Taunee English is a Certified Probate and Trust Real Estate Specialist and was recently featured in Modern Luxury Angeleno Magazine’s March 2020 “ WOMEN of Influence – THE PERFECT 10″.

Taunee was named 2019 Realtor of the Year from Greater Los Angeles Realtors® Association She is a third-year award winning Real Estate Broker experienced in Trust and Probate transactions.

Taunee is deeply passionate about helping families after a loved one has passed away because she had personally experienced the unexpected challenges of settling both Probate and Trust estates for her family. Besides representing families as their Realtor, Taunee also has acted in the capacity of Personal Representative/ Administrator and Successor Trustee of Probate and Trust Estates for both family members and clients due to her 20+ years of experience in real estate, accounting, business management and trust administration.

She was an Enrolled Agent certified by the Internal Revenue Service as a Tax Specialist and ran a CPA firm for six years before starting Business Caretaker Inc., with a Real Estate division -“Lions Realty Group” and “The Business Caretaker”, the Business Brokering and Trust Administration division.

Taunee proudly served our country and is a U.S. Navy Veteran. As devoted as she is to our country, she is AS devoted to the IMPORTANCE of EDUCATION and has over eight Real Estate Designations which includes: Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist, Seniors Real Estate Specialist, Pricing Strategy Advisor, Certified Negotiation Expert and National Commercial Real Estate Advisor designation.

At her local association. Greater Los Angeles REALTORS Association (the 3rd largest AOR in California), she served as its 2021 & 2022 Treasurer, Chair of the Professional Development Committee which she had co-created a NAR approved Ethics continuing education course called “Real Estate Court – The People’s Court for Real Estate Agents” which holds mock trials of Ethical and MLS violations.

At the state level, Taunee was a State Director of California Association of Realtors® 2016-2023 and was the 2022 Chair of the Investment Subcommittee and 2021 Chair of Communications Advisory Committee and Region 17 Representative for the Taxation and Government Finance Committee.

At the national level, Taunee  served as the 2023  Co-Chair of the Communities of Interest Committee for the National Association of REALTORS®

Taunee was the 2021 President of the LA/Beverly Hills Network of the Women’s Council of Realtors® and is very involved and passionate about its mission in advancing women as business leaders in the industry and in the communities they serve.

Taunee is a Sought-After Speaker and Thought Leader:

• Inman News: September 2022 “The Color of Money: Unique ways to prosper in today’s tough market https://youtu.be/z8crF_km0oM
• California Association of Realtors®: 2022 REIMAGINE Expo Adding Commercial to your Residential in order to Boost your business. 
• Inma Connect: January 2021 Rising UP Starts With Saying Yes
• NPR’s KPCC “AirTalk”
• National Women’s Council of Realtors®: 2021 Elevate Growth Conference Celebrating Women’s Council Legacy of Leadership
• California Association of Realtors®: REIMAGINE Expo: Recognize and Root Out Implicit Bias
• California Department of Insurance: Insurance Diversity Summit: Grow Your Diverse Business
• Derby Diversity & Business Summit: Pivot Champ Summit: The State of Belonging
• Greater Los Angeles Realtors®: Advancing Racial Equality: Real Change with Real Purpose
• Asian Real Estate Association of America: North Los Angeles The Changing World of Covid-19
• National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals: L.A. San Gabriel Valley Follow the Leaders And most of all, she is the devoted daughter to her parents – a mother that she plays Twinsie with fashion photo shoots (at least three times a year) and a father who has the onset of Alzheimer which was what prompted Taunee to obtain her certificate in Fiduciary Management from UC Riverside and to further her work with families in establishing Trust and avoiding Probate.