California and Texas don't just have different prices — they have different contracts, different timelines, and different markets. I'm licensed in both, and I work all of it: first-time buyers, resale, new construction, investment property, and the cross-state moves in between. One agent, wherever your deal happens to live.
Choose your coast
I work both of them. Start with the coast you're on — and if you're moving between them, either door leads to the same relocation plan.
Ventura, Camarillo, Oxnard and Thousand Oaks down through Orange County and San Diego — and where most of my relocation clients are selling from.
Corpus Christi, North Padre Island and Port Aransas — where the money goes further and the water is warm.
Two processes
This is the part nobody warns you about. It isn't just that Texas is cheaper — the transaction itself works differently, and the habits that served you well in California will quietly cost you money here. A few of the differences that catch people:
How I can help
Whether you're staying put on one coast or making the jump between them.
Buyer representation across Southern California and the Texas Coastal Bend — from first home to island property.
Start your search → CA & TXPricing strategy, prep and staging guidance, professional marketing, and negotiation — in either state.
Get your home's value → CA → TXSell in California, buy on the Texas coast. Real carrying-cost math, neighborhood matching, one timeline.
Relocation guide → TexasMany are already built and ready to go under contract — no year-long wait. Ten Coastal Bend builders, incentives decoded.
New construction →California
This is where I built my business. For most of my relocation clients it's the more important half of the move — the Southern California sale usually funds everything that happens in Texas.
Full-service listings across Southern California — pricing, prep, marketing, and negotiation handled by me, not handed off.
Staying in California? I still work this market actively, and I know where value hides in it.
Before anything else: what you'd actually walk away with after commissions, closing costs, and taxes.
Texas
Corpus Christi, North Padre Island, and Port Aransas. Coastal living at a fraction of California pricing, in a state with no income tax — and one of the strongest new-construction markets on the Gulf.
The full CA-to-Coastal-Bend playbook: real numbers, neighborhood matching, and a 60-day plan.
Relocation guide →Move-in-ready inventory plus build-to-order. Every active builder, this month's incentives, and representation that costs you nothing.
Explore builders →Island homes, canal-front, and short-term rental property in Port Aransas and on Padre.
Why one agent
It's the sequencing. Two agents in two states who have never spoken, each optimizing their own half, and you in the middle holding a timeline nobody owns. Being licensed in both isn't a line on a business card — it changes what I can actually do for you.
When you tell me you're selling in Southern California, I know that process, that timeline, and what your net proceeds realistically look like after California costs.
Leaseback so you're never between homes. Contingency strategy so you're never carrying two mortgages. One person steering both sides.
Texas is a title-company state, not escrow-and-attorney. The option period is its own animal. Deadlines are 5pm, not midnight. You hear all of it before it becomes a problem.
Home valuation
Not an automated guess off a website. A real opinion of value from an agent who works the market your home is in — in either state.
About
lpt Realty
I'm a REALTOR® licensed in both California and Texas, working Southern California on one coast and the Corpus Christi Coastal Bend on the other. I've made the long-distance move myself — cross-country and overseas — so I know what the paperwork looks like, what the timeline pressure feels like, and exactly where the money leaks.
I've also written three books on buying and selling homes. Most of what's in them comes down to the same thing: the people who do well in a transaction are the ones who saw the real numbers early, before they got emotionally committed. That's the part I try to give every client up front.
Track record
A look at recent closings across Southern California — buyers, sellers, and new construction.
Questions
Straight answers, so you can reach out with confidence.
Let's connect
No pressure and no obligation. Ask a question, get a number, or just find out whether the move makes sense for you.
A scheduled conversation on Zoom or by phone, at a time that works for you.
See my calendarFastest way to reach me. Send an address, a question, or just say which coast you're on.
Text (361) 209-8894Licensed in both states, working both coasts.
Ventura · Camarillo · Oxnard · Thousand Oaks · Simi Valley · Ojai · Santa Paula · Moorpark · Newbury Park · Port Hueneme · Ventura County · Orange County · San Diego
Corpus Christi · North Padre Island · Port Aransas · Flour Bluff · Calallen · Portland · Ingleside · Aransas Pass · Rockport · Nueces & San Patricio Counties
