Serving Silicon Valley & San Francisco.
Buyer Representation

Find your home before Zillow.

Off-market access, private-network previews, in-house disclosure review on every offer, and negotiation grounded in 24 months of street-level comp data. The Bay Area buyer experience the way it should be done.

Sold · $5.25M
A representative listing — 1694 Clay Drive, Los Altos
The Process

Five steps from first call to keys in hand.

The Bay Area is a market where indecision costs $50K and bad disclosures cost $500K. Our process is built to be fast where speed matters, and slow where due diligence does.

01

Strategy call.

30 minutes · No pitch

We meet (call, video, or in-person) to understand what you're actually buying. Neighborhoods, lifestyle, school zones, commute, deal-breakers, and most importantly — budget reality vs budget aspiration. By the end you have a written brief and a pre-approval path.

02

Off-market preview.

Pre-MLS access · Same week

You get private-network listings, off-market opportunities, and pocket listings before they hit Zillow or Redfin. We tour them on your schedule, including virtual walkthroughs for out-of-area buyers. About 30% of our buyer-side deals close on properties never shown publicly.

03

Disclosure deep dive.

24-hour turnaround · In-house

Every disclosure package gets a real legal review — not a glance. We video-walk you through what we found: seller-disclosed defects, NHD callouts, easement quirks, insurability risks, capacity issues. You write your offer with complete information.

04

Data-driven offer.

Comp-validated · Pre-cleared with seller

We pull the last 24 months of transactions on your subject street, isolate by year built, lot size, view, and floor plan, and walk through every relevant data point with you. The offer goes in at a number that's defensible to your future appraiser and competitive to the seller's expectations.

05

Close & handoff.

30–45 days · White-glove

From accepted offer to keys in hand: inspection coordination, lender liaison, escrow management, and final walkthrough. If you're planning a post-close renovation, we hand off directly to our factory-direct supplier network so the contractor bids you get aren't padded for retail.

What you actually get.

Beyond what every other agent claims to offer. Concrete, named, included.

Access

Private-network previews.

Off-market and pre-MLS listings from Compass Private Exclusives, agent-only networks, and direct seller outreach. You see houses other buyers won't see for another week — or ever.

Due Diligence

In-house disclosure review.

Real legal review on every package, with a video walkthrough explaining what we found. The kind of review most buyers pay an attorney $1,500 to do — included.

Negotiation

Comp-validated offers.

Every offer backed by 24 months of street-level comps, isolated by relevant filters. No "going by feel." We bring data the listing agent can't argue with.

Speed

24-hour response on everything.

One operator, one phone. Tim's text response time is sub-30-minutes during waking hours. Disclosures, comps, offer questions — nothing waits 48 hours for an assistant to relay.

Post-close

Renovation handoff.

Buying a home that needs work? You inherit our factory-direct supplier network — stone, cabinetry, windows, doors at 40% below contractor retail. Saves a typical buyer $50K+ on a kitchen.

Confidence

Written guarantee.

We don't list our offers as best-and-final unless they are. We don't push you into homes that won't appraise. We don't take the listing if we don't think we can win for you. You'll know where you stand at every step.

Buyer testimonials
We wholeheartedly believe that if we hadn't found Tim, we would not have found our home.
Elam Buyer, San Francisco
Start your search

Let's find your next home.

Fill out the form and Tim will reach out within 24 hours — often the same day — with a strategy call and a brief on what's currently active or coming soon that matches.

Prefer to talk first? Schedule a call or text Tim directly.