Sam Shueh
BRG Realty Group
Silicon Valley Office
San Jose, CA 95124
(408) 425-1601
My real estate career started with a help of a person. No, he is not Mr. Tom Ferry. Mr Sears, a janitor who picked up my trash at Gerenal Electric, told me about his other job which was real estate sales. I took the salesman exam without even knowing people need to study for it. I then bought and sold homes just like him at C21 Home Realty in Louisville, Kentucky. My interest in real estate was interrupted needing more depend on a salary, and benefits to support a family. A few decades later after finding out much of American jobs went off shore started around 1990s I got interested in a self-employed career. During the Great Recession I witnessed home price plunge, and sudden rise and started using stock mathematical tools to analyze the real estate trend. The rolling average, relative strength indicator, momentum relationship with price, DOM etc why some type of homes sell better than others became clear. During a down cycle people were more interested in home size and bed rooms, baths as major attributes. As the recovery of housing became evident, granite or quartz counter, open floor plan, fire pit, outdoor fireplace, exterior kitchen influence the price and desirability more than the basic essentials. It sounds like common sense but I proved in hard data with statistical correlation, confidence level. Some of my statistical work appeared in local newspaper. When I reported the home price already restored to historically high (2005-2006) neighborhood by neighborhood it created sensational regional interest as some were waiting and some homes already surpassed its 2005-6 historical high price point. That was mentioned in the San Jose Mercury News when people still read newspapers. Since the recovery of the Great Recession homes typically have tripled in value here and is still appreciating.
In any kind of investment, one needs to be quantitative using data and using instint not to over leverage themselves. As for rest of what I do it is in AR profile about me a Silicon Valley realtor. My local history books like Silicon Valley and South Santa Clara County still have more buyers than planned. Often it is someone saw his parents or old photos surfacing and asked their friends to buy more. Sunnyvale Olson cherry owner Debbie was one of them. She has a booth at SJC and I benefit from it. Not sure I will have the time to write an updated book or not.
These days there are still homes that one can get a hefty discount not in mls. Often through the word of mouth. If you like to view you may contact me.
Sam Shueh Silicon Valley Realtor
SShueh at Gmail.com (408) 425-1601
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