, commission, escrow and title fees, and the buyer credits that move the number most.
Sell First or Buy First? The Move-Up Sequencing Decision on the SF Peninsula
Sell first or buy first on the SF Peninsula? What a rent back, a bridge loan and a contingent offer each cost, and the four questions that decide which path is yours.
How to Analyze a Peninsula Neighborhood Before You Buy: A San Mateo County Resource Guide
How to analyze a Peninsula neighborhood before you buy: price bands, inventory velocity, commute, fog line and schools, plus five San Mateo County city guides.
How I Create Competition for a Peninsula Listing, and Why I Won’t Look at an Early Offer
The multiple offer strategy I actually run on a Peninsula listing: the disclosure package finished before Showtime, released only to agents whose buyers toured, and why I won’t set the offer date on the calendar.
The $18K-In, $95K-Out Question: Which Pre-Sale Improvements Actually Pay on the Peninsula in 2026
What to fix before selling a house in the Bay Area: the Peninsula prep that returns $95K on $18K — and the remodels that never pay back in 2026.
First-Time Buyer’s Roadmap to Burlingame & San Carlos: From Pre-Approval to Keys
A first-time home buyer Burlingame & San Carlos roadmap from a 24-year Peninsula broker — pre-approval, jumbo financing, offers, and the real timeline to keys.