One Agent, One Market: San Jose
Type "commercial real estate agent San Jose" into a search bar and you'll mostly get two things: national brokerage directories and residential agents who dabble. Neither helps when you're trying to underwrite a flex building on Ringwood Avenue or figure out whether a Willow Glen retail parcel pencils at today's rents.
I do one thing: commercial property in San Jose and the surrounding Silicon Valley cities, in the $1 million to $20 million range where private investors, family partnerships and owner-user businesses actually transact. No listings in Fresno, no side hustle in houses — just Santa Clara County commercial real estate, every day.
My phone number starts with (408) because I'm here. When a deal needs eyes on the roof, a walk of the electrical room, or a 7 a.m. meeting with a city inspector, that happens the same week — often the same day.
What I Do for Buyers and Sellers
Acquisition Representation
Deal sourcing (on- and off-market), underwriting sanity checks, offer strategy and negotiation through close — for every Silicon Valley commercial product type.
Remote Buyer Program
My specialty: out-of-state investors buy San Jose property sight-unseen-but-fully-seen — live video walkthroughs, local vendor coordination, and a documented diligence trail.
1031 Exchange Acquisitions
Deadline-driven replacement-property searches built around your 45- and 180-day clocks, targeting San Jose assets that match your exchange math.
Disposition & Marketing
Pricing your San Jose property against real comps, then exposing it to the Valley's unusually deep pool of local, institutional and international buyers.
Owner-User Purchases
Helping operating businesses stop renting and buy their building — SBA-friendly deal structuring and site selection across the South Bay.
Investment Analysis
Cap rate, cash-on-cash, rent-roll stress tests and value-add scenarios, so the decision rests on arithmetic rather than adrenaline.
The Submarkets I Work
San Jose isn't one market — it's a dozen. Downtown office behaves nothing like Berryessa small-bay industrial or Santana Row-adjacent retail. Start with the overview tiles below, or read the full submarket guide.
Why Out-of-State Money Keeps Choosing Silicon Valley
Investors from Texas, Florida, Arizona and beyond call me for the same handful of reasons:
- Tenant quality. The employer base — chipmakers, AI labs, defense tech, med device, and the thousands of suppliers orbiting them — produces credit tenants and resilient occupancy that secondary metros can't match.
- Structural scarcity. Santa Clara County is largely built out. Small-bay industrial and R&D/flex stock keeps shrinking as older parks get redeveloped, which protects owners of what remains.
- The AI absorption story. After the remote-work trough, AI and hardware companies have been taking down Valley office and lab space again — a demand tailwind you can't find in most office markets nationally.
- 1031 depth. Enough transaction volume across product types that exchange buyers can realistically identify and close inside their deadlines.
- Long-horizon land value. Even the least glamorous San Jose industrial parcel sits on some of the most supply-constrained dirt in the country.
If that's the thesis you're chasing from another time zone, read how the remote purchase process actually works.
Questions People Actually Search
How do I find a commercial real estate agent in San Jose who actually specializes in commercial?
Screen for three things: full-time commercial focus, transaction history in your product type, and real Santa Clara County submarket knowledge. I work San Jose commercial exclusively — office, R&D/flex, industrial, retail and 5+ unit multifamily, $1M–$20M. The fastest test is a phone call: (408) 417-3393.
Can I buy commercial property in San Jose if I don't live in California?
Yes — it's my core specialty. I run live video walkthroughs, coordinate inspectors and contractors locally, manage the escrow calendar, and set up remote signing so the whole acquisition closes without you flying out. Details on the out-of-state buyers page.
How much does commercial property cost in San Jose?
Roughly: small retail condos and older strip parcels from about $1M; freestanding industrial, flex and stabilized multifamily typically $2M–$15M; larger office and multi-tenant assets above that. I concentrate on the $1M–$20M band where private capital transacts.
Is San Jose industrial and R&D space really that hard to find?
Genuinely, yes. Decades of redevelopment have removed small-bay stock while almost none has been built back. Functional buildings under 30,000 SF in Berryessa, North San Jose and Edenvale are structurally scarce — which is exactly why owning one is attractive.
How does the AI boom affect San Jose commercial real estate?
AI and the hardware ecosystem around it have been re-absorbing Valley office and R&D space, pulling vacancy off its post-2020 highs and putting a premium on power-rich, lab-capable buildings. It's a tenant-demand engine most metros don't have.
Can a 1031 buyer really identify a San Jose property within 45 days?
Yes, if the search starts before your relinquished sale closes. I build the target list early, pre-screen on- and off-market candidates, and sequence offers around your identification and closing deadlines.
Why does a (408) number matter when hiring an agent?
Because it means your agent is physically in the market — able to walk a roof today, meet an inspector tomorrow, and hear about off-market opportunities through local relationships rather than a listing feed.