My Services

• A Buyer consultation will be provided up front to explain the buying process, provide an agency disclosure, and discuss the buyer/broker responsibilities in the representation agreement.
  
• Community, school, government and other information will be provided to help you in your purchase decision. (Some of this information is already available or accessible on this Web site.)
  
• Assistance obtaining home-loan pre-approval (which has become a virtual necessity in the current real estate market.
  
• We will assist you in narrowing down your search to specific locations and property attributes (bedrooms, baths, lot size, etc.) to meet your lifestyle and financial requirements.
  
• We will preview available homes on the market to identify those that appear to best meet your requirements (including property listed by other companies, property for sale by owners, and new construction.)
  
• We will take you on a tour to show you the selected properties.
  
• To keep you updated on what is available, we will set up automated MLS searches (to identify new properties coming onto the market that meet your search criteria), and we will e-mail the results of those searches to you as they become available. We will also use our broker networking contacts for leads to properties that have not yet been listed.
  
• We will provide you with a comparative market analysis of properties in the neighborhood.
  
• When you are ready to make an offer, we will help prepare the 8-page purchase agreement, plus any necessary addendums. (This will include an explanation of each paragraph of the documents, what it means to you, and what your options are so that you can make informed decisions with regard to the terms of the offer.)
  
• We will present your offer and any counter offers to the seller.
  
• We will professionally negotiate the purchase agreement on the most favorable terms that we are able to obtain for you.
  
• Once an offer has been accepted, we will assist you in scheduling the inspection process, and will be present for all inspections.
  
• We will monitor the progress of the transaction and all event time lines (inspections, disclosure schedules, any necessary repairs, etc.) for timely completion of the transaction.
  
• We will explain to you the settlement costs and the closing documents.
  
• We will stay in contact with you after the closing to see if there is anything else that we can help you with.
  
• Frequent communication will be provided at every step along the way.

SELLER SERVICES

As a full service real estate broker, we are able to offer a comprehensive package of services to Buyers and Sellers alike.  Our services to Sellers include the following:

• A free Seller consultation to explain the selling process, provide an agency disclosure and discuss the Seller / Agent responsibilites under the listing agreement.
• After a tour of the property, we will make recommendations for the preparation of the property for sale.
• We will prepare a comparative market analysis to provide you with information on the prices at which similar homes in the neighborhood have been sold, and what competitive properties are listed at. (A property tour of the competitive properties can be arranged, if desired.)
• An automated search system will be used to provide you with daily updates on the status of competing properties (i.e., sale, price changes, new listings, etc.). The results of these searches will be e-mailed to you as soon as they become available.
• We will assist you in obtaining the necessary pre-sale inspections.
• A marketing plan will be developed for the sale of your home that will include:
  
  - A "For Sale" sign in your front yard (if allowed)
  
  - A listing of your property for sale in the San Diego Multiple Listing Service
  
  - Advertising of your home on the Internet 7 days a week and 24 hours a day on (i) - this web site (www.SDHomeQuest.com); (ii) the Union Tribune web site (www.SignOnSanDiego.com); the Homestore.com web site, and others.  (We have a list of 104 sites that we can use for this purpose.)
  
  -Your listing wil also benefit from the internet presence that we are maintaining on a number of other real estate web sites and directories on the Internet.  Most of these other sites have direct links back to www.SDHomeQuest.com  (and the featured listing that you will have on this site.)
  
  -Preparation of color flyers and mailing materials for marketing your home.
  
  -Distribution of flyers to leading real estate agents at Realty Experts and other real estate companies in San Diego.
  
  - A Broker open house.
  
  - Open House Tours for the public, if desired.
  
  - Targeted marketing and advertising for potential buyers.
  
  - Relocation information will be provided to potential buyers, including information on schools, community activities, employment opportunities and area attractions. (Some of this information is already provided on this site as a means to attract potential buyers.)
  
  - and more - our full service checklist includes a total of 209 activities designed to sell your home quickly and for top dollar.

• To the extent possible, we will endeavor to have all potential buyers qualified before they view your property. 
• We will promptly present to you any and all offers, along with a cash proceeds estimate for each offer.
• We will assist you in analyzing the offers and in preparing any counter-offers, as needed.
• We will monitor the progress of the transaction and all event time-lines (including inspections, disclosures, buyer's loan process, etc.) for timely completion of the transaction.
• We will provide you with an explanation of the closing documents and settlement costs.
• We will stay in contact with you after the closing to see if there is anything else that we can help you with.
• Frequent communication and will be provided at every step along the way.
• We also specialize in "Short Sales" (where the net proceeds from the sale of a home are expected to be less than the outstanding balance on the home loan(s).)