Lawrence began his career in real estate in 1978 . He was introduced to real estate by his college friend Mike Hasson who was working for Shelter Properties at the time, along with Barbara Sue Seal and many other of today's top area Realtors.
Lawrence has been involved in over 6,000 transactions valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate. He has owned a mortgage company that he built up to having offices in four Western States, and he pioneered the "Short Sale" niche of the business 20 years ago during the last real estate down turn. He's been called upon as an expert witness in matters pertaining to real estate finance, and he aided the FBI in the arrest and conviction of perpetrators of loan fraud against federally insured savings institutions in Southern California.
Real estate has always been an exciting and challenging field for Lawrence. He is an eager student of the economy and its effect on the housing industry. His opinions on the direction of the real estate market have had him interviewed on radio and television and quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register and San Diego Tribune. He was also invited to write the article on "Short Sales" for the "Riverside Lawyer Magazine" the official publication of the Riverside Bar Association for the issue devoted to foreclosure.
Besides being well abreast of the technical side of the market Lawrence is also a trained negotiator having gone through the rigorous Xerox Negotiation Training offered during the 1980's. The experience that Lawrence has gathered over the years has helped many other real estate agents and loan officers reach levels in their careers that would not have been possible without his mentoring.
Together Bernadette Radie and Lawrence Belland have combined to form a real estate organization that is founded on knowledge, experience, technology, and an unparalleled devotion to their profession. What they bring to the table for their clients is the bar by which other agents are measured against. Lbelland@gmail.com