Artur Urbanski

About Us:

Cimpler Real Estate is a unique real estate brokerage set up to serve Bay Area at the Internet age. It offers clients free advice and consulting as well as simplicity and transparency of transactions.

Cimpler is an innovative brokerage specializing in helping customers to maximize benefits of owning real estate. To support its agents Cimpler has a team of experts, including lawyer, assent management expert, CPA and investment expert.

Cimpler Real Investment Specialists are top Cimpler agents, qualified to help his/her customers to think of each and every transaction as an investment and maximize the equity of their assets. They have comprehensive real estate, loans, and related services knowledge. All Cimpler agents work with the company financial, legal, tax and asset management experts.

Following are approved trade marks of Cimpler Real Estate:

• Cimpler Real Estate (TM)
• A Simpler Way To Buy And Sell Property (TM)
• Cimpler Investments (TM)
• BuySquareFeet (TM)
• See It in Person, Negotiate On-Line (TM)
  
• Join Us and We'll Never Stop Training You (TM) and
• CIMPLER REAL ESTATE - Where real estate meets financial planning (TM)
  

Unique Services for Sellers :

My goal is to make your home sale as effortless as possible, and to achieve the highest possible price for you. I use a mixture of conventional (Daily Journal, Examiner and/or San Francisco Chronicle) and online marketing venues to advertise listings. Among other online advertisings there will be a website with your house address as a domain name, i.e. http://www.youraddress.com. During the Open House, apart of high quality flyers, I distribute CDs with a copy of you house website images. Here is a partial list of websites your listing will be posted if you list the house with me:

• youraddress.com
• Realtor.com
• move.com
• mlslistings.com
• trulia.com
• edgeio.com
• yahoo.com
• aol.com
• cimpler.com
• affordablecondos.com
• propsmart.com
• zadzoo.com
• craigslist.org
  

Sometimes selling the house is just one of several options clients have. They decide to sell without spending the time if this is the best thing to do. I would be happy to discuss your situation with you and advice you if other options, such as renting your house out and buying a new house for partial equity, refinancing or borrowing against the equity you might want to consider as well. You might ask why I would jeopardize an opportunity to list client’s house, by advising him/her to the otherwise. It is because I want to make sure that you will be back doing business with me when the time comes for your next transaction, be it another purchase, refinancing or investment.

Cimpler Real Estate, the company I created and own, provides clients with real estate, mortgage and financial planning and advice services.

Here are some specific services and advice I will provide you with:

1. Help to understand house market value versus listing price.
2. Help to understand the process of selling and benefits of selling yourself versus using an agent like me.
3. Advice on how to prepare the house for sale.
4. Ability to monitor your transaction(s) on line. You can sign documents and disclosures electronically if you so desire.
5. Instant communication with me (SMS, email, cell phone).
6. Move up plan to a bigger and better house based on the equity you might earn. Plan for future investment(s).
7. Support of a team behind me including a real estate lawyer, asset management expert, CPA and investment expert.
8. Free Reports and Tell Me More features on our company website Cimpler.com
9. Additional reports on my personal website ArturUrbanski.com
10. Advice on who to use for house inspection, appraisal, house staging (if advisable in your situation), preparing virtual tours, and other services you might need preparing the house for sale.

Most importantly, I will guide you every step of the way to the successful completion of your transaction.

Check our newest service BuySquareFeet. It might help you to get a better price for your clients. Inquire at BuySquarefeet@cimpler.com

Unique Services for Buyers:

I treat every transaction as an investment and every client as an investor, even if you buy your first home. I advice my clients on how to maximize benefits of their purchase to meet their life time objectives. I will help you to choose the right price range, location, right loan and I will guide you all the way to your next transaction, be it refinancing, sale, buying bigger and better house or investment property. I am an excellent negotiator and I will help you to negotiate your contract to maximize benefits for you.

