Working with first time home buyers is never easy!! We had so many questions and so many details on…read moreour list of 'wants'. We were trying to find a "non-Levit" in Levittown. We also wanted the deal of a lifetime and the most bang for our buck. Richard Shane had so much patience. He was able to negotiate for us and made the home buying process a smooth and positive experience. We hope to be working with Richard and his team again soon!

A pleasure to work with. Very responsive. Staff is very helpful in all respects. I would highly…read morerecommend them .

Prompt response.They are very attentive to their customer's needs.A very professional and dedicated…read morestaff

The only review here that seems to be fake is the positive one. I've called them multiple times…read moreover the last 3 weeks because me, my wife and 9 month old baby have to be out of our current place by the end of June. Each time they say "Oh, ok I will get your info and request over to the agents and they will call you back." I have YET to receive a call back. They don't even know their own properties because I called with the unit number of a property off of their own website and the receptionist was like "Uh...I don't know which one that is." This place is a joke. Stay away from them, find a real realty agent/broker. My 1 star really should be 0 stars but yelp won't let you post without a star.

Chris Kaufman was absolutely superb - by far, the best realtor I've ever worked with. He was on…read moretop of market conditions when we listed in October, accurately predicted we'd get multiple offers above the listing price, and would close before year-end 2025. He was extremely helpful in lining up an expediter to handle Town permits and contractors to assist with needed repairs and cleaning. He is the textbook example of why it pays to work with an experienced agent.

Laura Dupkin Memisha is extremely rude, unprofessional and verbally abusive. If you need help with…read morereal estate avoid her.

Exceptional Real Estate Agent and Trusted Partner: Jennie Went Above and Beyond…read more From our very first conversation, we knew we were in the best possible hands with Jennie Katz of Blue Island Homes. We were selling a home in New York while living in Wisconsin, and what could have been a stressful, overwhelming process became smooth and manageable because of her care, expertise, and constant support. Jennie is everything you could hope for in a real estate agent: incredibly smart, deeply knowledgeable about the Long Island market, and fiercely dedicated to doing right by her clients. Our sale was complicated, involving powers of attorney and a lot of moving parts, but she handled every detail with calm professionalism and absolute competence. She spent countless hours on the phone with us, patiently walking us through options, answering every question, and making sure we always felt informed and comfortable. Her communication is outstanding. She updated us at every step, anticipated issues before they became problems, and explained each decision clearly so we never felt in the dark. We trusted her judgment completely, and that trust was more than earned. She found us a buyer we were genuinely thrilled with and negotiated an excellent deal that exceeded our expectations. What really sets Jennie apart is how much she truly cares. This never felt like "just another transaction" to her. She treated our home, our time, and our situation with real respect and compassion. She paid close attention to every detail and advocated for us as if we were family. On top of that, she has a fantastic network of professionals: lawyers, clean-out and dumpster services, and more, which made handling everything from afar so much easier. We honestly can't say enough good things about Jennie. We love working with her, we trust her completely, and we would recommend her without hesitation to anyone buying or selling on Long Island. If you want a real estate agent who is caring, sharp, incredibly hard-working, and absolutely on your side, call Jennie Katz at Blue Island Homes. You will be grateful you did.

Purchasing our first home is a huge milestone. The process of finding a home can be daunting, but…read moreJonathan made the process as seamless as EVER! Jonathan set us up with a portfolio of homes to look at based on our needs. He was constantly sending us updates when new homes came to the market. He was quick to respond and always made sure that we were comfortable with the price or location of the home before touring. As a professional in the customer service industry myself, I appreciated Jonathan's constant follow up and confirmation. If he was unsure about something he was always on top of looking into it for us to find us the correct answer. We toured about 10 or so homes until we found the perfect fit! We finally closed yesterday and would recommend Jonathan to anyone looking to buy or sell! He is truly a ROCKSTAR and an amazing person to work with!

Jeff is simply the best. Not only is he an excellent highly experienced realtor He's also a great…read moreperson. Jeff is a true professional and it was a pleasure doing business with him.

We loved working with Jeff! He is very familiar with all of Long Island real estate. I think a…read moreunique aspect he brings is being very knowledgeable about what makes a home a good investment and focusing on what is going to make a home a good fit for you. Interpersonally he's incredibly friendly and caring. Would recommend!

