Hello, I am Larry Roberts.

I
am here to instruct you on the homebuying process and guide you on your
journey. I want you to be financially stable and prosperous, and I want
you to have a comfortable home. I began writing about real estate
because I wanted to save people from financial ruin as the real estate
bubble popped. Now, I help people like you through the homebuying
process because I want them to have sound financial advice and accurate
market analysis–two things in short supply in the Realtor community.
The only way I can ensure buyers understand the market and purchase the
right house for their circumstances is to guide them through the
process. I rely on like-minded agents I trust to treat clients with
caring, honesty and respect.

I will not be working with you
directly during your homebuying adventure because helping buyers obtain
real estate is a time-consuming business, and I have another full-time
job as a land development consultant. However, I am the navigator on
your journey, and I am always available by email to answer your
questions and address your concerns. The agent(s) with whom you will be
working are trained to do things the IHB way.

I want you to
have peace-of-mind. I want you to know your guide on your
homebuying journey is interested in your happiness and financial
well-being. I promise that you will be given our honest opinion,
factual market analysis, and you will not be pushed into buying
anything. This will be one of the largest and most important purchases
of your life. I want you to make the right one. I will not permit you
to be pushed or manipulated by distasteful sales techniques, and I
would rather forgo a commission than see you buy the wrong house at the
wrong time.

Many of you already know me. Some of you have been reading my writing for years at the Irvine Housing Blog,
and many have met me in person at our IHB block parties. You know the
person I am and what I have done for the community. I want you to have
the best representation possible, so when the time is right for you, I
hope you contact us. We are here to serve.

Larry Roberts — Irvine Housing Blog

Credentials:

• Master of Science in Land Development – Texas A&M University 1994
• Bachelors of Science – University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point 1992
• Primary writer for the Irvine Housing Blog
• Author of The Great Housing Bubble

I
have always worked in real estate. For a while, I wanted to be a golf
course architect, but I have spent most of my career as either a
development project manager or a land planning consultant. I design
master-planned communities, plan subdivisions and lay out commercial
centers. It is great fun.

I originally had a real estate
salesperson’s license in Florida 15 years ago, but I never saw myself
as a sales professional — until now. Right now, I perceive a need in
the community to have real estate brokerage services be provided in a
different way. I am dismayed by the practices of the real estate sales
community, and I want to change it. I am still idealistic enough to
think change is possible.

For those of you who follow my
writing on Irvine Housing blog, you know first hand the depth of my
knowledge on residential real estate. Many of you have read my book, The Great Housing Bubble. You probably also know that I publicly predicted the deflation of the
housing bubble, and I worked tirelessly to dissuade people from buying
homes during the market’s decline. I did none of this for money; I
wanted to serve the community. I still do.

Your
next email will be from Shevy Akason. I trust you will be as impressed
with him as I am. When I first met Shevy almost a year prior to
launching Ideal Home Brokers, I was dubious that any real estate sales
professional could be trusted to put the needs of their clients above
their own needs. When I learned that he was giving up potential income
by advising clients to rent rather than own during the deflation of the
bubble, I was intrigued. When I saw his passion to help people and his
genuine concern for their well being, I knew he was the right person to
lead the Ideal Home Brokers sales team. He is a good man; you are safe
with him.

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at larry@idealhomebrokers.com. I am here to serve you.

Thank you again for allowing us the opportunity to present ourselves to you. We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Larry Roberts

When you are ready to buy or sell a house, we are here to serve you.