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Compass REALTORs in Carlsbad and North County San Diego
We learned this business during the rise and fall of the mid 2000's market. It changed how we do everything.
Graham and Kelly Levine are a husband-and-wife real estate team with Compass, based in Encinitas and working primarily in Carlsbad, Encinitas, San Marcos, Vista, and Oceanside. Graham has been a licensed California REALTOR since 2004 and Kelly since 2011, and they have worked together since 2008. They have sold more than 500 homes. Their work centers on two kinds of clients: homeowners selling one home and buying the next at the same time, and executors, trustees, and attorneys handling estate, trust, and probate sales.
Before we recommend a list price, Kelly puts the reasoning on paper. Not three comparables and a range. The actual thinking:
Some of that will argue against listing right away. You'll see that part too.
For buyers, the same work runs in reverse: what a home is worth before you write the offer, what the inspection is likely to find, and where the price has room and where it doesn't.
Most of our clients are making a seven-figure decision while something else in their life is changing. The analysis makes sure that decision rests on numbers, not on a feeling or a deadline.
When Kelly isn't working, she can be found playing competitive tennis, researching her next travel destination, or driving PCH with all the windows down.
Curious what your home is worth? → Home Valuation
Before real estate, Graham negotiated in situations where the stakes were not financial. The habit it built is straightforward: find out what the other side actually needs, stay calm, and don't fold because folding is easier.
Here's what that looks like on an ordinary day. The call comes midway through escrow. The other side wants something: a credit, a price change, more time. There's a number on the table that would make the problem go away by tonight.
Graham's job is to find out whether that number is real before anyone agrees to it. Sometimes it is, and he'll tell you to take it. Often it isn't, and he holds until the documentation says otherwise.
The standard is the one we'd use for our own family. It's the only one we've ever used.
When Graham isn't working, he can be found practicing martial arts, playing flamenco guitar, or stand-up paddleboarding.
Buying? Talk strategy before your first offer → Contact
Since 2004, through every kind of market.
Years of Experience
of Realtors Nationwide
Homes Sold
Google Rating From Clients
The price, the prep, and whether to buy or sell first get decided in the weeks before a home goes on the market. Once those decisions are made, they're hard to reverse. Talk to us while they're still open. Handling an estate or trust? Waiting costs money there too. Property taxes, insurance, and upkeep keep running every month the house sits.
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