A real opinion of value
Not a number designed to win your listing. I will walk the house, pull what has actually sold nearby, and show you the comparables I used so you can argue with them.
Selling
Priced right,
or it sits.
The market does not care what you need to get out of the house. It answers the price you ask. My job is to tell you the truth about that number before we publish it, and to fix it fast if the market disagrees.
What is it worth
Send me the address.
Not an instant number from a website. I will look at what has actually sold near you, tell you what I think it is worth and why, and show you the comparables so you can argue with them. No listing agreement and no obligation.
Prep that pays for itself
Some work returns more than it costs and most does not. I will tell you which is which, and where doing nothing is the right call.
Photography and the listing itself
Buyers meet your house on a phone screen first. Professional photography, a written description that says something, and the listing detail filled in properly so it turns up in the searches that matter.
Offers, and the awkward conversations
Reviewing terms rather than just the top number, handling inspection requests, and keeping the lender and escrow moving. When a buyer arrives without an agent, all of that lands on my desk instead of being split.
A real one
The listing where the buyer had no agent.
A split-entry in Mountlake Terrace that I listed and sold in February. The buyer arrived without an agent, which put every piece of the transaction on my desk rather than half of it.
That is more work than a normal sale and it is also more control. Every deadline, every form and every conversation with escrow ran through one person. Pricing is the other decision that is hard to walk back, and the sooner you hear an honest number the cheaper the whole thing gets.
Read: six pricing mistakes that cost sellers money
Read: working with an unrepresented buyer
Yours to keep
The Guide to Selling Your Home.
Nineteen pages on what actually happens when you sell, written for my own clients rather than for the internet. Pricing, the repair list, what I do to market a house, agency law, and how I am paid.
It covers the things sellers ask me in the kitchen: what is worth repairing before you list and what is not, what a comparative market analysis is measuring, what shows up on a closing statement, and the moving checklist nobody remembers until the week of.
New listings
Want new listings in your town as they hit the market?
Pick a town, a price and bedrooms. My home search opens with those homes, and every new one can be emailed to you each morning.