Complicated Process
Made Simple.
I represent international buyers in Cascais and Sintra, from your first questions about Portugal to long after you hold the keys.
The town comes first
You are choosing a town before you choose a house. Where you buy bread, how long the school run takes. Tell me how you want a Tuesday to look and I will bring you the four houses that fit it.
I hold a US real estate licence and a Portuguese passport, and I work in two towns. When your lawyer sends a contract in Portuguese at eleven at night, you have someone to call.
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Example Listing 1
Four bedrooms, a walled garden, and ten minutes on foot from the bay. €1,450,000
Example Listing 2
A restored quinta on the Serra road, with the original stonework kept. €2,300,000
Example Listing 3
Single storey and south facing, with the pool set away from the house. €1,150,000
Example Listing 4
Two floors above the seafront, rebuilt in 2021 down to the frame. €3,600,000
Example Listing 5
A smaller house on a large plot, sheltered from the wind by the trees. €985,000
Example Listing 6
Walled and gated, on a quiet lane, with room to add a guest house. €1,780,000
Your Tour Guide to Peace
Every buyer asks the same things in the first week. Where are the schools, how far is the sea, and what is actually for sale.
Example listings. Pin positions are approximate and placed for demonstration.
Cascais & Sintra
Thirty minutes separate them. Cascais faces the Atlantic, and you can cross the whole town on foot. Sintra sits under the Serra, wooded and cooler by several degrees.
Cascais
International schools and the sea at the end of the street
Sintra
Old quintas and gardens, cooler than the coast
Estoril & the Coast
Wide avenues and a fast train into Lisbon
What you hire me for
- 01
Luxury Property Buying
I sit on your side of the table. I will tell you when a house is overpriced, and I negotiate in Portuguese so the seller's agent has no advantage.
- 02
Property Sales & Marketing
I prepare and photograph the house before it goes near a portal, then take it to the buyers already looking in your street. If you would rather nobody knew, we sell it quietly.
- 03
International Buyer & Relocation Advisory
Schools, doctors, banks, and a lawyer who will read your contract line by line. I introduce you to the people I use myself.
- 04
Real Estate Investment Advisory
Before you commit, you see the rental figures for that street and a builder's estimate for the roof.
Oklahoma, then Cascais
I have held a real estate licence in Oklahoma since 2019. Before that I ran a remodeling company, which is where I learned what a contractor means by "two weeks" and how to keep a deal alive when the survey comes back badly.
The Portuguese half of my family came first. I know what an American buyer expects from an agent, and I know what a Portuguese notary expects from a buyer. I spend most of my time translating between the two.
Read My StoryNotes on Portugal
Neighbourhood guides and market notes, written for people who are two years away from moving.
Read the Journal- Jul 14, 2026
Cascais or Sintra? How to decide
Most buyers arrive having already chosen, then spend a week here and change their minds. Compare the weather, the driving and what a roof costs.
- Jun 2, 2026
Buying in Portugal, in the order it happens
Tax number, bank account, lawyer, offer, promissory contract, deed. American buyers tend to learn this sequence halfway through, which is the expensive way to learn it.
- Apr 21, 2026
Seven questions to answer before you move to Portugal
Seven questions I ask on the first call. Your answers pick the town, set the budget, and decide whether you should rent for a year first.
Tell me what you're imagining
The first call costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Some of my clients booked one two years before they bought.
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