RE/MAX Gold Coast Realty

Remax Gold Coast Realty was one of the best choices I’ve made regarding renting or buying a home. My Realtor was Marian Sideco. She was exceptionally easy to deal with. I’ve moved 5 times in the Hoboken area, but this was my first home purchase. Each time I’ve used a different Realty company because there were always issues I felt could have been avoided if attention was being paid to my situation. Marian Sideco handled everything perfectly, attentive to every detail. She’s exactly what you want in a Realtor. She quickly figured out what I was looking for and didn’t waste any of my time on places I wouldn’t like. When dealing with the office, Karen De Jesus was a pleasure to deal with. Thank you Gold Coast Realty, you were perfect. Their new office at 306 Washington looks awesome too! What a great buying experience!

This review is for Jack/​John Maroney, not Re/​Max in general. Jack is an awful realtor with no integrity. There are plenty of realtors in this town, why risk working with one who has been shady in the past?
My boyfriend and I lived in an apartment in town (73 Madison St, Apt 2RN) with a first time landlord who was friends with Jack and used him as her realtor. During the year and half we lived there we were great tenants who always paid rent on time and bent over backwards for more than 3 months while the apartment was on the market to let dozens of showings come through. We even let Jack take updated photos and offered to let him have an open house. We had to deal with people leaving the back door open and awful realtors who would just walk in and not knock; still we kept the place clean/​neat and accepted 98% of the showings, though we weren’t obligated to and most tenants don’t. The one time we had to decline a showing Jack immediately called me begging to accept it as it was the first second showing and the man was interested in making an offer. So, we rearranged our plans to allow the showing.
NOTE: 73 Madison St, Apt 2RN was put on the market April 1, went through multiple price reductions, and as of today, November 16, has still not been sold. Clearly Jack is not good at his job; nothing stays on the market in Hoboken for 8 months, especially nothing that is as nice as that (rare) duplex apartment.
When we moved out we heard back that the bottom of the sink was scratched. We didn’t do anything unusual to the sink, just normal wear and tear like everything else in the apartment. Obviously we used the sink but did nothing out of the usual. Our landlord took $ 125 out of our security deposit to split the difference to replace the sink. When we tried to push back she said «Just spoke to the realtor as to best to handle because I want to be fair since you guys have been so great» (splitting it and not making us pay for the full thing) and «I appreciate you guys being great tennants and I am going on the advice of my realitor. I have never done this before…» We felt like we had been stabbed in the back by Jack. We had done so much to help them sell the apartment, to not get our full security deposit back was a slap in the face.
Jack took advantage of our situation to get a new sink put in to make the apartment, that was still on the market, more attractive to potential buyers so that he could more easily sell it.

This review is limited to Marian Sideco, who helped me purchase my dream starter home in Hoboken. I can’t speak to the rest of the office, but Marian is a total standout. Not only was she incredibly efficient and motivated, but I knew throughout the entire process that she truly cared about finding me the right property. At several points, it would have been easy for a realtor to push me into a more expensive property (thereby increasing the commission), but Marian never even came close to doing that. Instead, she was trustworthy and steered me to places that were well within my budget (while still managing to show me properties that had the features I desired). Plus, given the emotional process of buying a home, Marian was a steady rock along the way, making sure that I made logical decisions rather than letting emotions get in the way. In addition to assisting me with my home search, Marian has been an outstanding resource for my move to Hoboken by providing referrals to other excellent professionals (inspector, attorney, painter, etc.) that have made my move painless and enjoyable. She didn’t just disappear once the contract was signed. Without a doubt, I give her my highest recommendation.

Very happy with the service we received from this office and all the people there. In particular Ron Zimmerman was professional in all aspects of the sale of our house. He made sure the entire process went smoothly and when any issues did come up he was always there to take care of them. I would recommend to anyone looking to buy or sell a home.

