About Me:

Buying and selling real estate requires knowledge of the local market place, excellent customer service, good communication skills, business expertise, and tenacity. With me as you agent you will have a person who combines business experience, local knowledge, and people skills to provide you with the type of real estate experience you deserve

Knowledge of the Local Market

I have lived in Malibu for over 10 years and have lived in five different neighborhoods within that time period. I am a member of the Malibu Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Multiple Listing Service, and Malibu Chamber of Commerce. I sit on the boards for the Point Dume Community Association and the Juan Cabrillo Elementary School PTA, and I continue to stay connected with the community socially by coaching AYSO soccer and politically by my attendance at city council meetings. I really enjoy being connected to the community in which I live and work.

Excellent Customer Service and Communication Skills

As a real estate agent, just as in business consulting, your job is client service. I have a proven track record of timely response to my clients' needs. I know how to ask the pertinent questions of my clients to determine their needs and wants and to deliver upon these needs. I understand that buying or selling a home is a very personal experience and I work hard to communicate effectively so that my client's needs are met.

Strong Business Skills

My MBA and business consulting experience refined my organization, planning, marketing and financial skills. Buying or selling a home should be approached like a marketing campaign for a new product, "your home". It takes an effective assessment of the current market, a plan for marketing the product, "your home", organizational skills to implement the marketing plan, project management skills to follow through with potential clients and navigate through the escrow process, and negotiation skills to obtain the best price to secure a purchase agreement. My abilities to define your needs and act upon them is where my Fortune 500 business background shines though and differentiates me from others.

More specifically, if you're looking to buy a home, I can help you by:

Helping you to define your needs
Giving you insight into the diverse neighborhoods and their characteristics
Facilitating your loan pre-qualification process
Identifying the right home for you
Negotiating a mutually acceptable purchase agreement
Guiding you through the escrow and inspection process
Facilitating your transition to your new home

If you're looking to sell your home, I can help you by:

Providing ideas for you home presentation
Creating a competitive market analysis to better understand you home's value in the current market
Creating a customized marketing plan for your home
Implementing the marketing plan
Negotiating a mutually acceptable purchase agreement
Helping you through the escrow process
Helping you transition to your new living situation

Tenacity

Once I take on a project I give it 110%. I am constantly looking for ways to solve problems and sell ideas to and for others. I am diligent and will stick with a project until it's complete. I believe that it's only when one works hard will they receive the success deserved.

Testimonials

I have known Janet for 4 years in her roles as a neighbor, a school parent, a community leader and as an officer of the Point Dume Community Association. Janet is bright, energetic, tenacious and persuasive; she has an amazing ability to grasp very quickly complex dynamics between opposing parties and is a great advocate for any cause she believes in. She has great attention to detail, and she leaves no stone unturned when she is working to solve a problem. Her business background suits her perfectly for the real estate profession.

Pete Anthony
Chair, Point Dume Community Association
Former Planning Commissioner

Janet's professional ethics make her supremely trustworthy in all matters requiring the utmost integrity. I have worked along side Janet in situations requiring financial, emotional as well as legal sophistication. Whatever knowledge or information Janet did not already possess, she promptly acquired. Clients were always grateful for active participation and were extremely pleased with the results.

Joel Edelman
Attorney

My wife and I were more than impressed. We were shocked by the thoroughness and completeness of Janet's work. We did not know one real estate agent could be so savvy, organized and motivated. We have met many agents that were one or two of these things but did not have all the skills that Janet has. Her education and background in high level consulting gives her an edge that other agents will not have. I believe Janet is what more real estate agents will be like in the future.

Robert Kerbeck
Malibu Resident

You are such a mover & shaker!!!!!!!!!!!

Lindsey Bell
Malibu Writer