Benicia & Vallejo real estate · Tye Moody, REALTOR®
Benicia & Vallejo real estate · Tye Moody, REALTOR®
Not drone footage. Though it doesn’t hurt.
Landscaping, repairs, cleaning, hauling — people I actually use, not the ones with the ads. Most sellers spend thousands on prep nobody asked for.
Title report, permit history, prior listing, disclosures. Before we price anything. It's unglamorous and it's most of what I'm for.
Handwritten letters, calls and texts to the agents and buyers most likely to want your house. Not a sign in the yard and a wait.
Every one of these is something I found this year, on homes that were already on the market.
A PACE loan riding on the property tax bill — on a disclosure form where that exact question was answered “No.”
Title sources reporting different recorded liens on the same 790-square-foot house. Somebody has to reconcile that before you're in contract.
A city sewer lateral requirement the seller didn't know applied to them. It comes due at sale.
What one local estate left on the table selling off-market, in a hurry, to the first investor who knocked.
I work as part of Krystle Legacy Group at Twin Oaks Real Estate, led by Krystle Karimian (Broker Associate, DRE #01715705). These reviews are from Krystle’s past clients, written before I joined the team.
“Working with Krystle to sell my house has been an absolute pleasure. She is smart, hardworking, knowledgeable and friendly. She went to bat for me to get my house sold and for a fair price. Krystle was upfront and honest about every obstacle that came up, and she worked diligently and creatively to find solutions.”
“Krystle was great, words cannot express how grateful I am to have met her. As a first time buyer she made the whole process super easy. Very professional, communication was on point.”
“Extremely thorough, knowledgeable, and enjoyable to work with. Handled everything with her expertise. An extremely good negotiator for both selling and buying.”
Reviews from krystlehomes.com/testimonials
Krystle Legacy Group is a team at Twin Oaks Real Estate, Inc. · Broker DRE #01845706
My clients are usually not selling because they want to. There's a job, or a parent, or a move across the country already booked — and a house in the middle of it that somebody has to deal with.
I'd rather do that part than hand you a checklist.
One file I read this year
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A PACE loan riding on the property tax bill of a house that was already on the market — on a disclosure form where that exact question was answered “No.”
Same package: the earthquake report had three “don't knows” — the piers and posts, the foundation, the walls — the room over the garage was not braced, and in twenty documents there was no inspection of any kind.
That’s the job.
Fifteen minutes. No listing presentation — just what you're facing and when.
Title, permits, disclosures, comps. You find out what it's worth before you spend a dollar getting it ready.
Vendors, inspections, paperwork, buyer. You stop managing the house and start your move.
Selling comes at the worst possible time. A new job, a new state, a parent to move. I handle the file, the vendors and the buyer. So you can stop managing the house and start your move.
What's my home worth?A new home comes with new issues. Hidden bills, structural surprises. I manage the problems before they become your problems. So you can stop worrying about the house and start living in the home.
See what's coming to marketMost people who call me are not selling because the market looks good. They're selling because something changed — a job in another state, a parent who needs moving, a house inherited in a town they don't live in. The move is already happening. The house is the part nobody planned for.
That's the problem I actually solve. I read the title report, the permit history and the prior listing file before we talk about price, because the things that blow up a sale are almost always recorded somewhere and almost never disclosed. I keep a list of vendors who charge normal money, so you don't spend fifteen thousand dollars on prep that buyers won't pay you back for. And I go find the buyer rather than waiting for one — letters, calls and texts to the people most likely to want your specific house.
I work Benicia and Vallejo, and I'll tell you what your house is worth before you spend a dollar getting it ready. If the right move is to leave it alone for a year, I'll tell you that too.