REO Director · Broker / Owner · Empower Real Estate.
HUD Registered Broker, NAID EDWRDT6688. Same day occupancy inspections and 24 hour BPOs on an active institutional servicer relationship. Five hundred plus REO closings since 2008 across his brokerages and teams, delivered with a full luxury brand stack.
Most REO portfolios get handed to transaction specialists. That works for volume. It does not always work for disposition value. Ed brings the full weight of a luxury brokerage to institutional work; asset managers gain an agent who can protect value on a C rated bungalow and on a multi million dollar estate without changing gears.
Broker / Owner of Empower Real Estate. Three time president of the Burbank Association of Realtors. Realtor of the Year in 2007. Twenty six years licensed, two hundred eighteen million in verified career sales across all transaction types, five hundred plus REO closings across his brokerages and teams. The credentials asset managers look for in a principal, already in place before the first assignment arrives.
Every REO listing receives the same treatment Empower uses on its high end assignments: professional photography, a dedicated property website, branded disclosure packaging, and coordinated marketing. The listing that ships at fifty percent of area median still looks like the listing that ships at five million.
Every BPO is prepared and signed by Ed on the Fannie Mae B4-1.3-08 bracketing standard: three active and three sold comps, at least one above and one below the recommendation, verified MLS data only. Institutional grade in-house infrastructure supports the work; Ed's signature stands behind every value. 24 hour standard from assignment to BPO delivery.
Ed is not a solo REO operator. Empower Real Estate runs 18 licensed agents, a dedicated transaction coordinator, a standardized delivery pipeline, and institutional grade in-house infrastructure. That infrastructure absorbs new volume without friction. Nineteen assets on the book today, eighteen active, with capacity to absorb materially more. Whatever the pipeline demands, the brokerage can scale to meet it.
Current REO book managed via the Pyramid Platform. Nineteen assets on the current book, eighteen of them active, in various stages: eviction, redemption, hold, listed, and offer accepted. Public MLS listings ship with the full Empower delivery stack: branded property website, professional photography, BPO Value Supplement, and offer management through propoffers.com.
Listing data verified against the California Regional MLS on August 28, 2026. Prices and status are accurate as of that date and are not a live feed; confirm current status in the MLS before relying on it. Empower office code bh5345494.
The Empower REO division is built for institutional workflows. Below is what comes standard on every assignment.
Drive by and listing agent updated BPOs, each prepared and signed by Ed on the Fannie Mae B4-1.3-08 bracketing standard and supported by institutional grade in-house infrastructure. Every BPO ships with a branded Value Supplement: comp analysis, three tier pricing, market stats.
Full MLS listing with professional photography, 300 DPI image prep, and a dedicated property website. Zillow Showcase, Meta and Google paid campaigns available on request.
Standardized Occupant Package delivery: Notice to Occupant, FAQ, Agent Contact Form. Pre built three part system ensures compliance and documentation on every door knock.
Occupancy confirmed vacant triggers a rekey: deadbolt replacement, knob cylinder swap, sliding door pin installation, and board up of any breached access. Photo documentation transmitted to the asset manager. Closes the window for vandalism, squatter occupation, and copper theft.
Standing relationships with vetted preservation contractors across LA, Ventura, and Orange counties. Trash out, landscape restoration, winterization, roof tarp, pool drain and cover, graffiti removal, fence repair. Three quote bid process on scoped work. Photo documentation of every task, before and after.
Empower carries bilingual capability in Spanish, Armenian, and Russian across the licensed team, so occupant conversations happen in the resident's own language. No outside translator required, no interpretation risk.
Owner occupant and nonprofit priority offers handled per GSE guidelines. Offer submission routed through propoffers.com with required disclosures and documentation pre populated.
Each REO listing receives a dedicated single property website at empowerburbank.com with full photo gallery, lead capture, and analytics. Same quality given to five million dollar estates.
In house transaction coordinator manages the full file from accepted offer to close. Asset managers receive regular status updates without chasing. Title curative, escrow coordination, and post close support handled without escalation.
Institutional sellers Ed and his teams have closed bank owned inventory for.
Empower operates a private investor portal, and the gate is the feature. Access is by registration only, so inventory stays protected and every buyer who sees it is serious, vetted, and ready to perform.
Registered investors file a buy box: asset type, price band, condition tolerance, target areas. Every profile is reviewed before access.
Registered members gain first look visibility into the pre-market pipeline as assets become eligible for release.
Assets route to the buy boxes they fit. Members hear about what they would actually buy, not a blast list.
A weekly brief keeps registered investors current on the book and on what is coming next.
Three Southern California counties, each demonstrated by closed REO on file. Coastal to inland, entry level bungalow to guard-gated estate.
Send the asset details to ed@empowerburbank.com or call direct. 24 hour standard from assignment to BPO delivery. Every asset, treated like an Empower listing.