Aamen Realty

Chantal is just the best! From start to finish she has been a blessing in what can sometimes be a pushy game. I Found her to be honest, upfront, on time and she has a good sense of humor on top of it all :) I never thought I would describe a moving experience as stress free but she really made it possible.
I came across one of her posts on craigslist and gave her a call on a whim. She called me back shortly and was able to show her listing immediately showing up when she said she would and always texting shortly after I contacted her. She was never pushy and was always able to answer all of our questions giving us a great deal of guidance along the way. I was so happy with her and her years of experience in the area are a wonderful asset!
I wish every broker were as prompt, kind and wonderful as Chantal! Highly recommend.

This has been a particularly taxing week for me as I have been engaged with multiple brokers that have been pushy and have seen images on online listings that were deceitful. Chantal posted an ad for an apartment in Astoria that seemed to work for me, with a few modest pictures and text that wasn’t too flashy. I texted her and got a response a short time later, then we coordinated a time to see the apartment later that evening.
I looked at the apartment (it was AWESOME) and then went on my merry way afterward. After a half hour, I decided to give her a call to tell her I was interested in renting the place, and she offered to pick me up from my apartment and sign an application at her office. She then offered to drop me off home after we finished the paperwork!
I usually try to add a bit of humor or flair into my reviews, but I really just wanted to be earnest with this one. Chantal is a good person and her practices are ethically sound. That is more than I can say for many of the other brokers you’ll see in the neighborhood. I encourage you all to also look at the «reviews that are not currently recommended» link at the end of this profile page. All of them are also 5 stars and seem to be genuine!

My girlfriend and I have been searching over a month for an apartment and found Aamen Realty through a craigslist add for a potential apartment. We first spoke with Karin who was extremely efficient and always returned our calls quickly. We arrived at there Astoria location the same day to go view the place and at the office we met Shantel for the first time– what a lady. So incredibly helpful, she had known our potential landlord for a long time and both ladies had so much info about the neighborhood. The apartment was beautiful, clean and absolutely perfect! We expressed to Karin that we would like to take it and wanted get the process going and that is exactly what we did. At the office Shantel called the landlord, talked us up to him and told him to meet us the next day. Everything was organized and we put our security down that night. The next day everything went well with the landlord and we signed the lease on the spot! Such a great/​smooth experience that restored my faith in the apartment hunting process. It was over all a two day process with no drama, we felt like Aamen Realty was rooting for us. Absolutely recommend them to anyone of any age trying to find a place in Astoria, they’re the best.

Chantal… what a gal. Best experience I’ve ever had with a real estate agent. She texts you immediately after you text her, and ACTUALLY gets back to you when she says she’ll get back to you (a rare quality in real estate agents these days)! She is organized, to the point, yet kind and personable and never pushy. She treats you like an actual PERSON, and not just a client with a big wallet.
Without me even asking, she negotiated the price of the rent down. Without me even asking, she negotiated the broker’s fee down with her manager. She answered all my questions with confidence, and if she did not know the answer she would tell me she didn’t know and that she would get back to me with the answer – and she did!
I like her because she has established relationships with the landlords – my new landlord has known her and used her services for 16 years. That kind of leverage brought me into the circle of trust with the landlord, where he really entrusts Chantal to bring the right tenant to him.
She is a hard-​working, honest, organized woman of integrity, and I HIGHLY recommend using her services. I was so pleased, I bought her a nice pot of flowers when I came to her office to sign the lease. Fantastic woman. ¹⁰⁄₁₀.
EDIT: And she gave me her personal connections to owners of furniture stores in the area! «Tell them Chantal sent you. They’ll give you good deals and free shipping ;)». Unreal. /​endrave