Candace and AJ Samrai are the powerhouse team behind the Samrai Properties Group, specializing in luxury real estate in the Greater Sacramento Area. Candace is an accomplished real estate advisor and founder of the Samrai Properties Group, with over a decade of experience in competitive markets, including Orange County, West LA, and Austin, TX. Throughout her career, she has led top-ranked teams, including the number one team with Compass in Orange County and working alongside the number one team in West LA a top luxury boutique brokerage, accumulating nearly $100 million in personal sales before returning to her hometown of Roseville, CA, to establish her own team with her husband, AJ.AJ Samrai, a real estate professional and co-founder of the Samrai Properties Group, brings a dynamic background in wealth management, asset allocation, and venture capital. Originally from the UK, he started his career in Silicon Valley at just 20, helping build a fintech giant. Known for his analytical, strategic, and personable approach, AJ is valued by clients who seek an advisor with a comprehensive understanding of both real estate and long-term wealth strategies.Together, in their first five months, the team achieved $18 million in sales, with properties selling 30% faster than the market average and an average sale of $1.5M. Known for their full-service approach, they manage every aspect of the real estate process—from home preparation and staging to tailored digital marketing—leveraging elite networks like GUIDE and Forbes Global Properties.Candace + AJ SamraiDRE # 02059087 | 02235283Partner of Samrai Properties

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Senior Technical Recruiter (Player Coach) at Multiple UK Based Recruitment Agencies - I was on an Entrepreneur visa (E2) to be transferred to the US to build niche talent markets within Engineering, Data, and Product (Consumer-facing applications).Notable Honors:Ripple } Ripple Labs Inc (crypto)Series B rapid scale project | TA Partner, hiring Tech & Data Leaders - building out their teams 0>1 (Engineers, DevOps, Full Stack, ML & Data Engineers continuously partnering with the Global head of Talent and engineering leaders. - 1st Talent Partner in SF - Hired founding leaders of XP Payments - working with VP of Engineering (Exec Search)- Retained on a project basis Notable hires: Engineering Leaders for XRP, Ripple, Head of Platform SRE, Data Engineering Leaders, Staff Platform Engineer and Engineering Managers------------------Working with VC Backed Startups from Index Ventures, Sequoia, and more - Funding Circle | Worked with my CEO to Scale the engineering team from 8 engineers > 122 - Placed founding engineers at hypergrowth start ups who went on to be worth $Billions- Gamesys - Placing their first QA team members and mobile team - Strategic focus in DevOps cultures from 2016 onwards 2012 - 2016 - London, UK (Working with VC backed UK/ EMEA based startups)2016 - Relocated to SF Bay Area (Focussed on niche technology in the open source communities)2017 - Relocated to Los Angeles, CA