In 2021, Eric and his business partner, Dennis Noah-Casison, started their own brokerage firm, Refined Real Estate Hawaii LLC. Eric is the principal broker, overseeing all agents at his firm while continuing general brokerage sales. At Eric’s prior brokerage firm, he was a consistent top producer within the company locally and nationally, as well as ranking in the top 2% of the company’s network of realtors worldwide. Aside from numerous sales awards, Eric was selected as Pacific Business News’ prestigious “40 Under 40” for 2020 and was a finalist for Pacific Edge Magazine’s Business Achievement Awards Social Media Influencer of the Year in 2019.

He was also named HONOLULU Magazine’s Best in Real Estate from 2020 through 2022. Prior to real estate, Eric spent nearly two decades in the hospitality and customer service industry. Eric has a longstanding relationship with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawai‘i and continues his support for them as well as many other organizations. Giving back to the communities Eric serves is important to him. Eric is a lifelong resident of Hawai‘i and currently lives in ‘Ewa Beach with his husband, Sean Tanabe-Yamamoto.