FOR BUYERS
it’s written.
Devone was the investor before he was the broker, and the financing before that. He reads a property the way an underwriter does — what it’s actually worth, not what the listing wants you to believe.
$150M
CLOSED SALES VOLUME
1994
INVESTING SINCE
Two
STATE BROKEN LICENSES
270 mi.
LOS ANGELES TO LAS VEGAS
HOW A PURCHASE WORKS
Three steps. Nothing skipped.
01
The search
Criteria set against what’s actually available and what’s about to be — including relationships that surface a property before it hits the portals.
02
The underwriting
Every property priced against what comparable homes actually closed for, not what a seller hopes it’s worth. The number comes first.
03
The offer
Structured the way a lender would read it — clean, qualified, and built to close, so it’s taken seriously against a stack of competing bids.
BUYING IN CALIFORNIA
Craftsman estates to architectural infill.
Thirty years reading the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside — what a property is actually worth before the open house crowd sets the price for you.
BUYING IN NEVADA
Where California equity actually lands.
California buyers make up the largest share of Southern Nevada’s market — and arrive with questions about basis and timing a local-only agent has never had to answer.
THE DIFFERENCE
He’s read the deal from the lender’s side.
Before D.A. Richard Investments became a brokerage, it was Southern Pacific Funding — Devone writing the financing behind other investors’ deals. That’s a different vantage point than most buyer’s agents have: he’s seen which offers actually close and which ones stall in underwriting.
That’s what a buyer gets here that a portal search doesn’t: someone who prices the property like the person funding it would, not like the person trying to sell it.
CLIENTS
In their words.
“He was my advocate. He knew the market, and when he wasn’t sure of something he went and found out rather than guessing.”
BUYER – LOS ANGELES COUNTY
“Patient, attentive, and responsive to every question we had. He found us the home that met all of our criteria, and made it feel easy.”
BUYERS – PASADENA
MARKET NOTES
What buyers are asking right now.
FOR BUYERS
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What California buyers get wrong about basis, timing, and closing costs when the property is in Nevada.
FOR BUYERS
How to underwrite a home like an investor
The questions a lender asks before funding a deal — and why a buyer should be asking them too.
FOR BUYERS
What $3M buys in Pasadena versus Summerlin
The same budget, two markets, wildly different footprints — a side-by-side for buyers deciding where to land.
START HERE
Start with a number.
Tell Devone what you’re looking for and where. You’ll get a straight read on what it’s worth — not a sales pitch to get you in the car.