[ West Adams architecture ]We are a boutique brokerage in West Adams, ten years in, residential and commercial. What makes us different now: every client gets design-led tools and calculators to make a confident decision, and every agent gets a real way to earn relationships instead of buying cold leads.
[ Claire Lissone ]Unlike so many people in real estate, I came to this field through a passion for architecture and design. Over a twenty-year career I discovered that passion is only superseded by my love for working with people. My clients are more than buyers and sellers, and my agents are more than numbers on the bottom line. We are part of a collective, building a city we're all proud of.
I started Real Estate Collective in West Adams with two goals: to break with the tired cliche of the smarmy, pushy, ostentatious LA brokerage, and to build something beautiful. We operate out of warmth, honesty, and integrity, and that reputation matters more to me than any number in a ledger. We love Los Angeles, and if we can leave it a little better than we found it, that is something our whole collective can be proud of.
Claire Lissone, Broker and Founder · CalBRE# 01426130
claire@realestate-collective.com · 310.689.9689
Every Collective agent can run these for you. Start with the quiz, and the right next step finds you.
Eight quick questions reveal your home identity and what that look costs across Los Angeles, then connect you with the Collective agent who fits. Two minutes, no account.
Take the quiz →Buy vs. rent, true monthly payment, seller net proceeds, and commercial cap rate. Four quick tools any agent can share, with the answer live as you move the sliders.
Open the calculators →See whether a rental ADU pays for its own construction and what it does to your real monthly cost. A credible path to affordability in an expensive market.
Open the model →A close-knit group of residential and commercial agents who share what works, cover each other's neighborhoods, and hold the same bar for how clients are treated. The dog, Peanut, handles morale.
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[ A Collective listing ]A decade of closed sales and leases across West Adams, Mid-City, Culver City, and the Westside.
Most brokerages give you a desk and a split. The Collective gives you a design-led brand, client tools no portal can match, leads you actually own through your own links, and a culture where the agents who figure something out teach the rest. Keep more relationships, buy fewer cold leads.
"A small firm that behaves like a big one where it counts, and like a neighbor everywhere else."
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