The idea behind ExecuServe
Sometimes local businesses forget how different, and daunting, Los Angeles can be for candidates weighing a job offer. In our years of working with relocation clients, we've come to understand how critical it is for incoming executives and candidates to understand the choices and trade-offs in local housing.
Some candidates are first-time home buyers, particularly susceptible to sticker shock. But even those who have made a home-buying decision elsewhere may be a bit disoriented. The escrow process we take for granted in California is only used in a half-dozen Western states. So its processes and even vocabularly are unfamiliar.
We have worked with candidates from parts of the country where the term "condo" has such a negative connotation, they cannot imagine what is meant by a luxury condominium. Similarly, some candidates are unfamiliar with the idea of mixed-used development, so different from the suburbs or "bedroom communities" of prior decades. Some candidate have an exaggerated fear of L. A. crime, fueled by images from television or movies.
Sometimes our job is to find candidates a location similar to the one they've left behind. At other times, it's to show them unique aspects of Southern California that compensate for changes in lifestyle. Sometimes, we just need to find the corner townhouse with two patios that has the "feel" of a single-family home.
Because we focus on housing issues, you can focus on the candidates you're recruiting and the career choice you're offering.
Areas we serve
We serve the Greater Los Angeles area, with specific expertise in the Westside, nearer San Fernando Valley, South Bay, Pasadena and parts of Ventura County. Westside communities served include Brentwood, Westwood, West LA, Pacific Palisades, Mar Vista, Palms, Venice, Topanga, Santa Monica, Malibu, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Culver City, Westchester, Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Miracle Mile, Bel Air, West Hollywood, and Los Feliz. San Fernando Valley communities include: Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, West Hills, Calabasas, Agoura, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, and Westlake. South Bay communities include: Hawthorne, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Lawndale and Torrance.
Our services
Whether you are moving executives or recruiting them, ExecuServe can help by handling the relocation aspects, including:
- Determining an incoming executive’s real estate needs, including price range, type of property, and preferred location.
- Providing general information about communities as well as specific property listings, using emails customized to the executive's priorities.
- Providing critical lifestyle information including commuting times and routes, public school ratings and private school alternatives, recreational and cultural opportunities geared to the employee’s interests.
- Arranging for short term housing via leases or rentals, and conducting a thorough search for their new home in the Los Angeles area.
- Serving outbound executives by handling the sale of their home locally as well as connecting them with qualified real estate professionals at their new location.