Richard Von Sternberg – Coldwell Banker

Specialties

I can help with sales and acquisitions of country properties in the general Sebastopol area or any rural area of Sonoma or Marin County. I have sold hundreds of properties that have included condominiums, properties with more than one unit, single family residences everywhere from the Green Valley area of Fairfield to Napa, Sonoma Valley, the inland valley communities of Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Windsor, Santa Rosa, Cotati/​Rohnert Park, Petaluma and Penngrove, Novato and San Rafael, all throughout the Russian River area and along the Sonoma and Marin County coast.

History

Established in 2005.

I began my real estate business with a buyer who cut diamonds for me at my diamond cutting factory. She and her husband waited patiently for me to get my license and off we went to find them their first home. Since I was bilingual, I got referrals from people who did not speak Spanish and began to work my deals in Spanish. When I began, the bubble they talk about now was still building. Business got better and better. Then the bubble burst and foreclosure became a household word. I was chosen by a large bank to market their foreclosed properties and my business went through the roof. My experience accumulated so quickly that I feel I have had 30 years real estate experience condensed into a 6 year career.

Meet the Business Owner

Richard V.

Business Owner

During my tenure with Coldwell Banker, I have sold hundreds of properties, I have become a specialist in bank-​owned properties. This is important to you whether you are buying a home or selling yours because the rigorous work of selling foreclosed properties for large institutions, such as Chase Bank and ING Direct, adds a breadth and depth to one’s real estate experience that is unobtainable through a less complex role in this business. To stay in the good graces of the institutional sellers, one must master many skills that, in the end, are vital to a professional approach to real estate, such as: the ability to determine the REAL selling value of a property, the coordination of activities that require connections in all related trades (pest inspectors, home inspectors, contractors of all kinds, well and septic specialists, and so on). One must coordinate all the activities all the activities of marketing, escrow, title, legal matters, accountancy matters. I can be your guide.