Richard Keledjian

My girlfriend and I were looking to move to Astoria and actually found Richard through Craigslist. We reached out and he responded nearly immediately. We didn’t love the first property he showed us but he was very nice and on time. He then emailed us a few days later to say that he had us in mind and wanted to find something nice for us so we saw another location. We absolutely loved it and put in an application and put down a deposit. Unfortunately, the landlord did not accept our application but Richard was still awesome. He gave us our deposit refund the next day and said he’d keep an eye out. Based on the other realtors in the area that I’ve worked with that didn’t call us back or showed us apartments that made no sense to our desired location or budget — Richard is awesome. Super nice, listens to what you want, and is overall a very knowledge realtor.

I never used a broker before and we accidentally stumbled upon Richard when searching for an apartment with my fiancé on Craig’s list. This was our dream apartment and we knew immediately that we wanted it.
Richard was pleasant, friendly, HONEST, thorough, and professional. The kind of person you’d want to invite over for dinner. He was very professional and clear in terms of what we needed to do to get this place (since it was run by a management company with high standards) and you genuinely felt that he did everything he could to help us out along the way. He was always available to answer questions immediately and eased concerns without misleading us or giving us false hope.
Once we signed the lease and he got his payment, he still followed up with us to make sure everything was okay and we were settled and happy, making himself available should we need anything else.
We could not recommend Richard more highly. I don’t regret a single penny of the broker’s fee and would use him again in a heartbeat if we had to look for an apartment again. But I don’t think we will for a while. We are extremely happy in the apartment he showed us.
Thank you Richard!

I’m writing this for a friend who doesn’t have a Unilocal account but felt strongly enough about his experience with Richard to have me review this for him:
«After all my prior experiences with real estate brokers, I thought I would never find a decent person in the real estate industry. Richard is a fresh change in the business. Richard took a lot of time for me and my current roommate to get familiar with the apartment, and let us come over to the apartment on 3 separate occasions before signing the lease (the reason being that there were some issues we wanted addressed before we moved in, which were all taken care of). He introduced us to the super and broke down all the rental costs up front and in a clear manner. Keeping in mind that he had surgery and was still in recovery throughout the entire process.
Even after we signed the lease and paid all the fees, he called us to follow-​up and see if everything was working out, and when we mentioned to him some other issues that arose with the apartment, he talked to the super for us and got it worked out right away.
I agree with almost everything from the first reviewer, except my understanding is that Richard is pretty selective in terms of the properties he represents/​brokers for, and in total, is the exclusive broker for somewhere between 10 to 12 buildings. It may have been the time of year we moved, so we only were able to see 1 listing that fit our criteria. So while he might not have many listings, he makes sure all of them are quality.»

My girlfriend and I were looking to change apartments in Astoria, Queens. Richard showed us units that met the criteria that we laid out and was extremely clear and upfront about costs, leasing, how to contact the management and building super, etc. He engaged with us, listened to what we were looking for, and helped us find it.
In an industry that seems to have a lot of folks who just walk you around to whatever units they have open that are vaguely near your price range, it was refreshing to work with someone who was professional and clearly took his work seriously.