Greater Metropolitan Real Estate

Trying to move to the North End and not spend a fortune on rent isn’t easy, but thanks to GMRE, I managed to do it and I’m loving my new place. I found a listing on craigslist and sent an email to indicate my interest. At this point in time I was trying to view several places and all of the other realtors had been rude or ignored me. Not Carmine. Not only did he get right back to me, but he was professional, personable, and he showed me exactly what I wanted. I was shown nice units in my price range and he gave me the run down, good and bad for each place. He was so wonderful to work with. Even after all of the paperwork was done, he was a great resource for all things related to my North End move and saved me some time and a huge headache when it came to moving in. The apartment I’m in is fabulous, exactly right for me and in a wonderful location. And Carmine is still just as friendly as ever, always saying hello if I happen to see him around the neighborhood, remembering my name. I really enjoyed working with GMRE, they made moving so much better, were punctual, and worked hard to get things just right for me. I definitely recommend using them, particularly Carmine!

I’ll admit that I’ve re-​signed a couple of leases just because I dreaded starting an apartment search again, but this year is was finally time to move. After spending plenty of time on Craigslist I was in touch with John at GMRE, who was happy to meet on short notice to show me a couple apartments.
The units I saw didn’t quite fit what I was looking for, but I was assured he’d keep his eyes open for me. About a week later there was a great place coming on the market on a Saturday, John was more than happy to do some late night scheduling on Friday and show the place very early Saturday morning, because he knew it would go fast.
The apartment was gorgeous, in great shape, and very reasonably priced, I signed a lease on the spot!
If you’re looking for a new place in the North End John at Greater Metro can take all the pain out of the process and help you find just what you’re looking for, give him a call!

I definitely want to give them a great review as well! I’ve worked with several of the realtors here and have had BY FAR the best experience compared to any other company in the North End. Lisa has been amazing at working with me (totally last minute in some cases) to get a great place that suits my unique needs. I’ve used GMRE on several occasions and they are the only place I will actually recommend to a friend. They’ve kept me in the loop with landlords, actually filled out complete and proper paperwork (something I haven’t received from other companies), were great at explaining everything, gave great advice and were always easy to reach. I can only hope that in my next city I’ll be able to find another place I actually trust! Super pleased overall.

The best realtors in all of Boston. If you want to live in the North End don’t even consider going to another realtor. They get more listings than any other North End realtor, actually return your calls/​e-​mails unlike most realtors, and, most importantly, don’t mislead you in their listings like so many other realtors. There is no better realtor out there, period.

They lost either our security deposit or another group of girls in the building’s deposit and then attempted to get us to repay it. Disorganized.

I am convinced there will never be an easy to work with realty company. They tend to hire people that either have this as a second job and therefor a secondary obligation. I’ve had quite a few terrible experiences with a lot of the realty companies that set up meetings, no show, don’t return calls, and then drop off the face of the earth.
Metropolitan on the sliding scale of Realtors have been good to work with. They showed up for our meeting, they showed us apartments in the price range we described (one above, but that’s part of the game), and we did not have an issue taking the apartment off market.
We did have an issue in getting the Realtor to call us back after we returned forms; I guess text messages work better (pro tip), and we received answers to our questions; better tardy than never.
On the sliding scale of realty companies, these guys are preferred for their North End listings. I have used them twice with overall positive experiences compared to the rest of the firms out there which are just egregiously unprofessional.

Lisa Ventresca is my heroine, and I am not lying. She showed so much care for my girlfriend and I at the time when we were looking for an apartment in Boston, I’m so happy Unilocal has given me the opportunity to write about her.
The incredible thing is Ron Ventresca, her colleague in the office, actually took time out of his personal schedule to introduce us to the landlords and went over and beyond to smooth things over with them and let them know that we would be good tenants. Lisa and Ron are simply fantastic in every way.
Even before we committed to the apartment we ultimately moved into, we were about to sign a lease for another apartment when Lisa could see I wasn’t enthused about it. She assured us that she would keep looking for us and I was amazed but expected nothing. That very day, she called and she said it was a steal and a better apartment! I couldn’t believe it and for this, I am indebted to Lisa.
The apartment we moved to was just down the street from the office and Lisa always remembered us. This is exactly what a «neighborhood’ realty company should be about.

Jennifer DelloRusso from Greater Metro is hands down the goddess of real estate that i needed in my life at the time!
i already pissed off that i needed to move out of my then current apartment (my roommate decided to take a semester off and as much as i support her, i was pissed that i needed to deal with this whole shabang). i had seen a few decent ones on the hill but i felt i could find better (and cheaper).
i found a few ads on craigslist that looked promising so i gave jennifer a call. we scheduled to meet at the hanover street office a few days later. when i came, we both quickly realized she had accidently confused me with someone else (who had a totally different needs and price range than me). now i’ve gotten the general impression that most agents would try to show you something out of your price range, not exactly what you’re looking for, etc. NOT JENNIFER! she quickly though on her feet, made a few calls and off we went.
she showed me 3 places. the first two were okay. i liked the view better than the apartments themselves. the third she took me to, i’m not going to lie, was kinda ratty inside (the building itself was nice but the girl living in the place was a SLOB!). she had painted on the walls, the rug hadn’t been vacuumed in years, and it was an overall mess. but it looked like it had potential. i don’t consider myself a slob so i figured that if i moved in it would be better.
it coudn’t have been better! it was in my price range, it had a private patio, okay, it had no bathtub but ya know… you give a little. only one problem: it was a june 1^st move in date and i was going to be out of the country until the 7^th. i explained my issue to her and she asked me back to the office while she made a few calls.
not only did she get me a june 15^th move in date (and thus half off my first month’s rent), she also got the land lord to put in new hardwood floors, repaint the whole apartment, and when i actually moved in it had a ceiling fan and new fridge!
Jennifer DelloRusso really went above and beyond. she thought on her feet, got me not only what i wanted but what i needed as well. she didn’t have to ask for a later move in date or for the new things to be put in before i moved in, but she did. she was so wonderful that i bought her a present on top of her fee.
avoid scumbag agents! greater metro will not screw you! if you can’t get Jennifer, i’m sure you’ll be happy with one of the other agents there. when i was at the office they were all so nice and welcoming.
–from a person who couldn’t be happier months after i moved in!