Eli Karon

As a manager of luxury real estate, I have had the privilege of working with Eli on many projects. After every interaction I have with Eli, I come away more and more impressed with his commitment to his clients and getting the deal done right. He is extremely knowledgeable and resourceful, but it is his insatiable drive to deliver for his clients that sets him apart from the rest.
We do not do sales here and Eli is the only Broker I trust to take care of our high-​end clients when it some time for them to buy or sell luxury property. He has the contacts, insight, knowledge, and negotiating skills to get even the most difficult deals done. Eli makes me look good and I appreciate getting «thank you» calls from my clients once they see what Eli can do for them.

A long-​overdue review for this top LA-​area realtor. Eli is an exceptional realtor, having helped my husband and I buy and sell our last three properties in Santa Monica and Brentwood. He is knowledgable of the ever-​changing market, takes our families varying needs into account, and always manages to get us the best deals available, both as buyers and sellers. You are in excellent hands with this hard-​worker.

Eli is an amazing real estate agent. I work with agents all day long, and I was amazed at how quick he was to respond. He always had an answer as soon as I needed it, and provided me any documents so quickly. I do believe that he’s the reason this closing transaction went so smoothly.
Any buyer or seller would be lucky to have Eli as an agent, and any agent should be glad to work with him. I look forward to our next deal, because I know it will go so smoothly with him involved.

My fiancé and I hired Eli to sell our home in Mar Vista last year and we have been so pleased with our decision!
We interviewed several brokers and we hired Eli because he was by far the best broker we met. The first thing I noticed about Eli was his professionalism. Not only was he sharply dressed, but he was open, friendly and personable. He is not one of those people that are «fake-​nice» (you know what I mean!), but someone who is genuine and down to earth and makes you feel as if you’ve known him forever. However, what really made Eli stand out was his knowledge of the real estate market, eloquence, intellect, and analytical ability.
In our initial meeting, he came prepared with a professionally presented list of comps which he had obviously studied very thoroughly. He impressed us with his analysis of the housing market and those comps. We were very impressed by his analysis of the data since my fiancé (who is finance) and I had already pulled comps for the area and had done our own analysis. Eli was able to provide nuanced analysis of the comps based on his experience with the Mar Vista market. We were further impressed by his proposed pricing strategy which incorporated buyer psychology which Eli demonstrated his keen understanding of.
Because Eli is warm, friendly, and so extremely patient, you are at such an advantage when you hire him to represent you in the sale of your home! You want potential buyers to walk-​in and feel welcome. You want them to ask questions and to spend lots of time in your home imagining living there themselves.
If you are in the market to sell a home, do yourself a favor and hire Eli. Trust what Eli tells you to do in preparation for listing your home on the market (whether it be some yard work or investing in home staging) and you will sell your home quickly like we did! We had a single open house and we had multiple offers on our home within 48 hours. We accepted an offer the by end of the week, and Eli deftly guided us through the escrow process all the while patiently dealing with multiple parties involved in the transaction. We closed escrow on the home in 30 days and sold the home for over 20% of our original asking price.
We loved working with Eli and highly recommend him to any of our friends who are looking to buy or sell in LA!

