Alan Shafran, Shafran Realty Group of eXp Realty in Carlsbad holds DRE #00969660 and brings a former PaineWebber/UBS money-management background to more than 37 years of licensed residential brokerage from 5927 Priestly Drive. Luxury-listing marketing deploys custom branding, targeted digital campaigns, and high-production property video created through Carlsbad creative teams at B2 Creative Studio, supporting the group's position in the coastal and North County luxury segment. The group joined eXp Realty in 2023 after operating as an independent brokerage since 2000, with the team closing 92 transactions and more than $162 million in sales volume over the most recent 12-month period. Listing photography for Aviara, La Costa, and Carlsbad Village estates includes aerial drone capture, twilight exteriors, and Matterport 3D scans produced by DEW - Real Estate Media Group for immersive virtual-tour delivery. The firm's most complex engagements involve multi-property portfolio dispositions requiring simultaneous IRC §1031 exchange structuring, cost-segregation depreciation recapture analysis, and entity-level capital-gains deferral strategies rooted in the broker's institutional finance background.