Background
Kazan was born in 1967 in Inglewood, California to Richard and Anne Kazan.
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Kazan was born in 1967 in Inglewood, California to Richard and Anne Kazan.
He was raised in the Palos Verdes peninsula and attended Palos Verdes High School from 1981-1985. Kazan then attended University of Southern California where he received his Bachelor in history in 1990.
While at University of Southern California, Kazan was recruited to play basketball from 1987-1990 as both a point guard and shooting guard by future Hall of Fame coach George Raveling. After graduating from University of Southern California in 1990, Kazan became a special education teacher at LAUSD in 1991. Four years later, Kazan served in the patrol division of the Torrance Police Department with collateral assignments and training in gang enforcement and drugs recognition and eradication until 1999.
Throughout his tenure, he led his department in felony arrests twice in two consecutive 6-month periods, and testified as a court certified expert in drug sales.
Kazan began his real estate investment career with wife Diane Kazan in the late 1990s. In 1997, Kazan and James B. Rosenwald co-founded Beach Front Properties, Limited Liability Company., a real estate investment company based in southern California.
Together their portfolio spans residential and commercial properties across the United States., China and Germany with a focus on distressed properties, earning Kazan a reputation as a "vulture investor" and expert in turning rundown properties into stable assets. In 1999, Kazan left the police department and founded Beach Front Property Management, Incorporated., a third party property management company headquartered in Long Beach, California. In addition to real estate investing, Kazan has also been involved in the management of venture capital.
With Steve Persky from Dalton Investments, Kazan has co-managed the Dalton Distressed Mortgage Fund since 1997.
Kazan also has served as Director of the Dalton High Yield Mortgage Fund since 2012 as well as Kings Bay Investment Company, Limited since 2013. Since 2010, Kazan has appeared at several public speeches organized by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition(LEAP) as an outspoken advocate both in favor of the legalization of marijuana and against the war on drugs. He has also made some television appearances to oppose the war on drugs including an interview conducted by Cable News Network. Kazan also currently presides at the Redondo Beach chapter Cancer Support Community as President of the Board of Directors.
Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach (President on Board of Directors))
Wellness Community Redondo Beach (Former Board Member)
Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
Apartment Association of Southern California Cities (Trade Show Company-Chair)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).
