Dennis Rieder

Get pre-approved with a local lender before you start touring, so you know your real number and your offer gets taken seriously. Then look past how a house shows. Ask what it will cost to own, what needs work in the next few years, and how it would hold up as a rental if your plans change. Since we manage rentals, we can show you that side.

Prep and pricing do most of the work. Small fixes, paint, and a deep clean usually pay for themselves, and we coordinate that work for you before the house goes live. Then price it right from day one. A home that sits gets picked apart, and one priced right brings in the strongest buyers in the first couple of weeks.

First-time buyers, move-up families, seniors downsizing after decades in the same home, out-of-state heirs selling an estate, people selling during a divorce, investors buying multifamily, and landlords who want us to manage their property after closing. Some clients have worked with us for years on one deal after another.

A widow came to me after living in her five-bedroom home for 40 years. Within a couple of days we were touring a 55+ community, and she found a home she loved. Over the next two months we held an open house and found a buyer for her old place, lined up a contractor to update the new one, and brought in help to pack, run an estate sale, and haul things away. Before she left, we threw a block party with a food truck so she could say goodbye to her neighbors. She moved into a refurbished home, and we still keep in touch.