Hello, I am Dr. Deena – the Doctor that Makes House Calls!!

I started my career in real estate in the 1970’s. Long before there was the internet, and real estate agents could only service one city or area because the listings were published in a book and dropped off at the real estate offices once a week. Additionally, we did not have lockboxes, or the Multiple Listing Service
that allowed us to connect to other agents like we do today.

During this time I was going to college to get my degrees, and I was raising children. I ended up being a single parent of my three children, my son was sixteen months older than my twin daughters. I loved every minute of being a mom, and I loved serving clients who wanted to buy or sell their home.

I have participated in many real estate classes as well as coaching program through the years I have been in real estate. I still participate in a real estate coaching program that is focused on helping me develop a referral system that is entirely client based with the focus of serving my families so well they give
me rave reviews for my service and are happy to refer their friends and family to me.

During the years in real estate, I have served my friends and their friends and family members with my highest level of caring and expertise. I have also worked very hard to stay on top of the changes that occur in real estate that impact my clients, and I have also continued to educate myself in the related
areas that can make my client’s lives less stressed as they move through the sales process of buying or selling their homes or a family member’s home. I have continued to study marketing, financial education, crisis and management related to families and work environments. I have continued to read thousands of books ranging from personal improvement, business education, leadership development, historical non-fiction and more.

All Realtors must completing continuing education as part of their licensing. In 2023 I became a Real Estate Broker, which means I can open and run my own office and invite other agents to work under me in my office. I have also addended additional real estate education programs. I am a Risk Management
Specialist, a Seniors Real Estate Specialist and a Certified Probate and Trust Specialist. I am completing my negotiation Specialist certification too.

I am married to a family law specialist attorney (CA Board of Legal Specialization) and have mediated over 1000 divorce cases, with over three fourths of these including children. I have designed a program for parents who are struggling over child sharing issues to teach them how to take their children out of the middle and help them separate and build two separate homes as single parents. I have been teaching parents these classes since 1997. I run a free monthly personal development book club, I participate in two coaching programs, one for real estate and one for marketing. I teach a parenting class to parents once a week and have been teaching parenting classes since 1983.

I apply my experience of helping families with complicated real estate problems to sell their homes due to divorce, downsizing, aging, relocation or death. I have had to empty large homes filled with furniture and belongings as well as homes that looked like model homes. Either way, I have a large team of people who offer services such as a handyman for smaller projects to contractors who take a home down to the studs if necessary. I have a team of landscapers, flooring vendors, door and window installers, roofers and
painters. I can sell the home at any stage based upon the best financial opportunity for the family, whether it is as is or reconstructed.

I also have an Escrow and Title Team, a Transaction Coordinator who have worked with me for a 10 to 20 years. I have access to estate attorneys, tenant and landlord attorneys and family law attorneys if there is a need for legal beagles.

I have sold mobile homes, one-bedroom condos, senior residences, expensive luxury homes, retirement homes, vacation homes, rental income homes, ocean view homes, golf course view homes, college rentals, rural homes and newly built track homes. I have sold homes in San Diego county, Riverside
county, and Los Angeles.

Some homes require more work than others to sell, due to a probate, divorce or major deferred maintenance. I have helped many families involved in conflict with other family members who argued over everything and whether to sell the home or keep it. I have sold homes a few homes that took months and even three years to sell. I have sold homes that sold quickly and other homes that took time to find the right buyer. In many transactions, I have worked with attorneys and fiduciaries when the home was more complicated than normal. I have also represented first-time home buyers, and CEO’s. I have helped seniors buy a home after they lost their original home to the recession and lost income.

I have helped families buy and sell who were relocating due to work or poor health. I have helped extended families buy a home for three generations to live together. I have helped families buy and sell historic homes in a designated historic area in San Diego county, including my favorite Victorian Home, and I have sold a home that was falling apart with ceilings tilted an uneven, and a bathtub caving in to the floor due to untreated water damage. Every home has a story. Some stories are more

exciting then others and some stories are longer than others due to the home’s condition or the buyers or sellers characteristics. It is a fun journey helping people with their home adventures.

I use my extensive knowledge in real estate and psychology and stress management to coach families through some of the toughest times in their lives. Whether a home is too large for an aging senior, or too small for a growing family or whether the family is splitting up because of divorce or selling their beloved family member’s home because of a parent’s death. I care about people and know that they need extra TLC and hand holding through these difficult times and I know how to move the home through the
stages to prepare it for sale or get it closed in escrow. I know when to offer compassion and when we need creative solutions using my negotiation skills, and my real estate competence.

Real Estate is often an emotional roller coaster ride for families who are selling a home they are not ready to sell. I educate my clients while I help them move forward with the next phase of selling or buying a home.

Feel free to reach out to me to chat about your real estate needs and to get our questions answered. Feel free to read, watch and listen to the wealth of information on the right person to help you with all your real estate needs.