Agoura Hills buyers shop streets and schools as closely as they shop square footage, so this 1978 four-bedroom was put in front of the families already circling the neighborhood rather than broadcast at the market generally. Gary set a number the appraisal could carry and held it through a quiet stretch instead of reaching for a reduction. Thirty active days later the home closed at $1,249,000 — within $900 of the $1,249,900 asking price, or 99.9% of list.