The guides I'd hand a close friend.
Built like editorial — not a PDF dump. Interactive, specific, and free. Every number, contract clause, and timeline trap a serious buyer should walk into a sales office already knowing.
The New Construction Buyer's Guide
The sales office works for the builder. This is everything I'd tell a friend before they walk into a model home — twelve chapters and three live calculators.
- The four types of new build
- The registration rule
- Financing & the builder's lender
- Design center markup
- Inspections & warranties
- Resale value in 2034
Moving to Naperville
Schools, neighborhoods, the real cost of living, and the commute — mapped out for your family. Eleven chapters and three live tools.
- District 203 vs 204
- Eight neighborhoods
- Property tax & carry tool
- School district checker
- Commute estimator
- Out-of-state playbook
Moving to the Fox Valley
St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and the growth corridor — town by town, with the Kane vs. Kendall vs. DuPage tax differences that make it its own decision.
- Tri-Cities vs. corridor
- County tax & carry tool
- D303 / D304 / D101 / D308 / D115
- School district checker
- UP-W & BNSF commute tool
- Out-of-state playbook
Most agents gate a one-page checklist behind your phone number and call it a “guide.” I'd rather overdeliver — and let the work earn the conversation.
Read them cover to cover. Take notes. Use the calculators. If they're useful, you'll know exactly how I think long before we ever talk. That's the point. Trust first; the ask comes later, if at all.
Let’s talk about your move.