Aaron Garland, Compass

Aaron Garland is a full-time agent with Compass in Pittsburgh, working the city and the wider metro area with first-time buyers and sellers, luxury clients, investors, and people relocating in or out of town.

He started out in Blair County in central Pennsylvania, where he grew up, before making Pittsburgh home. Current and recent listings run from city neighborhoods out to Canonsburg and Gibsonia.

A Penn State graduate who built a custom degree around English, communications and entrepreneurship, Aaron puts the emphasis on anticipating challenges before they surface. He walks clients through how interest rates, future tax reassessments and the home inspection process will affect them, so each move is informed and the risk is limited. Outside work he is a committed renovation enthusiast. For sellers, each listing runs on his phased marketing plan.