Nevada County, California

Looking for a REALTOR® in Nevada County?

Here is what I actually do, what I am actually good at, and how to judge me against anyone else you are considering.

Every agent website in this county says the same four things: local expert, hard worker, great communicator, puts clients first. None of it is checkable, which is why none of it helps you choose. So here are the things about me that you can verify, and then the things I am genuinely better at than the alternative.

15 years

U.S. Air Force, separating as a Master Sergeant (E-7)

Since the 1970s

My family's roots in Nevada County. I grew up here

5.0

Across 25 client reviews posted publicly on Google

Alta Sierra

Where I live, and where I sponsor the neighborhood alliance

REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty in Grass Valley. California DRE #02246897. I work Nevada County and into Placer, residential and commercial.

What I am actually better at

Three things, rather than everything

VA and military buyers

I served fifteen years and I have been on the buying end of a PCS. More usefully, I know which foothill houses will fail a VA appraisal and why — wells, septic, wood stoves as sole heat. Most of the VA advice online is written by lenders about the loan. The loan is the easy part.

Rural and acreage property

Private wells, unrecorded septic, unpermitted additions, defensible space, fire hazard zones and whether you can insure the thing at all. In this county those are not edge cases, they are most of the inventory above a couple of acres.

Alta Sierra

I live there. I sponsor the Alta Sierra Neighborhood Alliance and I am a member. When I tell you what a street is like, or which lots drain badly, it is because I drive past them.

Things I am not the right call for: if you want a large team with a transaction coordinator handing you between four people, that exists and some people prefer it. I work my own deals, with a transaction coordinator behind me on contracts and deadlines. You get me on the phone.

Judge for yourself

How to pick an agent here, including if it isn't me

I wrote these before I had any reason to think you were reading them. They are the questions I would ask if I were hiring someone in this market, and the answers do not all point at me.

How to choose a REALTOR® in Nevada County Finding the best agent in Grass Valley Finding the top agent in Alta Sierra Read all 18 client reviews, unedited My verified facts, in one place Is this a buyer's or a seller's market?

“Mike helped us sell a property in Grass Valley, that we had been trying to move for years. His thoroughness, market knowledge, and perseverance were truly unprecedented.”

Sandy Knight · Seller, Grass Valley

Where I work

Nevada County and the towns around it

Grass Valley Nevada City Alta Sierra Penn Valley Lake Wildwood Lake of the Pines Beale AFB and PCS moves All of Nevada County

Current market figures, updated monthly

Grass Valley market trends Nevada City market trends Alta Sierra market trends

I pull those from MetroList myself every month rather than repeating county-wide or national summaries. You are welcome to use them whether or not you ever call me.

Start with a conversation, not a contract

Tell me what you are trying to do and roughly when. I will tell you what I think it takes, and whether I am the right person for it. No pressure and no pitch.

Contact Mike

Mike Faulkenberry · REALTOR®, Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty
U.S. Air Force veteran · DRE #02246897 · (530) 270-9219