Your partner…
About Ryan.
Creative by nature. Strategic by experience. Genuinely invested in your outcome.
I'm Ryan Lane - a Newport Beach-based real estate advisor, investor, and former creative executive who spent nearly two decades producing campaigns, building brands, and closing deals on a global scale. Real estate is where all of that converged. And honestly? It's the most fulfilling work I've ever done.
What I've Done in Real Estate
Over $11M closed across luxury residential, commercial, and off-market transactions in Coastal OC, LA, and San Diego. But the number that matters most to me is zero — as in, zero clients I've left hanging.
I've negotiated a complex $20M off-market Newport Harbor deal using seller financing and a profit-share structure — 45 days of back-and-forth that got the seller their number without compromising the buyer's position. I'm currently advising on a Harbor Island project with a projected $35M ARV. I'm an equity partner in a café concept I helped acquire from the ground up. I own and operate a short-term rental in Nashville and actively work with out-of-state investors looking to build here in SoCal.
Every deal is different. The approach never changes: find the angle, protect your client, and close it right.
Before Real Estate
I started booking photography clients at 13. Published in LA/OC Weekly by 15. Was working under the SVP of IMG (Endeavor) by 20. A University of San Diego grad and former collegiate rower, I've always been someone who figures out how to get in the room - and then delivers once I'm there.
Over a 17-year career as a producer, creative director, and VP of Business Development, I led $25M+ in brand activations and partnerships for some of the most recognized names in the world — Red Bull, LVMH, Mercedes-Benz, NFL, Amazon, Nike, Beats by Dre, Coachella, EA Sports, Nordstrom, Caesars, and Lincoln, among others.
I've managed productions across multiple countries, navigated language barriers and last-minute pivots, and turned more "that's not possible" moments into wins than I can count. Not because I'm the loudest person in the room - but because I listen, I prepare, and I don't quit.
How I Work
I run every transaction like a production: anticipate problems before they happen, connect the dots others miss, and keep the whole thing moving even when it gets complicated - especially when it gets complicated.
But more than strategy, what drives me is the relationship. I'm not here to close you and move on. I want to be the person you call years from now when you're ready for the next move, or when a friend needs someone they can trust.
Real estate is one of the biggest decisions most people make. I don't take that lightly. And I don't disappear after the signature.
Whether you're buying your first home, selling a property you've poured your heart into, or building a portfolio from scratch - I'd love to be part of that story.
Let's build something that lasts.