The family home, sold on your timeline — not the market’s.
Downsizing the family home. Settling an estate. Representing heirs through probate court. These are not retail transactions, and they are not handled retail.
Trained for exactly this.
Two national certifications and two decades of local representation. The credentials matter because the procedures are specific — and because the families we serve deserve an advisor who has done this before.
SRES
Seniors Real Estate Specialist
A National Association of Realtors designation for agents who represent clients aged 50 and older through downsizing and relocation. The training emphasizes patience, family dynamics, coordination with the professionals already on your team, and respect for a long-held home.
CPRES
Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist
Trained to represent estates in the sale of real property and to work alongside probate counsel — managing showings, marketing, vendors, and timelines so the attorney can focus on the legal work and the family can focus on each other.
Local
Two decades in this region
Active representation across Orange County, Los Angeles County, and the Inland Empire. Known to estate attorneys and trustees in Yorba Linda, Pasadena, Redlands, and the surrounding communities. Referrals to attorneys and CPAs available on request.
Distinct disciplines. Shared discretion.
Seniors Real Estate Specialist
SRES
Downsizing a long-held home is rarely just a transaction. It is family conversations, a community move-in date, decades of belongings, and a timeline that has to flex. Jennifer manages the real-estate side end to end and stays in step with your CPA and estate attorney.
The home sells on your timeline, not the market’s.
Certified Probate Real Estate
CPRES
For trustees and personal representatives: Jennifer handles the real-estate work — preparation, marketing, showings, vendors, offers, and timelines — and takes direction from the estate’s probate counsel on every legal milestone.
Heirs receive a single point of contact and a documented record of every real-estate decision.
You will not be passed between strangers.
One advisor, one direct line, one documented record. We bring the right people to the table and keep them aligned on your behalf.
For Downsizing Seniors
- —Your CPA — we share transaction data; tax guidance stays with them
- —Your estate attorney — we share documents; legal advice stays with them
- —Your adult children — kept informed on the schedule and the showings
- —The senior community you are moving to — on move-in dates and logistics
- —A vetted senior move manager, for sorting and packing
- —Trusted handymen and stagers, for pre-list preparation
For Trustees & Personal Representatives
- —Probate counsel — we follow their direction on filings and calendar
- —Estate accountants — coordinated on inventory and appraisal logistics
- —Co-trustees and heirs — a single point of contact on the real-estate side
- —Court-required showings, marketing, and vendor management
- —Vendors for clean-out, appraisal, and any required repairs
- —Title and escrow officers experienced with estate transactions
In Their Words
“[Testimonial pending — to be supplied by Jennifer. A single, well-chosen quote from a family she represented through downsizing or probate, or from a referring estate attorney. One paragraph, no more than four lines on desktop.]”
— Attribution pending · Orange County
A Note on Tone
We do not rush families. We do not stage homes the week of a memorial. We sit with the kitchen table, the photo albums, and the questions that matter — and we proceed only when the family is ready.
The questions families ask first.
Plain answers to the questions that surface at eleven at night, when the house is quiet and the paperwork is not.
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A NOTE ON SCOPE
Jennifer Sanchez is a licensed California real estate agent (DRE #01856172). She is not an attorney, accountant, or tax advisor, and nothing on this page should be read as legal or tax advice. Probate, estate, and tax questions should be directed to your own attorney and CPA. Jennifer is glad to coordinate with the professionals you have engaged, or to refer you to attorneys and accountants she has worked with across Southern California.