Aguayo & Huebener broker?
I seems Aguayo & Huebener gets some mixed reviews, to put it politely, here on Brownstoner and in offline world. For better or worse I want to look at a couple of properties for which they are the exclusive agent. Can anyone recommend a particular broker there with whom they’ve had a good experience as…
I seems Aguayo & Huebener gets some mixed reviews, to put it politely, here on Brownstoner and in offline world. For better or worse I want to look at a couple of properties for which they are the exclusive agent. Can anyone recommend a particular broker there with whom they’ve had a good experience as a buyer? Much appreciated.
A&H has been in the neighborhood for years, they have serviced the residents of Brooklyn when most major Brokerages didn’t think Brooklyn was worth their spit. Saying that, my experiences with them were less than stellar – THEY DID NOT CO-BROKE on their exclusives, and if they did, it was done kicking and screaming when their listings started to get stale. That’s their right of course but it’s not in your interests as a seller to hire a broker that restricts the access of potential clients.
A&H does co-broke on some listings. Here’s a current example.
http://www.ahrlty.com/H-59-O/H-59-O.html
not the best. in terms of brooklyn brokers, i would rank them lower 2nd tier or third tier. not very professional. as in most cases, there are a few brokers who will outright lie to you, so caveat emptor.
one of their brokers is also prone to utilizing blogs to fight back at and slander certain people. i know from experience.
Thanks, everyone, for the really helpful comments.
They are pretty shady, no need to elaborate!
Any time I walked into an A&H repped house while shopping for one, literally the first words out of the broker’s mouth was they don’t co-broke. Kdabrowski is incorrect, PHfamily is right. Even if I weren’t using a broker to buy I’d be annoyed at their practices because I’d be thinking, why doesn’t this firm want the buyers to have any help negotiating with them? It’s just shady to me. We did use a broker as buyers as we used the broker who was selling our apt. I totally understand why people don’t often use a broker to buy but I happen to like having a representative while buying and I don’t like being told I can’t have somebody in my corner to help me. So if a house was repped by A&H unless it was the most perfect house ever and a total bargain (how often do you find those?) I wouldn’t even consider it.
A&H does NOT co-broke and is NOT a member of REBNY.
I purchased a property thru AH, and used Erin Mc Donnell
as our broker. She is fine. However, since the listing was about to expire and the seller would not have renewed it how many games COULD they play? The seller also loved me, my family, and my offer. We had a deal. Some angst; but since the seller chose me, what could Roz H say about it?
The property, the seller, and Erin made it worthwhile to complete the deal. In that order.
However, ‘geekspice’ is correct; if they are the exclusive broker they can not be forced to co-broke. It’s not a marraige, after all. Know your limits, and take it from there. Worse case, walk away.
Try Erin first, tho’.
kdabrowski is only partially correct. Some of A&H’s listings are open to being split with the buyer’s broker; some are not. If the properties you’re interested in are the latter type, you have to deal with A&H unless you have a buyer’s broker willing to work for nothing. The house I bought ~2 years ago was listed with A&H and they were indeed extremely unprofessional, weaselly, duplicitous, and generally despicable. That said – the transction will only take a few months, and you’ll live in your new home for years. So if you love the property, just put up with their crap until it’s over and then come back and post about how awful they are on the forum. 🙂