About AK Luxury Properties

Dow-An "Annie" Kou, Esq.

CEO/Broker
BRE# 01838472

Annie, a Los Angeles native and experienced 12-year real estate broker and 11-year contracts attorney, has a proven track record of strategically developing and maintaining long term client relationships through effective communication, unparalleled patience, and dedication to empowering her buyers and sellers by enthusiastically providing expert knowledge and support. She is known for always going "above and beyond" for her clients.

After graduating early from the University of Southern California and Southwestern Law, Annie found inspiration through her sister’s journey in finding her perfect home. Since then, she has spent the last decade creating and running her own concierge real estate brokerage tailored to servicing high net worth clientele portfolios, including both luxury residential and commercial, from her hometown of Palos Verdes through Beverly Hills. Her success is evidenced through the brokerage’s 95% referral and repeat client base. She is passionate about her devotion to exceeding client expectations on every front and strives to consistently earn and maintain client trust by utilizing her contracts law experience to ensure every transaction is solid.

Annie specializes in using her extensive connections to structure off-market deals for her discerning buyers and sellers. She has a profound understanding of how to navigate sensitive and highly confidential situations with discretion, particularly in divorce or estate/probate sales, easing the minds of her buyers and sellers with her warm yet calm and reassuring demeanor. A strong and meticulous negotiator, Annie is fiercely loyal and advocates for every client as she would for her own family.

As a Japanese Ikenobo Ikebana Assistant Professor, former luxury magazine photographer, and current yoga/aerial arts instructor, Annie has established a unique perspective when it comes to home function and flow. Influenced by the concepts of Feng Shui and Ayurveda, she aspires to guide clients in identifying qualities of homes that will produce the most energetically balanced life and family harmony.

Being from a multicultural background, Annie is a seasoned world traveler and loves drawing inspiration from different languages and cultures. She speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and some Japanese and French. Outside of real estate, her other passions include singing, rescuing animals, giving back to the community, leading an active and healthy lifestyle, and spending time with her toddler and fur children in their desert vacation home.