Straight talk
If a house is wrong, you hear it in the room.
Hello.I am Marisol Vance.
Eleven years on this bay, a capped book of clients and a habit of putting the arithmetic on paper before anybody falls in love with a kitchen.
To leave every client better informed than the day we met, and to make a move on this coast feel smaller than it sounds.
84%repeat and referred clients
11years on the same bay
18median days to an offer
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What you can count on when we work together
Eight promises. They are the reason the book stays small and the reason most of my work arrives by word of mouth.
Marisol Vance
Founder, Marisol Vance Realty
I still run every first call myself. If we are not a fit you will know inside twenty minutes, and you will leave the call with two other names worth ringing.
Reachable
Evenings count as working hours here.
Capped book
Nobody waits behind a bigger deal.
Discreet
Budget, reasons and timing stay between us.
Numbers first
Every price arrives with the closes behind it.
In writing
Notes and next steps land the same day.
Eleven years
I have walked these streets in both markets.
After the keys
Trades and the first winter list, same number.
The people behind the work
A small team, each with one job, so nothing about your move sits in a queue.
Peter Ashgrove
Partner
Renata Cho
Listing manager
Curtis Bell
Buyer advocate
Asha Deviani
Transactions
Elena Ruiz
Marketing
Jonah Park
Client support
Why clients stay with me
Eleven years on the same coast, a capped book of clients, and a habit of writing everything down.
Built around a real week
No weekend of thirty viewings. A short list you understand, in the order that makes sense for your week.
- Shortlist inside seven days
- Notes after every viewing
- One point of contact, always
Help with the numbers
Every offer arrives with the arithmetic attached, so the decision is yours and the reasoning is on paper.
- Market read before the offer
- Terms checked line by line
- Close dates you can plan around
Questions I get asked
Three sides of the same market. Pick the one you are on.
Usually within the same week. We talk first for twenty minutes so the first tour is already shaped around your brief rather than the newest listings.
Not for the first conversation. Before we write anything you will want a lender letter, and I can introduce two local brokers who answer their phones on weekends.
You get a written schedule for inspection, appraisal and escrow with the dates you need to act on highlighted, plus a summary call at each milestone.
For buyers already working with me, yes, as far as the ridge and the inland valleys. Beyond that I will refer you to someone who knows the streets better than I do.
You get two names for each, both people I have worked with for years, and you are free to bring your own instead.
Four to six houses across two days, with a written note on each one so the last house does not erase the first.
Wherever the builder allows buyer representation, which on this coast is most of them. The contract review runs the same way.
From the last eight closes that a buyer would compare yours against, adjusted for light, level and frontage. You see the list I used, not just the number.
Paint, light, drainage and the front approach, in that order. I bring a one page preparation list with local trades and the cost each item tends to return.
Two to three weeks once the preparation list is done, including photography and the pre market week I use to reach buyers already on the coast.
Preparation guidance, photography, the marketing plan, all showings and the negotiation. There are no separate listing or admin charges.
No. Most homes here need light, paint and a tidy approach rather than rented furniture. I will tell you when staging earns its cost.
I write the listing myself and brief the photographer. You approve both before anything goes live.
We read the traffic and the feedback, then change one thing at a time. A price cut is the last lever, not the first.
Harbour and downtown blocks hold occupancy best from October. Ridge and meadow sites are strong in summer and slow the rest of the year.
Yes, to year five, including insurance, maintenance reserves and the shoulder month vacancy that most spreadsheets leave out.
Management goes to two firms I work with. I stay involved for the first tenancy so the terms match what we modelled.
Sometimes, and the rules differ by street. We check the current restrictions before the offer, never after.
One to eight. Above that a commercial broker will serve you better, and I will introduce you to two of them.
Often. Video tours the same day, a written condition summary, and I attend the inspection in your place.
Nothing I would print. It depends on the block, the season and your hold period, which is exactly what the model is for.
Marisol Vance
Book a call and see if we are a good fit
Twenty minutes, no tour and no forms. If another agent suits you better, I will say so.