Portal-First
Your journey, listings, board package, paperwork, and messages in one private dashboard. No lost email threads.
Work With Diane
Three common paths — all with the same calm pace, the same private portal, and the same promise to read every page of the contract before you sign it.
01
Brownstone Purchase
The core of Diane’s practice. Most clients arrive pre-approved, a little nervous about the structural unknowns, and unsure if a 130-year-old building is going to break their family. Diane’s job is to make sure it won’t.
- Block walks — school zones, commute, weekend life across PS 321 / 39 / 130 catchments
- Jumbo loan prep with vetted NYC lenders — vested-equity-aware income calc
- Shortlist + tour strategy that respects your weekends and your kids’ nap window
- Page-by-page offering plan, contract, and inspection review with attorney
- In-contract shepherding — every contingency tracked in your portal
First-Brownstone Purchase
02
Co-op Board Package
The co-op board package is where most NYC buyers stall. Diane builds a clean, attorney-coordinated package and prepares you for the board interview itself — so you walk in with a story they want to approve, not a stack to question.
- Financial statement, REBNY application, and reference letters cleaned to building norms
- Debt-to-income and post-closing liquidity analysis to match the board’s thresholds
- Board interview prep — what they ask, what to wear, what to skip
- Coordinated timelines so you don’t lose your rate lock waiting on the board
Co-op Board
03
Buyer Strategy Sessions
Not ready to tour? Diane runs 60-minute strategy sessions for clients who are 6–18 months out. You leave with a plan, not a sales pitch.
- Honest budget sanity-check against your Brooklyn target including mansion + transfer tax
- Neighborhood tier list for your school zone + commute
- Loan prep checklist — docs, timing, jumbo vs. portfolio, co-borrower tradeoffs
- A Reyes Townhouse Group portal seat so you can lurk when ready
Strategy Session
The Architect Advantage in Every Transaction
A townhouse is a building, not a listing. Diane reads it like a structural drawing — bay-by-bay, flagging settlement and water staining before the inspector arrives, and translating every clause into the plain English you asked for.
Building Read-Through
Every offering plan, landmark file, and inspection report read and summarized before you sign.
Numbers You Trust
Total-cost-of-ownership modeling — down payment, mansion tax, transfer tax, monthly carrying cost, deferred maintenance reserve.
Same Broker, Always
You work with Diane personally on every walk, every call, every signature. No handoffs.
How We Work Together
1
Discovery Call
30 minutes. Your goals, timeline, and the real questions behind the move from rental to ownership.
2
Portal Setup
Your private dashboard is live. Journey, neighborhoods, and next steps in one place.
3
Walk & Offer
Shortlisted brownstones, unhurried building walks, and offer strategy that protects you.
4
Close with Clarity
Contract, board (if any), closing, keys. Every deadline tracked. You move forward confident.
Which Path Fits You?
Start with a conversation — we’ll figure out the right next step together.
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