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The Chavez Teamat The Agency
The Agency

Buying

Find a home that fits how you live

Buying across Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties is competitive. Having neighbors on your side — people who know which streets flood, which schools are shifting, and which sellers are motivated — changes the outcome.

Open living and dining room at 3062 Lees Ave, a 1954 Cliff May Rancho in Long Beach — white post-and-beam ceiling and a wall of glass opening to the patio — listed by The Chavez Team at The Agency
3062 Lees Ave · Long Beach — listed by The Chavez Team at The Agency

The buying process

  1. 01

    Consultation

    We talk about lifestyle first: commute, family, wellness, budget. Then we map that to neighborhoods.

  2. 02

    Get pre-approved

    We connect you with a trusted lender so your offer carries weight when it counts.

  3. 03

    Tour with purpose

    We show you homes that match, and tell you honestly when one doesn't.

  4. 04

    Offer & negotiate

    Clear strategy, strong terms, and local relationships that help offers land.

  5. 05

    Escrow & inspections

    We manage timelines, inspections, and repairs so nothing slips.

  6. 06

    Keys & beyond

    Move-in day is the start. We stay your neighborhood resource for years.

What We Look For

Light, air, and how a room actually lives

Specs get you to the door. What we weigh once inside is quieter: where the light lands at four in the afternoon, whether the plan breathes or fights you, what a weekend morning would feel like here. We tell you what we see — including the parts a listing photo is built to hide.

Desert-modern home at 77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency — dining room under the skylight
77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency · Photo: SemShot Photography

Preferred Lender

Financing with our preferred lender

Sal Ortiz at Star Financial Corporation works with our buyers on pre-approvals and loan options.

Salvador Ortiz, Loan Officer, Star Financial Corporation

Salvador OrtizNMLS #396397

Loan Officer · Star Financial Corporation

(714) 926-7450sortiz@starfincorp.com

Sal Ortiz is a mortgage professional and Team Leader with Star Financial, dedicated to helping homebuyers, real estate professionals, and investors navigate today's lending landscape with confidence.

As a lending partner of The Chavez Team at The Agency, Sal works closely with real estate professionals and investors to provide creative financing solutions and a level of communication and support that helps get deals across the finish line. His experience spans conventional, FHA, VA, down payment assistance, Non-QM, Private Investor, and other specialized lending programs, allowing him to approach each transaction with a solution-oriented mindset.

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Mortgage services are provided by Star Financial Corporation, an independent lender. The Chavez Team at The Agency is a real estate team and does not originate loans.

For investor, bridge, fix-and-flip, DSCR and commercial financing, Hector Ruiz's firm HR Capital Edge (NMLS #2743377) is at hrcapitaledge.com.

The Chavez Team's agents don't originate loans. You're free to use any lender.

Desert-modern home at 77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency — pool lit at twilight beneath the hillside

Let's Talk

Thinking about a move? Start with a conversation.

Call, text, or email — in English or Spanish. No pressure, just straight answers from people who live here.

Contact the team(714) 328-4776

77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency · Photo: Rick Sander

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