Home Buying: Step 2a - Market Education / View Property

Once you have an initial price range from Ye, we will fine tune what you want to buy and where you want to live. I will select as many places as possible in the market to show you. When you begin your search, we will stay in your price range, while looking at areas and places you like, as well as those that you might not have thought to consider. You will most likely learn about new areas of The City during the home buying process. And I know most of them!

I will set you up on my email Listing Alert so that whenever a new property comes on the market that fits your profile, we will both get an email or text message with pictures and detailed information. With one click you can delete it, request a showing or let me know that you are interested knowing more about the property. Listing Alert is licensed under the San Francisco Association of Realtors (San Francisco MLS has an agreement that covers all of the Bay Area). Only a Realtor / SFAR member can give you access to 100% of the listings in San Francisco and the Bay Area. I was told once, but forget exactly why. I will try to find out and post it here.

The reason that I work at Vanguard Properties is that they represent the sellers of the best properties in so many different market segments. Vanguard Properties is also the real estate company in San Francisco that brings more speciality and boutique condo and loft buildings to the market than anyone else. All of our clients get access to these properties, often times before they are made available to the general public.

As you begin to see places that interest you on the Listing Alert emails, you can call, email or text me, and I will set appointments for us to go see them during the week or you can see them on Sundays.

As we begin to look at properties together, you will learn quickly what I am looking at as a professional vs. what you might be seeing as a buyer. You will learn a lot about what things make some properties worth more, what makes other properties challenged and how to tell a diamond in the rough.

By always having the new listings sent to me on my Blackberry, laptop and desktop, I am always in a position to get you in first to see a property. Many times our clients were first to see the property that they made an offer on and bought. I will make sure to ask some of them to post there comments about that below!

AT THIS POINT..........

...you will know what your monthly mortgage payment will be and how much discretionary income you will have at the end of the month based on various purchase prices, you will constantly be one of, if not the, first person to see new properties that fit your profile and you will be ready to write an offer as soon as you see the home you want. In other words, you will be in the best and strongest position possible....and we have hardly started yet!