About Mark Burns

Mark Burns, one of the top real estate professionals in Silicon Valley offers the best support and experience in buying and selling residential real estate.

I have extensive experience and have been involved in hundreds of transactions that have included:

• 1031 Exchanges
• Sales involving Trusts
• Prop 60 and Prop 90 tax transfers
• Partnerships
• LLP and LLC 
• Rental property and non-owner occupied
• Move-up, downsize, lifestyle change, retirement, first home, etc.

I utilize the latest technology to stay in touch with clients before, during, and after the transaction. I respond (usually in less than an hour) to voicemail, email, texts and I answer the phone when it rings too.

Over 1000 sales in Silicon Valley since I was originally licensed in 1985 including single family, condominium, townhouse, duplex, multi-family, and land. The smallest home I’ve sold was 500 square feet and the largest was over 7000 square feet.

I am considered an expert in both the California Association of Realtors and PRDS purchase contracts and supported documents. I have served as President of PRDS (the contracts and documents subsidiary of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors) for 11 years and on their Board of Directors and Standard Forms Committee for more than 15 years. I have served 3 years on the California Association of Realtors Standard Forms Committee.

My commitment to the community is important as well. I currently serve on two Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committees to oversee School Bonds for Fremont Union High School District and Cupertino Union School District. Together; these two committees oversee $700M in upgrades and improvements to our local schools. I have served as Chair for both these committees.

I created the ‘Realtors Support 'CEEF' (Cupertino Educational Endowment Fund) and ‘Realtors Support Sunnyvale Schools’ and ‘Realtors Support Santa Clara Schools’ programs designed to enable agents to donate $250 per transaction to these school foundations.

I was awarded Alumnus of the Year for Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose for 20 years of work dedicated to providing book scholarships for students on financial aid.

I am a recipient of the Fremont Union High School District Friend of Education award for 20 years of support and service. Each year I present the SilVAR Scholarship Award at Lynbrook High School. 

I was a member of Cupertino Rotary for 24 years, Director for the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce for 13 years, have graduated from Leadership Cupertino, been President of the Silicon Valley Realtors and Homeowner’s Political Action Committee (trustee for 20 years), and twice been the recipient of the SilVAR Most Charitable Realtor Award chosen from 4000+ members once each year.

Sponsor / Contributor / Volunteer:

• Cupertino Education Endowment Foundation
• Archbishop Mitty High School Golf Tournament Committee
• West Valley Community Services
• Sunnyvale Community Services
• Housing Industry Foundation 

Production:

For the past 35 years I have been ranked in the top 2% for each of the large brokerages I have worked for as a real estate agent (Contempo, Seville, Coldwell Banker, Referral Realty). My areas of expertise are: Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Willow Glen, Santa Clara, Campbell, Rose Garden, Downtown, Cambrian. 

In the past 5 years I have sold homes from Scotts Valley to San Carlos, Menlo Park to Morgan Hill, but most of my production comes from the West Valley area (highway 880 west to the foothills). I have sold more than 900 houses, townhouses, and multi-family properties in Silicon Valley.

Community Affiliations, Professional Affiliations and Distinctions: 

I have served as Director for the Cupertino/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara weekly broker's meeting for 30+ years. I am a past President for the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors and a past director for the California Association of Realtors. 

I have also served as Chairperson of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors and Homeowners Political Action Committee (now known as the Legislative Action Committee). 

I am a former director and past President of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce (13 years on the board) and President of PRDS Forms for the past 12 years. 

Member of: 

• Silicon Valley Association of Realtors® 
• California Association of Realtors®
• National Association of Realtors®

These are the normal Trade Associations in which a residential sales agent maintains membership.

• Past President Silicon Valley Association of Realtors® -- 2007
• SilVAR Realtor® of the Year – 2006
• Licensed since 1985 DRE/BRE #00896552 - Over 1000 homes sold in Silicon Valley

Additional:

• President, PRDS 2008 - 2022 (PRDS produces the contracts, addenda, and forms used by Realtors® throughout the South Bay Area)
• President of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors® (SilVAR) 2007
• Member, Board of Directors, SilVAR 17 of the past 22 years.
• President, SilVAR PAC 2000 (Political Action Committee)
• Trustee, SilVAR PAC 1998-2013 and 2014-2018
• Realtor® of the Year for SilVAR 2006
• Recipient of the SilVAR Community Involvement Award (2 times)
• Past Hearing Officer and Member (5 years) of the Professional Standards and Arbitration Committee for the San Jose Real Estate Board (Now SCCAOR)
• Past Chair and current member of the SilVAR Tour Policy and Sign Ordinance committee.
• Tour Director for the Sunnyvale/Cupertino/Santa Clara weekly broker-agent meeting 1987-2020 – over 1200 meetings.
• Region 9 (28 in California) Chair for the California Association of Realtors® 2009
• Certified Negotiation Expert
• Past President, Vice President, and board member (13 years) of The Cupertino Chamber of Commerce 1993-2005