Rick Wallace has been a Malibu Realtor for 21 years, currently with Coldwell Banker which merged with his original broker, Fred Sands Realtors, in 2001.
He is the most recognized real estate agent in Malibu, and well-known for his real estate articles published frequently in The Malibu Times. Media, appraisers, attorneys, other real estate agents and professionals throughout the real estate industry call on him regularly for advice, statistics and consultation.
Rick moved to Malibu in 1975 to attend Pepperdine University. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration in 1979. Since college, he describes having lived five more Malibu "lives":
Seaside restaurant waiter and USA/world traveler
Certified Financial Planner
Real estate agent
Family man with a wife and daughter
Single parent with many Malibu real estate holdings
Rick has led an adventurous and varied life beyond real estate, despite modest middle-class origins. He has:
-- Traveled to 28 nations including two trips around the globe, and every continent except Australia and Antartica, including cruises throughout Alaska and the Amazon River
-- Visited all 50 states extensively, all 50 state capitols and every notable USA landmark
-- Been a driver in President Reagan's LA-area motorcades
-- Run and finished ALL 23 Los Angeles Marathons since 1986 (as well as the SD, SF, LV Marathons and several other triathlons and endurance runs, all in 2006)
-- Been an avid sports fan and attended 11 NBA Finals, 4 World Series, a Super Bowl, Stanley Cup Final, 1994 World Cup Final, 1984 LA Olympics, 2 MLB and 1 NBA All-Star games, and 6 NCAA Final Fours.
-- Played organized men's softball as a leftfielder for 27 years as an adult. Starred in Little League and Babe Ruth baseball as a child
-- Learned to fly private planes and currently an avid certified paraglider
-- Broken a Guinness Book World Record (for longest letter written, record never published) as a teenager
-- Stood aside the Pope and the Queen of England
-- Kept a daily journal since 1972 and taken over 20,000 photographs
-- Worked his way through college as a waiter and served scores of top celebrities
-- Attended musical concerts of over 100 top acts, and seen every movie that won an Academy Award for "Best Picture" and every "Best Picture" nomination since his birth
-- Been a Lakers season ticket holder since 1987
-- Was a major fraternity president (Sigma Phi Epsilon) at Pepperdine
-- Has lived in Hawaii and 18 years of his life on Malibu beaches
He counts among his friends dozens of more than 25 years. He was married in Malibu in 1991 and has a daughter, Jalina, born in 1994, who attends school in Malibu.
In 2004, Rick closed one of Malibu's largest residential transactions ever that involved only one agent. The escrow lasted 1 year and was re-negotiated 10 times, with Rick at the center of numerous attorneys and advisors on both sides. His knowledge of Malibu market trends and statistics is unsurpassed, as well as his rich knowledge of Malibu history which he displays in popular commentaries in The Malibu Times called "Along The PCH". He is considered to be a keen and savvy negotiator and has won awards for being a Top Producer for most of his years in real estate sales.
Rick has been intimately involved in the Malibu community throughout his 33 years in town, and personally knows 1/5 of Malibu's homeowners. He has walked all 30 miles of Malibu coastline and hiked or visited virtually every square mile of Malibu's extensive hills and canyons. He has been involved at various times with the Malibu Chamber of Commerce, Malibu Optimists Club, Malibu Little League, Malibu Republican Club, Pepperdine Alumni, and Malibu Association of Realtors, as well as externally a past-president of the national Semester at Sea Alumni Association, and a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Reagan Library.
Rick was born in San Diego on May 12, 1957 and grew up as a child in Woodland Hills. He attended Simi Valley High School.
