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Home Buyers

We love working with home buyers. Our primary focus is to ensure that our real estate clients look back on the transaction with a feeling of confidence that they found their dream home for a great price.

As your buyer’s agency, we will scour the market for the perfect property for you. Unlike many agents who simply submit a search on the MLS, we will do whatever it takes to find the right property—including directly contacting home owners whose properties are potentially a good fit, even if they haven’t put their property up for sale.

Below you’ll find a list of resources we’ve created for home buyers, outlining the home buying experience from start to finish.

Choosing Whether to Rent vs Buy Your Home

The choice as an existing renter of whether to buy a property or continue to rent isn’t always cut and dry. We’ve outlined the pros and cons of each to help you make the best decision for your individual situation.

Finding the Best Buyer’s Agent

The home buying process is complex and often arduous. Having an expert on your side can save you a ton of grief—and money.

Defining Your Search Criteria

The more clearly you know what you’re looking for in a home, the less time you’ll waste viewing properties that won’t be a good fit.

  • Understanding the Difference Between Needs and Wants
  • Why Pre-Approval Is a Crucial First Step

Understanding the Home Search Process

Looking for a new home to buy can either be a pleasant experience or a painful one, depending on how you approach it. We put together some great tips to help set you up for success.

  • Setting Up Your Home Search
  • Tips for House Hunting Like a Pro

Making an Offer

It’s not just about finding your dream home—it’s about getting the home at the best price as well. Let us guide you through making the initial offer as well as counter-offer negotiations.

  • How to Make a Strategic Initial Offer
  • How to Negotiate Effectively

Choosing Home Loans

Unless you plan to buy your home with all cash, you’ll need to finance the purchase somehow. We’ve put together a couple guides so you’ll know all of the options available to you.

  • Which Type of Loan is the Best Option
  • Buyer Assistance Programs

Navigating Escrow

Escrow is the time that separates the well-prepared from the ill-prepared. Read the guides below so that you’re in the former group of home buyers!

  • Inspections and Appraisal
  • Preparing for Closing

Moving Into Your New Home

Escrow’s closed, the keys are in hand—what’s next? Moving into your new home, of course! Start off on the right foot by planning your move efficiently and getting familiarized with your new surroundings as quickly as possible.

  • Moving Checklist
  • Tips for Quickly Learning Your New Neighborhood

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Finding the Best Buyer’s Agent

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Your buyer’s agent will be the most critical tool you have at your disposal for the entire home buying process. The right buyer’s agent is like your personal home sherpa. They are there to guide you along the journey, to answer any and all questions, and to help you make the right decisions and avoid the wrong ones.

That being said, there’s going to be a big difference in your buying experience when you find the best buyer’s agent versus any random agent off the street. Let’s dig into why it’s important to use an agent, and what to look for in such a professional.

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Choosing Whether to Rent vs Buy Your Home

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A foundational aspect of the American Dream is homeownership. Contrary to popular belief however, it’s not always better to buy a home than to rent a home. Like most things, there are several factors to consider when choosing to rent vs buy.

Primary factors that should affect your decision are:

  • Are you financially prepared to purchase a home?
  • Do you see yourself staying in the area for at least 5-10 years?
  • Can you afford a home of the desired size in your preferred area?
  • What does the local housing market look like historically?

Let’s go through each of these four elements as they relate to choosing should rent vs buy a home.

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Relocating to Irvine, CA – A Comprehensive Guide

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Are you planning on relocating to Irvine? Going through a relocation can be a very stressful experience, especially if you don’t know the area you’re moving to and you wait too long to get your new home’s utilities set up.

Failing to prepare is actually more common than you might think. Having moved across state lines several times in my life, I’m no exception to the rule. The first couple times I moved, I treated it like a high school term paper and put everything off until the last minute. Of course, then I had nobody to blame but myself when I spent the first week in my new home with no internet or utilities.

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Buying and selling, simplified.

We believe real estate transactions are about more than just completing the sale at all costs. A great experience leaves both the seller and the buyer feeling confident that they made the right choice. For sellers, it's all about providing pre, during and post-sale support to help close sales quickly and for the desired sales price. For buyers, we look at the unique needs and desires of our clients to find the best properties available, and to help them close within the desired price range.

Our Approach

We imagine the above sounds like it can probably get complicated, and it most certainly can! However, we take care of all of the details involved and guide our clients through the entire process, so that they can sit back and enjoy a simple experience from start to finish.

It's what we call our hoLISTic approach to real estate, and it's what separates us from the rest of the crowd.