So Cal Real Estate News

Hi! I’m David Emerson, and I’m the lead writer for SoCalRealEstateNews. My business partner and son-in-law, Blair Newman, is my co-writer. Two generations at your service!

We’re both So Cal natives who love Southern California, real estate, and helping people make sense of today’s ever changing market.

We both have worked as both educators and Realtors. We have well over thirty years combined real estate experience. Between us we’ve sold over 500 properties and won over 100 awards, including 5 “Agent of the Year” awards. One of our most recent compliments was a very gracious commendation from one of Redfin’s best writers (”A Realtor We Can Trust“).

We enjoy combining our educational and real estate backgrounds, and between us we’ve teach dozens of one-day seminars for local communities and non-profits. These include “How to Sell Your Home for Top Dollar in 30 Days,” “How to Move Up to Your Dream Home,” “Fixers, Foreclosures, and Fantasies,” and “Insider Tips for Home Buyers.”

Having lived and worked here for a long time, we now serve a large area including West Orange County and Southeast Los Angeles County. That includes Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Cypress, Norwalk, Bellflower, Cerritos, Paramount, Garden Grove, and surrounding communities. We’ve developed a network of agents we can refer clients to throughout California and also through much of the nation.

Blair has both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Education from Biola University in La Mirada. I attended Biola for two years before graduating cum laude from UCLA. I later received a Master’s in Administration magna cum laude from Pepperdine University. I also have over two decades of experience as a real estate investor, landlord, and occasional “flipper,” and I’ve coordinated dozens of 1031 exchanges for our investor clients.

Even after I earned my broker’s license 25 years ago, I stayed with the same office of the same large, regional firm. Today Blair and I still have the same office, owner, manager and company as I started with. They are now an affiliate of Prudential California Realty. (As much as we like our franchise and our company, that’s not the way to pick an agent. In fact, it’s # 6 in our “Top Ten Ways Not to Pick an Agent“)

SoCalRealEstateNews is here to answer your questions, listen to your feedback, and give you a front row view of what’s going on in the Southern California real estate market today, with the perspective of our combined experience.

We try to answer any questions posted as comments here within 8 hours, or directly to your private e-mail, if requested.

We can also be contacted directly at 562.822.7653 (Dave–822-SOLD) or 562.822.6534 (Blair).

You can also click here to go to our regular website.