About Us

Knowledgeable, professional, and upbeat, The Sanborn Team provides comprehensive real estate representation to clients throughout Southern California. From first-time purchases to complex corporate and probate sales, each transaction receives their trademark skill, knowledge and attention to detail.

With more than 30 years of real estate experience and a philosophy that puts the client’s needs first, The Sanborn Team combines no-nonsense, informative representation with outstanding communication, dynamic negotiation, and exceptional customer care.

MEET THE SANBORN TEAM

Nancy Sanborn – Executive Director

A steadying force in the highly competitive Los Angeles real estate market, Nancy Sanborn is Executive Director of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties Probate and Trust Sales Division and one of the industry’s most consistent and reliable sales professionals. For more than 30 years, she has developed her far-reaching network and built a team that provides informed representation to an impressive list of repeat and referral clients. With unequaled expertise in probate, trust and conservatorship, Nancy’s people-friendly approach is direct and sensible, taking into consideration the big picture even while skillfully managing the complex details. Her clients include some of California’s most prestigious attorneys, accountants, trustees, administrators and conservators, and most distinguished property owners.

Listen to a lively interview with Nancy Sanborn on “The Agent Edge.”

Brian A. Joy – Buyer’s Advisor

Patient, proactive and results-oriented, Brian Joy is a 17-year veteran of the real estate industry and has been a Sanborn Team member/partner since 2008. His ability to listen and come up with creative solutions as well as his lifelong familiarity with the greater Los Angeles region make him a dynamic representative for buyers and sellers in today’s market. For ten years, his passion has been to assist clients as they navigate the complex world of real property transactions through probate, trust and conservatorship.

Melissa Grant

A Southern California native, Melissa Grant has worked in the real estate industry since 1997. During that time, she has gained valuable experience in probate, trust and conservatorship transactions, new construction, bank-owned properties and a full range of administrative processes related to the sale and purchase of real property. As Listing Coordinator for The Sanborn Team, Melissa handles transaction paperwork from listing to close of escrow, keeps files up to date, manages photos and online resources and works on special projects.

Brenda Solis

With a background in advertising and social media and a born “people” person, Brenda Solis is ideally suited to her work as a buyer’s agent with The Sanborn Team. Raised in Southern California, Brenda is fluent in English and Spanish, both spoken and written, and is knowledgeable and experienced in the sale of real property through probate, trust, and conservatorship, as well as conventional sales. She assists clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles area in Southern California, including the San Fernando Valley, and even Riverside County. Brenda’s communication and technology skills benefit her clients and The Sanborn Team. Detailed oriented and meticulous, she brings fresh marketing ideas to her work, creating brochures and handling The Sanborn Team’s daily and weekly updates on various social media platforms. “My clients are extremely important to me,” Brenda says. “They say you attract more bees with honey than vinegar. That’s how I conduct my business.” That friendly, client-centric approach works for buyers and sellers, for The Sanborn Team, and for Brenda Solis, who has earned a reputation as a kind and capable real estate professional.