Made in Malibu—the coveted enclave’s top agent Chris Cortazzo on the joys of fatherhood, soy lattes and the power of a good laugh.
Bryn Stroyke & Robb Stroyke are embracing the shifting waves of real estate for over 35 years. Adaptation, after all is the key to survival. In the real estate world, the question is how to ride out a changing landscape while tending to the core of one’s business.
Real estate markets change! Having been through 2 massive market downturns, 1990 & 2008. Here are tips on selling your home in any market condition.
After moving to the Emerald Island in the mid-1980s in pursuit of good waves, he took note of the island’s superb growing conditions and set up an organic farm on a 50-acre tract of land minutes from his office at Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers.
Working together as a trio adds up to a sum greater than its parts. Each Altamura brings strengths that benefit the running of the Altamura Real Estate Group, which offers everything from traditional real estate duties to property development.
During Alex Abad’s time in real estate, the bulk of which has been focused in El Segundo, the place he’s called home for over 30 years, Abad’s been a bright light in welcoming new companies to the charmed coastal town (over 200 have come to El Segundo in last few years alone).
When DIGS last spoke with Cindy Ambuehl she was smoothly multitasking, being interviewed while doing her hair and ironing out last-minute details for her event. The occasion? A party at one of her listings, a sleek Brentwood home on North Tigertail with a price tag just shy of $11 million.
“I have a very casual way about me,” says Dan O’Connor. “I think it has a lot to do with growing up in a family where real estate was the lifestyle.”
For success to be sustained, it must always evolve. At Kaminsky Real Estate Group, the agent’s longtime base camp, there’s been a beefing up of marketing staff. “It’s to better serve our seller clients,” Kaminsky says, “but it dovetails into taking care of our buyer clients. It will snowball into really great things for both sides.”
Charlie Raine and Bill Ruth have enjoyed a fruitful partnership as hometown agents. Real estate agent Carissa Wright and her husband were looking for a house in Palos Verdes and connected with Charlie and Bill. Impressed by her real estate savvy, they asked her to join Ruth & Raine.
The Beach Cities real estate community came together to celebrate and honor Jack Gillespie and Arnold Goldstein with “Lifetime Achievement Awards in Beach Cities Real Estate.”
