Initial Consultation: Your Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Current market analysis that includes comps and market trends
  • Visual inspection and recommendations to prepare your home for market
  • Timeline based on home prep and market conditions
  • Pricing your home for market

Communication Plan

  • Checklists and timelines so you know what to expect
  • Regular updates on activities and feedback via your preferred frequency and method of communication

Preliminary Inspections

  • Project Management: referral list of trusted inspectors, scheduling, be on-site when needed, follow up and review results

Organization & De-Cluttering Services

  • Project Management: referral list of trusted vendors, gather and review bids, scheduling, perform on-site inspections as needed

Home Repairs

  • Project Management: referral list of trusted vendors, gather and review bids, scheduling, perform on-site inspections as needed, follow up and review results
    • Plumbing
    • Electrical
    • Roofing
    • HVAC
    • Minor Construction
    • Painting
    • Flooring

Landscaping Services

  • Project Management: referral list of trusted vendors, gather and review bids, scheduling, perform on-site inspections as needed

Cleaning Services

  • Project Management: referral list of trusted vendors, gather and review bids, scheduling, perform on-site inspections as needed

Staging Services

  • Complimentary staging consultation
  • Project Management: referral list of trusted staging professionals, gather and review bids, scheduling, perform on-site inspections as needed

Pre-Listing Marketing

  • Professional photography (interior and exterior)
  • Drone aerial photography and video
  • 3D tours
  • Enhanced photography when needed
  • Slideshow video
  • Professional print flyer
  • Single property website with dedicated URL
  • Professional for sale sign
  • Virtual staging when needed

Marketing Your Home

  • MLS (Multiple Listing Service) network
  • Listing syndicated across 100's of real estate portals
  • Marketing to Realtor network
  • State-wide digital marketing on social media and internet
  • Open houses (optional)

Contract Services

  • Offer review and strategy
  • Expert negotiation of counter offers, contingencies, timing and rent back
  • Contract ratification management
  • Broker review
  • Disclosure delivery
  • Title and escrow management
  • Transaction coordinating service to ensure compliance

Inspection Management

  • Negotiating and managing repairs if necessary:
    • Termite
    • Whole House
    • Well
    • Septic
    • Pool
    • Roof
    • Fireplace
    • Chimney
    • HVAC
    • Sewer
    • Foundation

Move Out

  • Moving boxes available
  • Coordination of moving company bids
  • Manage cleaning services after moving


Prep & Strategy Session

  • Lender referrals for pre-qualification or pre-approval
  • Market review
  • Wants and needs list
  • Neighborhood targeting within budget range
  • School district ratings
  • Community tours

The Home Search

  • Proactively communicate on a regular basis to notify you of new inventory, sometimes before it hits the market!
  • Review new listings to curate to your needs prior to committing your time to see
  • Showing tours after review of listings
  • Unbiased, detached, no-pressure relaxed showings (we let your heart lead the way)

Offer & Escrow

  • Offer strategy and preparation
  • Reputation leverage with listing agent
  • Expert negotiation of counter offers, back-up offers, contingencies, timing and rent back
  • Contract ratification management
  • Broker review
  • Disclosure delivery
  • Repair negotiation
  • Title and escrow management
  • Transaction coordinating service to ensure compliance
  • Key delivery

Move In

  • Moving boxes available
  • Utility contact list
  • Free consultation with remodeling construction provider
  • Referral list of trusted vendors for repairs or updates


Certification or Specialties

  • Court ordered sales
  • Selling houses in probate
  • Family estate
  • Investment properties
  • New construction
Contact Info
John D. Vander Meulen
DRE#: 00842213
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RE/MAX Accord
800 S. Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
DRE#: 01491373