Seaport Realty Group

I would not recommend this company. They are only interested in your realtor feee, not in giving you a nice, safe clean place to live. They do not represent ethical landlords, so what does that say about them?
I had a very similar experience to Deirdre’s. They just want their fee for doing nothing.

We own several properties in southie and we had terrible experiences with realtors until we met Jen. We actually met her at an open house for a place that didn’t work for us, but we took her card and followed up with her later. She’s been our go-​to realtor ever since. We have referred basically all of our friends to her and everyone has had the same experience. Jen is by far the best realtor I’ve even worked with. She’s knowledgeable, available, and no-​nonsense. She knows the area and she works with her clients to figure out what they’re looking for and she gets it done. She’s also super nice — it’s actually enjoyable to view condo after condo with her! I cannot say enough great things about her.

I dealt with Lori at Seaport for a rental and she was fantastic. She cared about our situation and worked with us to find the right apartment. Even after the deal was done she continued to check-​in to make sure we were happy. I recommend Lori without reservation.

DO NOT USE THIS AGENCY!!! They represent bad landlords, make excuses for them and do not care about the person who is paying their fee. I just moved into a place ⁹⁄₁ and used Judy and Lori. When I saw the place, the bathroom was nasty and the tub needed a good scrubbing. There was a fan that was covered in an inch of black dust. The cover had broken off so the fan was exposed. The lightbulbs inside were dead. So upon leaving my deposit, I asked that the tub be cleaned and the fan be fixed/​replaced. A small reasonable request in my opinion. I was assured by Judy this would be done. Over a month later, I arrived at my new apt and found the place was filthy. Judy was nice enough to get the blackness off of the tub (which she should not have done-that’s the landlord’s responsibility) and the fan was the same: exposed and 1 inch of black dust. The rest of the apt was filthy and there was also garbage and other various items left there from the previous tenant. I had to hire a cleaning service and pay $ 125 for something the landlord should have done. Don’t worry: I deducted this from the rent… For several days after moving in, I found many things were broken and the bathroom did not have an outlet. I emailed the landlord who was «surprised and unaware» of the broken items and lack of bathroom outlet. I find this surprising as a long time owner of the unit. Anyway, this landlord would only communicate via email with me and only at his leisure. I finally got his phone number from Seaport and he refused to return my calls. One month to the day after moving in, a handyman came and finally fixed all the issues, including installing an outlet in the bathroom. I don’t feel I should be ignored by the landlord. He should inspect the apt and clean in between tenants but obviously he only cares about the rent. Judy kept telling me all the Southie landlords are like this and I have no doubt there are many bad ones out there but I know people who live in the area and they are NOT all like this. She also kept saying how cheap it was for Southie and yes it’s more reasonable at $ 1100 but it’s not free! And I’ve found it’s cheap is b/​c the landlords are A-​holes and the place is falling apart! I don’t feel that I was asking for much when I expected to move into a clean working apt. Maybe some people are willing to tolerate this but I’m not. I would never use Seaport again or recommend them if this is the type of landlord they work with and if they make excuses for their bad behavior. There are other realtors out there, Seaport, so you should keep that in mind…

I’m just going to put it out there: Sarah Walker is the best realtor I have ever worked with. I’ve lived in numerous apartments, in numerous cities, in numerous countries, and one of the biggest triggers of anxiety is looking for a place. And despite that fact that realtors are supposed to be there to help you (why else am I paying them $ 2000?) most of them seem to be there solely to sell sell sell, no concern with actually helping YOU find what YOU’RE looking for.
When it last came time to move, we were staying in Southie, but needed a new place. Years of a falling apart apartment, creepy neighbors, and random infestations led to a very specific criteria: We wanted newish, we wanted nice, and we wanted to be proud of our home. After browsing a few places that we’d found on Craigslist, we stumbled upon Sarah who immediately took us under her wing. She took the time to talk to us, asking more questions than any realtor I’d ever worked with. When we had finished looking at the first apartment, we got back in the car and she asked us to detail exactly what we liked and didn’t like. She took notes and told us not to think that we were asking for more than was realistic (a dishwasher and a washer/​dryer please!). After that, she was able to really get what we were looking for, and vowed not to waste our time or hers looking at places we’d have no interest in. Every place we looked at was fantastic, in our price range, and matched our criteria (even when the list started to get longer and longer!)
The best part was there was none of the typical sales pitch bullshit. She answered our questions honestly, didn’t make vague promises just to get us to sign, and, this is the best part, didn’t try to pretend that a one bedroom was really a two bedroom (no lie, we had a realtor tell us that one place was a two bedroom because we could use the living room as a bedroom and put the couch in the kitchen. This was said completely deadpan).
So if you’re looking for a place in South Boston, look no further than Seaport Realty. And once there, ask for Sarah. If she’s even half as effective as she was for us, you’ll be in your new dream place faster than you can say «first, last, security».