A Real Estate Partner You Can Trust With Your Clients

When your clients need to sell property, especially in trust, probate, or complex situations, you need an agent who won’t create problems for you to solve.

The Referral Challenge

You know the risk of a bad referral.

An agent who overpromises and under delivers. Poor communication that leaves your clients anxious and calling you for updates. Sloppy documentation that creates problems down the road. Emotional escalation that inflames family conflicts instead of calming them.

Your reputation is attached to every professional you recommend. You need a real estate partner who reflects the same standards you bring to your own work.

Why Attorneys Refer to Koi Realty

We Speak Your Language

Will Tanaka is a licensed attorney with experience in real estate litigation at Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, and served as President of First Hawaii Title and VP & General Counsel at Fidelity National Title & Escrow of Hawaii. As an adjunct law professor, Will teaches Hawaii Real Estate Transaction Law at Willam S. Richardson School of Law (University of Hawaii at Manoa). We understand fiduciary duties, documentation requirements and the legal considerations that matter in estate transactions.

Professional Communication

We keep clients informed with clear, calm, accurate updates. We don’t add to drama. We reduce it. And if you need status updates for your files, we provide them promptly and professionally.

Clean Documentation

Every decision is documented. Pricing rationale, repair recommendations, offer comparisons, negotiation records. We create the paper trail that protects your clients as fiduciaries and keeps transactions defensible.

Competence in Complexity

Trust sales. Probate timelines. Multiple beneficiaries. Tenant-occupied properties. Title issues. Out-of-state decision-makers. We specialize in the transactions that require patience, organization and legal awareness.

Client-First Approach

We don’t prioritize our commission over your client’s interests. We give honest pricing guidance, flag potential issues early, and advocate for outcomes that make sense for the people we serve, not just fast closes.

Type of Matters We Handle

  • Trust administration property sales
  • Formal and informal probate sales
  • Divorce-related property liquidations
  • Business dissolution property sales
  • Guardianship and conservatorship sales
  • Complex multi-party transactions

Let’s Discuss How We Can Support Your Clients

Whether you have an immediate client need or simply want to establish a relationship with a real estate professional you can rely on, we’d welcome the conversation.

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Meet the Team

Will and Leonie

Will Tanaka, J.D. RB-24367

REALTOR BROKER | ATTORNEY | REAL ESTATE EDUCATOR | HAWAII BUSINESS TOP PERFORMER

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Leonie Lam, RB-23762

REALTOR BROKER | HBR DIRECTOR | HAWAII BUSINESS TOP PERFORMER

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