Ed Greable & Company
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“It's really hard to find a great Realtor. Ed Greable is the best out there. In the housing frenzy of the mid-2000s everyone and their brother got into real estate. I was in a bar where the bar tender was moonlighting as a mortgage broker and signing loans for people while serving them drinks. It was bad. Today the market has cooled considerably but … there are still a lot of amateurs out there. It's hard to find someone in this field that is a true professional, that has the right contacts, and who actually brings value to your transaction. As a recent transplant to Massachusetts, in December of 2009 I started looking for a Realtor to buy a home in the Somerville / Medford area. I interviewed a lot of Realtors in the area and each of them felt "salesy" and slimy or inexperienced. And then I met Ed. He was very cool and calm, not aggressive, he listened and seemed to understand what I was looking for. He asked all of the right questions. When I told him I thought I would like to work with him, he didn't require an exclusivity contract like so many Realtors do. He felt his results would speak for themselves and we had a gentlemen's agreement. Ed immediately started showing me properties that met my criteria. He never tried to push me into a deal but he was also very straightforward about telling me how quickly (or slowly) he thought a particular property would sell for. He was very accurate with how much over or under asking price he thought a property would sell for. After a couple of months of looking for just the right place, we found it. Ed brought me to this property the day it hit the market. We were the first to make an offer in a pretty competitive space. Ed negotiated the deal throughout and managed to save me many thousands of dollars and did so in a professional manner where the seller felt like they were getting a fair deal and I felt like I was saving money. Further evidence of Ed's commitment to his client, me, was the fact that he actually made less money on the commission of this particular property than he could have made on others, but he knew this was the right property for me. As we got into the Escrow process, Ed's experience and professionalism continued to lend themselves to a great transaction; he suggested a great inspector, he got me in touch with a fantastic mortgage broker, he introduced me to the FHA 203k Program (a federally-insured rehabilitation loan program that I wouldn't have otherwise known about), he introduced me to a very experienced real estate attorney (who ended up saving me quite a bit of money in the Purchase & Sale agreement wording) and the many other people that required to make for a positive real estate transaction. This is where you get the most value from a great Realtor; finding the right home is important, structuring the best offer is important... but having the contacts to make the whole purchase process and subsequent ownership a smooth ride, that is what matters the most.  This is an area where Ed excels. I will definitely work with Ed again in the future and I recommend him to all of my friends.  He's a nice man and he's your best ally in a complicated and rapidly changing real estate market” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“Ed was an invaluable resource for me and my wife during our home search. He knows the Somerville/Medford/Arlington/Cambridge area really well and knows almost all the "players" working in real estate in the area. He listened to our suggestions, knew when to steer us out of potential pitfalls, and referred us to an excellent loan officer and real es … tate attorney. And he certainly dealt with our various idiosyncracies with patience and humor! There's no way around it--buying a home is a complicated process, especially if you're a first-time home buyer. Ed made the whole thing a lot less stressful, and a lot more fun. From all my interactions with him, I get the impression that Ed has a genuine interest in his work and the people he's working with--the exact opposite of the used car salesman mentality. Thanks in large part to Ed, we now own a beautiful home. We couldn't be happier with our choice in a buyer's agent” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“y wife, son and I moved to Cambridge from NY over a year ago. The idea was to rent first then find a town we would want to live and jump into the housing market as first time buyers. We had not been pre-approved and only a few ideas of towns we thought we would enjoy living in...then I walked past one of Ed's listings and called the number on the s … ign. Ed was gracious with his time from the get go, he said the listing was in contract and asked if there was anything he could do to help with our search as a buyer's agent.  He was easy to correspond with and always returned calls and emails. We met in his office and he was an incredible wealth of information along with dedicated professionalism. We took the whole journey with Ed, the mortgage pre-approval process, target markets, house hunting on weekends and nights all the way to our closing...oh, did I mention this was during the worst winter in a hundred years?  He was always open to us changing our focus or exploring another town and made sure we understood pros and cons up front.  He answered my pregnant wife's many, many questions with patience and made the process of house hunting with an 18 month old stress free.  We slipped and slid our way through a handful of open houses and feel very lucky to have found a place we could call home in North Waltham.  He handled all the heavy lifting and his extended team are some of the best in the business. The whole experience was really positive and he made himself available to us from beginning to end. We are so thankful to have found Ed, all his advice and insight helped us tremendously as first time home buyers” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“Fantastic, Professional, and knows Cambridge/Somerville/­Brookline very well.  Knows the agents, knows the attorneys. Very personable, very patient. Used two other brokers before Ed, but very glad I switched. He's the top rated agent in Cambridge for a reason. Excellent at home valuation, better than my own models (and I'm a quant). Knows really fa … ntastic home inspectors, contractors, etc. Was successful at negotiating down purchase price (for me, a buyer) after home inspection despite a very tight market following a great home inspection with fairly few flaws. Knows how to negotiate, when and how to add additions like larger deposits. He keeps track of the process, so even when I slipped up, he was there to make sure everything went on schedule. Very active, very responsive. Tactfully tracks down slow to respond seller's agents. Cannot say enough about this guy. Have recommended him to all my friends. Will use him again when we go to sell several years down the line. Would give more stars if they were available” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“Ed came highly recommended to us by good friends. We gave him a shot and we knew right away that we wanted him on our side. My husband and I changed our minds on where we wanted to buy every other day. Ed was so patient with us. He figured out exactly what we wanted after a couple of visits with him. We looked at houses every weekend for a month or … so. He was always willing to work with our schedule. When we found the house we wanted, Ed made the process a breeze” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“Ed came highly recommended to us by good friends. We gave him a shot and we knew right away that we wanted him on our side. My husband and I changed our minds on where we wanted to buy every other day. Ed was so patient with us. He figured out exactly what we wanted after a couple of visits with him. We looked at houses every weekend for a month or … so. He was always willing to work with our schedule. When we found the house we wanted, Ed made the process a breeze” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“Thanks to Ed, my husband and I had a great experience buying a home. We were referred by a close friend who also had this experience with him. Ed did an excellent job as an agent negotiating to make sure our offer was accepted. Ed makes you feel like his only client, working with your schedule, being accessible by phone, and he really pays attentio … n to what it is that you like about homes and what is important to you. He gives you honest, factual information about the character of different communities, practical considerations like maintenance and building issues, etc. I never felt pressured, which was not what I expected having heard stories from other friends. Ed also can recommend great professionals for all the other services you may need making the buying process seamless and stressfree” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist

“I have known Ed for over 10 years and have worked with him in the past as agents in the same office and Ed is everything you want your realtor to be. He smart, savvy, outgoing and aggressive when he needs to be. He helped my family get through a very difficult sale, "difficult family members" and he kept the eye on the prize, it wasn't a million do … llar deal, but it was important to us and he did everything he could to salvage the deal and the house sold by the skin of our teeth. He never let us know how difficult it was until years later. I recommend him to everyone I know. I call him about any smallest thing and he has time for me and gives me great advice, referring me to the right people for my business. All in all ED is TOPS in my book and you can tell by how well he is doing and well he is respected in the Real estate community. HE is a cool dad and has fun in life and he is the kind of guy you would love to have a beer with :) and just shoot the breeze” Read More ▾

Ed Greable Realtor & Buyer Specialist