Boutique brokerage The Schwarz Group (CalBRE #01915341) operates from the historic El Cortez building on Ash Street in downtown San Diego's Cortez Hill, representing domestic and international clientele. Foreign-national investment transactions require immigration and cross-border legal coordination with firms such as Behar International Counsel, APC to align visa status, ITIN filing, and FIRPTA withholding with purchase timelines. Since 2018 the firm has expanded into hospitality-industry brokerage, assisting local and foreign restaurateurs in opening first locations and scaling to multiple sites across San Diego County. The practice maintains board seats on the Downtown Community Planning Council, the City Center Business District BID, and the Downtown San Diego Partnership Planning and Public Policy Committee, along with international affiliations through AMPI Mexico. Commercial property purchases and business acquisitions involve asset-protection structuring that benefits from coverage analysis with agencies such as Core Columbia Insurance for general liability and property-loss policies. Highest-tier engagements include combined real property and business-asset acquisitions for hospitality venues requiring ABC liquor license transfers, health-department permit assignments, and commercial lease assumption negotiations with landlords.