Mr. Bennett has been very forthcoming with information to help me with the initial process in my…read moreinvestment journey. He is readily available to give me advice and help me find solutions given my current situation. I look forward to continuing working with him.

From the owner: Looking for a real estate sales professional that delivers excellence across all areas of real…read moreestate handling from listing your home, purchasing your first home, finding quality tenants or someone looking for a place to rent, then your search is over. Not only am I a real estate sales professional but also an investor, landlord and short-term/midterm rental host. Allow me to help you with ANY of your real estate needs.

Never got back to me harvested a ton of information and no one replied to my inquiry. I see here…read morethat the last reviews were left 10 years ago, so not sure why someone still picking the phone up and taking all of your information.

My brother and I were way more than just pleased with Caring Transitions. Diana is truly a very…read morespecial lady to work with. Not only is she organized and knowledgable, but kind, prompt and trustworthy. I'd give her 6 stars if I could!!

I saw an apartment listing on CL by one of the agents, Frances Owen. The listing said to text or…read morecall her. After a week of no response I decided to call her when I saw she had updated the listing. She hung up on me after being extremely rude on the phone and told me to go live on a "farm" because of the kind of pet I have (it is a teacup pig which is the size of a cat, fully grown. I have been living in other apartments for the past 2 years without a problem). I called her back because she didn't even ask the owners of the apartment if it was ok (she told me at the beginning of the phone call that she doesn't know if pets are allowed). She then threatened to call the police on me and report me for harassment. I want to add that this listing has been on CL for about a month, and it is obvious why it hasn't been rented out yet- because this agent has no clue how to do her job. Clearly she doesn't know how to represent the company she works for. I would not recommend this group to anyone after my experience.

Now I've heard it all. A pig???? We can't find a place for a dog no less a pig. I'm an animal…read morelover but if I were a landlord I'd never allow a pig in my place. Google "The truth about teacup pigs" I quote - "There really is no such thing as a teacup pig" they can grow to be 100 pounds. Having said that, we have been working with Fran to find two apartments for the past three weeks. There has never been a time when she hasn't called us back. She has been amazing! Never wasting our time with things we didn't want to see and advocating for us to have our dog. I see now that the world has truly gone nuts. Get a grip lady. Pigs need space not apartments - try not to take that out on somebody's career - Bad Karma!!

I loved working with Marty Sorrentino and Laura Clavell to find my new home. They went above and…read morebeyond, worked non-stop, were efficient, professional and really listened to my needs. I felt like they had my best interest at heart and they are such wonderful people as well. I would recommend working with them to anyone looking to buy or sell a home on LI!

