Aguayo Realty Group

We had a bad experience with Cynthia Butwick for rentals.
She does drive a very nice car. If you want to help pay for that, then make use of her services.

Friday, October 26, 2012
In July of 2012 I went to my long time friend Peggy Aguayo to talk about
selling my house in Clinton Hill/​BedStuy Brooklyn.
Since I bought my first house in Park Slope a short walk from her office I
was a frequent visitor looking for tenants and such.
I’d often talk to her about my real estate doings and she’d always give me
great advice.
We did not do any business such as a rental so this is our first business transaction.
And I couldn’t be happier.
She knows how to get the best people in to see your property and make them
feel comfortable.
She also had to deal with some pretty prickly tenants of
mine who I feared would not be very cooperative in letting people in their
home. But Peggy and her team worked their magic and got them to be «so very
nice!» (I still don’t know how she did that!)
Anyway, if I ever need to sell in the future she’ll be the first person I
call!
Thank you Peggy!
You’re the best!
Lafayette Harris, Jr.

This review is specifically for AH broker Thia O’Dell. She is dishonest and will screw you over if she has the chance.
My boyfriend & I found a rental through her and we asked how the landlord was about rent increases every year b/​c we were searching for an apartment that we could settle into and stay for at least 3 – 5 years. She responded that the landlord was fair.
It turned out that the owner was actually planning a gut reno and condo conversion. We found out from a neighbor the day we moved in.
I called Thia to question her about it and she told us that the owner was years away from the conversion.
Since the landlord WAS planning the gut reno he didn’t fix anything that broke, including the bathroom ceiling that fell down because of a leak. He ended up buying us out of our lease so we’d get out after 10 months.
He told me that Thia knew that this was the plan all along, but she put us in there anyway and charged us a whopping realtor fee.
She’s completely unethical.

I am a landlord and I recently had a terrible experience with A&H. They were not honest with me and basically I lost quite a sum of money through them. I just read the other review and did not realize that Cynthia was the niece of the owner. I am very disappointed in her. All I can say is that I regret I ever gave them any business before but you can bet I will never again.

ZERO stars for these suck @rse brokers.
Expect them to stick you with a rude and lackadaisical agent once you’ve signed into one of their open houses. Expect them not to actually put in your bid if they don’t think they’ll get a big enough commission no matter how bad the market is sucking.
And once you buy a place you can bet they won’t help get any outstanding plumbing or electrical issues fixed. Try being without heat/​hot water sporadically for three months while they tell you they are ‘working on an eta’. Mother phuckers.
If you see an ad or an open house from these brokers — run– don’t walk– the other way and don’t look back.

Don’t waste your time with unmotivated brokers.

I did not have a good experience with Aguayo & Hubener, for two particular reasons.
1. I had an issue paying their 10% broker fee. I told the broker that I wanted to pay one month or less. For the apartment I was considering, it would have been a difference of $ 300. I am positive she did not bring this to the owner’s attention, or it is likely the owner may have covered the $ 300 difference. This would not have been a problem had the broker not told me that it would be fine to only pay the one month fee, and then a week later told me it had to be the 10%. Bait and switch.
2. I put a deposit down on the apartment, but I was told that it was not official until Cynthia, the niece of the owner of Aguayo & Hubener, got to show her client the same apartment the next day. Seriously? In the rental market, the minute you put a deposit down, that’s it, the apartment should be reserved for you. But apparently, that is not the case for Aguayo & Hubener, who value nepotism over their clients.
The most important part of using a broker is finding someone you trust. The folks at Aguayo & Hubener sadly don’t know what that is.

I have mixed feelings about my experience buying a condo in Brooklyn through AH.
Our broker always called us back and made every effort to show us the place but that was a plus.
The two major minuses were that the broker was not straight forward with us and as a result we had many surprises upon moving in. Beyond that I think he added stress to the overall experience and insisted on us rushing through things that did not need to be rushed.
I would try to avoid them or use the broker mentioned in the other review.

Buying a place in New York City (any of the 5 boroughs), whether it’s a coop, condo, or townhouse, can be extremely stressful and taxing on your spirits. The expense is one thing, but all the other components to the process can be a major pain in the you know what.
I’m in the process of buying a condo with my girlfriend. I can’t wait until it’s all done and over with and we’re finally settled into our new home. We’re still a few weeks away from closing, but of course issues keep coming up and at times I feel like I’m going to have an anxiety attack. Luckily we have a broker at Aguayo & Huebener by the name of Sarah who has been extremely pleasant, proactive, and attentive to our needs, because everyone else involved in the process has been about as luckluster as a turtle crossing the road, and that’s just keeping it mildly.
If you’re in the market and ever consider buying a place being handled by A & H Realty, be sure to inquire about Sarah Z, regardless of who the allocated A & H broker is of a given property. She’ll certainly ease a lot of the stress and tension commonly associated with buying a place.