Questions, answered honestly.

Look for a written plan, verified reviews and a local track record. Mario Desantis (Coldwell Banker Realty, CA DRE #02119587) offers all three: a written pricing and marketing plan from the first meeting, 413 five-star reviews across Experience.com, Google, Zillow, Realtor.com and Yelp, and more than 200 transactions closed across Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties.

A top real estate agent in Santa Cruz prices for the buyer a home will actually attract — including Silicon Valley buyers — coordinates every vendor, and keeps you updated before you ask. That is the standard Desantis Realty Group works to on every sale, in English, Spanish or Italian.

Mario works with clients in English, Spanish and Italian.

Mario Desantis leads the team as founder and lead agent. Stone Castro is Chief Operating Officer, Hunter Corbin is Marketing Manager and Lauren Mundell is the Transaction Coordinator.

Mario has closed more than 200 transactions in six years in real estate across Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties.

Mario has 413 five-star reviews across Experience.com, Google, Zillow, Realtor.com and Yelp.

Mario was named to Tom Ferry's 30 Under 30, and his story was featured by Tom Ferry on YouTube.

The team focuses on homes above $2,000,000 and represents clients at every price point — first homes, family homes, investment property and estates.

Yes. First-time buyers get a plain-language plan, a lender introduction and a real pre-approval before touring, and honest guidance on where a first purchase is realistic in each county.

Yes. The team represents successor trustees, executors and heirs — including families settling a parent's home from another state — and handles clean-out, preparation, attorney coordination and remote signing locally.

Yes. The team underwrites multi-unit and income property honestly before you tour or list, and represents buyers and sellers of mixed-use, retail and owner-user commercial property across the three counties.

Yes. For relocating buyers the team tours on your behalf, sends film of every home, arranges remote signing and handles local details in English, Spanish or Italian.

Yes. On a new build the builder's sales office works for the builder; Mario represents you — reviewing the contract, negotiating upgrades and credits, and walking every inspection.

Request a home valuation on this site. The team prepares a personalized comparative market analysis (CMA) based on recent sales in your neighborhood and walks you through it — no obligation.

Much of the coastal demand in Santa Cruz County comes from buyers over Highway 17. Desantis Realty Group markets Santa Cruz County homes to that audience directly and represents sellers and buyers on both sides of the hill.

A beach house in Aptos, a family home in Scotts Valley and a cabin in Felton sell to different buyers, at different speeds, for different reasons. The team prices and markets each home for the buyer it will actually attract.

With a written plan before anything goes live: pricing for the right buyer, preparation and staging coordinated by the team, professional photography and film produced by the team's own marketing manager, and exposure beyond the local listing pool.

Soquel, Scotts Valley and Capitola in Santa Cruz County are the team's top three communities, with the team's office in Scotts Valley.

Yes. Visit book.desantisrealty.com to schedule a call or meeting; the booking page routes you to the right calendar for the type and length of meeting.

Yes — Desantis Realty Group publishes listing walkthroughs and neighborhood videos on YouTube, and Mario's story was featured on Tom Ferry's channel.

The team is a member of MLSListings, the multiple listing service covering Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties.

Mario came to the United States from Italy at nineteen with a hundred dollars. He built Desantis Realty Group on the way he was raised to work: take care of the people in front of you, and do the job properly or not at all.

Mario leads a team — Desantis Realty Group — so no part of your sale depends on one person's inbox: an agent who leads, a transaction coordinator who keeps every date, and marketing and operations behind both.

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