Real estate agency, Real estate agent, Real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, CA
ARIA Properties is a Los Angeles real estate firm specializing in residential sales, purchases, and leasing across the city's coastal neighborhoods. The team, led by owner and operating partner Rick Dergan (CA DRE# 00972387), works as a multi-agent group that also includes Broker Associate Panos Papadopoulos, Director of Sales Diane Marie Brito, Director of Multifamily Dennis Maynard, and several luxury real estate specialists. The firm combines what it describes as "cutting-edge technology with a classic personal touch," offering services that span home valuations, cash offers, property leasing, and multi-family property expertise alongside standard residential transactions. ARIA Properties concentrates its work in coastal Los Angeles submarkets, including Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Manhattan Beach, and its listings often include Marina Del Rey condominiums ranging from roughly $795,000 to $2.4 million. Leadership frames the firm's approach around client outcomes rather than transaction size, stating, "We're not looking at the commission — we're making sure that the client is getting a great smooth transaction." That philosophy shapes how the team structures its services, pairing agents with specific specialties, from luxury sales to multifamily investment, so that clients working in different segments of the Los Angeles market get advice suited to their specific needs. The company is based at 12130 Millennium Dr, Suite 300, in Los Angeles, and can be reached by phone at (424) 355-9088. Whether the client is a first-time buyer, a seller in a competitive coastal market, or an investor looking at multi-family properties, ARIA Properties positions itself as a full-service option for residential real estate needs across the Westside and surrounding Los Angeles communities.
Born from vision and nurtured by determination, ARIA Properties emerged in Los Angeles as an answer to dreams deferred too long. The founders carried not just business ambition but cultural purpose—to prove that Black excellence belongs everywhere. Their journey weaves struggle with triumph, proving that foundation-building creates legacies. Every day of operation is an act of reclamation and renewal.





