From the Field Up

I didn’t start behind a desk. I started on the job site — learning what every trade actually costs and why timelines slip. That ground-level experience is still the foundation of everything I do today.

Over the past 20+ years, I’ve focused on the full range of what Bay Area development actually requires: understanding how properties are evaluated, how approvals get made, how transactions close, and how the utility and permitting processes actually move.

Most consultants advise from a distance. I advise from experience. I’ve been in the rooms where approvals get made and in the field where plans meet reality. I’ve focused exclusively on Santa Clara County for the better part of two decades. I know how San Jose Planning thinks. I know which strategies work on which lot configurations, and which ones fall apart in the application process.

When California passed SB-9 and SB-1123, I researched over 60 properties to understand how it applied, lot by lot, city by city. That work produced a structuring approach that classifies each unit as a full primary residence instead of an ADU — resulting in dramatically larger, more valuable homes on the same land.

Service Area: Santa Clara County and the Bay Area

Want to know what your property can support? Let’s start with a 15-minute call. No pitch — just an honest look at what your land can do.