My husband and I were so fortunate to have Joe Castro as our realtor to help us buy a condo recently in the Boston area. Joe is incredibly knowledgeable about the local market and has really good relationships with other brokers and developers in the area, so he was very tapped into what properties were going to be coming on the market in the near future. He never wasted our time, always showing us only condos that we were likely to be interested in, and he offered sage advice about what to offer for certain properties. Joe was always very responsive, returning texts or phone calls quickly with the answers to our many questions. After we had found the right place and our offer had been accepted, Joe knew exactly what needed to be done and when, helping to minimize the stress on our part as we worked toward the closing date. He was able to recommend a home inspector and closing attorney who were both exceptional professionals, like he himself is. All this made for a very smooth process to our closing. My husband and I are currently in the process of selling our old place, and of course we have retained Joe for that transaction as well. He is a top-notch professional and we feel very secure in his hands.