About Brendon DeSimone, Realtor and Real Estate Expert: San Francisco & New York

With his entrepreneurial background and business savvy, Realtor and Real Estate Expert Brendon DeSimone helps buyers and sellers get the highest returns on their residential real estate investments.

As a licensed Realtor in California and New York, Brendon has completed millions of dollars in transactions. He's advised clients through all types of real estate markets—during periods of low interest rates and frantic mortgage refinancing, during economic slowdowns and booms, in buyers' markets and sellers' markets.

Brendon’s knowledge of residential real estate is up-to-the-minute, broad, and deep. His opinions and experience are often sought by real estate agents, buyers and sellers across the country. As a frequent contributor to the Zillow Blog, Brendon’s expert advice reaches over 10 million people per month. An active investor in national and international real estate markets, Brendon knows how to spot opportunity and growth potential wherever it might be—a quality that also benefits his real estate clients.

A Savvy Real Estate Expert for Today's Markets

His fresh perspectives, practical advice, and enthusiasm have earned Brendon a prominent place in dozens of Home and Garden Television (HGTV) productions. Brendon has been featured in Curb Appeal, Bang for Your Buck, National Open House and My House is Worth What? on HGTV.

Brendon has appeared as a real estate expert for both national and local television news programs as well as print and online media outlets, including FOX News, USA Today, US News & World Report, KPIX CBS, CNBC, Motley Fool, Yahoo! Finance, the San Francisco Chronicle, BankRate.com, Continental Airlines In-Flight, and others.

Brendon has written the foreword to two books on real estate investing: The Complete Guide to Buying a Second Home Or Real Estate in Mexico (Atlantic Publishing) and The Complete Guide to Locating and Profiting from Emerging Real Estate.

What Sets Brendon Apart

Brendon is an approachable, hands-on residential real estate agent with a "get-it-done" attitude. He has a proven track record of helping clients get the maximum value from the purchase or sale of a residential property.

At age 10, Brendon pioneered a successful delivery service aimed at local businesses in his Connecticut hometown. Prior to becoming a realtor, Brendon was one of the first employees at iPass, a leading enterprise mobility services company. Working in sales and business development, Brendon helped grow the company from a small Silicon Valley start-up to the multi-million-dollar, global, publicly traded company it is today.

Brendon is a member of the San Francisco Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors and the Real Estate Board of New York. He writes and publishes a real estate newsletter and resides in both New York and San Francisco.