Our Team

Michael Taylor

Founder

Luxury Properties Director

CA BRE #01224870

Michael Taylor was one of Berkshire Hathaway’s Top Producing Sales Agents since 1997. Mike is proud to have changed company affiliations and is now a Luxury Sales Agent and Chief Operating Officer of the new Luxury Brokerage Company, Agentinc. Before joining Prudential/ Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in 1997. Mike served as Senior Executive with a West Los Angeles Savings and Loan. His experience is a combination of real estate and management, as Mike managed a loan and real estate portfolio of approximately one billion dollars, sold the bank’s foreclosure properties and supervised the Institution’s litigation portfolio.

While working full time, Mike attended law school, graduating with a Juris Doctorate degree in 1983. Mike’s in-depth knowledge of the market and his management, financial and legal background, coupled with his unwavering commitment to helping his clients achieve their real estate goals, make him the ideal real estate professional to sell your home.

Nicky Taylor

Director of Marketing

Nicky Taylor joins the Michael Taylor Group team after building a wealth of experience and honing her keen business sense through spending many years in the corporate arena. Prior to joining the Michael Taylor Group, Nick worked for T-Systems International Inc. for 15 years, having risen to the position of the company’s President at the time of her departure. T-Systems International is a manufacturer of drip irrigation products with factories in the United States, France and Australia. The company was sold to John Deere Company.

Nicky, a native Canadian, earned her B.S. in Business from Queens University in Canada.

Kristin Baker

Kristin brings to the table an extensive business background. She graduated from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Marketing and from Loyola Marymount University with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

For over a decade, Kristin excelled as a Senior Manager with a Global Fortune 500 Hospitality Firm. There she showcased her dedication for relationship development, skillful contract negotiations, strategic market analysis and superior customer service. Her diversified client portfolio includes all segments of the public market, high-profile corporations/individuals, local and national associations as well as government sponsored departments.

As a testament to her consistent dedication to both her clientele and company, she has garnered numerous accolades and awards for her outstanding leadership and client satisfaction merits.

Kristin’s diligent work ethic, keen sense of business, upbeat personality, and passion for helping others illustrates her hybrid of heart and mind making her next venture into the Residential Real Estate sector a natural and seamless transition.

Kristin’s readily available and friendly demeanor enables her to easily establish rapport with others. She actively engages and maintains her relationships with both attentiveness and sensitivity. Kristin’s in-depth preparation skills united with her win-win mindset have supported mutually beneficial results in navigating complex, high pressure, and time sensitive situations.

Kristin, her husband and their two children currently reside in her hometown of Cardiff-By-The-Sea. She is thrilled to help others find a place to plant their roots so they too can call San Diego home.

Dave Hyman

The Active Agent is proactive about work and life. What's most important to him are YOUR best interests. Dave has been a real estate professional since 2008. He has degrees in Meteorology and Psychology and is a former TV weather guy in San Francisco and other cities. His course of study gave him skills he uses every day, analyzing data and negotiating for clients. When the sherpa hat comes off, Dave is a pilot, a skydiver, a skier, a triathlete (emphasis on running), and a chess player. He loves to travel, sing, encourage kids, and be nice to animals.

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