About Steven Rey

He has twice been voted by neighbors as Nextdoor.com Neighborhood Favorite REALTOR®! Steven is based in east Pasadena and Arcadia serving all of Los Angeles County.

 

While born in El Paso, TX, Steven actually grew up in Orange County near Disneyland. Attending nearby Cal State University, Fullerton with a degree in communications while minoring in English, he moved into the world of advertising and commercial production.

 

Working behind the scenes on commercials, music videos, and corporate training projects gave Steven valuable skills so necessary for work in real estate. His role in production was sometimes lighting, grip, director of photography, camera operator or editor, all leading to producing live and experiential events. Steven worked with brands such as Honda/Acura, Toyota/Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Taco Bell, and many more!

 

The same skills necessary to light and photograph the beautiful sleek lines of a Porsche are used to photograph the interior of beautiful architecture. Steven has been given compliments such as, “you made my home look like art.” By minoring in English, words to describe a buyer’s new home come into play. Words are so important to draw people to look at photography, but advertising requires economy on descriptions. Steven finds the right words to fit the need. Steven has actually received notice online for some of the writing used to describe homes for sale. This is very unusual, but one never knows what will attract a buyer to a house on the market.

 

In describing his transition from working for advertising companies to selling real estate, he will say, “I never wrote as much copy and taken as many photographs while working in advertising as I have in selling real estate. And I’m proud to work on improving my knowledge base and skill set.”