Griffin Properties

Lisa Doherty Santana is now with Santana Properties Team — RE/​MAX Destiny in Cambridge.

I’m writing this review with a huge amount of happiness — I can easily give a perfect review for Lisa Doherty-​Santana at Griffin Properties. If you’re buying, here’s what to expect:
— Lisa will sit down with you and conduct a friendly interview on what you want to buy.
— Lisa will recommend fantastic experts as part of your buying team: home insurance, lawyers, and mortgage lenders. The only recommendation we did not use was the home inspector due to scheduling and our own prior use. EVERY recommendation Lisa gives is a «tried and true» team member. They are all excellent. We used Jeff Nelson from Bank of America, Jeff Shargel’s law office, and Matt Davison for the homeowner’s insurance. All were excellent.
— Lisa will email you listings of what you want, schedule showings, and give you open house notifications too. We saw a ton of properties in many towns — Lisa does a lot of legwork. She even picked us up at the train station once when our car broke down. She goes ABOVE AND BEYOND!
— Lisa is organized, fights for you, and is always your advocate. She asks questions you didn’t even think of asking.
— Lisa is super friendly, confident, smart, and a FANTASTIC negotiator. Even at our final home walkthrough, she found a minor item needing repair, got us monetary protection in the 11^th hour (at closing!), and worked with the lawyers. She does this all with panache and friendliness.
— Lisa is honest and tells you what you need to hear. She delivers bad news with such friendly skill and diplomacy, that you can’t help but move forward with a better feeling instead of a negative one. She is such an excellent advocate. I highly, highly recommend her. She has a great communication style.
Go to Lisa! We were in such good hands with many life changes happening all at once — Lisa was there every step of the way.
Happy house hunting! :)

My fiancé and I were first time home buyers this spring 2009. We tried it on our own for a while and realized it was a pretty complicated thing to take on, so we took our chances with the small independent real estate office down my street and I asked for Lisa based on her glowing reviews.
Long story short: she was everything and more! She took us all over the city and surrounding towns to search for the perfect home. Every weekend she updated us with open houses, checked in with us often and when we did attend showings together, she knew just what to ask the seller’s agent. She remembered what we both specifically looked for in a home and went out of her way to find that. She was always available and responsive to calls or emails.
Lisa is not only a wonderful person, full of energy and so friendly, she is extremely adept at negotiating with sellers agents and hooking us up to excellent lenders and attorney. We felt she was really looking out for us every step of the way, and count her as a friend! It was a memorable and positive experience buying our first home at Griffin, and we have been telling all friends and family about our experience, and hope this entry will help you feel confident about working with them too!
We are also planning on coming back to Lisa when we eventually sell and buy our next home. 5 stars all the way!

I highly recommend Lance Greene at Griffin Properties. We worked with him for months and months to find a property we liked (we are really picky!) and he never seemed frustrated or put pressure on us to buy as many other realtors have in the past. He really always was out for our best interests. He was also a pleasure to work with, has a great manner with sellers and other agents, and was always available day or night for a last minute showing or a real estate question. I highly recommend him if you’re buying or selling and want to get the most for your money. We’re finally buying an awesome house 6 months after our first visit with him and I’m sad we’ll be done working with him after this!

I sold my Cambridge condo through Griffin Properties just as the market was beginning to sour. I had already moved away from the area and was nervous about being able to sell it quickly, but the Griffin team worked extremely hard to make it happen and succeeded in selling it for 5k more than I had expected. Perhaps what I appreciated the most was that they approached every detail with genuine care and consideration, answering all my questions and making me feel like I was their only client. Being far away, I needed someone who could offer me the peace of mind that the process would be handled smoothly and that’s exactly what Griffin Properties delivered.

I want to echo Mike B. Lisa Doherty is amazing. Seriously. I got an offer for asking price on my condo in two weeks! But that wasn’t where the work *really* was… it was in everything leading up to the bank approval. In this market, banks are changing the rules constantly. Lisa ran around like a lunatic jumping through bank hoops like a pro and I got to sit back while she did all the work. I could not have done this without her. Never will I doubt the benefit of having a realtor. I’m saner and wealthier thanks to her!

Lisa Doherty from Griffin is fantastic. She made my wife and I feel comfortable during the entire process of finding and buying a house (7 months of searching) and really went out of her way to help us find what we wanted. We had a great experience.