A locally owned luxury brokerage, built by three industry veterans who believed real estate should be personal again.
Empower Real Estate was founded in Burbank by Ed Sanchez, Claudio Madariaga, and Jonathan Max. Three professionals who spent decades inside franchise systems and corporate brokerages, watching clients get lost in the machine. We left to build something better: a brokerage where every client works directly with a principal, every listing gets institutional quality marketing, and every decision is made by people who live in the community they serve.
Three time president of the Burbank Association of Realtors and a lifelong Burbank resident. Ed has represented over $100 million in real estate transactions and brings an unmatched network of local relationships to every deal.
Inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Claudio brings a global perspective to the Los Angeles market, with deep expertise in investment properties and multi unit portfolios.
The architect behind Empower's technology platform. Jonathan builds the proprietary tools that give our agents and clients a measurable edge, from AI powered home valuations to automated marketing systems that launch within hours of listing.
While other brokerages outsource their technology to third party vendors, we build ours in house. Our CMA engine uses market extracted rates and CRMLS MLS data to produce valuations more accurate than Cloud CMA. Our AI ISA qualifies and responds to leads in under 60 seconds. Every listing gets an auto generated luxury property website within 4 hours of MLS entry. This is not a tech company pretending to sell houses. This is a real estate company that happens to build exceptional technology.
We own our building in the heart of Burbank. We invest here. Our kids go to school here. When you work with Empower, you are not getting a franchise territory manager in another state. You are getting neighbors.