Mathew Laborde founded ELIFIN® and built it from a solo practice into Louisiana’s dominant commercial brokerage. ELIFIN® is Louisiana’s #1 commercial real estate firm by number of sales, operating across Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Lafayette. Under his leadership, ELIFIN® and its agents have closed more than 2,000 transactions totaling over $805 million in volume — backed by a proprietary database of 59,000+ commercial properties across South Louisiana.
Laborde built the company around a data-driven, ultra-specialist model in which each agent focuses exclusively on a specific property type within a defined market area. The firm brokers office, industrial, retail, multifamily, land, medical, and investment property transactions across sales and leasing. ELIFIN was named Company of the Year by BusinessReport.com in 2023.
ELIFIN’s purpose: Make great deals that make life better.
Notable Achievements
- Created the most comprehensive commercial real estate dataset in Louisiana — 59,000+ properties with ownership records, transaction histories, and market intelligence.
- Publishes The Pulse, a weekly commercial real estate newsletter covering four Louisiana markets (Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Northshore) with over one million opens per year.
- Expanded ELIFIN® from a single Baton Rouge office to three active markets: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Lafayette.
- Brokered approximately 1 in 6 commercial property sales in East Baton Rouge Parish in 2025.
- Record-setting growth year over year, with transaction volume more than doubling since 2023.
- Earned the CCIM designation at age 23 — one of the youngest recipients worldwide.