I'm Brian Buckley — a licensed California broker and active investor with a portfolio across California, Arizona, and Virginia. I advise agents, brokers, investors, lenders, and educators, drawing on 35+ years that span mortgage underwriting, brokerage, and enterprise risk leadership at Visa International and the IRS.
Licensed CA Broker
DRE #01873665
I'm a licensed California real estate broker and an active investor. Since 1990 I've acquired, financed, and managed residential rental property across California, Arizona, and Virginia — handling the acquisitions, the financing, the tenants, and the capital improvements myself. When I advise, I'm speaking from a portfolio I still own and operate.
My foundation is in credit. I began in the 1980s underwriting and originating residential and investment mortgages, and managing mortgage collateral for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. That work taught me to read a property, a borrower, and a loan file for exactly where the risk sits.
I then spent nearly two decades building risk and compliance programs at the highest level — as Senior Vice President of International Risk Management at Visa International, and later as Director of Risk Management at the IRS. I wrote the policy frameworks, trained the teams, and answered to the regulators. Few real estate advisors bring that discipline to a transaction.
Today I put all of it to work for agents, brokers, investors, lenders, educators, and schools — as a consultant, a broker of record, and an instructor for real estate pre-licensing and continuing education. Practical, compliant, and grounded in decades of doing the work.
At a glance
Four decades across brokerage, real estate investment, mortgage lending, and enterprise risk. Here's where that experience is licensed, proven, and on the record.
California DRE
Real Estate
Broker License
License #
01873665
Status
Active · Broker
Licensed as a California Real Estate Broker since 2013, qualified to act as a broker of record and to advise on agency, disclosure, transaction structure, and compliance under California real estate law.
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Risk Leadership
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I work with the people who make real estate transactions happen — on the deal, the risk behind it, and the compliance around it.
Guidance for agents and brokerages on agency relationships, disclosure, transaction structure, and the risk and compliance side of California real estate practice. Available to serve as broker of record and to mentor newer licensees toward doing the work correctly the first time.
For investors building or managing a residential portfolio: acquisition and financing strategy, property and tenant management, rental performance analysis, and landlord-tenant compliance — from an advisor who has done all of it across three states since 1990.
Support for lenders and mortgage professionals on underwriting standards, collateral and credit risk, loan documentation, and regulatory compliance — grounded in years of hands-on residential and investment underwriting and institutional collateral management.
Instruction for real estate pre-licensing and continuing education — plus curriculum development, instructor training, and mentorship for schools and educators. Practical teaching in principles, finance, risk management, ethics, and regulatory compliance, from a career educator and trainer.
Discuss a programWhether you're an agent, broker, investor, lender, or educator, tell me what you're working on and where you'd like a second set of experienced eyes. Fill out the form and I'll get back to you personally.
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