REAL BROKER
Tim McBride · Realtor, Co-Founder · ONE Team Scottsdale
The best homes in North Scottsdale
never hit Zillow.
Coaches do not show their plays. I do. Here are the four ways I find my buyers homes in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. Most buyers only know about one of them.
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$250M+
IN CAREER SALES
$50M
SOLD IN 2025
Top 1%
SCOTTSDALE AGENTS & TEAMS
150+
HOMES SOLD
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You are not a first time buyer. That is exactly the problem.
You have done this before. You know what escrow is, you know how to read a disclosure, you have opinions about lenders. So you assume this purchase will play out like your last one.
Two things are true here that were probably not true where you came from. Some of the best homes in North Scottsdale are trading off market, so you never even know you lost them. And values in one community can be moving at a completely different rate than a community ten minutes away.
In sports you build a new game plan for every opponent. Most buyers run the same play that worked last time, and that is how they lose the house they actually wanted.
The playbook
01
Agent to agent connections
The calls that happen before a sign goes in the yard
Before I send you a single listing, I get on the phone with the agents who own your target neighborhoods. What is coming. What fell out of escrow. What would this seller take right now if I brought them a real buyer today.
Tim and a listing agent
Quick one. Anything coming up in Windgate Ranch? I have a buyer at 2.4, flexible on close.
Funny timing. I have a seller on 104th who has been talking about listing in the spring.
4 bed, pool, kitchen was redone last year. Nothing is public yet.
Can we get in Thursday?
Example conversation. Details changed for privacy.
02
Top Agent Network
There is a members only network where agents in the top ten percent of production in their market share listings with each other before those homes ever reach the MLS. You cannot join it as a buyer. Your agent either has access to it or they do not.
On one recent search, three of the five off market homes we toured came from inside that network. Our buyer never would have known those houses existed.
A private, invitation only network most agents do not qualify for
03
Traditional print marketing
When the right home does not exist yet, we go create it
If nothing on the market fits and nothing in the network fits, we go straight to homeowners. We mail the exact streets and subdivisions you want with one simple message.
Some of our best off market deals started with an owner who had no plans to sell, until a real buyer showed up at a real number.
04
The MLS, and everything else
Zillow, Redfin, and every app on your phone all pull the same list. It is the list every other buyer is looking at, which is why the homes still sitting on it in the pockets you want are usually the leftovers.
We still cover it, better than you can. Our app plugs straight into the MLS with real time push alerts, so you act the moment the right home hits instead of refreshing an app. It is the fourth channel, not the first.
Table stakes, not a strategy
What else you get
The ONE Team app
Your whole search in one place, plugged into the MLS with real time listings and push alerts. No refreshing Zillow.
Arizona Buyer Advisory, up front
You get the advisory and a blank purchase contract before you are under pressure. Educated buyers make confident offers.
The 20,000 agent network
Brokered by REAL, the fastest growing public brokerage in North America. That network is 20,000+ agents deep across the US and Canada, so we hear about listings other teams never do.
Your fee, negotiated
We negotiate our buyer agent fee into the offer so the seller covers it, the same way we negotiate price. We have yet to see a buyer stuck footing that bill.
The process
Four steps, from first call to keys.
A clear path so you always know what is next, and why it matters.
01
Consult
02
Hunt
03
Tour
We start with a conversation. Your must haves, your budget, your timeline, and a real education on what is actually happening in your target neighborhoods.
We run all four channels at once. Agent to agent calls, the private network, targeted mail, and a live MLS feed through our app so nothing public gets past you either.
You see what fits, on market and off. We tell you the truth about each one, including the resale risk most buyers miss.
04
Win
We build the offer off real comps, structure the terms in your favor, and negotiate our fee so the seller covers it. Then we hold the line through inspections, appraisal, and close.
Frequently asked questions
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Let's build your game plan.
Tell me the neighborhoods you are looking at. I will tell you honestly whether the home you want is going to show up on the app, or whether we are going to have to go get it.