I hired Dan Adams of Real Living Innovations of Wantagh to sell the home of my elderly parents in…read moreMerrick. I had seen his stellar Zillow reviews, although I was a bit skeptical upon meeting him (he showed up significantly late for a first meeting that I flew in from Chicago for and was on a tight schedule). I can't imagine that I could have had a worse experience with Dan. I have since learned that Zillow picks and chooses which reviews it will publish so it is not an independent source. It makes me wonder if the other reviews on Zillow are truly real reviews and if many poor reviews of Dan were purposely excluded by Zillow as mine has been.. As a positive for Dan, I will say that he represented the home while my dad was ill and my mom was with him at their home in FL and that my brother and I both live out of state. Dan was helpful in ensuring the house was maintained during the 7 - 8 months he had the listing while no one was living there. He helped us get a leak in the radiator fixed and also alerted us and fixed a gas smell created by an extinguished pilot light. With that said, the list of negative issues is long: 1) In the first meeting we discussed pricing the home. I told Dan what I felt was a fair selling price for the home. He told me at the price I suggested that I would be leaving money on the table and that I should price the home for $30K - $40K more than what I thought. We listed for about $30K above my initial thoughts. In 8 months Dan did not bring me one offer within $65K of the price he thought we should list it at. 2) On 3 - 4 occasions Dan told me he had an offer on the table. Each time the offer was far lower than expected. Each time Dan told me he would go back and negotiate the deal up. Each time I never heard about the offer again. There was no back and forth, nothing in writing to prove there was an offer and ultimately nothing got done. 3) Dan extended the MLS listing three months beyond our contractual date without written permission from my mom, the home owner. While I was content to continue working with Dan at the time, I had no idea that the extension was for three months and not just month to month. When I was considering making a change and called other brokers they had concerns that they would be stepping on Dan's toes if they came to our home to take the listing from him. 4) Dan never called to strategize about pricing or to give detailed updates about activity levels on the listing. I had to call Dan myself and two times ask him to lower the price to see if that would help sell the home. 5) Dan (or he claims his office) lowered the price on the MLS listing without any approval. It was a small incremental reduction likely to send out information to the market to increase activity. He never complied with my request to change the price back to where it had been. When I brought this to his attention he told me that I had never asked him to change it back. 6) Dan's original summary description for the MLS was poorly written and I had to rewrite it myself. 7) After several months with the listing Dan phoned me and asked if he could slightly change the wording of the description. After he explained to me what he wanted to do I told him I had no problem with the change. He never made the change after we had that conversation. 8) Dan's ReMax office must have changed its affiliation to RealLiving during the course of our agreement. Dan never reached out to let us know of this change. A friend of my mom's drove by the house and told her that the sign in front had seemed to changed and asked if we had changed brokers. 9) In mid April 2014 I let Dan know that my mom was coming back to Merrick from Florida during the last week of April. Dan nicely offered to have the house cleaned. Dan failed to notify his office that my mom would be in the house and that they should contact her for all showings. In early May, to my mom's surprise, a buyer and broker showed up at the house and let themselves in while my mom was there. When I mentioned this to Dan all he could say was that he didn't know what day my mom was coming home. I had told him on several occasions, the last week of April. 10) Generally, throughout the term of our contract with Dan I found him to be less than communicative. I believe that Dan grossly took advantage of our family all being out of town during the course of this listing arrangement. I strongly recommend that anyone considering using Dan as a broker should closely monitor him as perhaps he can be successful if he is well managed.

Darlene Corrigan is a wonderful realtor she goes over and above for her home buyers and sellers…read more Her honesty her knowledge of the local market,negotiating skills,communication style and responsiveness. She will make the entire process smooth and stressfree as possible. You will be so blessed to have her as your realtor. Wendy Verderosa

Michael Francis reinforced my belief that the best customer service representatives in any company…read moreare those who inherently enjoy communicating with people and those who have a genuine caring for the people with whom they interact. Michael does not have to force or fake it--because it is innately in his character to care. This is reflected in his work as a Century 21 AA Realtor. Michael helped my wife and me at the beginning of our search on Long Island for our first house. I was impressed by Michael's approachable demeanor and patience with us as we explored the homes available to us within the parameters we had set. Michael had already invested time in us, but he was still understanding when we changed our minds about the state where wanted to live and decided to explore homes in Connecticut, which unbeknownst to us, just happened to be outside of the area where he works as a realtor. Instead of Michael losing interest in us as potential clients and just considering it as a loss of potential business, he offered to give any advice he could to help us as we searched in Connecticut, he checked-in periodically to see how our house hunting was coming along, and he even offered leads to other Century 21 Real Estate Agents in Connecticut that he had vetted himself and we were able to utilize one of the leads. After not finding any suitable homes in CT and some very frustrating times my wife reached out to Michael and he was there when we decided to revisit Long Island for our first home purchase. He guided us without ever rushing us to make our decisions. Finally, when my wife and I caught glimpse of what would ultimately become our first home, Michael worked with us to make it happen, helping us navigate the complexities of the process until we became proud new homeowners. Many people want and need different things from their realtors--my wife and I needed to trust the person who would be an integral part of such a major purchase. We needed to feel that they would care how satisfied we would be with the purchase even years after we moved in. We needed to feel that we could be open to express our concerns and even make mistakes in front of him without being judged as he advised us through his expertise. We needed an ally in our journey and a thoughtful guide who knew the home buying "terrain." Michael gave us all of this. Anyone who is seeking the qualities that I just mentioned in a realtor would do themselves a great service by seeking out Michael Francis. My wife and I will definitely recommend Michael Francis to our friends and family. We are happy and grateful! Bravo Michael Francis, our sincere appreciation!