Class
San Diego Home Buyer Class
Monthly · Free · Live
Loans, down payments, contracts, and the traps — the entire buying process in one sitting, taught by the people who do it every day.
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Buy without getting bulldozed.
You're not looking for a taxi driver. You're looking for a plan — one that gets you into the right home, at the right price, without inheriting somebody else's mistakes.
Who this is for
- 1st-time buyers who want the plan explained in plain English.
- Move-up families with a real timeline.
- Buyers with low-to-no down who've been told "not yet."
- Anyone tired of scrolling listings at midnight.
The problem we solve
Most buyers get handed a mortgage number, a Saturday tour, and a lot of "you'll know it when you see it." That isn't a strategy — it's improv. We replace it with a written program that starts with your life and ends with a home that still makes sense five years from now.
What makes us different
Real estate consulting and mortgage planning under one roof — so the loan strategy and the offer strategy are built together, by the same team, on the same day. No handoffs. No finger-pointing. No loan-officer-of-the-week bait-and-switch.
A · The GHG Buying Program
The 6 Victories Before You Get Your Keys!
Every buyer climbs their own mountain. We call ours Mt. Tu Casa. These six waypoints take you from "maybe" to "we're home."
Your ascent · Mt. Tu Casa
Let's talk- 01
Mortgage Plan
Deliverable: Purchase Power, aka your Pre-ApprovalWe model the loan against your life, not just a rate sheet. You leave knowing what you can pay, what programs you qualify for, and how your offer will read to a seller.
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Real Estate Plan
Deliverable: MarketWatch + your real estate huddle-upHome Search on Steroids, not homes from a free app. We sit down for the What, Where, How, Why (and Who) so every tour has a purpose and every neighborhood is judged against your actual goals.
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The Big Bad Kickoff Tour
Deliverable: Introduction to the Smart Home TourGet out there and test the plan in the field. See as many homes as possible in a day or two with zero pressure to write offers. Think scientist, not shopper: you are learning what makes up YOUR target market.
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Go Time!
Deliverable: The art of being a buyerBe first on the scene with your on-demand real estate agent team. Put your best foot forward when you find the one, but YOUR best foot, not the seller's. Then learn disengagement from the outcome so you are not keeping the Las Vegas lights on by making bad bets at the poker table.
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Escrow
Deliverable: From contract to CelebrationThis is where the victories really start to matter. We call it Celebration, not closing, because closing sounds like such an unremarkable goal to strive toward. We keep you safe, on time, and never ugly.
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Celebration at the Top of the Mountain
Deliverable: Keys. Title. Party.The old owner's name on title gets swapped out with yours as the new owner. Plant your flag, grab your camera, and celebrate. We made it to the summit of Mt. Tu Casa.
The Buyer's Bill of Rights
Your rights. Our rules.
Ten promises we made long before you showed up — because buying a home is complicated enough without wondering whose side your agent is actually on.
GHG seal · 10 promises
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We are not salespeople. We match your speed, so we're not going to rush you or try to sell you anything.
Protects you from
Pressure disguised as advice. Our job is not to talk you into a house. It is to help you recognize the right decision when you see it — including when the right decision is to wait, walk away, or do nothing at all.
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We treat your money like it's our money.
Protects you from
Spending more simply because a lender says you can. Price, payment, cash, repairs, risk and future flexibility all matter. If we wouldn't recommend the decision with our own money, we're not going to recommend it with yours.
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We will always cut it to you straight, even at the risk of creating an uncomfortable conversation.
Why this matters
The most valuable advice is not always the advice you were hoping to hear. If the house, price, inspection, loan, neighborhood or deal doesn't make sense, you deserve someone willing to say so before the consequences become yours.
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We plan before we shop.
Protects you from
Falling in love with a house before you understand the financial and strategic consequences of buying it. We build the roadmap first — money, payment, timing, priorities and negotiating strategy — then go shopping.
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The plan has three parts: The People. The House. The Deal. In that order.
Why this matters
A great house can still be a bad purchase. The people involved, the property itself and the terms of the deal all have to work together. We evaluate all three — because getting the keys is not the same thing as making a good decision.
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We build the loan into the offer, not bolt it on afterward.
Why this matters
Financing is part of the strategy, not paperwork that happens after an offer gets accepted. Price, payment, cash, credits, rate, appraisal and terms can all affect one another. Real estate and mortgage planning should be working from the same playbook.
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We never confuse winning the house with winning the deal.
Protects you from
Getting caught in the emotion of competition and paying any price or accepting any term just to hear the words “offer accepted.” Sometimes winning means getting the house. Sometimes winning means having the discipline to let somebody else have it.
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One team. One project. No fridge magnets. No excuses.
Protects you from
The handoff game. You shouldn't need six business cards and a group text to figure out who owns the problem. One coordinated team stays accountable for the project from beginning to end.
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Once we take on a client, we never leave a soldier behind.
Protects you from
Being handed off or left alone when the deal gets hard. If we took responsibility for you, we stay beside you until the problem is solved.
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We close on time, or early, and never ugly.
Protects you from
A sloppy finish line. We manage the lender, escrow, inspections, documents, deadlines and loose ends before they become your emergency. Getting the keys should feel like the completion of a well-run plan — not surviving a fire drill.
Relevant resources
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Guide
Official Homebuyer Guide
PDF · Free · Requested, then sent by a human
Financing, offers, inspections, and timelines — the whole buying process written down so you can buy without getting bulldozed.
Show
San Diego Real Estate Market Update
Monthly · Jesse + Jeremy · Free on YouTube
Both co-founders on camera every month: inventory, rates, and what buyers are actually running into right now. The newest episode is always first in the playlist.
Watch the latest →
Tool
Personal Rate Watch
Free · Personalized
Track rates against your real buying power, not a headline number. Max price, payment math, and alerts when your rate shows up.
Let's talk →Ready to buy on purpose?
Every buyer conversation starts with a real one. No pressure, no pitch — just a plan for what a smart move looks like from where you actually stand.