Keller Williams Realty

This review was for my interaction with this Keller Williams last year. I am only posting now as I am moving to a new apartment and remembered this less than desirable experience.
I was looking for a 2brd rental in the Boston area. I was a walkin. I met with a realtor who was in his late 20s/​early 30s whose lackadaisical tone was well refreshing at first, since I was expecting somewhat more of a car salesman type. We spoke briefly of my wants and my budget. The following weekday we looked at three apts in the SouthEnd. He called a left me a message about if I had made a decision. I called him back and left a message saying that I was sorry, but that my father, funding the apt, wanted me to stay within Cambridge and not the city of Boston. I asked him if he could assist me with locations in Cambridge.
I never heard from him. Nothing. Not a call or a f**off. Really?
I ended up going with a great realty company near Davis Square!

I am posting this review because I looked for reviews of buyers agents when it came time for my fiancé and I to buy a condo, and couldn’t really find any, so hopefully this will be a resource for others in the future.
My fiancé and I worked with Tim Anastasia as our buyer’s agent recently to find a condo in the South End, Charlestown, or South Boston areas. Tim was great to work with. I had also worked with him to find an apartment a few years earlier in the South End so I had known him from an earlier transaction. Each morning, we got an update from Tim via email with new properties in the areas that met our search criteria and that were in our designated price range. Tim never showed us anything that was too expensive or that didn’t meet our criteria, though he did help us consider 1 BR + office or lofts where you can build walls, rather than straight 2 BRs, which opened up the options within our price range. We requested showings through the daily emails from Tim for properties that were appealing, and he would immediately get back to us and set up the showings for that afternoon or the next, which was really important since the real estate market can be tricky in Boston and things can go fast – especially the reasonably priced units which are few and far between. Sometimes Tim would set up showings for as many as 5 places in an evening which was great since we are so busy and didn’t have time to do Sunday afternoon open houses (though his daily listings also included open houses for those properties with our criteria, too). We made 7 offers total, and finally the last one worked out. Tim helped us through all of them and was very patient with us and our somewhat restrictive pricing criteria. When we finally came under agreement with a seller, Tim really did a great job guiding us through the closing process. Through the whole 5 – 6 month process of looking and finally buying, Tim was great and really represented us well. We also met several other agents in his office and they were all very helpful also. When we finally were closing on our condo, we noticed that the seller’s agent wasn’t nearly as detail-​oriented and attentive as Tim – she was much slower to respond to emails and not nearly as available, plus she failed to mention some really key important details such as the unit was FHA approved (you’d think this would be a key and important selling differentiation point, especially for a unit where the building has more than 20% commercial space…). This is when we realized how lucky we were to work with such a great buyer’s agent! Tim also had very good recommendations for our home inspector, real estate lawyer, and our mortgage broker – all South End folks who really know the neighborhood, which is so crucial to even get financing in this awful credit crunch, not to mention we wanted to close in only 35 days. Our home inspector was great and Tim helped us negotiate a few repairs after the inspection. We love our new place in the South End – Thanks Tim!