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When Bret Parsons isn't selling homes, he's preserving LA's architectural legacy

LOS ANGELES - Bret Parsons is a real estate agent and director of the architectural division at Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills North. The office is the highest-grossing residential real estate office in the country.

A decade earlier, as a residential loan agent, Parsons wrote millions of dollars' worth of residential mortgages.

In addition to selling homes, the 54-year-old is taking on a new challenge: documenting the architectural legacy of Los Angeles in a series of books. Two have already been published, with 11 more volumes on the way.

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