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A five-step process built around clarity, strategy, and no-surprise execution — whether you're buying your first home or moving up.
We start with a real conversation about your goals, timeline, and numbers. I'll pull current comps, assess your buying power or home's true market value, and tell you exactly what the data says — not what you want to hear.
I build a written strategy around your priorities: target neighbourhoods, pricing strategy, timeline, financing structure, and the trade-offs at each decision point. Every recommendation comes with a reason.
For sellers: pre-list prep, staging direction, pro photography, and a pricing framework that draws interest without leaving money on the table. For buyers: offer structure, subject clauses, and the due-diligence checklist for every property that matters.
This is where experience pays for itself. I negotiate price, terms, subjects, deposit, completion dates, and the small details that don't show up in listings but decide whether a deal closes well or falls apart.
From subject removal through completion and possession, I coordinate with lawyers, lenders, inspectors, and trades so nothing drops. After closing, I stay in your corner for everything from tax-assessment appeals to the next move.
The short, honest version. Every answer here is what I'd tell you on a call — no fluff, no generic listing-agent talk.
Most people lose money because they read generic advice and act on it. The pages below are the opposite — Coquitlam-specific, opinionated, and built from real transactions. Pick the lane that fits the move you're actually making.
No hedging. No "it depends." If a page above contradicts what another agent told you, ask them to cite their source — every number on this site is checkable.
The resources below go deeper on the same topic. If you’re piecing together a full picture, these are the next logical reads.
Every cost, tax, and legal step in the Coquitlam buying process is spelled out by a government or regulatory authority below. Use these as the definitive source — your agent and lawyer should line up with them, not the other way around.
External links open in a new tab. I'm not affiliated with these organizations — they are cited as independent authorities. Any time a number on this page differs from the authority, the authority wins.
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.
You just took a concrete step. The next one is smaller — a short call or a quick document. Craig meets you where you are.
They're probably about to ask what this is. This page is the short answer — what Craig does, why we're using him, what happens next.
Six months from now, this decision will look obvious. Right now, it's just one more email. Craig's job is to make it worth it.
"The hardest part is already done. You've raised your hand. Now it's just a 20-minute call — no pressure, no pitch, just your numbers and your options."
Whether you're a first-time buyer at $850K or a luxury seller at $4.2M, the sequence is identical. The scale changes. The discipline doesn't.
Your numbers, your timeline, your non-negotiables, your trade-offs — written down before we pick any houses or pick any comps.
Current supply, current absorption, current days-on-market, current buyer pool — per neighbourhood, per property type, not 'Metro Vancouver' averages.
Target neighbourhoods, target price band, target timeline, target offer structure. Written. Agreed.
Whether buying or selling, the offer / listing is engineered — structure, contingencies, comps, pricing logic — not improvised.
Conditions, completion, possession, and the six-month check-in. Most agents stop at keys. Craig doesn't.
No pitch, no pressure. Just your numbers, your options, and the next move that's actually right for you.
Craig personally reads your submission within 24 hours (usually much sooner) and responds with a next step — a call, an email, or the specific resource you need. No auto-responder handoff.
No. Use the resources, ask questions by email, move at your pace. Craig earns the call by being useful first.
Zero. Craig's job is to be the obvious choice when you're ready. Forcing it would undermine that.
Born in the Tri-Cities. Lived on Burke Mountain for 9+ years. Top 2% Nationwide Team. Craig runs every file — move-up, first-time, seller, investor — through the same repeatable playbook so nothing gets improvised at your expense. Start with the 20-minute fit call or the equity map. No pitch, no pressure, just your numbers and your options.