Sold Stories · Trinidad Island, Huntington Harbour

Zillow estimated $2.45M. We sold it for $3,925,000.

Represented the seller · Closed September 2025

Trinidad Island waterfront with a 50-foot dock, deep-water access, and a remodeled main residence. Zillow's automated estimate sat at $2.45M based on interior square footage and the prior sale on the street. The actual market, Compass Private Exclusive buyers, vetted, ready, and watching, paid $3,925,000.

Phase one: Compass Private Exclusive. We launched quietly inside Compass for ten days. Three confidential showings to qualified buyer pools generated two soft offers, both above the Zillow number. We held.

Phase two: targeted demand campaign. Drone photography, twilight stills, dock-fit videography. Distributed across Compass national, paid social geo-targeted to Westside LA + Newport Coast move-up buyers, and the local agent network.

Phase three: timed public release. We hit the public MLS on a Thursday with a Saturday-Sunday open house and Tuesday offer-review deadline. Twelve offers landed by Tuesday afternoon. Eight all cash. Final sale price $3,925,000, $630k over the list, $1.475M over the Zillow estimate.

The strategy pre-existed the listing. Eight days on market is the visible part. The seven weeks of preparation behind it is what made eight days possible.