Relocate Between Florida and California
Two homes, two markets, two clocks - and usually two agents who never speak to each other.
We are licensed on both coasts and run both markets on one dataset. The sale in Miami and the purchase in the Bay Area - or the reverse - are planned on one calendar by one advisor, so you are not paying for two homes, or living in none.
Why two agents make one expensive move
- Each agent optimises their own closing. The seller's agent wants the sale now; the buyer's agent wants the offer now; nobody owns the sequence.
- The two markets are not the same shape. In Miami-Dade the true time from first listing to closing is about four months. In the hottest San Francisco districts, single-family homes go in 10 days, four of five over asking. (Miami-Dade · n = 49,574 · Noe Valley, SF · n = 126)
- Get the order wrong and you carry two mortgages, or sell and rent, or write contingent offers in a market that ignores them.
- The "referral to someone good over there" is a name, not a plan - and the referring agent's interest ends at the referral fee.
- Cross-state moves carry tax and residency questions that need your CPA in the loop from the start, not at closing.
How every engagement runs – the same six steps, whatever the goal.
AI does the analytical work. Licensed specialists do the licensed acts. A licensed broker owns every recommendation.
Define
A 30-minute free consultation: where from, where to, budget on both sides, the date that matters (job, school, lease).
Sign
One relationship, two agreements as the law requires (12 months in Florida; three months in California, renewed in writing). No upfront fee.
Analyse
Core AnalysisThe two-market calendar: expected time to sell in your departure segment against expected time to win in your destination segment, and the three sequences - sell first, buy first, bridge - with what each costs in carry, contingency and risk.
Then the full analysis on each side: pricing and listing strategy for the sale, the bid curve or the building report and offer range for the purchase.
Decide
The decision session: the sequence and both plans; you choose, we own the math. Tax and residency items are flagged for your CPA - we don't advise on them.
Execute
A licensed specialist on each coast, each selected on comparable closings and under agreement with us before you meet; one analyst across both transactions; we stay in both deals to closing.
Score
Both recommendations are logged and scored against the outcomes.
Example: the two clocks, and the order they impose
Sequencing a cross-coast move starts with one question: which side takes longer? The two clocks from our data, and what each direction implies.
| South Florida - Miami-Dade, all residential | San Francisco - hottest single-family districts | |
|---|---|---|
| Time on market | ≈ 4 months from first listing to closing (near double the portal clock) | 10 days |
| What happens to listings | 46% never sold | 81% sold over asking; median 26% over |
| The decision on this side | The price, and the discipline to hold it | The bid, and the risk you accept to win |
- Moving Miami → San Francisco: the sale is the long pole and the purchase is fast and competitive. List first; bid once the sale is under contract; know your walk-away bid before offer day.
- Moving San Francisco → Miami: the sale is fast and the purchase can be patient. Sell first, then choose the building and the offer with the full report rather than under time pressure.
- Bridge: carrying both for a period costs money but removes the contingency; the calendar prices that against the other two sequences.
The calendar for your two segments - with the cost of each sequence - is built inside the agreements.
Miami-Dade County · all residential listings · n = 49,574 · Big Data Realty spell-reconstruction study · Noe Valley, SF · single-family · Aug 2025–Aug 2026 · n = 126 · Big Data Realty analysis of MLS closings
Here, and inside the agreement
| On this page (public) | Inside your agreement |
|---|---|
| The two segment clocks | Your sequence, with the cost of each option |
| The method | The full sale analysis and the full purchase analysis, one advisor across both |
| Aggregates with sample size | Two specialists selected on evidence; both recommendations logged and scored |
Why the split: Licensed MLS data can be analysed for a client we represent, not published.
What changes
| A traditional agent | Big Data Realty | |
|---|---|---|
| Who plans the move | Two agents who never speak | One licensee across both transactions |
| The sequence | Each closing optimised separately | One calendar, three sequences costed |
| The other coast | "Someone good over there" | A specialist selected on comparable closings, under agreement before you meet |
| After the move | Nothing | Both engagements logged and scored |
No upfront fee. Analysis is delivered inside a written representation agreement - 12 months in Florida; in California, three months, renewed in writing. The specialist who executes is under agreement with us before we introduce them. Full terms are in the agreement you sign.
Tell us where you're going
Thirty minutes with the broker. We work with households moving between South Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area with a sale or purchase of $750K+ in Florida and $1M+ in California, in areas our data covers.