Just wanted to express my gratitude to the Green Ocean and the manager Jarrett. He was very…read moreinformative and super patient in helping me to find a great apartment. He responds right away to any inquiries I have even on weekend's mornings. The process could not have gone smoother without his great help. I would definitely come back to the Green Ocean in the future to rent or renovate a house. Highly recommend them and Jarrett to anyone who needs help.

Extremely unprofessional experience with Green Ocean Property Management. I had three separate…read moreshowings scheduled, and every single time the appointment was canceled after I had already arrived. There's no excuse for confirming appointments without properly coordinating with tenants first. This shows a complete lack of organization and respect for people's time. After multiple wasted trips, it's clear this is not a one-time mistake but a pattern. I would strongly caution anyone considering working with this company--expect poor communication, unreliable scheduling, and unnecessary inconvenience.

Tim at CJL recently helped us with the sale of our family home. It was an unusual property and he…read moredid a great job of marketing it to the appropriate buyers. He worked very hard throughout the process, keeping us informed every step of the way. We were surprised at how fast things happened, but all for the best. Tim's professional and friendly manner made him a pleasure to work with. I would not hesitate to recommend Tim and CJL!

We have had a great experience with CJL over the past 4 years. The team is always responsive,…read morefriendly, and happy to help in a timely manner. Shout out to Caren K. who has been a huge help with our lease renewal, always making sure we stay informed and updated throughout the entire process. Overall an excellent team to have as a renter in Massachusetts!

My husband and I worked with Kim Clark who helped us find a two bedroom apartment in Brighton. We…read morereally can't say enough good things about her. She is knowledgeable, approachable, personable, endlessly patient, and incredibly generous with her time. When we liked the apartment, she asked the tenants so that we could see it twice. She negotiated our rent and other move in costs with the realty. She answered every question and explained every form and every part of the process clearly and thoroughly. I have had a lot of bad experience with brokers here in the Boston market but working with Kim made it as painless and straightforward as possible. We highly recommend her.

Putting a 1 star review because I can't put a zero. Roberto is the most unhelpful person I've ever…read moremet in the history of my life. Not only did he scam us into signing a brokerage fee agreement, he didn't do anything to deserve the brokerage fee! We haven't heard from our landlord yet, we have no floor plans, we're supposed to move in on September 1st (less than 2 months) and we don't even have a move in time! We sent the money to Roberto, who proceeded to misappropriate funds by taking money that was SPECIFICALLY allocated for security deposit and first months' rent and used it to pay himself a brokerage fee!!! Like have you ever heard of something so crazy. Roberto is almost as much of a joke as this company is. Avoid at all costs literally in the process of contacting the MA attorney general to report these scammers. You'd honestly be better off asking CHATGPT to help you find a place than Roberto and his team of clowns at CRG. If you ever decide to use these people, I suggest you pray to God that this gluttonous, greedy, good-for-nothing company is more helpful than the wet dish towel of a realtor we call Roberto.

There is a crack in the foundation of my condo unit. My unit is the end unit. A trench needs to be…read morebuilt, the crack needs to be fixed from the outside. The condo board didnt take responsibility until I got the building inspector for the town involved. My place flooded several times-tens of thousands of dollars in damages. The condo board insisted on patching the crack in the foundation. The invoice was for over $8,000. The patch was not done professionally, and it was in no way an $8,000 fix. The invoice says its for 100 feet of a crack. The crack is maybe 3 feet. The $8,000 cost was paid by the other owners. Water continues to come in to my basement. There is mold. I have made Barkan aware. They lie and do nothing. Oh except they charged me for their attornets fees and deducted the amount from my bank accoount without my knowledge. I have hired an Attorney but truthfully dont need thiz headache. Thess people are as slimy as they come. I moved out due to Barkan.

I would not recommend Barkan Management based on my experience. Serious issues were ignored, left…read moreunresolved, or handled without proper care. Instead of acting as a professional management company with independent judgment, Barkan appeared to follow the HOA board blindly, even when serious problems involved privacy, access to my home, maintenance failures, and basic resident rights. One example was the trash shed. I asked for the trash shed to be replaced for the benefit of the owners for two years, 3 managers, but the issue was ignored until the property had a rat infestation. In my opinion, this could have been avoided if management had listened to the concerns and repeated pleas of unit owners before the problem became a bigger health and safety issue with broken shed that became hazardous. A manager Montabault Diana, also entered my home without my permission by using a master key at 9 am while I was waking up. That alone destroyed my trust. No resident should feel that management can access their private home without clear permission, proper notice, or a legitimate emergency. Management also allowed the HOA to move forward with a camera placement that I believe crossed serious privacy boundaries. Massachusetts recognizes a right to privacy under M.G.L. c. 214, § 1B, while they told us we cannot have video ring camera, they allow the neighbor to do it looking straight into my windows for two years and it took a law suit to demand privacy for my living space. They still keeping that camera but at least they are blocking my windows for their creeps. I also was charged over $5k assessment fee without my knowledge and they kept my money silently for two weeks until I had to call and ask to return. They did saying "Mistakes happens" without any remorse. These were not small mistakes. These were issues involving privacy, trust, access to a home, money, maintenance neglect, and the responsibility of management to protect residents from improper HOA conduct. Based on my experience, Barkan Management did not meet that standard and still struggling with transparency and unequal treatment. This really brought me a lot of pain, anxiety and distrust when it could have been simply all transparent and professional. I hope you read this and take notes for your managers.

