I am Gordon
Allen, REALTOR® and welcome to my Web Site!
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- Since 1982, I
have been a full-time Real estate agent & broker, showing
buyers and sellers how to succeed all over the Bay Area!
- Allow me to properly
represent you in all phases of searching, marketing, negotiating
and closing your escrow.
Call me today!
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- Buyers: Choose from approx 2,600 Bank-Owned
listings (Contra Costa & Alameda Counties)! I can filter
your search anyway you want!
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- Current Listings
+ Status
- 27651 Del Norte, Hayward, sold
- 36549 Bottle Brush
Ct, Newark, $525,000 sold
- 919-921 Thornton
St, San Leandro, $525,000 pending
- 182 Ironwood Way,
Pacheco (Pleasant Hill schools) $559,000 for
sale
- 356-360 Blossom
Way, Hayward, $570,000 for sale
- 97 Villa Dr, San Pablo $210,000
- 4632 Fallow Wy, Antioch $330,000 (a
short sale, have 1 accepted offer, acccepting any & all other
offers)
- 5077 Wilmont Ct,
Antioch, $450,000 (a short sale, have 2
accepted offers, acccepting any & all other offers)
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- Buyers:
Sign
me up now (short
form)
- Since
the mid 1990's, I have reviewed the hundreds of websites displaying
SF Bay Area listings (homes for sale), and I haven't found any
that properly display 100% of the actual "Active" MLS
(multiple listing service) Listings. Here's why: the technology,
called IDX [internet data exchange], is flawed, because many
brokers "opt out" their listings. But my service shows you EVERYTHING, including
the "opted out" listings, off-market listings, and
complete MLS history.
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- "My
way" is the only way to see 100% of the "ACTIVE" MLS listings. Through email reports
& real-time email updates you'll receive new listings & price changes. So, fill out the form to get started with
the initial list today! Most other websites just want your email
address to sell it. Ridiculous!
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- I will also show you homes
which did not sell. Click on map (at top left) to see a sample
of this data. These listings will be updated for your specific
search criteria when you start working with me. You won't see this data
or receive this kind of service from any other broker!
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- My lists
include bank-owned, REO's, Foreclosures, Short Sales, whatever
you want. I cover them all. Do not spend any money subscribing
to those phony lists!

- When
laptop computers became available in the mid 1980's, I bought
one to help me help my clients better!
- To this
day, I keep hearing from new clients how their previous brokers
did not take the time to show them the data that they were craving
for.
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- A laptop
with wireless internet & printer enables me to do my job
anywhere.
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- Being
always in the field makes me see reality like no one else.
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- Since
1987, I have uniquely outfitted my vehicles so I can completely
work in the field with mobile/wireless technologies. More
on this.
This is how I am able to serve you, no matter where you want
to buy or sell.
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- Mobile - Wireless
Office
- MLS Access
FAX Machine Internet
Access Printer, Copier
& Scanner Electronic
Forms - All of the 84 California Association of REALTORS Standard
Forms are on my laptop
and most importantly, when you call my 800#, I am really going
to answer the phone myself!
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- This
technology and my willingness to "hit the road" makes
me the most "available" REALTOR® in person, by phone
& email simultaneously.
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- My two
physical locations have very little to do with where I work.
I don't regularly solicit any neighborhoods. Instead, I go where
I am needed by buyers & selles the most; those who need help
NOW. My two physical locations where I am registered by the California
Department of Real Estate are:
- 578
Tahos Rd, Orinda, 94563
- 3316
Hillcrest Rd, El Sobrante, 94806
- I am licensed to list and sell any real estate in
the entire state!
- This
is one reason I have an 800 Phone Service since the late 1980's.
My direct number is 925-254-3003. Another reason I have
an 800 # is that the area codes keep splitting in the bay area.
It used to be 415, then 510, and now 925. 925 will split again
soon. So, I have told people to always use my 800-837-3999 number.
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- Areas I Cover
- 415
510 650 707
925
- Call me at 1-800-837-3999
- from USA, Canada or Caribbean
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- I'm one of the few brokers
who always works in the field in the 9 counties hugging the SF
Bay.
- Call for APR & real-time quotes, special deals,
etc. FHA & Conventional Loans Increased to $729,750
(Read this FNMA
booklet)! Economic Stimulus
Package. New Max Loans.pdf
- New Loan Limits as of 3-6-08. See nationwide list here.
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- Article: Could Mortgage Rates Drop to 5 Percent?
"The press" is most always lagging
behind what's really happening in the real estate market. Call
me today to get the latest scoop on your area of interest.
- Sellers
- List
with me when you're serious about selling. Figuring out the "right
price" is 90% of the success of selling a home. When values
are declining, it's extra important that you spend time with
me to review the market analysis data.
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- If we
don't find out the current market value that the market will
bear, your property will not sell!
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- All
websites claiming to help you determine market values automatically
are not accurate! They just want your email address to
sell it or get a referral fee. Ridiculous! You need to have me
look further than just a map like this.
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- Property Types
I work with
- Single Family, Condos, Town
Homes, 2-4 Units, 5-15 Units, 16+ Units, Hotels/Motels, Vacant
Land/Lots, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Ranches
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- As a "road warrior"
with over 1 million
miles criss-crossing the Bay Area, I am the opposite
of most other full-time brokers - I don't specialize in just
one small area(s), advertise, send out junk mail/e-mail, nor
do I have any agents - It's just me! I can focus all my attention
on you, solving problems, and not managing agents and their problems!
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- I have redundant mobile office
systems to quickly act in the field for my customers (buyers)
and clients (sellers). When you call, email and fax, I'll get
it immediately on my Blackberry Smartphone as well as Outlook
email! I send and receive texting (SMS), EFAXes, WinForms ZFX
files, Scanned PDFs, QuickTime Movies, Panoramas Videos, Virtual
Tours, Plat Map TIF files, Google Earth KMD files, etc. Platforms
include MAC, Windows, Mozilla, Cell Phones, PDAs & Smartphones.
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- About
the Future of Real Estate
- The
very best people in this business will always be needed to properly
represent people in the highly complex process of buying &
selling real estate.
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- Negotiating
price and terms begins with accurately estimating current values
- and since values keep changing, this is one area that cannot
be left to computers or people behind a desk to determine. Being
always in the field makes me see reality like no one else.
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- By the
way, I refuse to become a certified appraiser, because they must
abide by certain California State standards which do not consider
the reality of the marketplace in many instances.
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- And
neither can a computer program accurately determine the value
of real estate!
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- I know
the details of the MLS & County Tax Assessor databases. I
drive by and see the comps. I make phone calls to verify sales
data. I know what to look for that may tell us that something
unusual is happening that could save you many thousands of dollars
and/or from making mistakes.
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- I pound
the pavement, drive by the comparable active listings, pending
sales and closed sales. This is rarely done by other REALTORS,® yet so necessary to your
success!
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