CCS REAL ESTATE EDUCATION SERIES
The construction and compliance lecture series LA's top brokerages bring in for their agents.
Equity Union, Rodeo Realty, Douglas Elliman and many other established LA real estate firms have already taken advantage of CCS's new in-house lecture series - sessions led by a licensed California general contractor on the construction, zoning, and compliance angles that decide whether a property is sellable, developable, or stuck. Each lecture is built around the deals the team is actively working, so agents walk out reading every future listing through a sharper, more profitable lens.
Request a session for your brokerageWhat your team walks away with
Practical construction knowledge your agents can use on Monday.
Every lecture is tailored to your brokerage. Below is the standard menu - we mix and match based on the deals your team is actually working on.
01
ADUs: how to spot a $200K-$400K upside
Which lots qualify, what the build actually costs, how appraisers value them, and how to use that math to win a listing or close a buyer.
02
SB9 lot splits made simple
When SB9 works, when it doesn't, and the exact qualifying checklist your agents can run on any property in 5 minutes.
03
Reading a permit history like a pro
How to spot unpermitted additions, open permits, and code violations before they kill the deal in escrow. The 3 documents to pull on every listing.
04
Garage conversions, unpermitted units, and ADU legalization
The cheapest path to legalize an existing unpermitted unit, what LADBS actually requires, and how to use legalization to add square footage to the appraisal.
05
Hillside, fire zone, and coastal: the gotchas
CAL FIRE SRA, FEMA flood, Coastal Commission, and LA hillside ordinance. The overlays that turn a quick close into a six-month nightmare, and how to flag them upfront.
06
Live Q&A with a licensed GC
Bring real listings your team is stuck on. We pull permits, check zoning, and walk through what's buildable - live, on screen.
Recent lectures
A few of the brokerages we have lectured for.
Watch a clip from each - or skip ahead and book yours.
EU
EQUITY UNION REALTY
Why smart realtors partner with CCS for ADUs, SB9 & maximum property value
A working session on how Equity Union agents are using ADU and SB9 conversations to win listings their competitors walked away from. Specific lot examples, real numbers, and the exact pitch language that closes the homeowner.
RR
RODEO REALTY - STUDIO CITY
Building compliance: the 30-minute version for agents
The compliance landmines that kill escrows in LA - unpermitted work, open permits, code violations, COO issues - and the exact playbook for spotting them on the listing appointment, not in escrow.
RR
RODEO REALTY - HOLLYWOOD
Can an ADU appraise at the same price per sqft as the main house?
A deep dive into ADU appraisal: when an ADU lifts the per-sqft value of the entire property, when it doesn't, and the design choices that move appraisers. Real comps, real numbers.
The point of the lecture
Teaching agents to read a property the way a contractor reads it.
Most agents look at a listing and see the house. We teach them to also see the lot - the unused 1,200 sqft in the back, the garage that could be a legal unit, the SB9 split hiding in plain sight, the unpermitted addition that will blow up in escrow if no one catches it now. That shift in how they look at property is what the lectures install.
Recognize the upside
We walk through real LA lots and show, on screen, how to spot an ADU opportunity, a junior ADU, an SB9 split, or a buildable second story - the visual cues a trained eye picks up in seconds.
Speak the numbers
What an ADU actually costs to build in 2026, how it appraises, what rent comp it pulls, and how to translate all of that into a clean sentence the homeowner or buyer understands.
Pull the right records
The three documents every agent should pull before they list a property in LA - permit history, Certificate of Occupancy, zoning. We show where to get each one and what red flags to look for.
Catch the compliance landmines
Unpermitted additions, open permits, code violations, and substandard housing flags - how to surface them on the listing appointment, not during the buyer's inspection when the deal is already at risk.
Decode the overlays
CAL FIRE SRA, FEMA flood zones, the Coastal Commission, LA hillside ordinance. The map layers most agents have never read but that control whether a property is actually developable.
Turn knowledge into listings
The pitch language top-producing agents use when they show a seller that their tired house is actually a $1.4M lot with $400K of ADU upside - and how that conversation wins the listing on the spot.
Format: 60-minute in-office session (LA, Orange, or Ventura county), 30 min lecture and 30 min live Q&A on properties your team is currently working. Free of charge. We bring the slides, case studies, and a printed reference one-pager for every agent.
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