{"id":2396870,"date":"2015-04-09T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T20:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwebdev.wordpress-developer.us\/hauteresidence\/?p=2396870"},"modified":"2015-04-23T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T19:38:19","slug":"haute-residence-hosts-its-second-annual-l-a-luxury-real-estate-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwebdev.wordpress-developer.us\/hauteresidence\/haute-residence-hosts-its-second-annual-l-a-luxury-real-estate-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Residence Hosts Its Second Annual L.A. Luxury Real Estate Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured: Chris Cortazzo, Jade Mills, Jeff Hyland, Joyce Rey, Tim Lappen, Kurt Rappaport, Seth Semilof, Linda May, Suzanne Perkins, Myra Nourmand, Randy Solakian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The nation\u2019s power brokers joined Southern California\u2019s luxury real estate top dogs at Haute Residence.com’s second annual L.A. Luxury Real Estate Summit, which took place April 8 in The London Hotel\u2019s Kensington Ballroom in West Hollywood. The biggest names in luxury real estate discussed how to be successful in real estate and what\u2019s next for California\u2019s booming real estate market.<\/p>\n

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David Parnes, Sandro Dazzan, Seth Semilof, Josh Altman, Matt Altman and James Harris arrive to the summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The event was moderated by Timothy Lappen, Esq., founder and chairman of Luxury Home Group, a real estate legal group, and hosted by Seth Semilof, publisher of luxury publications Haute Living<\/i>, Haute Residence, and Haute Time<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Kicking off the summit, real estate experts on the \u201cPower Players Under 40\u201d panel, featuring Million Dollar Listing<\/i><\/a> stars David Parnes, James Harris, Josh Altman, Matt Altman, and Madison Hildebrand, as well as Aaron Kirman, and Sandro Dazzan, focused the conversation on how appearing as a real estate professional on a reality TV show has affected their public image as well as their business.<\/p>\n

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Josh Altman, Matt Altman, and Madison Hildebrand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josh Altman, who appears on Million Dollar Listing, jokes, \u201cYou can\u2019t half it, which I thought I could do. I thought, Oh, I\u2019m just going to do the real estate part; I\u2019m not going to do the personal part…You can only get me selling the good stuff.<\/i> You can\u2019t do that, and you figure that out really quick that people don\u2019t want to just see you sell houses and make money. They actually want to see drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aaron Kirman follows with a point that it is very possible to be successful in real estate without appearing on TV, but that those who do have made a name for themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a million different ways to get to the same destination,\u201d Aaron says. \u201cFor these guys [referring to the stars of Million Dollar Listing<\/i>], they happen to be great on TV, and that\u2019s part of their persona, part of their life, part of their lifestyle, and they do a great job. For many other people, who are tremendously successful in our industry, they don\u2019t want to do TV or the opportunity hasn\u2019t presented itself, and they\u2019re on top of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a lunch catered by The London Hotel, the power brokers on the \u201c$100 Million Producers\u201d panel\u2013Chris Cortazzo, Jade Mills<\/a>, Jeff Hyland, Joyce Rey, Kurt Rappaport, Linda May, Myra Nourmand, Randy\u00a0Solakian, and Suzanne Perkins\u2013took to the podium to discuss how to reach foreign buyers and grow a network. They explain that the key is traveling and networking as well as forming relationships with fellow agents.<\/p>\n

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Jade Mills, Jeff Hyland, and Joyce Rey talk about forming relationships and growing a real estate network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going out there all of the time to conferences. It\u2019s traveling. You may have a great friend who\u2019s got a great estate, and they refer you to that property, and you can sell it locally or internationally. But it\u2019s the people they introduce you to, and those are your contacts. Between that and knowing brokers in every major market, your success is pretty sold,\u201d says Jeff Hyland of Hilton & Hyland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Myra Nourmand chimes in, \u201cListings are the name of the game. If you have the listing, the buyers will come. The international buyers find me because if I have a listing in Beverly Hills that is high-end, I can promise you that the 6-2-6 numbers start coming in on my phone, and I take those calls, I do the showings. Many times, those brokers from that area don\u2019t know the Beverly Hills market and they ask me to work with them with their buyers\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pictured: Joyce Rey, Seth Semilof, Myra Nourmand, Suzanne Perkins and Jade Mills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

High-tech drones, which are\u00a0used to capture aerial and exterior views of high-end homes, were on dispaly throughout the ballroom during both panel discussions.<\/p>\n

As a parting gift and a thank you on behalf of Haute Residence, luxury handbag designer Farbod Barsum, who also made an appearance at the summit,\u00a0gifted VIPs with\u00a0assorted alligator key chains (retailing for $148).<\/p>\n