Yossef Hermon

I found an apartment on Craigslist which was listed by Joseph (Yossef) Hermon, but thanks to the heads up of other Unilocal reviewers, I now know to steer clear. I was surprised to find that the apartment, when Joseph showed it to me in person, was actually as it appeared online in the photos (it wasn’t a bait and switch). However, there were no kitchen appliances and the air conditioners appeared very tattered and broken. I asked him if the appliances would all be installed and included in the price and he said absolutely. However, it sounds like this exact same thing happened in the other Unilocal comments. and they never got their appliances.
To make things more suspicious, I was working with a separate broker at the same time and he told me that the listing didn’t exist in the public forum. When I confronted Joseph about this, he said it was because the owner of the apartment gave him the listing prior to the renovations being completed. He was trying to keep it a secret so other agents wouldn’t ask him to show it, thus he wouldn’t have to share the broker’s fee. When I tried to pull up the Craigslist add just prior to going to see the apartment, it was taken down and no longer visible. That should have been my first clue that there was some shady business happening.
BEWARE of this agent.

Yossef told my roommate and I that he was the exclusive broker to the building we moved into, and that he would make sure the apartment was updated to meet our requirements. He was able to accommodate an early move in date with the super, however, as a result, the apartment was left a mess with paint, dirt, and without the appliances that were a stipulation in our agreement. We have not been able to get a hold of him, conveniently after he received his broker fee.
Yossef deceived us; I would not suggest working with this broker. He is dishonest, and not a person of his word.

The other reviews on here greatly surprise me. Yossef told my roommate and I that a dishwasher was going to be installed in our apartment and it never happened. We talked to the management company and they told us that they’ve had this issue with him before and that they never authorized him to make that representation. Once we realized he had misled us, he had already collected his $ 3200 brokers fee and stopped responding to our calls, e-​mails, and texts.
I find it highly suspicious that almost every other review on here is 5 out of 5 stars– for those that use Unilocal enough, you know that there’s something off about that and I would take the other reviews with a grain of salt. Please consider yourself warned.

I cant say enough good things!

Yossef helped us find our dream apartment in the West Village. He is very knowledgeable, helpful, courteous, flexible and all around nice guy. He helped us from start (walking us through the apartment) to finish (signing the lease and recommending movers & lock smith). While I do not plan to be moving again anytime soon, if I did I would call Yossef first and will be recommending him to my friends and co-​workers! Thank you again!

I feel very fortunate to have had Yossef help me find apartments in New York. He showed me a variety of places that were all within the price range I told him, and he was acutely aware of the specifics of each area we visited. Not only was he helpful during the application process, but he was more than happy to assist me by speaking with the property management and having them let me move in slightly earlier due to the start date of my work. Yossef went above and beyond my expectations and I highly recommend you contact him if you want to find a good apartment in the city at a reasonable rate.

Yossef is a great real estate professional who really knows his stuff, patient and reliable. He walked me through all the steps of my apartment search and thanks to him my fiancé and I ended up with a really cool place.
I recommend Yossef to everyone who’s looking for a good real estate broker.
BEST,
Abraham K.