Buyer's agent recommendations?

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I'm considering buying a house or condo in Somerville or Cambridge. Does anyone have any recommendations for a buyer's agent? I'd prefer an exclusive buyer's agent, but if there's someone really good I'll consider them either way.

Comments

[entrochan.livejournal.com]

I had a really great experience with Hillary & Claudia (they work as a team) from Coldwell Banker on Highland ave (between Willow & Cedar, don't know the exact address).

[sasha-bee.livejournal.com]

I had a great experience buying a house with Jay Gardner of Chestnut Hill realty in Cambridge. The office is between Harvard and Porter Squares. He was very, very helpful and a really nice guy to work with.

[hakamadare.livejournal.com]

Jeff Dowler (http://www.jeffdowler.com/) - he worked with us for over a year (since we were nowhere near ready to buy when we first contacted him) as a buyer's agent and did an excellent job. he was willing to help us when we needed help and also willing to back off and not pressure us when we needed time. i would recommend him without reservation.

-steve

[ceo]

Jerry Ficklin at Coldwell Banker's Mass. Ave. office in Cambridge. He's been a buyer's agent for me and several friends of mine, and all of us have been very happy with him. He's very good at tricky negotiations and dealing with obstreperous sellers. :-) The number at his office is 617-864-4430.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Yay! I was just about to recommend Jeff, but you beat me to the punch! :)

[noire.livejournal.com]

Count another Jerry Ficklin fan here. He was there 100% for us with a very difficult seller.

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Third enthusiastic vote of confidence here for Jerry Ficklin. He stuck with us unflappably through multiple offers, has decades of experience, very personable.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Polly Drinkwater, from Coldwell Banker, did a good job for us. I think we were probably really easy to represent, but we did need some hand-holding and advice. She has a web site to search listings at (no doubt not the only one) - http://www.pollydrinkwater.com/ - which let us do most of the preliminary looking around ourselves.

[ert.livejournal.com]

Paul Payson, (617) 497-8308. He's excellent.