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Get Free ReportMatt is a residential real estate agent serving the Santa Clarita Valley, with a focus on marketing and negotiation. He began his career in New York City after graduating from Marymount Manhattan College, working as an agent at two of the largest firms in the city, The Corcoran Group and Halstead Properties. Manhattan is a demanding place to learn this business — it teaches you to move quickly, communicate clearly, and negotiate every single day. Matt brought that training west, and has spent the years since helping California buyers and sellers through the most significant financial decisions of their lives.
He has always thought of a Realtor as a matchmaker rather than a salesman. His job isn't to sell a house; it's to understand how someone actually lives, find the home that fits, and say so honestly when one doesn't. Clients consistently describe him as an advocate — someone who advises, guides, and goes a step further than the transaction requires.
Matt is also an actor and his background in the performing arts shapes how he approaches both sides of the work. On the marketing side, he looks at a listing the way you'd look at a location: what story does this home tell, and how do you tell it to exactly the right buyer? On the negotiation side, years of reading rooms and staying steady under pressure translate directly to the moments that decide a deal — the inspection, the appraisal, the terms and timelines that most people never see.
He works throughout Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, Canyon Country, Stevenson Ranch, and Castaic, with experience across first-time purchases, move-up sales, relocations, and luxury property.
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