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I’ve received your details and will personally review everything you shared — including your goals, preferred areas, must-haves, deal breakers, and timing. Craig Johnston, Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident, can walk you through the local context. Free Strategy Call ends with a written one-page plan in 24 hours.
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The worst thing a new buyer can feel after filling out a form is silence. So Craig built a concrete rhythm for every buyer onboarding — same cadence, every time, so you always know what is happening behind the scenes.
Not an assistant, not a VA — Craig reads every single buyer onboarding submission himself. Your non-negotiables, your budget, your school priorities, your timeline. Read in full. Nothing skimmed.
Craig pulls the current active listings, pocket listings, and the off-market homes he knows are about to hit the MLS — and filters them against your specific profile. Not a mass email. A specific shortlist.
Inside 24 hours — almost always sooner — you receive Craig's first written take on your file. What is realistic, what is not, where the price ceiling really is, and what the first three moves look like.
A twenty-minute strategy call, an email thread, or a specific showing — whichever makes sense. You drive the cadence from there. Craig earns the call by being useful first.
None of these require money, a realtor, or a mortgage broker. They just require thirty minutes and a cup of coffee. Do any two of them and you will be in the top quartile of prepared Tri-Cities buyers by the time Craig calls you back.
Bank statements, RRSP balance, current debt load, any gifts or down-payment assistance on the table. The clearer your picture of your own money, the faster Craig can tell you what is actually reachable.
Not a rate-shopper's dream number — a real one, with documents in. Craig can introduce you to Tri-Cities mortgage brokers who turn it around in 24–48 hours. No fee, no pressure, no kickbacks.
Google Street View lies. Thursday-at-5pm on the actual street tells the truth. Traffic, sun direction, neighbours, noise — all the stuff listing photos can't capture.
Burke vs Heritage, Westwood vs Heritage, Port Moody vs Coquitlam — whichever pair is on your shortlist. Thirty minutes of reading saves weeks of the wrong showings.
If there are two of you, your non-negotiables must match. Craig has watched more deals unravel over undiscussed misalignment than over price. Do that conversation now, not on offer day.
Not your wish list — the three things that would make you walk. School, commute, lot size, street type, age-of-roof — whatever yours are. Craig uses these to filter the shortlist before you ever see a listing.
Craig does not have a 12-email nurture sequence trying to warm you up. Your first response will be a personal email from him, written after he has read your file — not a template.
If email is where you want to stay for a few weeks, email it is. If you want to look at a few places before you commit to a real strategy call, that is completely fine. Craig's job is to be the obvious choice when you are ready — not to force a timeline that is not yours.
You already filled the form. Craig's only job now is to be useful. The case for working with him is made by how he handles this week — not by a sales script.
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