Starting Your Home Buying Journey with Confidence

Let’s set aside some time to connect and explore what you’re looking to accomplish in San Francisco real estate. Whether by phone, text, FaceTime, or in person, our first conversation is just the beginning of our work together—one of many discussions to come. We hope you’ll find it insightful, engaging, and the perfect way to kickstart the process.

Let’s set aside some time to connect and explore what you’re looking to accomplish in San Francisco real estate. Whether by phone, text, FaceTime, or in person, our first conversation is just the beginning of our work together—one of many discussions to come. We hope you’ll find it insightful, engaging, and the perfect way to kickstart the process.

A lot of variety, opportunities and gems can fit into 49 square miles. Let’s start learning about our neighborhoods to see which are a match.

San Francisco’s 49 square miles are packed with variety, opportunities, and hidden gems. Let’s start exploring its neighborhoods to find the right fit for you.

The MLS divides the city into 10 large geographic districts and numerous smaller sub-districts that align with familiar neighborhoods. Each area has its own character, reputation, and value. We’ll help you navigate these distinctions, uncover hidden opportunities, and discover places you may not have considered—but just might love.

The MLS sorts the City into 10 large geographic districts and many smaller sub districts that approximate the neighborhoods you know. Each district has a different reputation and value of course. We will help you find which matches for you and where hidden gems may be that you never knew about.

San Francisco loves twos—two towers on the Golden Gate Bridge, two peaks of Twin Peaks, and… well, that’s our way of telling you that our housing market also has two peaks each year—spring and fall.

Unlike much of the country, where summer is the busiest season (thanks to school schedules and relocations), San Francisco’s market slows down in summer—blame the fog, vacations, and our unique rhythms. While school-related trends may shift in the coming years, our slowest months have consistently been August and December.

We’ve analyzed years of MLS sales data on a weekly basis to identify when the busiest weeks typically occur. But before you think you can game the system—think again. The market is, well, the market. Want to decode that? Let’s chat.

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to financing a home purchase—even if you’re an all-cash buyer. The right approach can make all the difference, and we have trusted lenders who can navigate a variety of scenarios, sometimes turning what seems impossible into a real opportunity or introducing you to options that could save you money.

Good thing you have Kevin+Jonathan by your side to help you strategize the best way to finance your purchase.

Once a property hits the open market, certain protocols, conventions, and unspoken rules come into play. We’ll brief you on what to expect, what to do, and how things should go—versus how they really go. The first rule? Always let the agent at a property know you’re working with Kevin+Jonathan and sign-in if they ask you. We will handle communications with the agent, just let us know you want to know more about X property. 

Here’s a quick rundown of San Francisco’s open house conventions:

• Most open houses happen Sundays from 2–4 p.m. Some homes open Saturdays, but times vary (usually 1–3 p.m. or 2–4 p.m.).

•Twilight tours (weekday evening showings) are common, but times and days vary.

•Broker Tour Tuesdays—think of it as speed-dating for real estate—happen across the city, with open times depending on the neighborhood and whether a listing is new or a repeat. We love checking out new listings and reconnecting with fellow agents, and we’re happy to take clients along—just ask!

•New-build condos? Talk to us before visiting, or at the very least, mention you’re working with us at the start—this can make a big difference in representation.

Of course, we’re always happy to set up private tours or preview properties for you—just let us know what catches your eye!

Sometimes you can’t make an open house. Sometimes you want to hear what we think of house X or condo Y. Sometimes you just want to see a pretty house. Well for al of those times (and circumstances) Kevin+Jonathan have you covered as we have made more than 500 recent YouTube videos of Kevin taking you through homes of all shapes, sizes, conditions and price points. 

If you watch these, you should get a sense of how we look at properties and what’s out there. You can watch, like and subscribe below. 

The next step after finding a property you like will be to get the disclosure documents — the hundreds of pages that sellers are required to provide contain a number of questions they’re required to answer in most cases.

It’s our job to help you delve deeper and to help you decipher property disclosure documents so you can put the disclosures into the larger context of how much you want to spend, what to expect in the short-, medium- and long-term, and how best to investigate questions that arise and how a given property compares.  

Because we see and sell so many properties in San Francisco and because we’ve done our own major renovation among many others, we have a good understanding how houses work, which helps our clients wrap their minds around things. For the things where more expertise is needed, we have a roster of referrals who can assist.