About Us

In all its seeming faults, Real Estate and Mortgage remain to be the most dynamic career to financial freedom. The rapid technological transition of the Real Estate industry created unintended dilemmas that must be dissected and analyzed in order to be successfully competitive now and in the future. Leadership in Real Estate companies must have a training system created for its members to overcome these predicaments. Just as Doctors and Lawyers spend years studying their field of practice to effectively participate and compete, Real Estate and Mortgage professionals must endeavor to do so accordingly. This vision is the tenet of McLeod and Associates.

Real estate and Mortgage Company practices are antiquated. McLeod and Associates is revolutionary. Gone are the "survive on your own" system of marketing and competition. We created a company that offers: multidimensional income possibilities, continuous educational, motivational and training courses, dynamic recruitment via teamwork concepts, and many more developments that will target upcoming critical issues. We offer leading edge concepts that will empower all associates to maximize their earning and competitive potential. We offer a system that enables all associates to develop a team that allows them opportunity for future partnership consideration with McLeod and Associates. We believe in Progressive, Educated, Technologically savvy Real Estate and Mortgage professionals. We are here to help you be one.

Mia McLeod
Broker/Owner

Mia McLeod Mia McLeod, Broker/Owner is the epitome of that old adage of why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Who said being young in an industry that's known to eat its young would be at a disadvantage? Clearly, once you meet with Mia, you quickly realize her youthful appearance isn't a statement of how much knowledge she has. She is very competent on the subject matters of how to best finance certain real estate transactions and how to best provide her services to her clients who become life long patrons.

A graduate of Mass Communication at the University of California, Berkeley, Mia like anyone newly graduating from college started out with a dream. The difference however, is that she made it into a reality. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has said, "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." That first step has allowed Mia to take even larger strides in life and business.

She is the owner and president of McLeod Financial Group, Inc., which controls and operates McLeod and Associates of West Covina and Burbank, both full service real estate brokerages.

As hectic as her work schedule may be, she is very active in the community, having been recently appointed as 2007-2008 Ambassador of Goodwill for the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, a testament of her outreach and personal growth beyond the confines of real estate.

Something very dear to her heart is her passion and focus on the youth, believing in the importance of mentoring future entrepreneurs. She regularly provides interviews and mentors youths of all ages and of any socioeconomic status interested to learn about how to get into business. "It's always a pleasure to be of any assistance and to provide counsel to anyone wishing to learn about how they can get into business."

"I know first hand what it's like to start a business and how fortunate I was having had mentors myself, so I just want to give back.give back because so much was given to me."

Mia has great plans in store for McLeod and Associates. "I look forward to the continued growth of our company and its success by having our team work and function as one. The head of any organization is always only as good as its parts. Striving to always work as a team will ensure not only our company's competitive edge, but the best services for our clients, by being the most efficient around."

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Angie Morales Garcia
Marketing Director

Angie Morales Garcia Angie Morales Garcia, Marketing Director brings over twenty years of successful marketing experience to the company. Having been in the travel business for over two decades and having seen the so many changes that have affected many independent travel outlets, her innovative marketing and continued ability to be two steps ahead of the game is what makes her so effective in such an evolving business environment.

As owner and president of Unitravel Inc., she has earned the respect and credibility in her community having been so entrenched in many civic affairs and involvement in numerous business promotions, being a true networker.

If you were to ask any one of her thousands of clients as to why they wouldn't rather just use the internet to book travel, they would probably reply: There's no amount of discount that can replace the peace of mind that Unitravel brings. "I've been a client of Angie's for over ten years and I tell you, nothing compares to being treated like a VIP instead of a number you get on the internet." L.M., West Covina.

One can also say that if there is a business endeavor/product that one wishes to promote to the community and it's endorsed by Angie, that it will most definitely be well received.

A testament to this is her recent achievement award from the Century Properties Group, the largest privately held real estate development company in the Philippines for having been such an effective promoter for its current flagship project, "The Gramercy,"
(www.century-properties.com).

There are many theories and concepts of what is the most effective marketing campaign for any one particular product or business, but if you ask Angie what her thoughts are, she'll just say: "Start with marketing yourself and never stop." What she means by this is that one's reputation is established by being doing good business repeatedly, over and over again and never forgetting the golden rule.

Once your reputation is established, competition is truly just a word, because your clients will always follow and refer to you because they trust you.

Always focused, always passionate and always business above board is how we would summarize Angie. She is a great success and a true asset to the McLeod and Associates team.

Marlyne McLeod
Operations Manager (West Covina)
Realtor/Loan Consultant Marlyne McLeod

Marlyne McLeod, Operations Manager runs the day to day affairs of the company. Tasked with some of the most sensitive assignments from coordinating transaction files, recruitment, managing the finances of the main office in West Covina and building her own personal real estate career, much is to be said about her capabilities and the confidence that the company has in her.