Great if you like slipping when it's cold and pumping water when it rains. Not very communicative…read moreor polite

Judging from Tatyana A's five-star review of Advantage Property Management with the manager's last…read morename spelled incorrectly, I'm guessing she and he have a lot in common. He once sent an email explaining a condo board decision this way: "This would set a bad president [sic] for others." I don't consider him to be so much "one of the biggest bumbling fools I've ever met," as Adair G. wrote, as simply non-responsive, a comment I noted virtually every other reviewer made in another Yelp listing for his company. On the one out of 50 times he responds to an email or phone call, he is perfectly affable. The problem is that he apparently doesn't have a clear understanding of the role of a property management company--not to suck up to the board but to represent the owner of every unit. We all pay for his services yet he seems to believe that as long as the board members renew his contract, he is doing his job. He does a very good job of servicing the three owners who comprise the board which accounts for the one star I'm giving him.

I recently rented with South Boston Property Managers and had a great experience. My property…read moremanager was very communicative and always very responsive. I had to leave my lease early due to a surgery and relocation and my property manager was supportive with every step of the way. They were able to work with me on both ends of moving in and out to make sure every need was met. This is high quality service and it was greatly appreciated!

I found my previous apartment at the perfect time. From the start, Craig communicated clearly and…read morewas very understanding of how stressful moving can be. Throughout my year as his tenant, he remained honest and respectable. He was quick to assist with any maintenance or household needs. He ensures the property is well maintained and is always professional. I've had no problems with him as a landlord and that can be difficult to find in Boston. I would safely recommend leasing with him!

I hired Gamut Group LLC, a former employee and affiliate of this company, to find a tenant for me…read moreduring the pandemic as my prior tenant was moving out. They were compensated a broker's fee of one month's rent and showed the property when my tenant was away on vacation. The owner, Leah P, left all lights on, all doors open, including the back door wide open and the heat on. They were the one who had access to the unit during that time frame but tried to blame it my tenant who was out of the country. My tenant was extremely upset upon returning from vacation. She offered to help get my home ready prior to the next tenant. I was billed $600+ for the cleaning fee, painting (no invoice provided) & another repair of $250 (which was never performed). The total I was charged was the exact amount of my moving out tenant's security deposit. When the new tenant moved in the unit was filthy despite being charged with an exorbitant cleaning fee even after accounting for today's inflation. My new tenant was irate and the Leah was conveniently missing in action. When I confronted them, they gaslight me, throwing it back on me, when I was not even present during the aforementioned incidents as I was out of state at the time. After numerous conversations with tenant, they procured we both concluded we had been deceived and maltreated. They spoke ill of my tenant to me and to my tenant of me. Gamut Group LLC caused me an inordinate amount of conflict for me with both tenants and my neighbor. It was never their fault despite having ample evidence to the contrary. Each time they had hyperbolic excuses to explain blunders away. One excuse was the owner was contracting a "new" case of Covid every couple of days over a period of 30 days. I can speak from expertise while it is possible to get COVID-19 again while recovering from a previous infection, it is extremely rare. The immune system usually builds some level of protection after an initial infection. They utterly failed to take responsibility and ownership of her mistakes. They are a former affiliate of Kunevich & Lau, Gamut Group LLC engages in fraud, misappropriates client funds, and clearly considers ethics as situationally optional.

If I could do zero stars I would…read more I can't believe they still exist! They rented us an apartment a few of years back in Boston. They popped up on Google so I felt like I had to review! Price for the quality was ABSOLUTE bs. But I guess location. Move in day: apartment was filled with trash because the poeple that just moved out were clearly pissed and it smelled terribly of like cat urine ontop of it. Then we all got infested with fleas! (my poor cat) bites all over us. They put us up in a hotel 45min away while they bug-bombed it. Because quality. My current job had to pay for all of my cabs back to the city. Then we moved in and learnred about the plywood walls that they just painted over! No insulation. No warmth in the winter. Another funny thing is our bathroom had a hole in the floor leading to the basement, they just sent a kid to fill it in with caulk and put a tile over it. After two weeks of stepping, it caved in again... Then we had the "black mold incident". We all felt like we had asthma and the guy they sent in gave us the vial of sludge as the "test." He shook his head and just moved on to the next place. Knew nothing actually plausible would happen. Upon some research the dark purple indicator on the mold test isn't a good one! A lawsuit was honestly too much work for the money I had at the time as a student, so I naturally had to just bow out after a lawyer consult because of how screwed everything was and how shitty well they kiiiind of covered thier tracks. So maybe this review will help some unweary souls make the right choice. :) you suck guys. Also, after reading other current reviews to note: All the 5 star reviews are fake! ()

Horrible to work with! They only have three listings currently and they are all rentals. One of the…read moreemployees there, the one we had to work with has worked there five years but has never sold a house. That speaks volumes!

