Our Ideal Customer
"Rightsizing" sellers, buyers and investors - downsizers, move up buyers and investors looking to sell and do 1031 exchanges. I specialize in folks needing to do multiple transactions buying and selling in a short time frame smoothly. Covering Boston and the suburbs.
Who we want to be referred to
Partner types we’d like to work or share referrals with
About Us
Unlike most Boston real estate agencies, Greater Boston Home Team will not represent the other party in your home purchase or sale. With our entire real estate agency on your side every step of the way, you can buy or sell your home with absolute confidence. We guarantee your satisfaction.
Our principal broker, Sam Schneiderman, has been in real estate longer than most "big name" national real estate franchises have been in Boston, and Kathy Mahoney is a full time agent working together with Sam for 20 years. We offer you over 50 years of real estate expertise to help you make your best deal and assure that your real estate transaction goes as smoothly as possible. Over 97% of our new clients come to us by referral and 30 percent of our business each year typically comes from repeat clients.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (4)
"Kathy is great! She knows her market and is always willing to help out!"
"The Greater Home Team is an exceptional real estate team. Trust them. Trust Kathy!"
Products & Services
Real estate builds wealth like nothing else. Greater Boston Home Team specializes in helping their clients buy, sell, and find investment propertie...
Greater Boston Home Team will help you get the best price and the most value out of your listing. Getting you an amazing offer is our specialty. Ca...
Recent Activity
Buying a cash flowing Multifamily.
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Buying a cash flowing Multifamily.
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Of course I work weekends, that is the time my clients don’t have to work so I can show them houses or I run open houses at the ones I am selling.
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Of course I work weekends, that is the time my clients don’t have to work so I can show them houses or I run open houses at the ones I am selling.
For mold or asbestos, You can have experts come in to give a remediation quote to fix the problem. Then buyers and sellers can work it out if the seller pays, or they split the cost, or the seller can offer to lower the price or give a closing cost credit to the buyer and the buyer deals with it...
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For mold or asbestos, You can have experts come in to give a remediation quote to fix the problem. Then buyers and sellers can work it out if the seller pays, or they split the cost, or the seller can offer to lower the price or give a closing cost credit to the buyer and the buyer deals with it after closing. For lead paint, seller has no obligation to remove or treat it, they are out of there. Buyer has to decide if they can live with it, as is, remove it later after closing, or go buy a house that is already certified deleaded.
Join your local REIA group and network with them, invite those investors for lunch or coffee in exchange for picking their brain about investing in your local market. Then partner with an investor friendly real estate Agent. Like me. I have several investor clients who I help buy properties all...
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Join your local REIA group and network with them, invite those investors for lunch or coffee in exchange for picking their brain about investing in your local market. Then partner with an investor friendly real estate Agent. Like me. I have several investor clients who I help buy properties all the time, then I list their flips. Win-win!
As a real estate agent I only recommend lenders to my buyer clients who I know have excellent communication skills, always follow up with ALL parties, educate my clients on the process and what the next steps will be, answer the phone/email on weekends too, and usually attend the closing. We work...
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As a real estate agent I only recommend lenders to my buyer clients who I know have excellent communication skills, always follow up with ALL parties, educate my clients on the process and what the next steps will be, answer the phone/email on weekends too, and usually attend the closing. We work as a team with our client, their lender and their attorney so everyone is on the same page throughout the transaction.
Before recommending a particular lender to a client, first I ask the client about their situation - certain lenders have great programs for first time buyers or veterans, or specialize in getting loans buying in a condo association with less than 50% owner occupancy, and others are better at other programs like arranging bridge loans, helping a client fix their credit before applying for a mortgage, special doctor loans, etc. The best lenders are excellent communicators and I can call them at any time to check on progress for my client, or get a preapproval letter (for a client they already are working with) tailored to a specific property in a hot market with multiple offers in about an hour from the lender. My lender referrals are an integral part of our team.
Kathy Mahoney
Greater Boston Home Team
kathy@greaterbostonhometeam.com
Hi Michael, I work with lots of investors here in MA. I created an investor profile form that I give them to fill out - what towns do you want to buy in, how many properties can you buy in a month, do you have cash, how much, what style of property, level of experience (carpet and paint, tear...
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Hi Michael, I work with lots of investors here in MA. I created an investor profile form that I give them to fill out - what towns do you want to buy in, how many properties can you buy in a month, do you have cash, how much, what style of property, level of experience (carpet and paint, tear down and build new, etc). We have a deal - if I find them a property they purchase to rehab and flip or buy and hold, I get buyers agent commission on the front end, and I get the listing if they flip. They make way more than me on the deal, so they are happy with that arrangement.
Absolutely, I couldn't do my job without it
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Absolutely, I couldn't do my job without it
Hi Andrea, I am a real estate agent and I get cold calls from various sources all the time. As long as you get to the point right away about what you are calling about and why it would benefit me or my clients, I will listen. But I always ask the caller, are you ready to refer your clients to me...
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Hi Andrea, I am a real estate agent and I get cold calls from various sources all the time. As long as you get to the point right away about what you are calling about and why it would benefit me or my clients, I will listen. But I always ask the caller, are you ready to refer your clients to me as well? For example, once you help someone fix their credit to make them eligible to get a mortgage, I expect you to send me some of those people you helped as new buyer clients for me. In return, I will recommend your services to my current buyer clients who need credit repair before they can buy a house with me. I work by referral, and if I tell my clients to use your services and if you send me no business referrals/new clients within 3 months, (your tryout period) the pipeline is shut off. Only companies who reciprocate by sending me business get my business or recommendations to my clients. Referrals are a two way street.
Kathy Mahoney