Business Details
Your Trusted San Diego Real Estate Partner
Empey Realty is a San Diego-based real estate brokerage that combines legal expertise with professional real estate services. Founded by Lauren Empey, a licensed attorney and real estate broker, the company specializes in guiding clients through complex transactions including home purchases, sales, investment properties, and 1031 exchanges. With a focus on personalized strategic planning, the team prioritizes client education, market knowledge, and contract expertise to minimize stress and maximize outcomes. Their approach integrates systems designed to ensure transparency, protect client interests, and deliver consistent results across San Diego County and select California markets. 
Services
Home Buying
Property Selling
Investment Properties
Real Estate Consulting
Property Management
Highlights and features
- We provide personalized real estate strategies with legal expertise
- Our team specializes in complex transactions like 1031 exchanges
- We offer 360-degree market knowledge and contract expertise
- We implement systematic processes to prevent transaction surprises
- We maintain unwavering commitment to client education and protection
What people say
Amazing transaction experience
Smooth selling process
Top dollar achieved
Professional legal expertise
Excellent communication
Services
Home Buying
Empey Realty guides clients through San Diego's competitive home buying market with strategic planning and expert representation. Our services include MLS property searches, neighborhood analysis, offer preparation, and contract negotiation. We educate buyers about local market conditions, financial considerations, and legal requirements while protecting their interests throughout the escrow process.
Property Selling
Our comprehensive selling services maximize property value through strategic marketing and professional presentation. We handle market analysis, pricing strategy, buyer qualification, and contract negotiation. The team implements systems to protect sellers during escrow, including home warranty coverage and buyer verification processes to prevent transaction failures.
Investment Properties
We specialize in income property transactions across San Diego's high-demand rental markets. Services include market analysis, property evaluation, tenant management, and lease customization. Our expertise covers complex deals like 1031 exchanges and off-market acquisitions, with tools to calculate investment returns and identify growth opportunities.
Real Estate Consulting
Our consulting services provide strategic guidance for real estate decisions. This includes market analysis, investment strategy, contract review, and transaction planning. We help clients understand legal requirements, financial implications, and market trends to make informed decisions about property purchases or sales.
Property Management
We offer comprehensive property management solutions including tenant screening, lease administration, and maintenance coordination. Our services help landlords maximize rental income while minimizing turnover. We handle tenant communications, legal compliance, and property maintenance issues to ensure smooth operations for investment properties.
People
Lauren Empey
Broker & Attorney
Lauren Empey founded Empey Realty after practicing real estate law, combining legal expertise with brokerage services. She specializes in complex transactions including 1031 exchanges and investment properties. With deep San Diego market knowledge, she helps clients achieve real estate goals through strategic planning and personalized service.
Questions
What real estate services do you specialize in?
We specialize in residential home buying/selling, investment property transactions, 1031 exchanges, probate sales, and complex real estate contracts across San Diego County.
How does your legal expertise benefit clients?
Our legal background enables thorough contract review, risk mitigation, and strategic guidance through complex transactions, protecting clients from potential legal pitfalls.
Do you serve areas outside San Diego?
While based in Pacific Beach, we represent clients throughout San Diego County and selectively across California with strategic partner referrals.
What makes your approach different from other agents?
We combine attorney-level contract expertise with personalized strategic planning and systematic transaction management to minimize stress and maximize outcomes.
How do you handle complex real estate transactions?
We implement proven systems for complex deals including investment properties, simultaneous transactions, and legal documentation review to ensure smooth closings.
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Reviews (4)
Travis Lyman
Jan 01, 2022
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Lauren was amazing through the whole process of buying our dream home and selling our current place. We believe that her professionalism and extensive knowledge was the difference between missing out and being selected to purchase our new amazing home. Her team of recommended vendors were also amazing and eased our minds throughout the process. When it came time to sell our current place she made an amazing promo video that really elevated our listing. Our friends and family were amazed but more importantly I believe it impressed potential buyers. I highly recommend Lauren and her amazing team
Ann Cuneo
Dec 28, 2021
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My husband and I highly recommend Empey Realty! Lauren Empey found us a wonderful home in a very competitive market. Laurens attention to detail and contract negotiation was exceptional. She is extremely knowledge about the market and answer all our questions promptly. Lauren makes the process of buying a home fun and look forward to working with her in the future.
Hali Anderson
Nov 15, 2021
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Lauren and her team helped us buy our dream home in an extremely competitive market. Lauren was patient yet aggressive. She was able to competently advise us and navigate through some very complex issues. And in the end, we were able to do a 21-day close. She brought all parties together if there were any road bumps and did so masterfully. After the purchase, she helped us quickly list and sell our home for top dollar. The pictures were great and her dedication was top notch. With 3 small children, full-time jobs, and the frenzy still settling from our home purchase, it was all hands on deck and
Hayley Gagliano
Aug 22, 2021
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Lauren was the perfect realtor for us! We could not have asked for someone more professional and always on the same page as us every step of the way. She was always available when we needed her no matter what. She made the process of buying and selling a house so much easier in these crazy times. We could not have done it without her! She really is an expert of her craft. With her education, experience, and personality she was an amazing communicator and negotiator. I would 1000% work with her again and recommend her to everyone I know.
