Areas of Expertise
Lafayette
Martinez
Concord
Walnut Creek, CA
I'll be real with you — Walnut Creek kind of spoils you. I go to the gym there. I've spent plenty of evenings walking Broadway Plaza, grabbing dinner, and wondering why anyone makes the trek into the city when everything you need is right here. The restaurant scene is legitimately great. The nightlife is low-key but solid — the kind of vibe where you can actually have a conversation without spending $100 a drink. And the shopping? Broadway Plaza alone is worth the drive from anywhere in the East Bay. Walnut Creek is where people land when they've done the math and realized they can get a beautiful home, walkable downtown access, BART connection, and still have money left over compared to SF or even Oakland. It's one of the most complete cities in Contra Costa County — and the market reflects that.
Pleasant Hill, CA
I've lived in Pleasant Hill for 2.5 years, and I'll be honest — I didn't fully expect to love it as much as I do. Pleasant Hill is the kind of neighborhood that people move to for practical reasons (location, safety, value relative to Walnut Creek) and stay for much deeper ones. The community is genuinely tight-knit. The neighborhood is quiet without being boring. And once you settle in, it really does become hard to imagine living anywhere else. People come here to plant roots — to start families, raise kids, and build a life somewhere that actually feels stable. And the market reflects that. This isn't a neighborhood of constant turnover. When people buy here, they tend to stay.
