There's is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.
Marcus Cicero, Roman Orator

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
Kin Hubbard, American Humorist

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they may make it a home, a refuge.
Mark Twain, American Author

Thank you for taking the time to visit my web site. I work as a real estate advisor and have developed a Client Care Program to help my past clients, family, friends, and now you. I have found that most people think I can only help them when they want to buy or sell some property and while that used to be the case it's not anymore.

Quite often other real estate needs arise and most people don't know who to call. For example, you may have a home improvement or a repair situation, a loan or insurance need, tax or financial planning advice, need a decorator, a designor, or perhaps a house cleaner. All you have to do is contact me and I will give you the names of people that have been referred by satisfied customers not the hand-picked references of the service providers. The Yellow Pages and the Pennysaver may have some quality service providers, but by the time you have figured out whether you've called one of them - it's probably too late.

In fact you may know someone that you were so happy with the work they did for you that you'd like to refer them. All you have to do is give me their name, contact information, and the reason you are refering them. I will contact them and if they agree to be on the list, they're in!. It does not cost them anything, it does not cost the person using the service anything, and I am not paid at the conclusion of the job by either party. All I ask is that the person using the service, rate the job that was done, state whether they would refer this person again or not, and why.

A man's home is his wife's castle.
Alexander Chase, American Journalist

This site is just the beginning of resources that I can provide for you. Please consider contacting me with exactly what you need accomplished. I will present you with ideas, plans, and strategies that will help you achieve your goal. For instance, if you would like to view all of the homes, townhomes, condos, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes currently for sale, throughout Orange County and some outlying areas, please click on the Properties icon to the left and follow the steps. Once we discuss exactly what you want and perhaps more importantly what you don't want, I can refine your searches so that you will receive only the properties that you are most interested in.

If you would like a free home price evaluation for your home, condo, or investment property please click on the Selling icon and follow the steps. Please remember selling real estate isn't like selling stock or even a loaf of bread. If you're selling a share of stock worth $100 then the buyer will spend $100 to purchase it. While real estate is a tangible asset its value and therefore sale's price is subjective. We've all heard of the million dollar view but it may only be worth $500k to buyer #1, while it's worth over a million to buyer #2. If you are considering selling your home or residential units, there are steps that need to be taken that will appeal to buyers resulting in your property selling for the highest possible price.

With so much information now online, it is exceptionally easy to simply dive in and drown.
Alfred Glossbrenner, Business Author

If you have general questions regarding buying, selling, loans, foreclosures or other real estate related issues, please click on the Your Home icon and review a variety of helpful articles. Check out the news in the local area or what's playing at your local theatre, simply click on "Local Area" and you will get the scoop on all local events and restaurants.

I am here to assist you, so if you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to call. If I have done my job right, presented the information to you properly, helped you realize your goal then hopefully the following rings true to your experience. British author, Izaak Walton, wrote in the 1600's, "Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."

Philip Schaaf (714) 392-4678
Your Real Estate Advisor

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs, the chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
Martina Navratilova, American Tennis Player

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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