From our first meeting to the final closing, I am here to help you buy, sell or rent out a home in San Jose and the South Bay — with the tools, the technology and the reach of Intero behind me, and one person answering the phone the whole way through.
Buying or selling a home is the largest financial decision most people will ever make, and it almost never happens at a convenient time. There is usually a job change, a growing family, a divorce, an inheritance, a landlord who is finally ready to be done. My job is to take that situation and turn it into a clean, well-priced, well-negotiated outcome — and to be reachable the entire way through.
As a Realtor with Intero Real Estate Services out of the Silver Creek office in San Jose, I have the marketing reach, the network and the tools of one of the strongest brands in Northern California behind me. What you deal with day to day is me: one point of contact, straight answers, and no hand-offs to an assistant you have never met.
Whether you want to buy, sell, rent out or simply understand what your property is worth right now, the first conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.
That trust is not built in the listing presentation. It is built in the forty small decisions that come after it — what you price at, what you fix and what you leave, which offer you take, how hard you push on the repair request, and whether anyone tells you what is actually happening while it is happening.
I work with ordinary San Jose families and owners: first-time buyers stretching to get in, people moving up or downsizing, owners deciding whether to sell a rental or a home they inherited, and landlords who would rather place a good tenant than chase the top of the market. Different situations, same requirement — someone who explains the trade-offs plainly and then does the work.
What that looks like in practice: you deal with me, not a rotating team. I return calls the same day. I put numbers in writing before you commit to anything. And if the honest answer is that you should wait six months, or fix the roof first, or list with someone closer to your area, I will tell you that instead of taking the listing and letting it sit.
I am licensed in California under DRE 1899569 and work out of Intero's San Jose – Silver Creek office at 5609 Silver Creek Valley Road. Call or text me directly at (408) 460-9780.
Every agent says the same sentence about service. These are the specific commitments behind mine — the things you should hold any agent to, and the reason people send me their family and their neighbors.
Not an assistant, not a coordinator you have never met. Calls and texts to (408) 460-9780 come to me, and same-day is the standard — including evenings and weekends, because that is when most people can actually look at houses.
Pricing, commission, closing costs, what a repair credit will realistically cost you. In writing, before you commit to anything. No figure on this page, and no figure in a meeting, that I have not shown you the basis for.
Every price recommendation comes with the recent closed sales, the current pending sales and the listings that failed to sell, plus the adjustments I made for condition, lot and location. You see the work, not just the conclusion.
Professional photography, full MLS and syndication, the Intero network and marketing platform, and a launch plan with dates on it. The brand gets your listing seen; the plan is what makes the first ten days count.
Silence is the most common complaint people have about their last agent. You will hear from me every week with showings, feedback, where we are in escrow and what is next — even in the weeks where the honest update is “nothing moved.”
If waiting, repairing first, renting it out, or hiring an agent closer to your area is the better move, that is what I will recommend. A commission I talk myself out of once is worth less than the referrals that come from being straight with you.
Michael Sandoval · Realtor, DRE 1899569 · Intero Real Estate Services, San Jose – Silver Creek, 5609 Silver Creek Valley Road, San Jose, CA 95138.
Working with me comes with the search and valuation tools I use every day. They are free, they are yours whether or not you ever list with me, and none of them require you to hand over your details to six lenders first.
Search everything on the market in San Jose and the South Bay from the same feed agents use — not a portal that shows you homes that sold in March.
Tell me the criteria once. You get an email the day something matching it hits the market, plus coming-soon and off-market listings I hear about through the Intero network.
A real comparative market analysis on your address, prepared by hand. Free, no obligation, and you keep it whether you sell this year or in five.
Down payment, monthly payment, taxes and insurance, and what the same budget buys in three different neighborhoods. Run before you tour, not after you fall in love.
Plain-language walkthroughs of both sides of the transaction — what happens when, what it costs, and what actually needs a decision from you.
Lenders, inspectors, roofers, stagers, painters, haulers, a probate attorney. Vetted, no referral fee to me, and you are free to use your own — I just would rather you not be picking a contractor off a search result during escrow.
Most people who call me are eight months from doing anything. That is fine — it is actually the right time to talk, because the decisions that add the most to a sale price are the ones made well before the sign goes up.
Get my home’s value →Most homes that sit on the market were not badly built — they were badly priced or badly presented. Both of those are decisions we make together before the sign goes in the ground.
A real comparative market analysis using closed sales on your street and in your submarket — not a Zestimate and not the highest number I think you want to hear. You will see the comps I used and why.
We walk the house together and decide what is worth spending money on and what is not. Some repairs return three times their cost at sale. Others return nothing. I will tell you which is which.
Photography, floor plan, full MLS syndication and the reach of the Intero brand across Northern California. Your listing goes everywhere buyers actually look, and it looks like a property worth its price.
The highest offer is not always the best offer. I read the whole package — financing, contingencies, deposit, timeline, appraisal risk — and tell you which one is most likely to actually close at that price.