Here are some specific services and advice I will provide you with:

1. Help to understand market value versus listing price of houses you might be interested in.
2. Help to understand the process of buying and benefits of buying yourself versus using an agent as me.
3. Listings as soon as they appear on MLS via listing alerts. You can receive them by email or by text message to your cell phone.
4. Your own capabilities to set up listing alerts.
5. Your own capabilities to manage your searches.
6. PAPERLESS REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS - ability to monitor your transaction(s) on line. You can sign documents and disclosures electronically if you so desire. We can avoid using paper all the way to escrow, however, it is not up to us to provide you with paperless escrow.
7. Instant communication with me (text messaging, email, cell phone).
8. Help in selecting a loan type and apply for mortgage.
9. Mortgage pre-qualification (to help you understand what you can afford) and mortgage pre-approval (to get a conditional approval from the lender).
10. Several mortgage options (you are welcome to compare it with other sources you might have).
11. Move up plan to a bigger and better house in the future based on the equity you might earn. Plan for future investment(s).
12. Support of a team behind me including a real estate lawyer, asset management expert, CPA and investment expert.
13. Free Reports and Tell Me More features on our company website Cimpler.com
14. School information and community information on my personal website ArturUrbanski.com

Most importantly, I will guide you every step of the way to the successful completion of your transaction.

To read what San Francisco Broker Agent Magazine had recently to say about Cimpler Real Estate, click HERE.

Our Neighborhoods and Issues we Care For

Cimpler is a real estate brokerage helping clients like you to maximize benefits of owning real estate. We encourage you to browse through pages of this website for information about buying and selling real estate and related services. When you browse through the information you will notice that real estate transactions can be simpler and that Cimpler Real Estate is a different real estate company. The essence of our difference is that we treat every transaction as an investment and every client as an investor. Even if they buy their first home. So, jump in! Find out for yourself. Click here: Cimpler and Artur Urbanski.

Please click on the following links to find out more about Peninsula Neighborhoods:

Why Is Burlingame, CA So Desirable?

Why is Burlingame, CA so desirable? More reasons and more facts.

The reasons you might want to live in Millbrae, CA

Is there anything special about San Mateo, CA?

Beautiful Pacifica

Saturday afternoon in Half Moon Bay and Princeton

Dream house slips to a nightmare

Are There Any "Old Town" Areas in San Mateo, CA?

Is Hillsborough, CA Better Than Burlingame, CA?

Are you a single and moving to San Francisco?

South San Francisco (SSF) Contrasts

Burlingame, CA – Which neighborhood to choose?

Easton Addition - the Pearl of Burlingame, CA

Burlingame Hills - Burlingame, CA

Ray Park - Burlingame. CA

As real estate is undergoing rapid changes we observe the market to make sure that what we do and what our clients want. If you are interested in understanding what is happening on the real estate market and would like to use this general knowledge in narrowing down your options of how and with whom to do your future real estate transactions you will enjoy the following posts:

• California: MLS in Turmoil - recent changes real estate market prompted MLSs to action. In the Bay Area we see the consolidation and much better responsiveness of MLS' than ever before.
• Why the attack against realtors? - My reply to Dan Lowery - discusses the reasons behind recent attacks on Realtors
• Who Started the Real Estate Revolution? - emergence of Zillow and Trulia create new market dynamics prompting MLSs to action
  
• Can Zillow annihilate Realtors? is Zillow Realtors' ally or foe? It really doesn't matter. It has a lot to offer to clients and agents - so take advantage of it!
  
• GOOD and BAD about NAR: Can we fix NAR? - NAR is in danger of becoming irrelevant; its actions to protect a single commission based business model might lead to its undoing.
  
• Can We Fix NAR - Sequel part 2 - more comments and facts on the NAR and its future role
  
• Is your income below $12,000 per year? - comments on Mark Nadel's report Critical Assessment of the Residential Real Estate Rate Structure lead to a very interesting exchange of ideas and thoughts with Mark Nadel
• Is your income below $12,000? - Important update from Mark Nadel - more comments and updates
  
• Call for Supplanting NAR - comments on the post by Greg Swann's at Bloodhound Blog; the call for a new organization to guard the quality of agents can be compared to fixing a car with a broken engine by replacing the engine with another broken one.

