Buying a Home
The Bay Area is an outstanding and highly desirable place to call home. The diversity and many attractions make the Bay Area even more desirable. The East Bay is only 25-40 minutes from SF, 1 hour to Napa, Carmel, Pebble Beach, 2 hours to Yosemite and about 3 hours to beautiful Lake Tahoe.
San Francisco and the Peninsula are also known for many landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz to name only a few. The seafood and sourdough French bread are world renowned. Our moderate climate and abundance of sunshine throughout the year is also a very highly desirable feature of living in the Bay Area.
We take the buying process as seriously as our buyers do, therefore we offer nothing but the highest quality of service to our clients. We offer a concierge style of full service that guides our buyers through the maze of buying from start to finish and beyond. Our main core beliefs/values are:
- Putting our clients best interest and needs before the deal
- Integrity
- Trust
- Knowledge & Experience
- Follow through & Following up
- Full Service
- Unsurpassed communication skills
Getting Pre-Qualified
This is by far the most important step in the process. You need to be very sure that you are looking at homes that are affordable to you and then not looking at inferior homes when you could afford more. Too many Buyers venture out not knowing their comfort zone. By sitting down with one of our professionals they can determine through a series of questions and gathering needed data you will soon know your Zone. Once you have been Pre-Qualified you are now ready for the next step.Finding Out what is Important to you
Just as important as being pre-qualified is being listened to by your agent. We are experts at listening to what is important to you and this is known as your wants and needs. After carefully listening to your wants and needs we will have a better feel for what is important to you. This will also give us an opportunity to educate you on what is realistic or not for your given price range.This will help us to find you the right home.
At ListingsMall we have the latest technology and search engines to scour the market for all the homes that meet your desired criteria. We also have an abundance of our own listings that may meet your needs. ListingsMall has an automatic email update system that generates the most current homes that have just come on the market straight from the MLS (Multiple Listing Service). We also have our own search engine that you can search for homes at your own leisure.
Paperwork
In real estate you may have heard there are mounds and mounds of paper work and it's true. However our seasoned professionals will guide you through all of the important documents and go through them carefully so that you understand what you are signing. Our Agents ensure you know the process inside and out and that you are aware of all inspections, disclosures and contracts that are available to you.We also have "Transaction Point" —a state of the art cutting edge Software that allows you, the Buyer to access your transaction online at any time day or night. You will be issued a user name and password and be able to download documents, review your file and the transactions progress. When the deal is closed we will give you a disc that has every document downloaded to it for your convenience. This is our way of "Going Green".
