From the first wishlist to the keys in your hand — calm tours, honest advice, and a negotiator who treats your money like it’s hers.
Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make, and most buyers walk into it with a search app, a pre-approval letter, and a knot in their stomach. My job is to take the knot out. I do that by being the person who picks up the phone, who reads the disclosure twice, and who tells you the truth about a house even when the truth is “keep looking.”
When we start, I’ll ask more questions than you expect. Not the surface stuff — the real stuff. How long do you plan to stay? What’s your commute on a bad day? Do you need a yard for a dog or for a future kid? Are you buying for who you are now or who you’ll be in five years? Those answers shape every showing I book and every offer we write. I would rather slow us down for one good week of questions than spend a year unwinding the wrong house.
On tour, I walk slow. I open closets, I run faucets, I look in the basement, and I tell you what I see — the joist that’s been sistered, the roof that’s on year twenty-two, the slope of the lot that floods. I’ve walked enough Marysville, Dublin, Powell, and New Albany homes to know what each market does in spring versus fall, what holds resale, and what gets a buyer in trouble two years in.
When it’s time to write, I write to win — without spending a dollar more than the home is worth. I’ll walk you through every clause, push back on the listing agent where it counts, and stay in your corner all the way to the closing table.
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Discovery call
We start with a real conversation — what you want, what you need, what's negotiable, and what isn't. No pitch, no pressure.
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Pre-approval intro
I'll connect you with two or three lenders I trust so you can compare rates honestly. You'll know your number before we tour.
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Tour & shortlist
We walk homes together — Marysville, Dublin, Powell, wherever fits — and I'll point out what photos hide. We narrow to a real shortlist.
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Offer & negotiation
When the right one shows up, we move. I write the offer with you, then negotiate every line — price, credits, possession.
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Inspection & closing
I sit in on the inspection, decode the report, and steer the repair conversation. Then I walk you to the closing table.
First-time buyer guidance
If this is your first home, you'll get plain-English answers to every question — earnest money, escrow, contingencies, PMI. I'd rather over-explain than have you sign something you don't understand. That's the whole job.
Market & neighborhood briefings
Before we tour, I'll brief you on the streets you're considering — Marysville's school feeders, Powell's lot sizes, Dublin's resale patterns. You'll see the numbers behind the asking price and how the neighborhood actually trades.
Negotiation built around you
Every buyer's leverage is different. We'll talk strategy before I write — when to push on price, when to ask for credits, when to walk. I negotiate calmly, in writing, and with the patience to let the right deal come to us.
The four questions I hear most often from first-time and repeat buyers across Marysville and Central Ohio. Ask me anything else.
Yes — at least a soft pre-approval. Sellers in Central Ohio rarely take an offer seriously without one, and I don't want you falling for a home you can't write on. I'll introduce you to a few local lenders before our first tour so you walk in knowing your number.
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