Paired under California DRE #01217712 and DRE #01305747, Maureen Tess and Antoinette Embry operate Team Mission Hills at Compass from 1621 West Lewis Street, a storefront office anchoring the Mission Hills historic district. Embry is a native San Diegan who has been licensed since 2001 out of a family of real estate professionals, while Tess joined the business in 1996 from a corporate healthcare accounting background that drives her disclosure and pro-forma workflow; together they specialize in Mills Act historically-designated Craftsman cottages and Spanish Revival homes, pulling in restoration planning through DGA planning | architecture | interiors on preservation-compliant remodels. Their listing inventory runs heavy on pre-1930 Mission Hills stock where gumwood built-ins, Motawi tile fireplaces, and leaded-glass originals require narrative marketing rather than square-foot comps. Period-appropriate landscape restoration for listing prep on lots with original terracing and heritage plantings routes through McCullough Landscape Architecture, Inc.. Cross-listings in North Park, South Park, and Kensington extend the team's footprint into adjacent early-20th-century neighborhoods. The heaviest files remain Mills Act conveyance closings where county Assessor tax-abatement paperwork, historic-designation riders, and restoration-covenant disclosures have to clear alongside standard escrow on a single timeline.