John Skinner is a leading expert in Marin County Residential Real Estate. As a lifelong Marin native, John has spent almost 50 years getting to know every street in the county, and can help you select the one that is right for you and your family.
John brings skillful negotiation, professionalism and heart to every transaction. He tries to understand his clients’ real estate desires and needs, and then helps to fulfill them. John has years of practical experience in every part of the residential real estate process: from working with buyers and sellers, to inspection and permit issues, to title and mortgage related issues. To assist his clients he has built strong working relationships with title companies, contractors, architects, lawyers, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers. The majority of John’s business comes from referrals and satisfied repeat clients—both buyers and sellers.
No one will work harder for you. As a Chef, John worked monstrous hours to accomplish the vision of the perfect wedding day for hundreds of couples. As president/technical director and principal actor of Guerilla Shakespeare productions, a Non-profit theater company, John worked equally astonishing hours to bring affordable and accessible Shakespeare to the community, and to public schools around the county. He is passionate, focused and driven in every endeavor, and will bring all of his passion, focus and drive to help you purchase or sell your home.
John believes that an essential quality of excellence is creating goodwill in every interaction. It is, quite simply, what holds a deal together when the universe seems determined to throw up every hurdle against an escrow closing. As a guiding principle in negotiation, cooperation with every trade professional he meets has been his primary tool in creating successful outcomes for his clients. The Real Estate industry is rife with fear and mistrust between principals and agents. But through simple integrity and kindness as an overtone to every communication, John has sown seeds that result in the willingness of Mortgage Funders to fund after hours, of Agents, Sellers and Buyers to grant extensions and give accommodations, and of Escrow Officers to hold signings on a Sunday morning. This is the simple principle of being nice, even when delivering bad news, and of pleasantly being a part of the solution. This is John’s commitment to serving his clients. |