"I look forward to the many challenges that real estate brings. You read all the time that real estate is never static, and that's why I'm excited to be a part of it."

Being a McLeod, I am very passionate about our company's mission and the vision the entire team has. I am enthusiastic that once you try and experience our services, you will be sold on our professionalism and the personal care and attention we bring to the table.

"We truly are, at your service."

Leonard Mercado
Broker Associate/Partner Leonard Mercado

Leonard Mercado, Broker Associate and Partner, heads the land division and real estate school at McLeod & Associates. His extensive knowledge in land assets, having been a land banker and speaker for a decade brings a unique opportunity to McLeod's client base and agency.

Leonard was the broker and owner of Equitable Realty & Mortgage before deciding to join the McLeod & Associates Team. When asked why he joined forces with McLeod, his answer was simple: "Doing well in real estate or to continue to do the mundane things within it is one thing. But, to be able to grow and take your vision to another level, one needs a catalyst to take you there. McLeod is that catalyst...the synergy, team play and the discipline here is amazing."

Leonard's greatest asset is the ability to share insights in real estate beyond the structural. Understanding how a city grows, demographic shifts, population migration and economic development all plays into the real versus perceived value of an area. "We make money in real estate when we buy (right area, right time and right potential), not so much as when we sell." There's a lot more to real estate than the old mantra of location, location, location.

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Patrick Aguiluz
Vice President, Sales Patrick Aguiluz

Patrick Aguiluz is presently the Vice President of Sales for McLeod & Associates, a real estate company.

Patrick is an engineer by trade, working for Cisco Systems, Inc. for six years. In hindsight, this is where he developed his keen attention to detail and systematic methodology for performing analysis. In June of 2005, Patrick received his Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Patrick has since combined his engineering background with his business pedigree to develop several real estate investment models; expansion/reconfigure project, buy & hold, bulk purchase, mortgage accelerator program to name a few. In addition to building real estate investment models, Patrick spends a lot of his time performing extensive market analysis. The information derived from his research is what he uses to assist his investors in maximizing the return on their investments. Over the last several years, Patrick has helped build a diversified real estate portfolio for over two hundred investors.

His analytical skills and passion for teaching is what makes Patrick effective in understanding his clients' needs, therefore allowing him to offer the best solution.

A.L. "Gavin" Gavina
Business Development Manager

Gavin Gavina A.L. "Gavin" Gavina, Business Development Manager is tasked with the growth of McLeod and Associates. His over seventeen years of experience in the mortgage and real estate industry contributes greatly to the company's mission of growth and success.

A graduate of UCLA, his degree in Sociology with an emphasis on business has enabled him to better deal with people of various social/economic and cultural walks of life and the multitude of situations an agent can find himself/herself in when dealing with certain difficult real estate transactions.

Prior to coming on board with McLeod and Associates, Gavin is proud to have been general manager for over ten years for Nationwide Bankers Mortgage, the in house loan company of Century 21 West Coast Brokers-Walnut.

Being able to offer each client the best possible service, Gavin truly believes in being updated in an ever changing real estate industry. "I joined the Real Estate industry at the onset of the recession in 1990. I experienced the computerization process; the introduction, implementation and the development of the FICO scoring, the transition from manual to computerized real estate and mortgage documentations, the application of automated mortgage underwriting systems, of which, may have contributed to the over-aggressive lending practices resulting in the mortgage meltdown and the resulting housing crisis of 2007."

McLeod and Associates witnesses a great and fruitful partnership through the collaborative efforts between Gavin and the McLeod team.

Holly Tran
Operation Manager (Burbank)
Realtor/Loan Consultant Holly Tran

Holly Tran, Operations Manager is tasked with managing and running the day to day operations of the Burbank branch. Holly was chosen by McLeod and Associates because of her incredible work ethic and ability to multitask.

Holly is truly a dependable and reliable resource, capable of not only running her own real estate business but training all of the new agents that come on board, coordinating events and heading Burbank's real estate school.







Robert G. Garcia
Marketing Director Robert G. Garcia

Robert Garcia, Marketing Director has been in the travel business for over twenty years and has had a lot of success in promoting Unitravel Inc. Designated as one of McLeod and Associates' marketing directors, Robert's unique ability to lighten up the mood in an industry that's said to be cutthroat is a huge attribute that benefits the company.

Always able to soften a tense situation, his negotiating skill is his greatest marketing tool. We are proud to have Robert on board and will surely look to his advice and counsel, drawing on his years of business insight.