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The Agency’s Sports & Entertainment Division recently hosted an enthusiastic panel discussion on Sports & Philanthropy at The Century Plaza Hotel. Representatives from the charitable foundations of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Dodgers and AEG discussed their foundations’ current endeavors, along with best practices in fundraising and charitable giving. (more…)

On the heels of Halloween comes the global, month-long event known as Movember, a cause-driven celebration where men grow mustaches in order to raise funds and awareness for the health risks facing them. With people from around the world going the entire month without surrendering to the razor, you can think of it as a play-off beard where everyone is on the same team. (more…)

Five million hits and counting – that’s hype worthy of a sports legend. New videos produced by The Agency’s Kofi Nartey flex some serious muscle with sports-style coverage of Michael Jordan’s Chicago estate,2700 Point Lane in Highland Park. As The Chicago Sun-Times put it, the marketing of the $14,855,000 mansion “has gone full Jordan”.Giving the home its own vivacious personality, the “Start Your Legend” videos challenge people ...

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The sale of Michael Jordan‘s insanely kick-ass Chicago mega mansion just took the most dramatic turn ever … getting the Hollywood movie treatment in a full court press to finally get it sold.The 56,000 square foot property had been on the market since 2012 — but didn’t move — so Jordan recently kiked the listing over to Kofi Nartey at The Agency … the real estate group headed by ‘Real Housewives’ star Mauricio Umansky.Kofi decided ...

6 multimillion-dollar homes with basketball courts.Highland Park, Illinois. This nine-bedroom estate is the former home of basketball legend Michael Jordan. The 56,000-square-foot house has 15 baths and a full-size, NBA-quality court built to Jordan’s specifications with his logo at center court.Other amenities include a fitness center, a tennis court, a putting green, an outdoor kitchen, and a circular infinity pool. $14,855,000.Redding, Connecticut. Built ...

I Sold a House to an AVATAR: Navigating the Celebrity Real Estate Market.Actually, the blue, human-like creatures in Avatar are called Na’vi. This means, I actually sold a house to one of the Na’vi. However, for the purpose of this story, I will refer to my client as an Avatar, as most affectionately refer to them. Taking things a step further, my Avatar client could be representative of many of the athletes and entertainers that navigate through ...

Streamy Awards Grow Up As Stars Flock to Red Carpet“It’s kind of funny to have an awards show for a community that really just wants everybody to succeed,” says Hannah Hart.“The goal of any TV star is eventually to wind up on the Internet,” jokes James Van Der Beek on the Streamy Awards red carpet outside the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday night.Van Der Beek isn’t the typical face of the Internet (expect in the case of Dawson’s Creek reruns ...

My MICHAEL JORDAN listing made Yahoo’s list of Most Expensive Homes in the Midwest. They forgot to mention it’s the coolest! Check out the story here:Check out the story on Yahoo here

If you’re like us at Trulia HQ, you watch every episode of Selling LA on HGTV. We had the chance to chat with one of the stars, Kofi Natei Narteyof The Agency. Not only is Kofi an amazing real estate agent, he’s a really nice guy with an incredible passion for his job. In his day job as an agent, Kofi is a luxury homes specialist and the Director of the Sports & Entertainment Division at The Agency in Beverly Hills, CA. He has over 10 ...