Meet Elissa
Elissa Vaught is a Broker Associate with Douglas Elliman Real Estate specializing in luxury and ultra-high-net-worth residential real estate in South Orange County, California. She serves Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, and Corona del Mar.
Elissa has spent 23 years in Orange County real estate, with a background spanning mortgage lending, transaction coordination, and new construction and custom home builds. She has managed more than 400 transactions and represented clients across more than $300 million in closed volume. She has been featured in Forbes and has received the Five Star Real Estate Agent award for 14 consecutive years.
She was born and raised in South Orange County, where her father built a significant portion of the region's neighborhoods — a street in Covenant Hills, Elissa Lane, is named for her. Having lived in six South County cities, she advises clients on neighborhood selection with firsthand knowledge of how these communities were built and how they've changed.
Elissa deliberately limits the number of listings she accepts so that every client works directly with her rather than an assistant or junior agent. Her practice is built for sellers and buyers who value discretion, direct access, and quiet execution — including off-market and privately marketed properties through her OC Exclusive Estates platform.
She works from a foundation of faith and a straightforward principle: the client's goal is the plan.
