Monica Alpert
Coldwell Banker Realty

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We worked with Monica Alpert of the Debbie Rybka-Howard team. As first time home-buyers we started out in a world of confusion. As soon as Monica came along, all of that went away. She was not only upfront about how things work but also provided amazing insight to both the market and housing needs. Monica was available to us at any point in the day and she made sure to take the time out to explain every little detail. Without Monica and her team, we would have been lost and for sure lead down the wrong path. We cannot give a better recommendation than to work with Monica and the rest of the team

 

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Debbie Rybka-Howard was recommended to me by a friend. When I met her and team member Monica Alpert, I knew immediately it was the right fit for selling my home. Debbie and Monica worked with us to determine the best price for the house (and in the end, we got our asking price!). Then they helped have the home prepared for sale, and it looked amazing. Whenever I needed to speak to them, they returned my calls or texts immediately. Communication was excellent. And I was continually impressed with their positive and enthusiastic attitude. I was grateful for their support. They went above and beyond in their efforts to sell my home. I would whole-heartedly recommend them to anyone selling a home!

 

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My wife and I worked with Monica to purchase our first home and really can’t say enough good things about her. She is knowledgeable, approachable, personable, endlessly patient, and incredibly generous with her time including weekends over the course of two months. As a first time home-buyer, we were not familiar with the terminology or the best process people to involve. She answered every question and explained every form and every part of the process clearly and thoroughly. She even recommended an attorney in the area, inspection folks and also Mortgage lenders. We ended up using every one of them and greatly appreciated. Buying a home in this market is challenging, but working with Monica made it as painless and straightforward as possible. We highly recommend her.

 

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This is the second time Monica helped my husband and I buy a property in NJ. A townhouse we can turn into our urban dream place. With all the liens and ramifications associated with the estate, we would have given up without Monica managing everything, from the initial purchase offer, negotiations with the seller, inspection, appraisal, communications with attorney, insurance, mortgage and title companies, to closing and beyond.

We first worked with Monica in 2015 when we were looking to move from Manhattan to NJ. We were perfectly clueless as to what buying a house meant. She carried us through and we ended up buying a beautiful house in West Orange, NJ.

There is more to Monica than local knowledge, process expertise, responsiveness and negotiation skills. She listens, understands and has her clients’ interests at heart. She is never pushing for a quick sale. She actually dissuaded us from pursuing certain properties we liked because of structural damage, location, or other considerations. And at 34 Richmond she negotiated and secured a sale price that was well below the reservation number we had given her.

My husband's input is "Monica is awesome!" - a man of few, but precise words :)

 

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Monica was a fantastic broker to work with. She knew the market well, took the time to understand our unique needs, was very patient throughout the long home search process. She was also excellent in terms of offer strategy, as well as shepherding us through a smooth close. It was a wonderful experience working with her and we would strongly recommend her for any search in the Midtown Direct adjacent area of NJ

 

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Monica was super patient and always available to show us anything that popped up. She knows about many areas and all the different strategies to get our offer accepted. She was very pleasant and full of real estate and general location knowledge. I would definitely recommend her.

 

 

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First of all, we cannot say enough about how much we loved working with Monica! We came to Monica with what could be described as an Agent's "perfect nightmare" of issues.. We wanted to purchase a home, but... 1. Had a non-urgent timetable, process eventually went on for two plus years, with a few pauses in the search due to busy schedules. 2. We wanted to live in Northern NJ, but were not initially locked down to any one area or town. 3. Husband and wife had differing ideas on what our "perfect home" consisted of. 4. Final budget/purchase price for home was $200K more than initially presented. Add in the busy schedules of two professionals with two young kids and I think you get the picture of what Monica was dealing with!! Through it all she was a kind, understanding, and completely levelheaded when the seller raised their sell point AFTER agreeing to a deal(unheard of!). It all worked out in the end.... We love our home! Thank You Monica!

 

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06/21/2017 - velocisportwagen

Bought a Single Family home in 2017 in Summit, NJ.

Background: When my wife and I started our home search, we had very little idea of the competitiveness, NJ real estate buying process and just general area / local knowledge outside of knowing we wanted to look in the "78 corridor" for our forever home. This would be my 2nd foray into home buying and the first for my wife who was already starting off with cold / frigid feet.

