Rob Pelayo, Sunnyvale Realtor & certified home inspector

A background very few agents can match

I am a certified InterNACHI home inspector who evaluates properties from foundation to roof every single week, and a former residential and commercial electrician who spent years wiring everything from 300-plus-unit luxury apartment complexes to Silicon Valley data centers and tech campuses, including Intel, Google, Qualcomm, Intuitive Surgical, and Supermicro labs. Very few agents anywhere in the Bay Area bring that combination to the table.

That construction background is a real dollars-and-cents advantage for my clients. Most agents can hand you an inspection report; I can actually read one. I will tell you which findings are cosmetic, which are five-figure problems, and which point to work that was never done to code. I spot cost-cutting, weak craftsmanship, and hidden red flags that other agents miss, protecting buyers from expensive surprises and helping sellers prepare strategically before they list.

I specialize in helping first-time home buyers and sellers, and I work with the responsiveness, honesty, and no-pressure approach my clients consistently praise. I treat every transaction as its own project, reverse-engineering the steps to get you to the closing table, and I lean on a deep network of lenders, contractors, and developers built over years in the trades. That network also gives my clients early insight into new Bay Area developments, often months or years before they break ground.

Having lived across California's South Bay for over 20 years, including Palo Alto and Santa Clara and now Sunnyvale, I know these neighborhoods block by block. I serve Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Cupertino, Los Altos, and the greater Bay Area, and I know the best coffee shops, restaurants, schools, dog parks, and hidden amenities in each.