Kyla Cakarnis Top real estate agent in Santa Monica

Kyla Cakarnis

Compass
3 Years of Experience
(14)
$12.7M
Total Sales Last Year
3
Years of Experience
33
Recent TransactionsTransactions from the last 3 years
$1.1M
Average Price Point

    About Kyla Cakarnis

    A creative strategist with unwavering client dedication, Kyla Cakarnis is an agent, developer, and designer. She is respected for her unique experience, intelligence, and strong attention to detail which make her a powerful force in the Southern California real estate market. Kyla founded and leads Elevate Residential, providing a client-focused, comprehensive approach to real estate. In addition to running a strong real estate business, she manages an in-house, full-service interior design and development team, handling projects ranging from simple remodels to ground-up. Kyla has extensive experience with development and design, which makes her a unique advisor to her clients. With a keen eye, Kyla guides her clients through identifying properties with true potential and selecting renovation items that add value. Her insight ensures her clients invest wisely in updates that maximize their home's equity and appeal. She excels at helping buyers imagine and create their dream space and helping sellers prep their homes to look their best and garner the highest price. Kyla is passionate about helping clients invest and build wealth in real estate. As an active real estate investor herself, she only recommends properties she would confidently invest in. Her strategic approach and in-depth market knowledge consistently deliver strong results, making her a trusted advisor to her clients. Previously a professional ballerina, Kyla navigates each transaction and project with poise and professionalism. She began her real estate career as a Senior Marketing Strategist with Compass. leading strategy, branding, design, and communication for the marketing teams in Austin and Los Angeles. The daughter of a stylist and interior designer, Kyla grew up immersed in fashion, art, architecture, and interior design. She is extremely passionate and involved in these fields and leverages this varied skill set to elevate each client's experience. Kyla studied Business, Creative Coding, and Graphic Design at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She loves calling Santa Monica home. In her free time, she enjoys dining out, playing tennis, golfing, traveling, and spending time with friends, family, and her french bulldog, Stella.
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    Specialties

    • Sellers
    • Buyers
    • Residential Property

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    Kyla Cakarnis's Reviews & Ratings

    14 Reviews
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    • Responsive
    • Trustworthy
    • Attentive
    • Hard working

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    Review for Member: Kyla Cakarnis
    October 28, 2025
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    I had the pleasure of working with Kyla as my real estate agent, and I would highly recommend her! We spent quite some time together, navigating various offer situations in a highly competitive market. Although we faced some disappointments along the way, Kyla's perseverance and expertise kept me optimistic. Finally, after several months of searching, we found the perfect place, and Kyla went above and beyond to ensure we secured it. She worked diligently to negotiate a deal within a short timeframe, making the entire process smooth. Thank you for making my home-buying experience a success!

    Kathy Chang

    Review for Member: Kyla Cakarnis
    October 24, 2025
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    Kyla C and Kyla M are an amazing team that helped us sell our townhome in LA. We initially had another agent and were struggling to sell the home after more than 90 days on the market. Once we started working with Kyla and Kyla, we could see the difference in proactivity and professionalism. Following their recommendations, we changed our initial 'digital' staging to real staging which helped elevate the look of the home. We also realized that our initial price point was not right for the current buyers market. They provided detailed analysis of the Pasadena market and we were able to compare our place with comparable homes. The report not only had price comparisons, but breakdowns of sq footage, rooms, and overall home designs. They were able to work through any setbacks that we encountered and were lightning fast with contingency plans. Despite the arduous journey of selling the home, they were very patient and continued to work hard with open houses and marketing. In the end, they have proven their expertise with a sale above our asking price with multiple offers! We had the utmost confidence in them and were so happy to work with them. We highly recommend Kyla and Kyla.

    Tim3lim

    Review for Member: Kyla Cakarnis
    October 18, 2025
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    We were so fortunate to be working with Kyla C and Kyla M. Kyla is extremely proactive, knowledgeable and honest. I knew that we can rely on her every step of the way. This was the first time selling a home and I couldnt imagine working with anyone else. She is expert on the market and how to make a home attractive to potential buyers. We were facing a tough market in terms of being seller, but she provided many ideas to help our home get sold. She was guiding us every step of the way with negotiations which led to multiple offers. Something I really appreciate from her was the detailed reports of other similar homes in the market and how they compared to ours. It gave us great insight of how the market was doing and if we needed to employ other home selling strategies. I highly recommend using Kyla and her team! They are the best!

    Sylvie

    Review for Member: Kyla Cakarnis
    August 21, 2025
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    Alexis was an absolute dream to work with at every step of the home buying process. As a first time buyer, I felt she truly went above and beyondaEUR"provided clear answers to every single question I had (no matter how silly they felt to me), was extremely responsive and checked in regularly, provided top tier insight on comps, credits and more, organized all my inspections and coordinated further estimates when needed. I will be referring my loved ones to Alexis and would recommend her in an absolute heartbeat! She is professional, kind, caring, and I felt true support every step of the way. 10/10 experience.

    Arturospica

    Review for Member: Kyla Cakarnis
    February 19, 2025
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    My wife and I are so fortunate to have worked with both Kyla M and Kyla C during our first time buying a home. Kyla M was an invaluable partner in making this process as seamless as it was to buy for the first time. She practiced endless patience with us, messaging back as quickly as we hit 'send' with thoughtful and thorough responses, always crafted with our goals in mind over anything else. She directly oversaw our renovation process, managing dozens of contractors and orders while keeping an incredibly tight schedule and always ensuring everything was done to our high standards. She was personable, kind, and listened throughout both the purchase and the renovation portion. We would not want any other team to handle our future purchases or selling needs. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to your clients. Highly, highly recommend!

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    2115 Main StreetSanta Monica, CA, 90405

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