DeRose & Appelbaum

I first met Santino when he was the broker representing the owner of a building I rented a space from. He was kind, available and super easy to work with.
Fast forward a yearish later. I needed to rent an additional space. I reached out to Santino to see if he would help me find a new space. A week later in walked my savior, Shannon Mackey, a broker at his business.
Shannon worked with me for about 6 months — looking at spaces, responding to my freak out emails and texts, advising me, writing up and reviewing proposals, etc. There are truly not enough superlatives to describe Shannon — competent, caring, vested, honest, hard working, responsive and the list goes on. My gratitude for her is endless. The sad part of signing the lease (s) is that I am not going to get to interact with her on a daily basis.

Santino was instrumental in a very difficult and long negotiation which ultimately landed me a wonderful new office space for my business. He was professional and warm, the perfect combination of being knowledgeable without being pushy. I greatly appreciated his help and highly recommend him to anyone.

I have worked with Santino several times and have nothing but great things to say about him and his firm. Even though none of the deals we pursued have worked out Santino has been available to me anytime I have questions. He has provided me essential information on other properties I own and has always impressed me with his breadth of knowledge. But more than anything, these guys are straight shooters, which is truly a rare find in the real estate business.

I had a great experience with this firm. They are diligent, informed, and intelligent. I highly recommend DeRose & Appelbaum to anyone interested in buying, leasing, or selling commercial real estate.

I have now worked with Santino DeRose on 3 separate real estate ventures. I have worked with a lot of commercial real estate agents over the years and I have to say that Santino is by far the most knowledgeable. I have had a difficult time finding agents who really understand the in’s and out’s of commercial real estate, in fact most people fake it and then you get far down the line in a complex deal and find out that your agent doesn’t know what he/​she is talking about. Santino is an expert in every sense of the word. I find him to be honest and straight forward… he would rather give me bad news or news I don’t want to hear than feed me a line or a sales pitch.
He is an excellent negotiator which is what makes him a great buyer’s agent or a seller’s agent. He is not a quick deal kind of an agent, he cultivates trust in the people he works with by maintaining long term business relationships and promoting the best interest of the client.