Flavin & Flavin

I’ve had really good experiences with this place.
I researched them and it turns out that they are almost 100 years old.
That means they’ve gone through a few generations of like minded (customer-​centric) people. To me, that means they’ve been able to sort out alot of the issues and gain the lion’s share of experience.
I’ve come to them for property and commercial business insurance, and both times I was extremely happy. These guys are old school, meaning they go the extra mile & understand the customer is top priority — the business is secondary.
I’ve sent 2 of my friends looking for rental property in the area and they both found great apartments.
I’ll give them 5 stars, they deserve it.

I wish I could give ZERO stars. Extremely shady business pratices. Stay away

i rented from them for almost 6 years. When my old roommate and I were looking for places we saw a post from them online and responded. We loved the place and loved the service from them. Over the next 6 years they have been really great to work with, with reasonable rent prices. I moved out this past month, but if I am ever in need of a place to rent in the future I will contact them back for a place to rent again.

I have had three good experiences with Flavin Real Estate. Sold two houses and bought a house with their help. All three times were excellent. Most recently listed a house, had it appraised by Flavin at a good price, and received on offer for the asking price after only 10 days on the market and two open houses. Sold it in August, 2013 and was happy with the closing price and all aspects of the sale. This recent house was listed, shown and sold by John Flavin who did a terrific job for us! The previous sale was by Angela Bergin. All that I dealt with were thorough and professional!

Here’s one realtor not to work with: Steve Fishman at Flavin and Flavin in Quincy, MA. He is rude, unprofessional and difficult to deal with. If I owned this firm, I wouldn’t want him representing my business.

Unbelievably bad experience! Trying to buy a property listed by these people has made me understand why realtors have a bad rep. After months of searching for a home, I finally found one that fit. My offer was accepted but was dependent on my receiving & reviewing relevant paperwork. Makes sense right? Yet after asking for this info from the listing agent at least A DOZEN times, I still didn’t have want I needed. The agent expected me to take her word for everything (while, of course, requiring everything documented & signed in triplicate from me).
When I got fed up & gave her a deadline/​ultimatum for getting the paperwork to me she had the audacity to be snippy in response, saying that she «didn’t want to bother «the buyer by asking for the documents bc she was «an old lady» !!! & that I could just buy another property if this one didn’t work out. I was flabbergasted by this response. Am i one of the only sane people left on this planet? Does anyone out there actually buy property w/​o checking things & getting it in writing?!
The only reasons I can think of for her to act this way is that either she’s astoundingly stupid, completely incompetent (she claimed to have had 30 yrs experience), or was hiding something (there was a leak I wanted documentation on).
Where do realtors get off acting this way? So far, I’ve had them lie about square footage, owner occupancy & everything inbetween. They seem to be unaware of what the rest of the country knows: that this is a buyers market (sales are down, tons of foreclosures, loans are harder to get… any of this sound familiar, realtors?) Apparently their motto is anything to make the sale.
BUYERS BEWARE! Realtors are untrustworthy & seem to expect to get huge commissions for doing nothing but showing a place then being as unhelpful as possible.