2026Closed
2212 Anthony Drive
Ventura · Ventura County
Represented Seller & Buyer
3 BD1 BA1,000 SF
$780K
The practice
Undivided expertise and fiduciary duty — for every client.
For twenty-five years I’ve built this practice around a small circle of clients who care about what I care about: a property’s condition, its provenance, its numbers, and its true market value. Most agents build for volume. I built for the opposite — each transaction handled methodically, nothing rushed, nothing delegated. I don’t take every engagement to hit a number. I take the right ones.
The result is the only metric I track: almost every engagement arrives by referral, or from a client I’ve already represented.
25+
Years representing Southern California
5.0
★ average · realtor.com reviews
Day 90–110
When most 1031s I run close, of the IRS's 180
By referral
How most clients arrive
How the practice works→
Agent CA DRE Lic. #01256471
Brokerage CA DRE Lic. #01018142
Brokerage CA DRE Lic. #01018142
I work with
Buyers
From first homes to legacy estates.
Sellers
Fiduciary representation and a hand-priced read on your home's value.
Investors & 1031
Income properties and exchange strategy, underwritten line by line.
STR & MTR Management
Short- and mid-term rental management and housing providers.
Military & First Responders
PCS relocation, VA loan referrals, and discounted representation.
Services
The engagements I take.
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Investment Advisory
Underwriting, market analysis, and portfolio strategy for buy-and-hold investors.
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02
1031 Exchange Choreography
Identification, backup-property strategy, and lender-to-QI coordination on tight IRS timelines.
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03
Short-Term & Mid-Term Rentals
STR-permit due diligence, MTR positioning, and revenue modeling for vacation and corporate-housing inventory.
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04
Service Families & First Responders
PCS-move support, base-proximity counsel, specialty-lender referrals, and shift-aware showings.
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Estates, Multifamily & Generational
Discreet representation of legacy estates, four-unit-and-up multifamily, and trustee-driven transitions.
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An estimate, on the house
What is your home worth?
Prefer a real opinion over an algorithmic one? Request a hand-priced CMA →
Letters from clients I've represented.
A selection · verbatim from realtor.com
Geralyn is a standout: patient, kind, and genuinely understanding.
I have moved nine times within seven states and been assisted by many different realtors. Geralyn is a standout: patient, kind, and genuinely understanding. She showed us dozens of homes and was always available to accommodate our busy working schedules while we were living out of state. She was an excellent listener — she didn't waste my time driving to every property. Getting her commission never seemed to be a driving factor; I sensed that she simply wanted me to have the best experience possible. After the deal closed, she continued to help us through the transition into our new home — an advocate in hiring gardeners, painters, handymen, and landscapers, and watching over my home when I was out of town. Geralyn is definitely an expert and a professional in her field.
Verbatim · sourced from realtor.comAlmost every engagement arrives by referral.
Recent representation
On both sides of the table.
EXPIREDExpired
2909 Seahorse Avenue
Ventura · Ventura County
Represented Seller
Vacant land
$2M
2026Closed
41 Via Pamplona
Rancho Santa Margarita · Orange County
Represented Buyer
2 BD2 BA1,318 SF
$716K
2023Closed
9908 Cheyenne Circle
Ventura · Ventura County
Represented Seller
3 BD2 BA1,223 SF
$810K
Selected representation, 2001–2026.
Journal
Notes from the field.
7 min read
market notes
The insurance call comes first now
On the FAIR Plan's approved October rate change, the carriers quietly coming back to California, and why the insurance conversation has moved to week one of every fire-country transaction.
7 min read
market notes
The photos have to tell the truth now (and other new rules for 2026)
On California's new disclosure rules — digitally altered listing photos, smoking history, and a federal reporting change for cash buyers — and what they actually look like in a transaction.
9 min read
architectural spotlight
Architectural Spotlight: Ventura's Victorians
On the Queen Annes and Folk Victorians that survive on the blocks above downtown Ventura, what a hundred and thirty years does to balloon framing and brick chimneys, and how to price stewardship honestly.