I first set foot in Brooklyn on a snowy Sunday in February 1972 after reading an article in the New York Times about brownstones in Brooklyn around Fort Greene Park. I bought a five story rooming house that needed more than 'TLC' and met my wife of 31 years - a friend of my new next door neighbor. We've owned 3 homes and raised our family in Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights. I have been active in Brooklyn real estate sales since 1975 and a broker since 1978, when I opened Brownstone Properties. In 1982 I sold Brownstone Properties to the William B. May Company, which became Brown Harris Stevens of Brooklyn in 2004. Having sold real estate in Brooklyn for over 3 decades, I have a broad experience in finding homes for buyers, and buyers for homes. But whether I am helping a buyer or a seller, I believe the importance of listening to the client is the key to finding creative solutions to their housing needs: finding a home with rental income to stretch your housing dollar for example, or converting an income producing residence to condo or co-op apartments. While I have concentrated my efforts at the upper end of the market, I enjoy helping the first time buyer get started. Brooklyn neighborhoods are increasingly a family friendly alternative to the suburbs, and I have had the good fortune to forge lasting relationships with buyers who return as sellers, as their families grow, and housing needs change. I'd like to be your real estate broker and look forward to listening to your housing needs and sharing my 30 years of experience and connections to address them.
