Founder
Yair Harpaz
Founder, PermitPathLA. California DRE-licensed broker, Harpaz Realty (CA DRE# 01156491).
Yair Harpaz founded PermitPathLA after three decades in the Los Angeles real estate and mortgage industry. The site exists to answer one question homeowners have asked him for years: what can I actually build on this lot, and how do I get it permitted without paying $5,000 to $15,000 to a permit expediter just to find out it's feasible?
The Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) landscape changed dramatically after California Assembly Bill 2221 + Senate Bill 897 (2022) and subsequent statewide preemption laws. Most Los Angeles homeowners don't realize how much their lot can legally accommodate, and the cost of finding out has stayed artificially high. The same zoning lookups, overlay checks, and Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) workflows that a $10K expeditor walks you through are now available in your browser, for free, at PermitPathLA.
Harpaz Realty
The company with a purpose.
- Based in
- Calabasas, CA · Serves Greater LA
- Phone
- 818-222-0323
- CA DRE#
- 01156491
Visit our brokerage site →Real estate services →harpazrealty.com →
Background
- 30+ years in the Los Angeles real estate and mortgage industry — residential transactions, mortgage origination, and brokerage across the LA County market through multiple cycles.
- California DRE-licensed real estate broker — actively licensed by the California Department of Real Estate. Brokerage: Harpaz Realty. CA DRE# 01156491.
- Founder, PermitPathLA — the LA Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) feasibility and permit guidance site you're reading right now.
Where Yair works
Calabasas-based with active transactions across the West San Fernando Valley, the Westside, and adjacent LA County.
Ask Yair: “what can I build on this lot?”
The question Yair gets asked most. He specializes in working with contractors, developers, and investors weighing what a property can actually support — feasibility before architects, due diligence before offers, what the zoning + lot + overlays let you do in practice (not just in theory). 30+ years of LA market cycles in his head. The form below routes directly to him.
Free home valuation
What's your LA home worth?
No automated estimate — Yair walks the property in person and gives you the honest market number. Free in-home Broker Price Opinion (BPO), no obligation.
Corrections + site issues
See an error on an area page, an outdated ordinance, or a missing piece of context? Email corrections@permitpath.la.