I have no clue how good or efficient RE/​MAX Gold Coast Realty in Hoboken NJ is. But my wife Katie and I are certainly impressed by one of their agents… Marian Sideco. You really need to focus on the agent you choose to work with and not the office.
There are agents and then there are stars. Marian Sideco is one of the most formidable agents in her profession… a real pro. You want someone that is supportive, not pushy, obliging, understanding, efficient and works far too many hours a day… because Marian cares about every one of her clients… regardless if they are in the $ 250K or &1,250K range. All her clients are treated equally.
Katie and I know that because we are at the bottom of that price range and Marian views us and treats us as a very important client. Marian even called us to give us an update two days out of her four day vacation in Europe. And then called the potential buyers. She did not push it off to anyone else while on vacation.
I have bought and sold several properties in my past… there is no real estate agent that comes close to Marian’s professionalism and knowledge in this very competitive industry. We only met Marian 2 months ago but we must admit she is a PRO. If you want a great experience selling and/​or buying real estate in Hudson or Bergen County NJ, and you want a good experience, YOU MUST CALL Marian Sideco.
Freddy & Katie

Karina Abad recently assisted me in purchasing my first home in Hoboken. After having a poor experience with another agent, a colleague recommended that I reach out to her prior to continuing the search. Karina was thoughtful, responsive, friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the area and local real estate market. Additionally, given the competitive process surrounding the particular listing, I would have likely lost the property to another bidder if it wasn’t for Karina’s quick thinking, negotiating tactics and overall insightfulness. Karina deserves my highest recommendation for any individual, couple or family looking to sell, purchase or rent a home /​condo. I was extremely satisfied and impressed with her professionalism and I will most certainly hire her again when it comes time to sell my property.

I can only speak for the one agent I dealt with here who is Jennifer Lampert. She’s relatively good natured and upbeat, but she is chronically late and disorganized. The first time I scheduled a viewing, she was in traffic. The second, she went for a run and arrived in her sweaty workout clothes and headband. The third, she admitted she took a sleeping pill the night before and completely passed out until two hours after our missed appointment (I still have the voice mail saved if she’d like to try to dispel that). Sloppy.
In person, she was personable an generous with recommendations, contacts, etc., but after that she never emailed when she said she would email, never got back on questions until we harassed her with phone calls and emails, and all in all was quite unhelpful. She was responsible for ordering the cabinets and counter tops and managed to order the wrong cabinets and then even had the audacity to blame the contractor for the error when all parties knew it was her fault. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when we wanted to confirm the finer points of the closing with financial figures and details via email. After weeks of silence, she lied and claimed that she had sent an email with all the answers the day she received it (our real estate lawyer was cc’d as well) and somehow no one had received that mystery email.
Jennifer even had the balls to insult the value of the home we purchased from her, saying «It’s not like you’re buying a million dollar home in Tenafly.» Honestly, I can stand a well-​meaning person who just plain sucks at their job and at least tries. But Ms. Lampert sucks at her job and could care less about you and your home, focusing only on her commission to support another career. She has mentioned her true passion more than once, as the music director at St. Ann’s Church, which she should pursue full-​time if her work as a real estate agent makes her and everyone she works with miserable. As we are in the process of buying a second apartment with plans for expansion, all involved parties (lawyers included) know her to be unmotivated and unprofessional.

I recently bought a place through Re/​Max Gold Coast in Hoboken and it was absolutely by far the worst experience I’ve ever had. The broker I dealt with was Rich Turnbull. The guy is a slimeball and will tell you everything you want to hear until you sign on the dotted line. I can go on and on about the $h!t he pulled throughout the process, but I don;t have the time. Just beware and know he only cares about the interest of himself only.

We visited Remax Gold Coast Realty in Hoboken. My wife and I were first time buyers with no experience in real estate. We were looking to move and thought we should explore the our options with buying instead of renting again. We were assigned an agent. We explained our situation and answered all questions in terms of our eligibility. We both have great credit, very little debt and enough savings for a 5% down payment. The agent gave us the name of a mortgage broker and we contacted him. He interviewed my wife and I on seperate occasions and we answered all his questions. When we were through, he pre-​approved us for a loan and we were off to look at homes. Our budget was small (215 000 – 230 000). Our agent was of little help and was under prepared for our appointments. My wife did the leg work and the agent merely let us in to view the properties. When we settled on a property we went back to the «trusted» broker at Pinnacle mortgage who upon further questioning determined we weren’t eligible and suggested co-​signers (my parents). He then interviewed my parents and determined that with them as co-​signers we would be approved! We wrote him a $ 350.00 check for the loan application fee and waited, only to be denied the loan 3 weeks later. Although we were disappointed, my wife came up with the idea to rent or lease to buy (the agent never mentioned this as an option). The owners agreed to a rental and the agent collected 650.00 for a broker’s fee. What a terrible experience! In short we paid out $ 1000.00 and got zip!