I honestly could not wait to write a review for Eli Karon. Even if I ended up never purchasing a property for any number of reasons, I would still want to write this review because I feel so strongly about the quality of service he provides.
Eli was recommended to me by a couple trusted friends and work colleagues. I read testimonials about him online and though very impressed, I admittedly was unsure if he had ample experience under his belt compared to other Realtors due to his relatively young age — after all, he only graduated from UCLA a couple years before I did. Within minutes of meeting Eli, however, I could not have been more convinced that he was the agent for me. His energy and passion for his work completely outshone other brokers, and it was clearly evident how knowledgeable and accomplished he was. But most importantly, he listened to my needs and was honest.
From the beginning, Eli was the consummate professional. He always made himself available via phone and email and was extremely responsive, which I really valued. As a first-​time homebuyer, I had all kinds of questions, and Eli guided me through the entire process with endless patience and explained things to me in a way I could actually understand. At times I was intimidated and slightly overwhelmed, but Eli remained sensitive and made me feel comfortable with the process. With Eli, I never felt pressured to buy — I knew that if I wanted or needed to back out for any reason, he would still be there for me and support me. Maybe it’s my naiveté as a novice in the market, but I feel that those levels of sincerity and selflessness are rare to find in a real estate agent.
We set out to look at properties right away, and his attention to detail became very apparent as he combed through paperwork and listings with me. He also never hesitated to help whenever he could or wherever he was needed, even if it had nothing to do with what his job entailed, and his role quickly grew from being my agent to also my friend. On one particular tour, my car broke down, and Eli actually rolled up his sleeves, pushed my car and jump-​started it for me. Talk about full-​service real estate!
When I asked him for advice or recommendations, he readily supplied them and offered his expertise, but never let his opinion overshadow what I personally thought was best for me. Even when I ended up making a rather regrettable choice with my lender (my home loan officer stopped working for the bank without notifying anyone, my file was randomly reassigned to another loan officer and loan processor, and mishaps ensued), he didn’t say «I told you so» or wear a smug look as I might have expected from anyone else, and instead made me feel empowered in my decision, supported me fully, and assisted me in making the best out of the situation.
While I waited an excruciatingly long two months to hear news about the offer I made on a short-​sale property, Eli constantly provided me with updates and helped me from going crazy. Eli made me feel like I was a top priority, if not his only priority, even though I know he’s incredibly busy. I also never felt as if I was less important than a million-​dollar client… and I know the commission he made from my humble condo purchase must have been miniscule compared to other LA clients. He was respectful of my money, my time, and my requests. When my offer was accepted, we were given a quick 21 days to close, and Eli’s dedication pushed us through. Even on his birthday and while on winter vacation, he was an ally in my corner, making phone calls and advocating for me as we went through a frustrating and somewhat challenging closing process. I truly felt like my best interests were looked after and that I had someone on my side.
Eli genuinely cares about his clients and goes above and beyond. After my car fiasco, he referred me to a mechanic that I will use forever; he was ever-​so-​gracious and chivalrous when meeting my mother on a tour; he insisted on carrying boxes for me when packages arrived at my new place; and he even put off celebrating news of his own engagement so he could be there when I got my keys and welcome me to my new home!
I cannot imagine having worked with anyone else. And I never want to work with anyone else! Eli made the home-​buying experience a positive one, despite all the hiccups we encountered with the short-​sale. I cannot recommend him enough. I am truly thankful, privileged and happy to call Eli my Realtor and friend. He will definitely be both for years to come.

My husband and I recently purchased our first home through Eli. Since it was our first place and we were interested in very specific neighborhoods we knew the search would be tough. Plus the market… we didn’t know what type of agent we needed– someone older; a «specialist;» someone young and hip, or on a bus stop ad? Eli stood out from all the rest. You want this guy in your corner.
Here are some concrete details:
First, he clearly respected our budget, and never once made us feel bad about the amount we could spend or that we weren’t million-​dollar clients. He (and his firm) was responsive: getting back to us either through email/​text or phone within a few hours, or by the end of the day. He researched numbers and neighborhoods for us. He wasn’t rude or exasperated with our questions. He previewed several homes on his own, and escorted us to many, many showings (we were pretty picky) all with patient enthusiasm– and attention. When he was with us at a house, he wasn’t also on the phone trying to do the next deal. He didn’t push us to bid on places, ever.
We ended up bidding on several properties over the course of the search, and on two occasions we were out of the country– and this was not a problem given that Teles uses electronic signing (I didn’t think this was a big deal until I realized we saved significant time and energy during the bidding process). When we were finally in escrow, he did not disappear. In fact, his consistent follow-​ups to us and the escrow officer probably made the difference on the sale going through at all (it was a distressed property). And he did it all like he was helping a friend; he was truly enjoyable to work with: funny, motivated, honorable and trustworthy. He treated everyone well. When I see him again I’m giving him a hug. You walk away liking not only your house, but him and the way in which he does business. Now, if only he’ll learn how to ski– it’ll be perfect for when we look for our mountain home. ;)

