The Straus House Story
Aaron Kirman
Aaron Kirman, President of the International Estates Division at Compass is one of the leading real estate agents in the USA and has repeatedly been named Top Agent in Los Angeles. With over $5.5 Billion in sales, Kirman represents the finest estates across the globe and was ranked #5 in the U.S by the Wall Street Journal. He has an extensive client base featuring those who seek the luxury lifestyle including heads of industry, celebrities, royalty, major lending institutions and foreign investors.
As a prominent figure in the luxury real estate market, Aaron has received International acclaim for record-setting sales across Los Angeles. Aaron has crafted his career from representing the most prominent Architectural and Luxury Estate communities across the globe as well as the representing the most exclusive residences owned by some of the world’s most rich and famous.
Some of these include: The Danny Thomas Estate which reportedly sold for $65,000,000, Eddie Goetz Estate sold for $45,000,000, and Lion Gate which sold for $46,250,000, as well as countless others. Aarons vast knowledge and expertise in selling exclusive properties has helped him to produce some of the highest prices in Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica, and Malibu. Aaron also holds the record for the highest price per square foot in Hollywood set at $4,722 where he represented the buyer and the seller on Case Study 21.
Aaron currently represents the largest market share of luxury listings in the country with over $1.7 Billion in active Luxury inventory, and over $500 Million in sales for 2017. In addition to having one of the highest producing years of any agent in the country, Aaron has also founded Aaron Kirman Partners, a luxury real estate team of over 47 agents and a staff of 15.
Aaron attributes his success to his vast marketing and advertising strategies, partners, market knowledge, exclusive contact base, and true love of luxury sales. He is sought by many developers to sell multi-unit projects including a private island in the Pacific, Turks, and Caicos, and the W Hotels. Many developers, architects, and designers contact Aaron prior to the construction and completion of their projects to take advantage of his long track record of success to ensure the design, architecture, and plan would appeal to the right high-end buyers.
Aaron is often featured in various media outlets including CNBC, The New York Times, BBC, Forbes, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, the London Times, E Entertainment, and CBS. Media sources often call for information and quotes as he is a go-to source for current real estate both foreign and domestically.
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Aaron Kirman Group
Aaron Kirman Group was founded in the spring of 2017 on a single guiding principle, to build a team where a group of like minded individuals could come together, share resources, grow, support, and compete together in the most dominant and competitive market in the world and rise together. The team rapidly grew over the next 18 months from just 7 agents at its inception to almost 70 today. Just this past spring, The Wall Street Journal and Real Trends ranked Aaron Kirman Group as the 10 highest producing team in America selling $528,000,000 in residential real estate. The team is led by Aaron Kirman, President of International Estates for Compass based in Beverly Hills. California. Aaron has consistently been named as one of the top agents in the world and the number 1 agent in Los Angeles, routinely selling over $400,000,000 a year in luxury inventory around the globe. Over the span of Aaron’s career, he has sold over $5.5 billion in residential real estate, including several record-breaking sales. These include the sale of the Danny Thomas Estate, which reportedly sold for $65,000,000, the Eddie Goetz Estate which sold for $45,000,000, and most recently as this spring the Bentley Estate in a combined transaction for over $50,000,000. The team has set its sights high for the future, looking to become the first billion dollar producing team per year in California. It has been an exciting few months for the Aaron Kirman Group, who has just recently finished staring in a new show for CNBC called Listing Impossible which is slated to air this fall, as well as the opening and expansion of their new office in the heart of Beverly Hills. There is no telling what is next for this powerhouse team of talented and lovely individuals.