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About Brian

Raised in the Corridor He Now Works

Broker-licensed. New-construction focused. And on your side of the table — which, in a builder's sales office, is the seat that's usually empty.

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BR698637000Arizona Broker License
Local Since the '90sSan Tan Valley raised
Brokerage LeadershipFormer Designated Broker
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Most agents can tell you what's on the market. Brian can tell you what Queen Creek looked like before the market got here.

He grew up in the San Tan Valley area and graduated from Silver Valley in the late '90s — back when Ellsworth Road was a two-lane and the communities buyers tour today were farmland. He's watched every phase of the corridor's buildout, which is a different kind of knowledge than a market report: he knows which areas flooded before the retention basins went in, where the irrigation rights run, what's behind the community wall because he remembers when there wasn't one.

That matters more in new construction than anywhere else, because a new-build buyer isn't just buying a house. They're buying a bet on what a half-finished community becomes — and the person helping them make that bet should have watched a few dozen communities finish becoming.

The Broker Part, and Why It's Unusual

Brian holds an Arizona broker license — the license tier above agent, requiring years of documented transaction experience, additional education, and a separate examination. Most buyers never work directly with a broker; they work with an agent whose broker they never meet.

Before joining HUB AZ Brokers to build its residential division, Brian served as the designated broker of an East Valley brokerage — the licensed individual personally responsible for every agent, every file, and every contract that moved through the firm. That's the job where you see how transactions go wrong: the missed contingency, the disclosure that wasn't, the builder contract clause nobody read until it mattered.

He now puts that review-everything discipline to work on one side of one transaction at a time — yours.

What Brian Does

  • Buyer representation in new-build communities across Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Gilbert, Chandler, and the AJ corridor
  • Builder contract review — arbitration clauses, deposit terms, delay provisions, and what's actually negotiable
  • Incentive math: what the builder's credit costs you at their preferred lender versus your own
  • Lot selection with resale in mind — orientation, adjacency, and what the next phase builds behind you
  • Pre-drywall and final walkthrough coordination with independent inspectors
  • Resale representation for buyers and sellers throughout the East Valley

How He Works

  • Education first. If you understand the CFD line on the tax bill before you sign, he's done his job.
  • Straight answers about tradeoffs — including when the builder's deal genuinely is the better one.
  • No pressure toward any community, builder, or lender. The recommendation changes when the incentives change; the loyalty doesn't.
  • Boutique by design: fewer clients, more attention per file.
  • People over property. Houses are the paperwork; the milestone is yours. #HumansOverHouses

Before Real Estate: Risk, Contracts, and Fine Print

Brian came to real estate from the insurance industry — property and casualty, the business of reading what a contract actually covers rather than what the brochure implies. It turns out to be nearly perfect training for builder purchase agreements, warranty documents, and HOA disclosures: the documents new-build buyers sign are long, drafted by the other side's attorneys, and full of provisions that only matter when something goes wrong.

Reading those documents closely, and translating them into plain English before signing day, is a core part of the service — not an add-on.

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