Probate timelines, siblings who disagree, a tenant still in place, deferred maintenance nobody wants to touch. These are the sales I take on rather than avoid, and there is almost always a cleaner path than the one people assume.
Inspections, appraisal, disclosures, repair requests, loan conditions. This is where deals fall apart and where an experienced agent quietly earns their fee. You get a weekly update whether there is news or not.
In this region those two goals fight each other constantly. The way through is preparation: knowing your true number before you look, and knowing what a property is actually worth before you write.
Not a five-minute online estimate — a real pre-approval from a lender who will answer the phone on a Sunday. Sellers here read your loan package as carefully as your price.
I will show you what your budget genuinely buys in San Jose versus Gilroy versus Hollister versus the East Bay — including the commute, the schools and the lot trade-offs nobody mentions until you are already attached.
Before we write, I price the property myself. Then we build an offer that competes on the terms sellers care about — timeline, deposit, contingencies, certainty — instead of simply throwing money at it.
As a buyer, my compensation is agreed in writing up front — that is now California law — and in many transactions it is still paid out of the seller's proceeds at close. Either way, you will know the exact figure before you tour a single property.
As a seller, commission is agreed in the listing agreement and comes out of the sale proceeds at close, not out of your pocket up front. I will explain how it splits and what the buyer's side is being offered.
The same sequence whether you are buying your first house in San Jose or selling a rental in Hollister. You will always know which stage you are in and what happens next.
Twenty minutes on the phone or at the office. What you want, when you need it done, and what is actually possible at your number. No presentation, no pressure.
Sellers get a pricing analysis and a prep plan. Buyers get a lender, a real budget and a shortlist of markets. Both get a written timeline.
Photography, listing and syndication for sellers. Touring, valuing and writing for buyers. This is the loud part and it moves quickly.
Offers, counters, inspection findings and repair credits. Where the money is actually made or lost. I handle it and translate every term.
Appraisal, loan conditions, disclosures, final walkthrough, recording, keys. Weekly updates the whole way, whether or not there is news.
I work out of Intero’s Silver Creek office, so San Jose and the cities around it are the market I follow street by street. If yours is not listed, call anyway — and if it is somewhere I genuinely do not know well, I will say so and refer you to someone who does.
Based at Intero's San Jose – Silver Creek office, 5609 Silver Creek Valley Road, San Jose, CA 95138. Office (408) 574-5000 · direct (408) 460-9780.
Not an automated estimate. A real analysis of the recent closed sales on your street, prepared by hand and explained to you line by line. Free, and there is no obligation attached to it.
It depends entirely on your timeline, not on the headlines. If you are buying to live in the house for seven to ten years, timing the market matters far less than buying the right property at a defensible price with a loan you can comfortably carry. If you plan to sell in two years, that is a much more serious conversation and I will tell you honestly if I think it is a bad idea.
I pull every comparable sale that closed near you recently, plus what is currently pending and what failed to sell, then adjust for lot size, condition, layout, upgrades and location within the neighborhood. You see the comps I used and the adjustments I made. If your expectations and the data disagree, I will show you the gap rather than take the listing and quietly let it sit.
Both are legitimate strategies and the right answer is property-specific. Paint, flooring, landscaping and deep cleaning usually return more than they cost. Large kitchen and bathroom remodels frequently do not, especially on a tight timeline. We will walk the house and build a prioritized list, and I will be clear about which items I would skip.
Start with a valuation and a conversation about the title situation, because that determines everything else — whether probate is required, whether there are multiple heirs to align, and whether the property can be sold as-is. I handle inherited and tenant-occupied sales, and I coordinate with your attorney and accountant rather than working around them.
Yes, and often with less disruption than owners expect. It changes how we schedule showings, what we disclose and which buyers we target — an occupied rental is genuinely attractive to investors who want income from day one. There are legal notice requirements in California that we plan for from the start.
None to talk to me. Valuations, pricing analysis, lender introductions and market advice cost you nothing. On the buy side, you will need a deposit and closing funds at contract stage, and on the sell side, commission is paid out of proceeds at close. I put every number in writing before you commit to anything.
Yes. Rentals, small multi-unit property and land are part of what I work, and for those deals the conversation starts with rent, expenses, financing and exit — not finishes. If you are deciding between selling a rental and holding it, I will run both sets of numbers before recommending either.
No. You deal with me. I have the marketing infrastructure and network of Intero Real Estate Services behind the transaction, but the calls, the showings, the negotiation and the escrow follow-up are mine. My mobile number is on this page and it is the one I answer.
Then I will tell you. My market is San Jose and the cities around it, and pretending to be an expert everywhere is how sellers get badly priced. If you are outside it, I will either bring in someone local alongside me or refer you outright — and I would rather do that and keep the relationship than take a listing I cannot price properly.
Yes — California DRE license number 1899569, held with Intero Real Estate Services. You can verify it directly on the California Department of Real Estate public license lookup, and I would encourage you to do that with any agent you are considering.
Buying, selling, renting out, or just curious what your property is worth right now. Send this over and I will come back to you personally — usually the same day.