Ron Arnold - Agent

About Ron

Hi, my name is Ron Arnold and I lead a team of realtors called. “When Home Isn’t First“. We operate by a strong mission and a set of 10 principles that essentially says “people are more important than homes”. We’ve done this for over 24 years and sold almost 950 homes. But volume to us is insignificant. What really matters is how we treat people. A quarter century ago, I came kicking and screaming into this industry because I felt like most of the practitioners were more like used car salesman than caretakers of people’s best interests. But I responded to a calling. I was given a charge to redefine success in Real Estate in a manner that places people as the highest priority by genuinely respecting, honoring, and protecting them. The goal was to help people make good decisions that are the wisest for themselves and their families. Not necessarily to sell or buy homes. Just simply to make Good decisions. Wise decisions. That’s how we get joy here on our team. We ask a TON of questions to know what makes our clients tick. When we hear their hearts, we sometimes find it’s might be the time to say “no” to a purchasing or selling decision. And when it’s time to say yes, we do it in a way that protects their best interests throughout it. We’ve sold homes all over Southern California primarily because trust takes us into weird places. But we go wherever our clients ask us to go. We don’t have a “farm“, we have people who have real estate needs anywhere. People who need to be told truthful things and need to be treated kindly and need to be genuinely loved. That’s why we call our business “When Home Isn’t First”. Our goal is remind people of higher priorities. Because while your home might be your single biggest financial asset, in comparison to the relationships in your life, your home is inconsequently small. “When the Home isn’t first” is not a slogan or a marketing idea. It is a way of seeing the world… And a way of serving people. It exists because people matter more than profits. Because truth matters more than transactions. Because protection matters more than commissions. I’ve always had as my motto: “People matter. Homes are incidental”. This work is not about making a living first… It’s about making a difference that lasts. Bottom line… When Home isn’t first, everything else finds its proper place.