Balboa Rat to Arbor's Big Cheese with Chris Brigandi

 0:00 - Chris Brigandi welcome to the show
 0:30 - Newport Beach Real Estate
 1:00 - Grew up in City of Orange
 1:40 - Every summer "I was a Balboa Rat..."
 2:40 - Boogie Boarding across the channel
 3:30 - Class of '47 (dive bar in Newport Beach)
 4:00 - A Restaurant (formally known as The Arches)
 8:30 - Brother (Phil Brigandi) was a historian of Orange County
10:00 - 1980's a musician (gospel and non-gospel band)
13:50 - 1990's pivot to real estate
15:00 - Sold a $3,750,000 home in 1991 - breakthrough
15:40 - $80,000 commission check
16:00 - Started knocking on doors looking for homes to buy/develop
17:38 - Learned from Russ Fluter (Newport Beach developer)
18:40 - Started Strata Properties - high end, local
20:40 - Coldwell Banker bought Strata Properties
21:20 - Started Arbor Real Estate with Kristin Barry (and others)
21:30 - Roughly $1B in sales
22:00 - Today family and community keeps the grind going
23:40 - Community give-back and charity organizations
24:20 - Aligned with surfer Rob Machado