Eli recently helped my wife and I purchase a condo in North Santa Monica. It has been more than a month since we closed and since then I have had time to reflect a bit on how Eli helped us through the process.
It was our first home purchase and we were quite picky in what we wanted and where we wanted it. We had been watching the market decline from 2007 until the start of 2009 when we started looking and felt that we were in a strong position to get a good deal.
We interviewed a number of agents. Several of whom were quite well established and had an excellent track record. But Eli impressed us with his energy and drive to help us find a home
From the start Eli was hustling for us. Our search took almost 9 months, we probably considered over 250 homes and probably attended more than 50 open houses. Eli was always ready to review the houses and talk over the relative strengths and weakness of each place. He never showed frustration or impatience when we decided we didn’t want to make an offer on a place (which is amazing considering the number of places we looked at). And when we decided to make offers on two places he was with us through the entire process of making a bid, what we should expect, and how we should react to the sellers response.
In the end we got the third place we bid on, it was and REO that had been on the market for more than a year. He had told us to watch it even though it was initially over our budget. In the months of our searching it slowly slipped close to our price range. He helped us determine when the time was right to make an offer.
Eli really proved himself during bidding and escrow. We had an extended negotiation over the final price of the condo (we ended up at the price we had hoped for, which was MUCH lower than the initial listing price). During escrow, which involved 4 delays, multiple changes to our initial conditions, and some crazy circumstances (the escrow officer forgot to submit our forms to be recorded the day before we were going to close) he was there to keep us focused and stop us from going crazy.
After we closed Eli kept digging on our sale, and the sale price for similar properties in our area. As it turns out our condo was the lowest price among all similar properties that had sold in the previous year by more than 10%. We had known that it was a good deal when we closed. As it turns out Eli got us an absolute steal. If he had not told us to expand our search to things slightly above our budget, and keep an eye on things that might be dropping into our price range, we never would have found our place. And if he hadn’t been there during the pain of escrow, we might have backed out in sheer frustration. Because of Eli we get to live in Santa Monica, north of Wilshire!
Eli will be our agent for a long time to come. You cannot go wrong with Eli. He is amazingly knowledgeable and accomplished, he works very hard, is patient, and will be 100% in your corner. I couldn’t give him a higher recommendation.

patient, interested, and thoughtful; Eli will sell my current place and help me and my family with purchasing my next house and some investment properties; he is an honest and interested expert; he’ll be in the business for a long time
I highly recommend Eli as realtor!

Eli helped us lease out our Westside condominium during a horrible real estate market. His approach was to «stand in our shoes» and judge whether potential tenants were appropriate/​acceptable. If a potential tenant did not meet Eli’s standards, he would advise us to wait (rather than to push the lease through in order to get his commission sooner) We eventually found perfect tenants who continue to reside there now.
During the course of the process Eli was professional, attentive, dilligent, meticulous in his work and, of course, charming to everyone. At all times we felt confident in his representation, his advice and his broad knowledge of landlord/​tenant law. Our negotiated lease was reasonable for both parties due to Eli’s input and his assertive representation on our behalf. I do not hesitate to recommmend his services.

Eli could not have done a better job. He gave me sound advice, answered all of my stupid questions, and worked tirelessly to hunt down the best opportunity for me to be a first time home owner! Buying your first home is a crazy, confusing process, but with Eli I always felt confident and protected. He’s an ace. You won’t find anybody who works harder or is more committed to his work!

Eli is absolutely awesome. I am certain that he is the reason that we were able to buy the house we now live in. If it wasnt for Eli the deal would not have gotten done.
He has his finger on the pulse of the market and was able to figure out how to get us the best deal possible on the house.
Eli never applied any pressure on us when we were trying to buy. Unlike most real estate agents who seem to get sick of showing you properties and try to convince you to buy a place so they can get their commission Eli was patient, never tried to convince us to buy a particular house and answered all of our questions. He made special trips to show us houses we wanted to see on short notice and was available anytime regardless of how late or early it was and whether he was out of town.
I would recommend Eli without hesitation if you need a real estate agent. He is the best and I will use him anytime I am going to buy or sell a piece of property.

Eli Karon was recommended by friends of ours who had just worked with him to buy their first home in LA. Even though we admitted to being at the very beginning of our first home buying process and likely a year away from a transaction, Eli treated us as if we were ready to buy.
His affable & honest approach made us feel immediately comfortable with such a big decision, allowing us to ask even the dumbest of questions without fear of a rolled eye here or a chuckle at our expense there.
After a few times out to look at houses, we realized we needed to get our ducks in a row before searching for real. Where some realtors would be annoyed we wasted their time, Eli asked me to be on his softball team (I’m still on that team today).
The next few months saw Eli and I become friends to the point where when my wife and I were ready to buy a home there was no question we’d go through him. Because we were more serious, we required a lot more of Eli’s time, expertise, negotiation and honest opinions. And yet he did it all in a way where each decision felt as if it were our own, which was important to us with our first purchase.
Throughout the entire process Eli made us feel like his best client, even taking us out to dinner to celebrate after we made our purchase (in Studio City).
The guy’s amazing. He knows practically every detail and when he doesn’t, he lets you know he’ll find out. It’s that kind of integrity, dedication and honesty you want when making a purchase in this crazy housing market.
Call him up, you won’t be disappointed.