He obtained his broker license on 8 January 1975. During his early years in
real estate, he became an
architectural historian. and
David Gebhard and
Wallace Neff's The Romance of Regional Architecture. Jeff co-authored The Estates of Beverly Hills (published 1984, republished 1990) and authored the monograph The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills (Rizzoli). He was named “The Gatekeeper of Beverly Hills” by Town & Country and has served as President of the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors, President of the
Los Angeles County Boards of Real Estate, and State Director for the
California Association of Realtors. He recently received the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art's Legacy Award and The Will Rogers Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Beverly Hills. Hyland broke the record for the highest sale in Los Angeles history in 2019 with the sale of The Manor for $120 million and then broke the record again with the sale of the late Jerry Perenchio's Chartwell Estate for $150 million.
Hilton & Hyland In 1993, Jeff Hyland and
Rick Hilton co-founded Hilton & Hyland with the original intent of creating a highly personalized real estate firm that today is the highest grossing single office in the world. Casa Encantada, the most expensive home listing in Los Angeles at $225 million, is currently listed by Hyland. Former
Million Dollar Listing cast member
Chad Rogers,
Frank Robinson's daughter, Nichelle,
Ron Kass's son, Robert,
Anne Heche's former husband, Coleman Laffoon, and
Richard D. Zanuck's daughter-in-law, Marisa, are among Hilton & Hyland's 106 salespeople.
The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills He is the author of
The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills, a history of 50 estates in
Beverly Hills,
Holmby Hills, and
Bel-Air. ==Personal life and death==