Craig Tuttle has spent more than thirty years selling real estate in one city. Nine hundred families later, he is still the one sitting across the table from you.
Anyone can show you a house. The value is in knowing which one to walk away from.
Craig built and owned his own brokerage, then stepped back from running it because managing a company had moved him further from the part of the job he actually wanted to do.
Now he works directly with buyers and sellers again, one market only. Everything he knows about which Tacoma blocks hold value, which older homes are hiding a sewer problem, and how a school boundary moves a price came from thirty years of walking these neighborhoods rather than reading a market report.
You will get his honest read on a house, including when the read is that you should keep looking.
Three ways people work with Craig. All three start with a conversation and no obligation.
Understand what you can comfortably carry every month, what a Tacoma house of that vintage is likely hiding, and how to write an offer that competes without giving away your protections.
Pricing built from what has actually sold nearby, prep that returns more than it costs, and a written net proceeds estimate before the sign goes in the yard.
Not an automated estimate pulled from public records. A real valuation from someone who walks the house, then shows you the comparable sales behind the number.
Tacoma does not move as one market. Two houses of the same size and age, eight blocks apart, can sell for meaningfully different prices. Knowing why is the whole job.
Walkable business districts, mature trees, and the oldest housing stock in the city. Highest demand and highest price per foot in Tacoma.
Water and mountain views, park access, and a mix of new construction and long held family homes. Slope and drainage matter here.
The parts of Tacoma changing fastest, with light rail investment on Hilltop and strong bones in the older housing.
Different tax districts, different school districts, different commutes. Not interchangeable with Tacoma on monthly cost.
Long enough to have worked through corrections, not just good markets. That is where the useful judgment comes from.
Nine hundred transactions worth of inspection reports, negotiations, and outcomes that either worked or did not.
Craig owned his own company and chose to step back so he could work directly with clients again.
No pressure and no pitch. Tell Craig what you are working toward and he will tell you straight what it takes to get there in this market.
