THE DESERT, UNDERSTOOD.
Luxury real estate shaped by decades of local knowledge and deep expertise in the Coachella Valley’s most distinctive communities.

La Quinta · Indian Wells · Palm Desert · Rancho Mirage · Palm Springs

Three generations of Realtors. One valley.

The McLennan Team is a mother and daughter luxury real estate partnership at Desert Sotheby’s International Realty in La Quinta, California. Laurie McLennan is part of three generations of Realtors, and her family’s connection to the desert dates to 1960. She has represented buyers and sellers across the Coachella Valley for 25 years, through every cycle this market has run. The team specializes in private golf and country club estates, equestrian property and second homes across La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs, with particular depth in The Madison Club, The Hideaway, Tradition Golf Club, PGA WEST, Rancho La Quinta, BIGHORN Golf Club, The Reserve and Indian Wells Country Club. Every listing carries the reach of both the Sotheby’s International Realty network and Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate. Every client works directly with Laurie and Cailin, not with an assistant.

The team

A family that has been selling real estate for three generations.

Laurie McLennan and Cailin McLennan of The McLennan Team at Desert Sotheby's International Realty, photographed in a La Quinta residence with the Santa Rosa mountains behind them
Laurie McLennan and Cailin McLennan · La Quinta, California

Laurie McLennan

Founder

For 25 years Laurie has helped buyers and sellers navigate the Coachella Valley's most exclusive real estate, and she has built the business the old fashioned way: through results, referrals and relationships that outlast a single closing.

She is best known inside the desert's premier communities. PGA West, Madison Club, The Hideaway, Tradition Golf Club, Indian Wells Country Club, Rancho La Quinta Country Club and BIGHORN Golf Club. She has represented buyers and sellers in all of them, often more than once, and the relationships she has built there are the reason clients hear about properties before they list.

Her clients range from first time desert buyers to seasoned investors, and they all get the same thing: someone who has seen this market through every cycle and knows exactly how to position a deal to close.

She is also one of the Valley's most trusted resources for equestrian property near Desert International Horse Park, working with riders, trainers and seasonal residents who need someone who understands the lifestyle rather than just the listing sheet.

Board of Regents, Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate. Laurie holds the Board of Regents territory for Palm Springs and Riverside County, a seat held by a single member firm per market across the network's global membership.

Cailin McLennan

Sales Associate

Cailin’s background is in global hospitality and VIP operations for Formula 1, Riot Games and Fortune 500 brand activations. Environments where every guest interaction, every transition and every detail has to be right the first time, because there is no second take. That is the operating standard she applies to every transaction: the same precision, the same responsiveness, the same intolerance for a detail slipping.

Working alongside Laurie, she has built firsthand command of the Valley's luxury market, from private golf communities and country clubs to equestrian estates and custom desert retreats.

She is also one of the few agents in the Valley who lives the equestrian lifestyle herself. A competitive polo player at Eldorado Polo Club, she gives riders, trainers and equestrian buyers a resource who knows the circuit from inside it.

A former NCAA Division I athlete, Cailin brings the same composure under pressure to a negotiation that she brought to competition. Clients consistently name her responsiveness and attention to detail as the difference between a stressful transaction and a seamless one.

  • California DRE #02121998
  • Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate
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Why clients choose us

What twenty five years in one valley actually buys you.

A 25 year record

Ranked in the top 1.5% of women agents globally within Sotheby’s International Realty, named in the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings, which compare agents nationally on independently verified volume rather than self reported figures, and recognized as a Top Advisor at Desert Sotheby’s International Realty for Q4 2025. Not a debut season. Twenty five consecutive ones.

A concierge standard

Curated property tours, private showings, premium staging, international marketing exposure and support that does not end at closing. The standard comes from a background in global hospitality, and it applies to every client at every price.

Insight not in the MLS

Membership structures. Which fairways get afternoon sun. Which HOAs are about to raise dues. Which owners might sell if the right offer arrived. Laurie is active in the communities she sells into, and that access shows up in the deals her clients get.

Three generations of Realtors

Property runs in the family, and the desert connection goes back to 1960. Decades of market memory paired with modern marketing and brand partnership experience means you get both perspectives on every decision, not one.

Two global networks, not one

Every listing is placed on the Sotheby's International Realty platform and through Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate, where Laurie holds the Board of Regents territory for Palm Springs and Riverside County. In a valley where many buyers arrive from outside California, that reach is not a nice to have.

Decisions backed by data

Pricing strategy, timing and positioning are built from current market analytics and seasonal Valley patterns, not from instinct. You will see the numbers behind every recommendation we make.