Our connection with Monica really happened by chance through one of the omnipresent online home buying tools and this connection turned out to be probably the most valuable in getting us a home, making the process as stress-less as possible and let's be honest, home buying cannot be without stress.

IF it were not for Monica, her patience, knowledge and diligence, we would not be extremely happy homeowners today.

  1. Good ole in-person interaction: The apps and sites are great to get sense of what you want, price point, etc. but do yourself a favor and get a local agent. especially if you are looking in the high demand areas on the 78 corridor. odds are the home you are looking at is already gone. if you are seriously looking, meet an agent and get working. we recommend Monica.
  2. Power in connections: she knows other agents, especially the listing agent for the home we wanted. She got the connects and this proved to be valuable.
  3. Reputation: She works for a team that is highly regarded and this only adds to her already valuable connections - this is VERY important in a competitive bid situation. And to the point above, the towns are well connected physically and people wise, word gets around quickly.
  4. Partnership: She never pressured us into one home. We looked at a # of different homes, some more than once and we never felt pressured to make a decision, she was always willing to address our concerns and she is realistic and just has a very pleasant way she goes about business and discussions that made this super easy for us. She also gave us peace of mind by being a partner in the process, walking us through what we should be thinking of, questions we need to think of, recommendations respective to the homes we were looking at...hard to describe exactly, but we felt she was buying a home with us...not trying to sell a home to us...if that makes sense...
  5. Responsive: Her responsiveness is uncanny - take some time off Monica! - this is critical when can things move fast in a market - plus it just worked really with our personalities and expectations
  6. End to end expertise: It can be a "long" process to find a home and can be what appears to be a "longer" process to close. Monica guided us all the way through end to end, setup/scheduled/coordinated what was needed, and was there every step of the way providing her expertise, input and insight. There will be a # of different parties involved in this long process and having an excellent agent and referrals goes a long way to make things go as smoothly as possible.
  7. Just contact Monica. She is awesome!

 

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01/28/2017 - user9057371

Bought a Single Family home in 2016 in South Orange, NJ.

We would highly recommend Monica Alpert as an agent in Essex County. We were moving from Brooklyn and spent 4-6 months looking for a home. Our primary focus was Montclair, Maplewood and South Orange. She was extremely helpful, accommodating, patient and resourceful throughout our process. We ended up in South Orange and are very happy with our decision. She went above and beyond at our closing which was to say the least an interesting experi BCE with sellers. We would 100% recommend her.

 

 

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01/11/2017 - zuser20150725094448695

Bought a home in 2016 in Brantwood, Short Hills, NJ 07078.

Monica is a star. She is not only a truly fantastic broker but an amazing person who made the house search and purchase process wonderful for us first time home buyers. She is patient, kind and generous with her time.

I have never seen anyone who cares so much about her clients and it didn't end after we got the house. She made amazing recommendations and everyone we interacted with during the process was top notch. We value her advise, her help and most importantly her friendship. You won't regret it. She's a star.

 

 

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07/29/2016 - mooreweddingbells

Bought a Single Family home in 2016 in West Orange, NJ.

Monica worked with us for years -- literally, 2 years -- to find our perfect home! She was on top of every new listing that matched our criteria even when she was out of town or on vacation. She is kind, thoughtful and above all honest, a rarity in this business. She is straight forward and creative when it comes to submitting offers and making her clients package more attractive to the seller. She's also extremely thoughtful; we were blessed to become parents during our search and once ready to go out looking at homes again she came to our first appointment with a gift for our daughter. Likewise, upon arrival at our closing she gave us an amazing personalized gift for our new home. She in punctual for every meeting and has fantastic recommendations for all the vendors and services one ends up needing over the course of buying property. Throughout this process we came to view Monica less as our realtor and more as our friend. I cannot recommend her more highly for any prospective buyers looking for a phenomenal and dedicated realtor!!

 

 

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07/27/2016 - macd1995

Bought a Single Family home in 2016 in West Montrose, South Orange, NJ.

We would not have been able to get our place without Monica. From discovery to Seller relations - to last minute visit, she was a pleasure to work with. Our process took ~ 3 weeks in a very competitive market. If not for Monica, we would still be looking and our dream home that we purchased would have been in someone else's possession