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Testimonials

To whom it may concern:

I used Artur Urbanski, as an agent to represent me in my recent house search. This was the 8^th house I have purchased in my lifetime, and for the first time, I felt comfortable and compelled to provide a reference.

Compared to other agents I have used in buying and selling transactions, I feel that he provided several important advantages in helping me complete the purchase.

First, in a financial transaction in an illiquid market, where value is in many ways a matter of personal taste based upon feelings rather than financial discipline, he helped bring the most structure and quantitative discipline to the offer process I have encountered. He helped me understand a rational way to price and evaluate a homes intrinsic value. While nothing is perfect, it helped me get comfortable that the offer I made most closely aligned with the long-term value of the property.

Second, in negotiating the deal points, Artur proved a valuable go between in what was a rocky negotiation process. He helped negotiate through some very difficult issues, and helped me appropriately discern the difference between deal breakers and reasonable accommodations. I never once felt that he just wanted to complete the transaction. I always felt that he placed my interests first, and he would counsel me to walk away from the deal if he felt it was not in my best interests, independent of what my feelings were.

Finally, Artur’s communication style and personal integrity are first rate. He does not shy away from discussing or tackling the tough issues, but brings them forward so that there are no surprises later on. Artur is a rare individual who values his word, family and personal reputation above all else. I have many times leaned on him personally in very difficult personal circumstances with no hesitation that he would be there for my family, no matter what I asked.

I am happy to discuss his performance or any other issue in greater detail, please do no hesitate to call me if I can be of assistance

With kind regards;

Stephen Rogers
650-576-9905

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To whom it may concern,

My name is Chafik Chadli and I would like to give thanks and share the thoughtfulness of Mr. Artur Urbanski. I recently found myself to be in urgent need and help with my homeownership. I called Mr. Urbanski in hope that his intelligence, knowledge, and compassion would guide me through my hardship. I am so glad I made that phone call, he really and truly helped save my financial life!

I met Dr. Urbanski several years past regarding finances dealing with my business. Upon our first meeting, I knew this man was very smart and at the same time the willingness to help and share his knowledge in an honest way. This type of interaction is very hard to find these days. I felt comfortable and put my trust in him.

Even though the economy is bad and the mortgage market crashed, Mr. Urbanski accomplished the impossible. He spent many months of his time and guided me all the way to the end and I was able to sell my home. He never mentioned his commission and his main concern was to take care of me and my hardship. He exceeds as an individual, as a financial advisor and I would say he is above average in his field. His company Cimpler Real Estate, was the first to incorporate buying and selling through bidding on line. His utilized his skills in such a way that made my house approachable by so many different types of people.

I would definitely recommend Mr. Urbanski and his company to help people achieve the sometimes unachievable. I cannot say enough about him and wish him all the best in his career. I would use his service again and highly suggest him as a trustworthy individual. If you have the honor to meet him, you should rest assured that you are in good hands.

Sincerely,

Chafik Chadli

650-921-0271

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To whom it might concern:

It took my husband and me nearly 8 months to find a house, and Artur worked patiently with us the entire time. For as long as the process stretched, we never felt rushed, pressured, or forced to make any decisions we weren’t wholly comfortable with. Once we did find our home, Artur continued to work with us well after the sale to make sure that even after everyone had signed on the dotted line, we were settling into our new place nicely. His dedication was phenomenal, and I enjoyed working with him every step of the way – in fact, I’ve since recommended him to several of my friends.

Jenny

Jenny.Muller@sephora.com

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Artur, this was a good summary of what is happening and what might be stumbling blocks regarding MLS services. Information is getting more open for all and that is good.

How has your search for experienced agents been progressing? You deserve the best and many of them.

Regards, Sal
SalLima@aol.com Click here