Full Service Realtor offers Home Buyer Rebates, Silicon Valley, San Jose

Are you the kind of home buyer who likes to take a hands on approach. You're checking the new listings either through MLSListings.com or an agent's automated market update (such as mine)? Do you enjoy going to the open house the first week a new listing hits the market, or driving by a listing and deciding if you like the neighborhood and curb appeal? If you like taking the proactive buyer's approach then you should be rewarded for your efforts. Agents like myself are going forward and offering proactive buyers a percentage of the commission paid to the buyer's agent back to the buyer in the form of closing costs, interest rate buydowns, or necessary upgrades to the property. I like to offer my proactive buyers a 50% rebate from the commission being paid to me for my services. With the typical 2.5% to 3% commission and the typical home price of $700,000 to $800,000 the buyer rebate can be anywhere from $8,750 up to $12,000. This will cover all of your closing costs plus house fumigation, bathroom repairs, or a new roof. Obviously with a more expensive home this rebate can grow even larger. I have a satisfied home buyer from last year who received a $21,000 home buyer rebate. Naturally, we can still put together tours of homes that meet your criteria and you should call me if there is a house you'd like to see that is not being held open. After all, that's part of what the seller is paying me for.

Of course there is much more to being a good Realtor and fiduciary for your purchase than simply giving you money back on the deal. I have been working in the Silicon Valley real estate market for 17 years and built up a wealth of knowledge in the processes and procedures for both protecting you in your home acquisition and even more importantly I have been negotiating on my clients' behalf for 17 years. I vividly remember my first buyer representation in 1991 in a declining real estate market and letting my inexperience hamper my ability to get what I felt was the best deal for my clients. Fortunately I was still able to make up for it several years later when the same clients relocated to the East coast, but it instilled in me a commitment to become the best skilled negotiator for my clients that I could be. I have taken two intensive courses in mediation and negotiation through the Pepperdine Law School extension. I have also learned from being chair of the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors Ombudsman committee. In addition I have built strong skills and a network of connections though my extensive committee work with the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors.

I also don't leave all of the work to my proactive buyers. I am always watching for new listings which match buyer's needs, scouting out listings before they hit the market and watching for potential under market priced homes that may not be precisely what a particular client is looking for, but which will perhaps exceed their needs in unexpected ways because it is in an even better area or location than they were focused on or it is such a good deal that even after expenses for upgrades it becomes exactly what they're looking for.

So in summary I like to offer a 50% rebate to proactive homebuyers. I like to give the highest level of service to my clients, both buyers and sellers. Also, I like to be a resource to my clients before, during and after the home buying process.

I have extensive experience in the Silicon Valley market including San Jose, Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Hollister and San Martin. My San Jose markets include Almaden Valley, Cambrian Park, Blossom Hill, Santa Teresa, Willow Glen, Evergreen, East San Jose, Alum Rock, South San Jose and North San Jose/ Berryessa. I can also assist you in Santa Cruz county, Alameda county, San Benito county and Contra Costa county.