Kathleen “Kathy” Buck
CEO & Corporate Broker
DRE #01133648
TGG Realty provides full-spectrum distressed real estate services — from fire-loss recovery and disaster rebuilds to bankruptcy, receivership, and financially distressed asset management. Every asset class. Every situation. Senior principals on every file.
TGG Realty was built to perform where other firms step back — in situations defined by complexity, urgency, and real financial consequence. We serve three distinct distressed real estate audiences, with senior-principal leadership on every engagement.
Fourteen months after the January 2025 fires, most Pacific Palisades and Eaton homeowners remain in limbo — stalled insurance claims, no permits, no path forward. We manage the entire process: insurance negotiations, design coordination, permitting, construction management, or property sale. Both paths. No pressure.
For attorneys, trustees, secured lenders, and courts that need a real estate operator capable of taking possession on day one and executing through disposition. Five hundred completed engagements across every asset class and California federal and state court districts.
Workout, stabilization, and strategic disposition of real estate under financial stress — REO, note sales, non-performing assets, value-add repositioning, and properties where lender or equity recovery depends on experienced operational management and credible execution.
One firm handles every phase — from first call through final disposition. No hand-offs to junior associates. No referrals to unvetted subcontractors. The same principals who take your call run your file.
Court-appointed receivers with 500+ completed engagements. Day-one stabilization, forensic reporting, and full disposition management.
Insurance claim advocacy, design and permitting coordination, construction management, and property sale — for Palisades, Eaton, and any disaster-affected property.
Workout, stabilization, and disposition of non-performing and distressed real estate assets across all classes.
Hands-on management with transparent reporting, protected NOI, and direct principal accountability on every property.
Office, retail, industrial, and mixed-use brokerage across Southern California — with deep distressed and value-add expertise.
Coastal Orange County homes, luxury estates, investment properties, and fire-zone lot sales handled with senior attention.
Tax-deferred exchange strategy, portfolio repositioning, and investment analysis — including co-development of 1031 NetEx platform.
Dedicated hospitality division with national reach and operator-level understanding of hotel asset performance and valuation.
Feasibility, entitlements, contractor procurement, project oversight, and certificate-of-occupancy management from ground up.
TGG Realty is an Orange County–based full-service real estate firm built on four decades of hands-on operational expertise — spanning every market cycle, every asset class, and every variety of real estate complexity.
“When you engage TGG, you work directly with the people who have done this — not with someone who read about it.”
California DRE #01957514 · Costa Mesa, California · Serving all of Southern California
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Whether it’s a single property, a full portfolio, a Palisades rebuild, or a complex receivership — share a few details and a principal will personally follow up within one business day.