What I actually do for buyers and sellers

When people in White Rock and South Surrey say they want a full-service REALTOR®, they usually mean one of two things. Some want someone who will negotiate hard at the offer table. Others want a guide through financing and inspection, the parts of a BC transaction that can quietly cost or save a family $25,000 in a single signature. I do both, and the long middle: pricing, listing strategy, photography and staging direction, marketing, contract review, subject removal, and the completion-day follow-through that most agents hand to an assistant.

For buyers, the work starts long before the first showing. We sit down and work out what you can actually afford, using the BC stress test, your debt ratios, FHSA and Home Buyers’ Plan room, and the Property Transfer Tax exemption schedule, not a generic calculator. Then we tour, and I show you homes that fit your life rather than the ones that pay the highest commission. I’ll explain strata depreciation reports, post-tension cable risk in older White Rock condos, leaky-condo-era construction, and the oil tank disclosure rules that catch out-of-province buyers in Crescent Beach and South Surrey. When the right home appears I run comparables from your immediate radius, structure an offer that wins without overpaying, and walk every subject through to a clean removal.

For sellers, full service means a coordinated launch, not a sign on the lawn and hope. We start with a market analysis built from recent sales near you, not the city-wide averages that flatter sellers and then disappoint six weeks later. We agree on a price that matches current inventory and buyer urgency. Then professional photography and 3D tours, drone and twilight shots where they earn their keep, a written prep checklist of what to fix, what to leave and what to stage, MLS® syndication to 70+ sites, paid social aimed at the people most likely to buy in your price band, and a weekly report with showing feedback and click-through rates. Then negotiation, which is where most sale prices are won or lost.

Between transactions I keep clients up to date on the changes that affect what their home is worth: the 2024 BCFSA commission disclosure rules, Property Transfer Tax threshold changes, the four-unit zoning law and what it does to lot value, the speculation tax, and the FHSA and Home Buyers’ Plan options for adult children buying a first home. Most of it never makes the news. All of it changes outcomes.

Below are the buyer and seller services in detail, the commercial side, and the referral network I’ve built over the years: mortgage brokers, lawyers, inspectors, contractors, designers and movers I trust.

How it works. Commercial listings are not shown in the residential search on this site. Start with a conversation: tell me what your business or portfolio needs, and I’ll put together the available options, the comparables, and a plan. Book a commercial consultation.