Why Work With Us?

"I had the great pleasure to work with Brenda in selling our family home. Brenda is very professional and knowledgeable, and took us though the whole process with care and confidents. I highly recommend her to others who are in need for an excellent agent. I am looking forward to working with her again, when my son is looking for property in the near future."

"We can't recommend Brenda enough! She worked with us when we recently bought a single-family house in Waltham. The word I'd use to describe her is 'effective'. Her work is professional and thorough. When we made an offer, she provided us with a thorough list of comparables to make sure our offer is competitive but reasonable. When there was a minor issue with the purchase process she acted on it proactively to get it resolved. We are completely happy with the new home that she helped us find for now, but if we are to move in the future, we would definitely work with her again."

"I worked with Brenda van der Merwe on completing the purchase of my condo in Newton. It was a very complicated transaction and not very high dollars. Brenda was fantastic to turn every obstacle that I had to get to closure. She is efficient, skillful in her negotiations and most importantly thorough during the whole process. She anticipated obstacles and was able to guide me in the process. I would not have gotten to closure without her help and professionalism. This is the only broker I will use on any future real estate transaction."

"I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the very positive co-broke experience that I have had recently working with your agent, Ms. Ava Amiri, in the rental of an apartment on Boylston Street in Newton. "It was a real pleasure working with Ava and I was very impressed with her professionalism and demeanor - throughout the entire transaction. She was very understanding and especially responsive and I really appreciated working with her."

“I can’t thank you enough for all your help and support during this past year. Your endless energy, great humor and deep kindness helped me endure an extremely difficult and stressful process.

“Your guidance allowed me to sell my house at above the asking price and purchase the great new home that I thought I’d never find. Your patience and encouragement kept me from despairing, along with your good humor and firm belief that I would, in fact, find a nice place to live.

“Your advice about marketing and staging was spot on and yielded excellent results. The workmen you recommended were unusually talented and competent and I will continue to call on them for future projects.

“I will continue to recommend you as a superb Realtor and a delightful person.”

“We hit the Realtor jackpot with Liz Mintz! With her by our side we were able to feel confident, optimistic and more at ease as we approached the otherwise daunting task of buying and selling a home. Her depth of knowledge about the process, her experience and her detailed understanding about the intricacies of a house helped us think about things that we would have otherwise never even considered. 

“Liz made the entire process of buying and selling easier, more enjoyable and successful because she is so wonderfully efficient, reasonable and well-organized. She goes above and beyond the requirements of her job in every way possible, including making herself 100% available throughout. Liz came into our lives as a potential Realtor but has become a trusted friend and adviser.”

"Brenda was highly effective in helping us complete an out-of-state move on a compressed timeline. She was extremely responsive from the start, and her local knowledge combined with thoughtfulness about our particular circumstance (work locations, commute timing, kids' needs, etc) resulted in an efficient and successful weekend of showings. Once we were ready to make an offer, it was especially helpful that Brenda is well-connected within the Newton market: we had the information we needed to make a reasonable offer to win the deal. I will recommend her to others, and I'll be thrilled to work with her again down the road!"

"Halley is super knowledgeable, friendly and very easy to work with. She worked with me to find the perfect rental home for my move to the Boston area. Halley set up as many appointments as possible and then spent hours with me not only touring the homes but answering my questions and providing objective data about each home. Since I am moving from out of state, it was important that my Realtor have an in-depth knowledge of the local area and Halley fit the bill. “Halley even helped me after I had signed the lease, checking in with me regularly to see how everything was progressing with my move. She is a true professional in every sense of the word and I had a wonderful experience working with her!"

"In early 2019, we asked Debby to assist us in looking at condos, as we're empty nesters who were looking to downsize. She accompanied us on showings and in advance of each showing she comprehensively briefed us on the positive and negative attributes of each. During the showings she pointed out issues and asked questions of the listing broker that we would never think to ask. Not for one moment did she push or prod us to buy anything that we saw. And when we expressed interest in a particular property, she was quick to provide us with a market analysis as well as her objective, data-driven recommendations. “We eventually made an offer on a unit and she vigorously negotiated on your behalf. After the offer was accepted, and after we let her know of our vision to make improvements to the unit, she immediately provided us with names from her stable of painters, electricians and others. “When things went awry on the eve of the closing, she calmly eased us through the crisis. And even after the closing, when the air conditioning system, dishwasher and hot water heater were not functioning correctly and when other agents would have pocketed their commission and walked away, she remained in contact with the listing broker and was resolute in wanting to resolve the problems and to make us happy. And she did. “Debby's credo, voiced many times to us, is ‘I will not rest until you're happy.’ She practices what she preaches. It's not optional for you to have Debby in your camp; it's actually essential if you want to feel as if your interests are being protected basically 24/7."

"As a repeat customer I was happy to see us work in concert and get another property closed quickly and efficiently.

"Your knowledge of the area and specific property was the primary reason we got fast results in a competitive market. Looking forward to the next one, Mike!"