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I have been very impressed with Kyle Cabral and his team in their high competencies in managing my…read morerental property. As someone who used to manage my property (from long distance), I knew the pain and efforts involved in dealing with tenants...and honestly..after a few years, I wanted nothing to do with managing a rental from far, far away. I remembered calling and leaving a voicemail message with Southpaw about my desire to find a property management company to help me rent out and manage my unit...and..to my surprise, I got a call the same day back..and all within several hours when I totally wasn't expecting it! Within a few days...I worked with Kyle to sign my rental agreement, provide him information and access to my rental unit...and the unit was already rented out...all within 24 hours of signing my agreement to have Kyle manage my property! Wow..I was impressed! What impressed me more was Kyle's ability to manage rental properties. He took great care of tenants and property owners alike. He's fair..and not just siding with either side. He is not hesitant to tell me as an owner what I needed to do to make sure my tenants are happy (and he's happy to do the same to keep me happy dealing withe thing from repair to HOA as well). I am also very happy to see that...with Southpaw...the need to manage my rental property or handhold anything..is pretty much nil! Kyle took care of everything! And..I just saw..that I recently gave a consent to continue renting out my unit/extend rental offers to my current tenants..and he already had them signed extending for another year of rental at my unit ahead of expiration of an existing lease! That's a testament to Kyle and Southpaw's competencies and proactive approach to management! I love it that..for once..I can really sit back and trust that Southpaw can handle my rental on my behalf! For a long while, I worry about having to sell my unit if the property couldn't be rented out..but with Southpaw...I didn't have to worry about sale of my property anymore..because true passive rental income from this property is now a reality for me!

We had the pleasure of working with Boston Capital Management for the past four years as tenants…read morefor one of the properties they manage. I can't express enough how wonderful Kyle, George, and the entire team at Boston Capital Management have been. They are professional, courteous, highly communicative, and respond quickly to any needs. Thanks for a wonderful renting experience.

They did a very good job maintaining the grounds of the property I owned and were responsive…read more(eventually) when it came to fixes that were requested or general questions. To the average owner/renter this is pretty much all you should worry about and if it ended here, I would definitely have given at least 3 stars and its also the reason I will leave them 2 instead of 1. The reason I had to go down to 2 is they almost single hand-idly caused the sale of my property to fall through. Due to the mortgage mess, the process of selling rental properties has become more involved. I use the phrase "more involved" because I the process is exactly that, more involved NOT complicated ESPECIALLY for a "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT" COMPANY. It is not exponentially more difficult, there are simply some additional documentation that needs to be provided by the property management company and questionnaires from the banks that need to be completed. G and G manages a number of properties in the Boston area so I thought they would be pros by the time paperwork was being processed and they were the last part of the equation I expected a hiccup from. To an outsider this is probably a boring story so I will skip to the happy ending where the sale went through BUT multiple deadlines were missed that put the deal in serious jeopardy and it was all due to G and G's incompetence. To be honest, I have rarely dealt with this level of incompetence in my life. What compounded the problems was how G and G would agree to time lines for having documents presented/completed and then not only miss the dead lines but stop responding to calls/emails from me, the purchaser, both party's agents, banks, and attorneys. I was utterly baffled at a PROPERTY MANAGEMENT company's complete inability to play the role THAT THEY ARE PAID to do in a transaction. Again not to get into the boring manusha but just an example, they put me in touch with their lawyers at one point, the only problem is the information they had on file for THEIR OWN attorneys was not up to date. It was funny to hear that individual rip them for how clueless they were during his time representing G&G. As I mentioned papers were eventually passed but they were a nightmare to deal with. They are like a Meineke that cant change tires. FYI G&G, paperwork was drawn up to make things very ugly if the deal had fallen through... I hope for your sake and the next owner/buyer that you got a clue since then. (very ugly)

I wish there was a sub zero evaluation because on a scale of (-5 ) to (+5), I would have given…read morethem a (-5 ) on their condo management performance. G&G at times misdirected and supported the HOA, subsequently allowing them to to make crucial mistakes. I believe that a management company should be educating and directing the trustees to follow state and federal requirements. Due to the hectic lifestyle of the people who would be more qualified for the job, the trustees are voted in, are grossly unqualified, uneducated, misinformed, prejudiced and disorganized. Many of them lived in the building for their entire life and don't want any changes to the status quo, refuse to form themselves to the new era of technology and advancement. I found that in many occasions G&G supported the trustees with all their ideas instead of advising them against discrimination, judgment, retaliation or the legal consequences of their actions. In my personal opinion, as we all know my perception is my reality! G&G management is probably the WORST management company I've ever dealt with. In my opinion HOA's should have an attorney on a retainer when dealing with the above mentioned management group.