For the many who see luxury real estate and broker’s work from the outside, it all looks so easy, so glamorous. Brokers get listings, sell the property and make a good commission, and move to the next.
But what looks easy, rarely is. And those who rise to the top of the field usually give their lives to the profession, in this case, the luxury real estate bandwidth. This level of commitment, a rarity yet a necessity, makes work a 24-hour discipline, especially if the broker has international listings. They are always on call, making their personal lives, and sleep patterns, complicated and capricious. Sleeping with one ear open, and one eye open is not only the territory of new parents, it is the territory of the successful luxury real estate broker as well.
Aaron Kirman, after being in the luxury real estate field for 25 years, is still a young man in his early 40’s, and is an acknowledged leader in luxury residential real estate, both in the U.S. and abroad. As the top agent in Los Angeles for the past decade and a top ten agent nationwide, he has amassed as of this writing, over $6.5 billion in career sales. This year, 2020, not a great year for anything, he and his company has amassed over $700 million in sales. And the year is not over yet.
A broker with this degree of success has an extensive client base – those who know what luxury actually is: heads of industry, celebrities, royalty, major lending institutions, sports figures, and foreign investors. Mr. Kirman crafted his career by representing both buyers and sellers, in the most prominent architectural and luxury estate communities around the globe. He has sold the Danny Thomas Estate, the Eddie Goetz Estate, Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Richard Neutra's Kaufmann Residence, Frank Gehry's Schnabel House, Lions Gate by Paul Williams, and the only Oscar Niemeyer home in North America. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, BBC, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, the London Times, E Entertainment and CBS.
And now, Mr. Kirman also stars in the CNBC primetime show, Listing Impossible -- which showcases homes that have been lingering on the market and often transforms them into saleable properties. In addition, his expertise in selling exclusive properties helped him produce some of the highest prices in Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica, and Malibu, and holds the record for the highest price per square foot in Hollywood, at $4,722. His company, Aaron Kirman Group, is located in the heart of Beverly Hills. He also serves as President of the International Estates Division at Compass Realty.
