Barry Ross

The Real Estate Attorney ^SM

Condo University Instructor Barry Ross is one of Southern California’s premier real estate and business attorneys, educators and mediators. Barry has run a thriving, local real estate law practice, Barry Ross & Associates, for over 35 years. A graduate of the University of Southern California and Southwestern University School of Law, Barry earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence and his M.B.A. in Accounting and Finance simultaneously.

Barry has served as Superior Court Judge Pro Tem, California Association of Realtors^® Legal Services Panel Referral Attorney and Regional Chairman, C.A.R. Standard Forms Committee Attorney and C.A.R. State Legal Affairs Attorney for over 30 years. Barry is currently the 2012 President of the Glendale Bar Association, and he was the 2010-2011 President of the Burbank Bar Association.  He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar, San Fernando Bar, California State Bar and American Bar Associations.

As a Realtor®-Broker, Barry served as the 1993 President of the Glendale Association of Realtors®, of which he is still a Realtor®-Member and current Sponsor, and he is a Sponsor and affiliate of his local chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors® and an affiliate member of the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena and Burbank Associations of Realtors®.

Barry, a nationally-published author and lecturer in the real estate fields and mediation-related topics is also a popular real estate newspaper and online columnist, having written for The Daily News, The Pasadena Outlook and currently for the Los Angeles Times, where he publishes his well-known columns "Legally Speaking" and "Ask the Real Estate Attorney."

Barry is a member of the Community Associations Institute^® (CAI) and along with his wife Candy, he was recently interviewed in the March/April 2012 edition of CAI's Common Ground Magazine where he gave insights to readers into how real estate agents and HOA managers and management companites can best work together to best provide condo buyers and sellers with less-stressful, more success sales closings.

Barry has also been a sought-after mediator and arbitrator for almost 20 years.  He has years of experience in mediating HOA law disputes as well as many other types of diputes including real estate, finance, and business law.  He is an honored Member of the California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Member of the Association of Attorney-Mediators, Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association, and a Panelist of ADR Services Inc.

A native of Glendale, California, Barry has held a real estate broker's license for 38 years and he has owned and managed several real estate brokerages, property managment companies, and has organized successful real estate syndications of investment properties.

Barry owns The Estate Planning Center^sm and in conjunction with his legal practice, he assists his many real estate and business clients with smart legal solutions, resolving disputes and properly protecting their assets. 

His long and prestigious list of clients consists of national real estate firms and insurance companies, attorneys, local business owners, individual buyers, sellers, REALTORS® and community members.

Barry is dedicated to educating and helping the real estate community, his students and clients and their buyers and sellers to achieve their real estate goals by solving legal issues through insightful education.

Barry is currently one of the Directors of the Council of Condominium Specialists^® and the Council of CID Specialists^®.

Candy Peak 

Realtor^® & Educator 

A Family History of Real Estate Success!^SM

As an instructor for Condo University, real estate broker, educator, investor and condo-selling specialist Candy Peak is well-prepared to guide buyers, sellers and agents through the exciting field of condo and common interest development real estate with her educational savvy, and her stellar management and marketing skills. Candy offers a rare understanding of the condominium real estate market. In her long, distinguished career, Candy has been trusted and admired by her many clients and students for her thoughtful, creative and beneficial knowledge she shares through her many years of listing and selling condominiums and other forms of common interest developments.

Candy began her real estate career working in her family's real estate business as a teenager in 1969. Her mother and mentor,  Vivian Peak, was one of her state's top Realtors^® and very well-loved by her clientele, often selling 2 or 3 homes a day. Candy and her sister Pamela followed in their mother's successful footsteps forming the high-profile "PEAK FAMILY HOME-SELLING TEAM," selling residential and investment properties for over 30 years.

Educational Innovator: Candy and her husband, Real Estate Attorney, Barry Ross, are the co-authors of the national Certified Condominium Specialist^® Course: A Professional Real Estate Agent’s Guide to Successfully Listing and Selling Common Interest Developments (CID). Candy also has been a National Spokesperson and Educator for Fortune 500 Companies Nationwide.

Candy's clientele - From "Soccer Moms" to Celebrity clients: As a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Luxury Homes Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Graduate, Realtors^® Institute Member (GRI), Senior Residential Specialist (SRES), and Certified Community Associations Agent^®(CCAA), Candy has vast knowledge and experience few Realtors^® have to offer.  She has sold hundreds of homes, townhomes and condominiums, as well as income and investment properties.  Her expertise has made her a consistent award-winning Realtor^®.

Candy has appeared in "Who's Who in Real Estate in North America" and was validated by RE/MAX of California and Hawaii as a former RE/Max Agent for being in the top third of all agents in the RE/MAX Network.  In addition, Candy is a longtime member of the National, California Association of Realtors^®, and local Realtor^® Associations. 

Candy is a Past President of the Verdugo Hills Chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors^® and also served as a Vice President and Educational Program Chairwoman promoting high standards in the real estate industry.  Candy is currently the Broker-Owner of Peak Premier Properties and President of the Real Estate Investors Institute, a cutting-edge real estate company that assists buyers, sellers and real estate agents through educational training and real estate sales. 

Candy is also a member of CAI, Community Associations Institute, a national organization comprised of Homeowners Associations business partners, HOA attorneys, and HOA managers who participate together in local and national legal and business seminars and forums to discuss updates in HOA law and financing and HOA management procedures across the U.S.

Candy currently serves as the National Director and Los Angeles County Chairman of the Council of Condominium Specialists^® and she is also a Director of the Council of CID Specialists^®