About Mary Young

The reason Mary Young has been a successful agent on the West Side of Los Angeles for over three decades is simple: she's out to make each client a client for life.Raised in Indiana, Mary approaches her business with a distinctly Midwestern integrity and straightforward style. She's widely known and respected in the market for her powerful contract and negotiating abilities -- skills she once shared with other Prudential agents as a trainer for the company. Over the years, her outstanding service and close attention to detail have brought many clients back to work with her again and again, and to entrust friends and family to her expert care.A Cum Laude graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Mary majored in advertising, developing the expertise she now draws on to showcase and market her properties. Her lifelong love of homes began when she studied at an interior design school, going on to a career as the West Coast representative for a top Japanese architectural firm. That background, and her superb eye, are among the many advantages she offers her clients. In today's complicated, highly competitive real estate market, Mary's seasoned skills are more appreciated than ever. Her buyers and sellers look to her to guide them through every step of one of the most critical personal and economic decisions of their lives.Mary's flexibility is just one more of the many things that make her the West Side expert to rely on. In real estate, where success often depends on being able to respond to unexpected developments as they arise, she's consistently able to turn on a dime and find a solution that works for all parties involved. CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:G. Fan - Marina Del ReyI am so grateful to Bruce Harrison for recommending Mary Young. She is hard-working, honest, resourceful, dependable, professional, knowledgeable ... all of the requisite qualities to close a sale (pretty quickly) under challenging circumstances. And, she is a delight to work with. She overcame the difficulties of selling during the pandemic for an 86 year old absentee owner who had not been in the apartment for over 5 years. A "friend" had stayed in the unit for several months and left it dirty and in disrepair. The management company was not cooperative and the on premise maintenance personnel are corrupt. Without getting into all of the details (which there were many) to satisfy the lender, comply with the HOA, etc., Mary knew how to solve every problem and took care of everything. I am a close friend of the owner so volunteered to manage the sale on his behalf. Mary did all the heavy lifting. I/we literally could not have completed a sale ... except for maybe a deeply discounted fire sale ... or extremely costly repairs, etc. My 86 year old friend is delighted by the outcome. He got a good price. It sold quickly. And, the buyer moved into a beautiful apartment at a fair price. We are so grateful to Mary. I recommend her highly without reservations. I have no doubt that she pleases all of her clients, regardless of whether they're buyers or sellers. She deserves 6 out of 5 stars!A. Grant- Santa Monica & Mar VistaMary was wonderful to work with. She helped us with the sale of our condo and the purchase of a home. No matter how crazy things were (and they were crazy at points in the process), Mary was on top of every detail and extremely positive throughout. She exemplified exactly what you'd hope for in a real estate agent. She was always available to support in whatever ways possible. Overall, Mary guided us through a daunting process and we highly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell. R. Given - Santa MonicaI have worked with Mary on a recurring basis of the past 15 years in connection with my professional practice as a CPA and Executor/Trustee for multiple clients. Mary's endless effort in assisting myself and clients in the preparation of their home for sale includes: hands on help in packing up personal property, disposition of assets and assistance in having the residence cleaned. In addition, she on multiple occasions has arranged for contractors and overseen work being done necessary to prepare a house for sale. These efforts set Mary above and beyond any other real estate broker I have worked with. As to Mary's professionalism and ability to market and successfully sell a property, she professional pursues the sale inclusive of spending necessary funds for marketing and advertising. She does a great job in making my job effortless and minimizes anxiety one always has in the disposition of property. A. Tai - Santa MonicaWe recently bought a house in Santa Monica and Mary was our agent. It was a great experience. Mary performed her duties far beyond the usual responsibilities of an agent. She truly treats her clients as her own family. Mary never tried to push us to make an offer, instead she reminded us of the possible negative issues we may have with the home. Whenever she saw a problem with a house we considered, she spent hours and days investigating it. She directed us to people who were knowledgeable in the area of the issue. Rather than push a deal, her goal is to help her clients so they will like and never regret the purchase. Mary has the amazing talent to know the best and most reasonable ways to negotiate a deal. In addition, she strives to create a win-win situation in negotiations. She is responsive to phone calls and emails whether she is at the office, home, on vacation or a retreat. Mary is the top one percent agent, we are convinced. This is neither based on the dollar amount of her sales per year nor the number of sales she closes. Rather, it is measured by the quality of her service, which is priceless!D. Orsborn - Bel AirHighest Recommendation! Mary Young represented us on the sale of our home and we couldn't have been happier with both her level of service and the result. Mary's strength is her strategic know-how. Between her savvy with how real estate works and her personal in-depth knowledge of not only the Westside but the realtors working the area, she read our situation correctly, and planned every aspect--from pricing and timing to open houses, from why and how to stage it to creating excitement about the property. She kept us in the loop at every twist and turn, and we always felt like we were in wise, caring and capable hands. We've sold dozens of properties over the years and this was easily the best experience on all levels. We can't recommend Mary enough!C. Connelly, PhD. - Bel AirWe interviewed several realtors before selecting Mary to help us sell our house in West LA in 2011. This was a very tough time, location and type of condominium property to sell. But Mary was undaunted and pulled out all the stops to help us market and sell the property to someone who loves the home as much or more than we did. Mary stood out among all of her peers from our first meeting and sustained that superior ranking throughout the entire process.We were rapidly depleting our savings by paying the mortgage and expenses for this home in West LA that we desperately needed to sell in late 2011, indeed the worst time to sell in recent history. From the outset, Mary helped us to look down the road and determine that the best option for our diminishing budget was to sell at a loss rather than rent it for a while with hopes that the real estate market would turn around in a timeframe we could survive.This is where Mary's expertise with marketing in combination with her warm personality, tireless energy, integrity, honesty and glowing reputation among peers in the local real estate industry saved us. She helped us to successfully set the price, stage, advertise, market and sell the property. She was patient and understanding but at the same time offered her honest