For more than four decades, Derrick Ruiz has represented buyers, sellers, landlords, and investors throughout the Westside Los Angeles real estate market, specializing in residential homes, multifamily properties, and complex tenant-occupied transactions in a highly regulated environment.
In a market as complex and highly regulated as Los Angeles, experience is not optional — it's protection. Derrick has represented sellers, investors, and trust estates through multiple real estate cycles, evolving rent control laws, shifting tax policies, and increasingly sophisticated buyer negotiations.
His clients rely on him not simply to list property, but to guide high-stakes financial decisions with clarity and precision.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, I began my real estate career in Venice when the area looked very different than it does today. Growing up surfing local beaches and living the Westside lifestyle gave me a perspective that can't be learned from data alone.
From Venice and Santa Monica to Brentwood, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, Marina del Rey, and Westchester, I've spent decades watching these neighborhoods evolve. I understand not just pricing trends, but the personality, rhythms, and micro-economics that define each pocket of the Westside Los Angeles real estate market.
Living and working here for over forty years provides insight that goes beyond transactions — it creates context. And context is what allows strategy to work.
Real estate transactions — especially in today's Westside Los Angeles real estate market — involve legal complexity, emotional dynamics, and significant financial stakes.
Clients consistently describe Derrick as steady, strategic, and clear-headed under pressure. His decades of experience allow him to anticipate challenges before they surface and structure residential and multifamily transactions to minimize friction and maximize outcome.
The goal is never just to close.
The goal is to protect equity and create long-term financial advantage.
Every listing is approached with analytical discipline — evaluating timing, taxation, buyer psychology, negotiation leverage, and regulatory exposure before a property ever reaches the market.
Much of Derrick's business comes from repeat clients and long-standing referrals — families, landlords, and investors who have worked with him across multiple real estate cycles in Westside Los Angeles. These relationships are built over decades of residential and multifamily transactions, shifting market conditions, and evolving financial goals.
When strategy is sound and execution is precise, results follow. And when results are consistent, trust compounds. Clients return not because of marketing promises, but because of disciplined guidance, clear communication, and outcomes that protect equity and strengthen long-term financial position.
In a market as competitive and regulated as Los Angeles, relationships endure when clients feel informed, protected, and strategically represented at every stage.
My wife, Nelly, and I have raised our children, Kenny and Gabby, in Westchester since they were born. What began as a place to live became the community we built our life around.
From the close-knit, family-oriented streets to the proximity of our beaches, farmers markets, local schools, and neighborhood gathering spots, the Westside lifestyle is part of our daily rhythm. It's not something I market — it's something I live.
Being rooted in Westside Los Angeles gives me perspective that goes beyond property values. I understand what matters to families, long-term homeowners, and landlords who care about the stability and future of their neighborhood.
Living here isn't just part of my business — it's part of my life.
Whether you are considering selling a primary residence, repositioning an investment property, navigating a trust sale, or evaluating a 1031 exchange — the first step is a conversation.
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