Communities

Twenty five years inside the Valley's most private addresses.

Listed in order of the depth we can speak to. These are communities we know from the inside, not from the listing sheet.

I

Madison Club

La Quinta

Discovery Land Company, a Tom Fazio course and the most discreet estate community in the desert. It is also the one most often misunderstood by buyers arriving without local representation.

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II

The Hideaway

La Quinta

Two championship courses by Pete Dye and Clive Clark, 434 residences and membership capped at 450. More social and family oriented than the Valley’s quieter clubs.

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III

Tradition Golf Club

La Quinta

Member owned, Arnold Palmer’s only desert home, built around a 1902 homestead. Residency is not required for membership.

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IV

PGA WEST

La Quinta

Six courses by five architects, three open to resort play, and the widest range of price and property type in the Valley.

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V

The Quarry at La Quinta

La Quinta

A member owned club on a former gravel quarry, with no required tee times and roughly 100 homes at buildout. The smallest private community in La Quinta.

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VI

Andalusia at Coral Mountain

La Quinta

The Valley’s only Rees Jones course, still delivering new construction, with golf membership optional.

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VII

The Thermal Club

Thermal

A private motorsports country club on 426 acres, where membership and property ownership are inseparable and the garage drives the design.

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VIII

Rancho La Quinta Country Club

La Quinta

Elegant homes, two courses and a country club culture that stays genuinely social.

Listings Guide in progress

Deciding between two of them? The Hideaway vs The Citrus, and why the decision is not really about golf.

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What we handle most often.

Looking for something that is not on the market yet? Laurie has access to off market and pre market opportunities across the Valley's private communities, most of which never reach the MLS.

  • Luxury estates in La Quinta, Indian Wells and Palm Desert
  • Golf course homes in PGA West, Madison Club, Tradition and The Hideaway
  • Architectural modern and new construction residences
  • Midcentury modern homes and private enclaves in Indian Wells
  • Gated communities and country club properties across the Valley
  • Equestrian acreage and homes near Desert International Horse Park
  • Second homes and seasonal residences for out of state owners
  • Investment and income property, including Coachella and Stagecoach season rentals
  • Estates suited to weddings, events and private hosting

Equestrian and polo

Buying into the season is not the same as buying a house with a barn.

The Coachella Valley runs one of the largest winter equestrian seasons in the country. Zoning, footing, water, turnout and proximity all decide whether a property works for a string or only looks like it does.

Cailin is a competitive polo player at Eldorado Polo Club, and both Laurie and Cailin are personally involved in the Valley's hunter, jumper and polo communities. We know which properties work, which ones do not, and who is thinking about selling before the season ends.

  • Equestrian acreage and zoning suited to horses
  • Barn and arena properties
  • Established desert horse communities
  • Homes adjacent to Desert International Horse Park
  • Seasonal residences for competitors and trainers

Motorsport

You are not buying a house near a racetrack.

The Thermal Club is a private motorsports country club on 426 acres in the eastern Valley, with more than five miles of circuits and villas built around collector garages holding twelve to twenty vehicles. Property and membership are inseparable there, which makes it unlike anything else in the desert.

Cailin’s background is in global hospitality and VIP operations for Formula 1, which is an unusual credential to bring to a motorsport property market and a useful one. Ceiling heights, lift capacity, trailer access and where a villa sits on the circuit decide whether a property works, and none of that is visible in listing photographs.

  • Trackside villas and custom homesites
  • Collector garages, lifts and workshop capability
  • Circuit position, sightlines and sound
  • The membership requirement and what it means at resale
  • Garage compounds elsewhere in the Valley, for buyers who want the collection without the club

Clients

What clients say when the transaction is done.

“Laurie and her team exemplify what the Sotheby’s company stands for. Sheer excellence at every stage of the process.”
John Jensen
“Laurie and Cailin were outstanding to work with. Extremely proactive, professional and willing to go above and beyond from start to finish.”
Alec Burger
“Laurie McLennan, and now her daughter Cailin, has handled countless transactions for our family and friends.”
Larry Langner

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The first conversation costs nothing and usually saves something.

Whether you are buying, selling, relocating or looking at a second home in the desert, start with a conversation about what you actually want the property to do for you.

The McLennan Team at Desert Sotheby's International Realty
78065 Main Street, Suite 101, La Quinta, CA 92253
760.413.6190  ·  laurie.mclennan@sothebysrealty.com
California DRE #01424382

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Seven cities and six private communities across the Coachella Valley. Each guide covers what the place is actually like, what homes cost there now, and what decides value within it.

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