Empire Real Estate Consultants

Empire Real Estate Consultants is a professional team of agents serving the San Diego County area. The team - Tony Tapia and Corina Culver - specialize in commercial real estate transactions, but stand ready to serve all your real estate needs.

Today’s market conditions present obvious challenges for both homeowners and businesses. As the market begins to stabilize, unprecedented opportunities have also emerged. Those previously priced out of the residential market are now able to own their own home at prices not seen for years. Unusually high commercial vacancy rates have also given an edge to start-up businesses or those looking to move up. Whether commercial or residential, it is important to have the services of real estate professionals knowledgeable in your specific area of interest.

The professionals of Empire Real Estate Consultants are uniquely qualified to serve your commercial real estate needs. Whether large or small, purchase or lease, the success of your business demands someone knowledgeable in zoning, land-use approval, and all the other processes unique to commercial real estate. Don’t settle for less.

If you are interested in buying, selling or leasing, please contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation.

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Your Empire Team

Corina CulverCA DRE 00920580

Corina Culver is a San Diego native and has been licensed since 1986. She is uniquely qualified as a commercial expert with a background in municipal Planning and Building. Her extensive knowledge and experience in zoning, land use, mapping processes and commercial marketing have proven very valuable to both buyers and sellers. Being bilingual (English/Spanish), she is able to work with a diverse group of clients and international investors.

Tony TapiaCA DRE 01313401

Tony Tapia is a San Diego native who has been licensed since 2001, beginning his real estate career as a residential agent. Recognized for his professionalism, Tony served as a agent mentoring newly licensed agents at Keller Williams Realty. In that role, Tony instructed new agents in real estate contracts, market analysis, business development and more. Recognizing a need for qualified commercial real estate agents, Tony now specializes his professional efforts in commercial real estate. Tony is also bilingual (English/Spanish).

Our Services

Discover how Empire Real Estate Consultants can help you achieve your goals.

Residential Real Estate

As our region emerges from a difficult time in property ownership, many sellers are seeing large numbers of offers on their property, while buyers are taking advantage of market conditions allowing them to realize the American dream for the first time. In either case, Empire Real Estate Consultants can help you assess your opportunities and achieve your dreams.

Commercial Real Estate

Because commercial real estate transactions often involve complex land-use issues, it is critical that you partner with agents experienced in these important processes.

Corina and Tony are ready to assist you in buying or selling your property by researching current market conditions, zoning and permit requirements and other factors important to your transaction. As lifetime residents of San Diego County, both are very familiar with local issues, and have built strong relationships with investors, lenders, developers, contractors and municipal staff in order to represent your interests effectively.

When you select Empire Real Estate Consultants, you will benefit from resources not available to every residential agent. In addition to marketing packages, custom signage and listing in the Multiple Listing Service, your property can get nationwide attention in special commercial networks in order to attract the most qualified and motivated buyers. Your property will be offered to a network of local, national and international investors.

Church Purchase and Lease

Just as commercial real estate requires special knowledge and experience, working with churches to locate new facilities is a unique niche in real estate. Through the word-of-mouth referrals by satisfied clients, we have developed a robust network of local church leaders, property owners and lenders to become the real estate agents of choice to many local churches. Whether a church intends to buy or lease, there are many important details related to zoning, parking, land-use approvals and site development for which Empire Real Estate Consultants can provide valuable assistance. Since many sales and leasing opportunities are not formally advertised by the property owners, please contact us for more information about locating or re-locating a church in your area.

Lease Negotiations

Commercial leases provide exceptional opportunities for businesses and organizations who are either not yet ready to purchase, or for those wanting to strategically locate near other businesses. Leases may seem less complex than purchase transactions, but you should not underestimate the complexity of a lease or its potential impact on the success of your business. The professionals of Empire Real Estate Consultants can help you evaluate the lease rates in your desired area, negotiate with property owners, review lease contracts for issues of rate escalation, parking, hidden fees, tenant improvements and more. In most cases, these services can be provided at no cost to you, as property owners commonly pay a fee to real estate agents participating in the lease process.

While Empire Real Estate Consultants can provide valuable assistance in contract negotiation and review, their services do not constitute legal advice and should not take the place of legal services provided by your attorney.

What People Are Saying

In the case of Tony and Corina, we got a TEAM! These guys are phenomenal! They keep you informed and you always know what’s going on. They call you, text you, email you and will even come to your home. Their “Can Do” attitude made the whole process bearable.

Our case was especially complicated due to a double family probate issue. Tony and Corina never lost their focus to take care of us. I highly recommend them and I don’t know what we would have done without them.

- M. Page

I want to recommend my Real Estate team Empire Real Estate Consultants to everyone in the San Diego area. They were so amazing in every step of this daunting process. They found us the perfect home and sold our other place in a tough market. They had such amazing advertisement and went way above and beyond to give my husband and I the most outstanding results. Seriously if you need a realtor I can’t say enough about how awesome the are.

- Laura C.

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Broker: Esperanza Tapia • DRE #00661336 • 4120 N. Cordoba Ave. Spring Valley, CA 91977

The accuracy of all information, regardless of source, including but not limited to square footages and lot sizes, is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified through personal inspection and/or with the appropriate professionals. The information at this site is provided solely for informational purposes and does not constitute an offer to sell, rent, or advertise real estate outside the state in which the owner of the site is licensed. The owner is not making any warranties or representations concerning any of these properties including their availability or condition. Information on this site is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified.