High-net-worth buyers and sellers in the $3M–$30M+ tier on the SF Peninsula and parts of Silicon Valley — Palo Alto, Atherton, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, and Cupertino. We are bilingual (English and Mandarin), and a meaningful share of our business is cross-border.
Yes. Marie Wang and Kevin Mo personally run every engagement — strategy, listing, negotiation, close. We deliberately stay small. There is no junior agent handoff at this firm.
No. MK Group serves any serious buyer or seller in the Bay Area high-value market regardless of language or background. Our Mandarin and English fluency is an operational advantage for clients with cross-border complexity, but the advisory is built for anyone who values clear, data-grounded guidance on a high-stakes transaction.
The structural difference is founder-level service. Marie and Kevin personally run every engagement — no junior agent handoff, no transaction coordinator standing in. The bilingual and cross-border operational depth (FinCEN BOI, KYC, RSU/pre-IPO collateral, China-timezone responsiveness) is built in, not outsourced. On the demand side, our combined audience reach — 68K+ YouTube subscribers across @MarieWang and @KevinMoRE, plus a multi-platform Chinese-language presence on Xiaohongshu and WeChat — gives sellers access to a buyer pool large teams typically don't have native access to. Trade-off: we stay small by design, so we're selective about engagements.
Full-service. Pre-listing prep (staging, repair triage, photography), pricing strategy, marketing, negotiation, escrow management, and post-close follow-through. For sellers we typically engage 8–10 weeks before list.
We start with hard ZIP-level comps (the same dataset behind our public market briefings), then layer the buyer-pool dynamics that operate at $5M, $10M, $20M+ specifically. The pricing call is made before list, not after.
2026 H1 is a tiered market: the $5M+ luxury tier is up materially in volume (AI/IPO liquidity returning), while the mid-tier $1.5M–$3M segment is rate-sensitive and slower. Typical timeline from signing the listing agreement to close: 8–12 weeks. We allocate 4–6 weeks of pre-listing prep (staging, repair triage, photography), 1–3 weeks on market collecting offers, and 30 days of escrow. For luxury sellers we strongly recommend 8–10 weeks of pre-listing work — the difference between a thoughtful prep cycle and a rushed one shows up directly in final price.
Sources: MLS / Zillow Research / MK Group internal records · as of 2026 Q1
Roughly 15–25% of the Peninsula's most desirable estates trade without ever appearing on the MLS. We work the relationships — listing agents, attorneys, family offices, neighbors who have signaled intent — to source these for our buyer clients before, or instead of, the public market.
Sources: MLS / Zillow Research / MK Group internal records · as of 2026 Q1
As of 2026 Q1, GreatSchools 10/10 districts cluster in Palo Alto Unified, Cupertino Union, Los Altos, Saratoga, and the Fremont Mission/Lynbrook feeder. Rough budget tiers: $2M–$3M opens parts of Cupertino and Fremont's strongest feeders; $3M–$5M reaches Palo Alto and Los Altos mid-tier; $5M+ unlocks Atherton, Hillsborough, West Menlo Park, and Crescent Park in Palo Alto. Beyond the score, what matters is feeder pattern (elementary → middle → high), block-level boundaries, and the school's recent trajectory. We've placed 200+ families this way and can match by budget + child age. School district budget guide →
Sources: GreatSchools / California School Dashboard / MK Group internal records · as of 2026 Q1
Yes. We have repeat experience with reverse and standard 1031 structures, including identifying replacement properties under the 45-day window in tight Peninsula inventory.
⚠️ This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Consult a qualified tax attorney or CPA for your situation.
Reach Marie or Kevin directly (see Contact). A founder-prepared market review for your property — comps, condition strategy, list-price range — is delivered within 48 hours.
Operationally. We coordinate FinCEN BOI filings, wire compliance, bank KYC, RSU and pre-IPO equity as collateral, and China-timezone responsiveness. The complex part of the deal happens in the operations, not in the property tour.
⚠️ This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Consult a qualified tax attorney or CPA for your situation.
Often, yes. We work with several Bay Area private banks comfortable underwriting tech compensation. The structure depends on company stage, lockup status, and your specific risk profile — we can map the options on a call.
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A 30-minute pre-advisory call with Marie or Kevin is free. If we proceed to representation, our fees are a market-rate listing or buyer commission — disclosed and explained up front.
Keller Williams Realty. Office: 19900 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 100, Cupertino, CA 95014. Marie DRE# 02110980, Kevin DRE# 02127623. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Our /en/market section publishes monthly, ZIP-level data for all seven cities we cover. The figures are sourced from Zillow Research and Redfin Data Center (single-family residential filtered) and synced automatically each week.
Sources: MLS / Zillow Research / MK Group internal records · as of 2026 Q1