"We had a great experience with Realty Collective. The agent we worked with knew Brooklyn inside and out and was really able to help us figure out the best spot for us in our price range. We ended up in a much nicer neighborhood with a much nicer apartment than we'd expected given our budget. Our agent hung with us until the end and made sure our Coop application was perfect and that we would have any surprises at closing."
- Cathy Griffith

"My fiancé and I can not speak highly enough of the team at Realty Collective. In particular, we had a wonderful experience working with Susan Grossman when we bought our first apartment last Fall. What could have been a very stressful process, was made much simpler because she walked us through every step. Susan was more than happy to make herself available when we wanted to show the place to friends and family, and she was always a phone call or email away when we had questions. Buying a home in New York City was big a investment, and I truly appreciate the effort that Realty Collective put into making it happen."
- Jacob Bonk

"We began our search with an idea of what we were looking for but very little knowledge of how to make it all happen. Having received a personal recommendation, we got in touch with Victoria and Realty Collective. Acting as our tutor, seeker, advocate, friend and personal Angie's List, Victoria saw us through the entire search and purchase. She helped us define our goals, gave us shortlists of inspectors and attorneys to check out, all of whom she could vouch for. Most importantly, she asked all the difficult questions of the seller's that we were either to timid to ask ourselves, or those that hadn't even occurred to us.

When we were ready to make an offer, she helped us negotiate and agree on a price, and was there for us even after our attorney had taken over for the inevitably protracted paper-chase. Above all knowledgeable and fun to work with. She knows Brooklyn. "
- David & Leslie Lucas

"We had the best experience working with Victoria. She really asks the right questions that helped her find the right neighborhood and apartment to fit what you want. When we walked into the space we will soon be living in...we couldn't believe how perfect it looked. She took the time to show us many different spaces until we found the one we loved. At the end of the day she would recap all of the apartments and discuss the pros and cons of each one. It was a dizzying experience seeing so many places and this helped tremendously! You can trust them to be straightforward and honest (yes, a broker who is honest and straightforward!) and advocate for you during the process."
- Laura Breiner

"They are awesome! Victoria has been my broker for two of the apartments I've lived in during my time in BK and I loved them both. She has great relationships with the landlords and was a big help in getting me into those apartments with my dog. I highly recommend using RC if you want to find a great BK apartment."
- Jenna Dykie

"Victoria/Realty Collective were extremely helpful and flexible when it came time signing the lease on our apartment. She/they were able to fully work with us and meet us halfway on things if need be. Of the realtor experiences I have had, I would definitely say this was by far the best. Thanks again!"
- Scotty Albrecht

"I found my first apartment through Realty Collective. It ended up being not so good. I know that Victoria usually only deals with landlords she knows are great, but this happened to be a new landlord they had never dealt with before, and turned out to be a bad one. The short version of the story is Victoria and Daria did everything they could to help us out, including contacting the landlord themselves multiple times and even coming with us to housing court. They were so helpful it was amazing. One of the few places that’s actually willing to go the extra mile for their clients. In addition to this everyone who works there is always super friendly and visiting the office is like going to see a friend, its so comfortable and welcoming. So, they are awesome, and I most definitely recommend Realty Collective if you are looking for an apartment."
- Elizabeth Castaldo

"Had the best experience with Realty Collective. My realtor, Victoria, was thorough and took me to exactly the kind of places I had requested. She really knew her locations and didn't take me anywhere that I couldn't afford, etc... I am now living in a fantastic apartment and will definitely use her the next time I decide to move."
- Devon Day

"These guys spent a lot of time (with us) helping to find just the right place! Totally easy to work with and they really get what you are looking for."
- Tammy Duncan

"The decision to sell our downtown Brooklyn apartment was difficult for my husband and me. My husband had been given an attractive job offer upstate, but it meant we'd have to leave an apartment we absolutely loved and move our family (which includes our toddler and his 13 year old Labrador) out of our Brooklyn home--quickly. We agreed to take the leap, he accepted the job, which launched us into a juggling act of trying to make everything happen at once: sell our home, buy a home, leave a job, start a new job, each necessary for the other, all long distance, and every aspect equipped with a time and money constraint. We were overwhelmed. The whole endeavor appeared impracticable and either foolhardy or doomed, depending on the day. Tina, our Realty Collective broker, is endowed with a genius for taking impracticalities and making them imminently doable--easily accomplished, even--while remaining honest and realistic throughout. And there is no apparent limit to her resourcefulness. Her near-encyclopedic knowledge of our neighborhood, understanding of the importance of well-placed, well-timed advertising, and suggestion of a fair and market-savvy asking price (which benefits both the seller AND the buyer) all came together to bring us an offer and several back up offers from qualified, excited buyers in three weeks time. Every real estate transaction has hitches and unexpected surprises, our sale included first time buyers, long-distance sellers, a landmark election, a nervous co-op board, a Wall Street crash, and the near-collapse of lending institutions as a whole. During possibly the worst time to be buying or selling real estate in recorded history, Tina faced the challenge with aplomb, inventiveness, and amazing good humor. Most importantly, she never, ever forgot that there are people connected to each side of a real estate transaction, and they are making some of the largest, most life-changing decisions people can make. There is no way to explain how superior our apartment sale through Realty Collective was to every other real estate experience I and my husband have ever had. It's not enough to say that without them our deal would have never happened: without them we would most certainly lost our largest and only investment and our minds all at once."
- Kellie and Greg Wicker

"My husband and I fell in love for a beautiful townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Victoria and Tina (Realty Collective's brokers) were the brokers for the seller and they were amazingly helpful and instrumental in our negotiation with the seller. Even after we had already made an offer, they were always available to meet us and open the house for us more than a dozen times. As usual, buying a house is extremely stressful. There are so many details to negotiate, so many people involved in the process (buyer, seller, lawyers...) Victoria was able to identify the real issues and to help both the seller and us to find solutions for each and every problem. She also kept her promise of helping us to find a new tenant for the apartment we were then renting, as our lease would expire months later. In a nutshell, they are tremendously pro-active, trustworthy and know what they are doing. We moved to our new home one week ago and couldn't be happier. We truly appreciate all the hard work Realty Collective has done. Without them, we would not have bought this home.

After an amazing experience with Victoria, Realty Collective's broker, when we bought our home, we didn't think twice before hiring her to be our broker when we decided to rent the apartment on the top floors of our townhouse. She was able to find a new tenant in one week! We didn't need to worry with anything. She prepared all the paperwork with the new tenants, negotiate the rent with them, and all we did was to sign the new lease days later."
- Simone Tatsch