Nona Grayson is a Broker Associate with First Team Real Estate. She has the backing of the top brokerage in Southern California, which has been a leading brokerage for 48 years with over 2,000 agents, 54 offices, and ranked 36 in the national rankings even though they are just in Southern CA. First Team is an independent, family-owned company and their mission is to put their clients first. It was founded by Cam Merage, a philanthropic family in our community. If the name Merage sounds familiar, it is because the UCI Business School is the Paul Merage School of Business.
Their sales volume in 2024 was over 5.1 billion with $5,300 in transactions and relocation sales over 350 million. Since First Team is not franchised, they are big enough to have the resources but small enough to care about every individual client and transaction that they service, while reinvesting a portion of their earnings into marketing your home, not selling more franchises. First Team has many proprietary tools and is able to leverage the power of its own internal network to reach more buyers.
First Team is also the luxury leader in OC and a major player in the luxury market by being a founding member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, made up of a network of 550 Independent brokers with 1.2M in transactions in 2024 with a sales volume of 405 billion. This is a huge advantage for relocation buyers, who are very motivated buyers.
Luxury Portfolio International is a subset of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. It is made up of 220 luxury companies and 50K homes sold in 2023. It is the largest international network of the most powerful independent brokerages, marketing annually to 50,000 people. First Team is the only brokerage in OC that has this partnership. First Team is also a member of Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, having the most million-dollar properties. As a combined network of the most influential brokers in the world, First Team is the #1 real estate network, not just locally and nationally, but also globally, with more sales volume than any other national brand or franchise.
If you want someone who will bring you the most buyers, get you the highest and best price, have someone who will negotiate and protect you legally, and go with a company that is not going to go bankrupt in hard times, Nona Grayson is your agent. She will ensure a smooth transaction and handle every detail from home preparation, helping you determine how to best show your home, recommend repairs or improvements, have professional pictures taken, have quality property marketing and have continuous, easy communication and follow-up. She will help you choose the most qualified buyer at the highest price.
As a buyer’s agent, Nona’s biggest strength is listening to what her clients want and need. She then searches for what you want, and if what you want isn’t on the market, Nona has had success in finding off-market homes for her buyers. Her knowledge of the home contract and his negotiation skills will help you secure the house you want, even against stiff competition.
Nona grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended Vanderbilt University where she graduated with a BA in Fine Arts. Her love of learning propelled her to get a MA and then a PsyD in clinical psychology. She worked on getting her psychology license until she decided that being the best mom she could be was more important. It was years later when she decided the time was right for her to get her Real Estate Broker’s license and she has been working with First Team since 2012.
