 Habibi previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and prior to that worked as Manager of Transaction Support with The Walt Disney Company.Habibi began his career as an Audit Manager with Arthur Andersen.Habibi is widely quoted as a real estate expert for various publications, such as "The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle", "The San Diego Union-Tribune", "The Press-Enterprise", "Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Business Journal", San Diego Business Journal, "California Real Estate Journal, Daily Breeze",
"Los Angeles Magazine", "The Big Picture", Curbed LA, "Santa Monica Daily Press", and "LA Weekly".