Mark Velasco --Sharpstone Realty’s Top Producer for the last 5 years and I was recruited to West Shores Realty as a Broker Associate. I believe in building positive relationships based on integrity, communication and top notch results. 99% of the people that work with me become life-long clients because they are more than a paycheck to me. I take their goals and dreams as if they were my own. Real estate is my passion and my purpose and I would love to work with you.
Your goals are my priority, and I specialize in getting you the best result. To me, you’re more than a client - you’re a partner, and we’re in this together!
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Selling your home in this market is something that requires expert skills and proper guidance. Having a strategy to get top dollar for your home is extremely important. That is why I invest in everything from proper marketing to professional photography to ensure that you get more for your home.
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"Mark was very helpful and knowledgeable when it came to the real estate business. Definitely recommend to anyone trying to purchase a first -time home."
"We were extremely lucky to have found Mark Velasco. As a result of his hard work, we found our dream home. He unhesitatingly followed up on every lead that we came up with as well as properties that h… Read Moree found for us. He always responded to our calls and made time to show us properties that we were interested in viewing.
We count him as a friend and would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone who is interested in his services as a professional." Read Less
"After going thru a few agents a friend recommended me Mark Velasco. Mark was the best thing that could’ve happened for me and my family. Thanks to mark we were able to obtain our dream home in the cit… Read Morey of Pico Rivera. I highly recommend Mark to anyone looking to buy or sell. Once again thank you so much Mark." Read Less
"Mark helped us find a home in Palmdale Ca. He is very helpful and knowlegeable, he very nice and works with you giving good advice when looking for a house."
"Mark was patient with us and helped up buy a dream house. I have since referred him to 2 family members and he helped them buy their house. He also helped us sell a house. One is the nicest and patien… Read Moret guys in the world. He is trustworthy and no hard sales" Read Less
"Mark Velasco is an exceptional real estate agent. When buying my first home in La Mirada, California he did a phenomenal job walking me through the home purchasing process. He is knowledgeable, honest… Read More and responsive. He looked out for my best interest and made sure that he met my needs on what I was looking for in a home. I could not ask for a more professional, smooth and positive experience. I highly recommend you use Mark Velasco when selling or buying a home and take advantage of this excellent agent who is knowledgeable and truly practice “service above self.” You have my won my loyalty." Read Less
"Mark is a really down to earth guy who wants whatbis best for you and your family. He doesnt pressure you and will help you with anything along the whole way. Would definately recomend him."
"What with the mortgage rate hikes we just couldn't sell our home, but we needed to move to be close to our daughter's school; we simply could not do the one-hour drive twice a day any more.
After try… Read Moreing other realtors with no success, we found Mark when we went to one of the open houses that he was hosting in the neigborhood we wanted to move to.
Just from the way Mark was marketing the house that he was selling we knew that he was an experienced and successful realtor.
Mark helped us to focus on the outcome that was best for us, and he sold our home for a cash offer! No need to worry about those rate hikes!
We really could not have done it without him. Mark was considerate, kind, helpful, and never devalued our home simply because the market had gotten tougher for sellers.
Thanks so much Mark! We're not missing that one-hour drive at all!" Read Less
"As first time homebuyers, it was important for us to choose a dedicated person to help us purchase our first home. That is exactly what we got with Mark Velasco. We were worried about our first time b… Read Moreig purchase and he made us feel heard. He took the time to see many many houses with us and placing multiple offers. We finally found our home in Pomona, Ca and we couldn’t be happier. We appreciate how much Mark Continues to check in on us every after selling us the home. Years later he continues to be part of our family. We appreciate the work he did for us. If you are planning to buy a home please please go with mark you won’t be disappointed." Read Less
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customhomesearches.com
August 17, 2023
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
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Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
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We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to