Carmel native and U.C. Santa Cruz graduate Zak Freedman has an intimate knowledge of the Monterey Peninsula's real estate markets. Buttressed by nine years of experience in the mortgage and commercial lending industry, Zak's product knowledge has proven key to his success in a real estate market that offers everything. After a seven-year sojourn in Southern California as a top producer for one of the country's largest lenders, Zak returned home to the area he knows and loves. He has applied his intimate knowledge of the banking and lending industries to the Carmel and surrounding area real estate market, enabling him to provide a 360-degree knowledge base. Zak is an avid surfer who has explored every inch of the local coastline, both from the sea and while shooting aerial photography and video. He has leveraged his cinematography business, Blue Sky Cinematography: http://www.blueskycinematography.com/reel/), in order to instantly showcase local trophy properties globally helping other top producing local agents showcase their own listings.