The biggest financial decision of your life deserves more than vibes.
Most agents ask you to trust their “market knowledge” and “negotiation strategy” — and never have to prove either one. Our clients get the analysis in writing, and two brokers who walk them through every page of it.
Nick walks through a real market analysis — every number explained.
90-second walkthrough · coming soon
Clark County, WA · Buyers & Sellers · Move-up buyers, sellers & complex transactions · Nick & Dave on every client, start to finish
Every client gets the work in writing. Here’s what that looks like.
These aren’t add-ons or upgrades. This is the standard package — the tools we built because our clients kept asking questions the industry couldn’t answer honestly without them.
The Market Analysis
What listing at $875,000 instead of $899,000 does to your timeline
A custom, interactive market analysis for your specific home — including our prediction of how many days it will sit on the market at different price points. Not a Zestimate with a logo on it. Not three comps and a shrug.
We built this because “price it right” isn’t advice — it’s a slogan. You deserve to see the trade-offs yourself.
The Weekly Report
Every buyer through your door. What their agent said. What we did about it.
Sellers get a written report every week: every showing, the feedback from every buyer’s agent, and a log of the follow-up work we did on your behalf. You will never have to wonder what’s happening with your house.
This exists because “any updates?” shouldn’t be a question you have to ask your own agent.
The Offer Strategy Report
How much to offer without guessing
Before you write an offer, you’ll see the competitive picture in writing: what the data says, what we’d do, and why.
Built for the moment your gut and the market disagree.
The Calculators
Whether this move actually makes sense — including when it doesn’t
We built our own financial tools from scratch to help you honestly evaluate your situation: what you’d net, what you’d carry, whether the math works.
Sometimes the right answer is stay put. Our tools are allowed to say so.
Run your own numbers. Right now, right here.
No email required. No call scheduled. No one will follow up. If it’s useful, good — that was the point. The strategy call is simply more of this, applied to your exact situation by the two of us.
Your inputs
Buying is ahead
At year 10 in Clark County, owning nets $9,414 more than renting and investing — after every tax on both sides.
Three steps. No pressure at any of them.
A free 20-minute strategy call.
No pitch. We ask about your situation; you ask us anything.
A written Engagement Proposal.
Your exact scope, your exact fee, and one sentence explaining why it’s the fee. The number in the proposal is the number — we don’t negotiate it, and you’ll have it before you sign anything.
You decide. On your timeline.
Worst case, you leave the call with better questions to ask whoever you hire.
You get both of us. Every client, every time.
No junior agent. No transaction coordinator standing in. No “your agent will circle back.” On a decision this size, you get the two people whose names are on the door — from the first call to the closing table.
Nick Aufenkamp
Founder & Broker
Grew up in Vancouver and built The Tartan Team around a simple conviction: the client should be able to check the work. Quoted in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on buyer representation reform. Writes independently at Realtor Gone Rogue.
Dave Miller
Broker · Construction & Inspection Expertise
A master electrician, carpenter, and seasoned house flipper who brings a builder’s eye to every transaction — the foundation crack behind the drywall, the panel that needs replacing, the renovation that’s cosmetic vs. the one that’s structural. That judgment has saved clients tens of thousands of dollars.
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Featured listings
Homes we’re actively representing across Clark County and SW Washington — real photos, full details, and a direct line to schedule a private tour.
You should talk to two or three agents before hiring anyone. Including us.
Here are seven questions worth asking every one of them. Ask us these on the strategy call. Ask everyone else too. The answers separate real representation from a nice personality.
- 1Will you put your exact fee and scope in writing before I sign anything?
- 2Can I see a sample of the market analysis you’d prepare for me?
- 3How do you decide what a home is worth — and what’s your track record on pricing?
- 4Have you ever advised a client to walk away from a deal? What happened?
- 5Who, exactly, will I be working with — and what gets handed off to someone else?
- 6How will I know what you’re actually doing each week?
- 7What happens if I want out of our agreement?
Book a free strategy call.
Twenty minutes. You’ll leave with a written proposal — exact scope, exact fee — and zero obligation. Interview us first or last; either way, you’ll know exactly what you’d be getting before you commit to anything.
Book a Strategy CallNot looking for full representation? We also founded DIY Homebuyer Academy — education for people who want to run their own purchase. If that’s you, start there. No hard feelings; we built it for exactly that.