Our Team

Sam is a 19-year seasoned South Bay real estate veteran and has sold over 350 homes throughout his career which began back in September 2004. Sam specializes in representing Buyers find and locate properties to purchase and negotiate, consult and manage all inspections, investigations, appraisals and obtain final loan commitment. Sam also represents traditional equity sellers list, market, and sell their homes or investment properties, getting his seller the highest exposure possible in both print and online advertising. Sam also works with Landlords and Investors purchase multi-residential properties and also assist them fill their vacancies.

Sam started as a buyer’s agent-focused in Torrance and has represented hundreds of satisfied clients locate and purchase multi-residential properties throughout the Greater South Bay and Palos Verdes Area! Sam knows South Bay, CA real estate and has completed over 6500 broker price opinions (BPO) for major banks and lending institutions. Sam accurately determines the fair market value for motivated sellers looking to list their homes for sale. In May 2020, Sam and his wife, Bindu, joined Compass South Bay after a 15 year Career at a local RE/MAX franchise. 

Prior to his career in real estate Sam has held various regional outside sales positions at startup computer manufacturers selling servers, storage devices, and memory. His career in outside sales began after college in 1988. Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Marketing Major from Adrian College.

He grew up in a small rural farming town in southeast Michigan and has lived up and down the East Coast until he moved to Hermosa Beach in 1991. In 2014, Sam founded the Redondo Beach Referral Networking Group (RBRNG) a small business local networking group to generate quality referrals to grow our businesses together! 

In his spare time, Sam volunteers at Redondo Union High School) and is an active PTSA Member. He enjoys golfing, snow skiing, biking, and traveling the world. Sam was initiated into Elk’s Lodge 1378 of Redondo Beach in March 2016 and is the proud father of his son, Sammy age 20, and daughter, Bree age 18 who both attend Indiana University Bloomington Campus. He is married to Bindu Xavier, co-founder of the Xavier and Xavier Team. Bindu is also a full-time award-winning Compass real estate agent in South Bay and the two reside in South Redondo Beach.