Barbara Stein – Group Twenty Six Real Estate

Group 26 understands that to be the best real estate brokerage you need to have the best agents and in order to have the best agents, you need to invest in them and help them become even better. It is no surprise then that I have met some of the most amazing real estate agents dealing with Group 26.

I have worked with other brokers in the past to rent out my apt. Micheal was great. Unlike the other brokers, he enthusiastically showed my apt many times and never once pressured me to lower the price. My past brokers tried to get me to rent it out for as little as possible so they could make their commission and move on. He was always responsive and available to me. I will gladly use him again next time.

Went through them to sign a lease for an apartment in Jersey City. The realtor also owned the property and didn’t actually show me the apartment. I walked in when construction was going on. That should of been a big clue for me to walk away. They initially gave me a very wordy (and in poor grammar) lease that was 20 pages. I asked for a normal standard lease after I refused to sign that one. They obliged. I ended up signing. The apartment ended up being a disaster, which I will not get into. But I highly recommend googling the name of your landlord and do some research before signing. That is all I will say.

They courted me and my listing by telling me they represented buyers and that they were a different type of real estate company. They came to my home — twice — first to see the house and give me their soft pitch and then, the second time to make a harder pitch for my listing. (They never mentioned bringing buyers to my home…) They presented me with their marketing program — no actual case studies or examples of what they did for clients — which looked and sounded a lot like every other real estate agent’s approach. (That’s not good or bad… just not special or unique.) But they insisted they knew better than most and were far more effective. At the end of the second meeting, they asked me if I was ready to list my home with them. I said no. I requested the names of two clients — one from the buyer side and one from the seller side. In the next few days they told me they had no problem providing me with references — well, guess what? I never got ‘em! If they can’t provide real references, how could they expect to get my listing? They shouldn’t and they won’t.