Rafael Jose

9/5/24Tanisha L (Tanisha)

Google Review

When in search of a Real Estate Agent, look no further. Rafael has topped the game with his patience, dotting all I’s and crossing his T’s ensuring once we got to the table, things goes smoothly. It was a few years back I was at work and received a call asking if we were selling our house, I usually shun these calls, but something about Rafael aligned with my spirit. As I could not talk at the time, I gave him my husband's number not giving my husband a heads up that he would be getting a call. My husband listened and from there it was history. Selling our house, Rafael walked us through his plan and set a number. We listened and followed his expert advice. He put the house on the market on Wednesday night, that Saturday we had a line from my door down the walkway curved to the sidewalk. By Monday morning we had countless offers bidding way over the asking price. His coaching and being good at what he does allow us to walk away with a sufficient amount of money in the bank to be able to make a new purchase in another state where we had relocated. Thank you, Raffi, we truly appreciate you and your assistant, Alba!

2/3/24Amanda Taylor Adkins

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Rafael is a top notch realtor and person. He is dedicated, patient and hardworking. He's a tremendous listener for learning what your goals are and will do everything he can to fulfill them. Rafael helped sell my parent's home which was a long and complicated process. Throughout the process he was positive and ready to find solutions. He was gentle and kind to my parents and patiently explained the process to them to make sure they felt comfortable. Ultimately, he did an exceptional job negotiating and managing the buyers expectations and was able to advocate for my family when the buyers became unreasonable. I highly recommend Rafael based on my personal experience through a difficult sale.

7/10/23Edwin H

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Great service! No surprises and always keep us in the loop. Very pleased with the service.

7/10/23claudio echeverria

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Not only a realtor also a friend for life.

2/15/23Khawar Siddiqui

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Diligent, professional, and willing to go the extra mile. Rafael was more than happy to work with me in finding a new home even if that meant stepping outside the normal area he covered. Stayed in regular contact with me and was simply on top of everything during the search and purchase process. Highly recommend.

2/10/23Virginia Ventura

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Rafael is very professional and very knowledgeable in todays market. If your looking for someone with honesty and to be with you in your purchase journey all the way, he's your guy!
Highly recommend.

12/30/22M Princess

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Rafael is a friendly, knowledgeable, and experienced agent. We were blessed to have him representing us for our purchase. Each step along the way, he was there with genuine concern and guidance through the showing, application, and purchasing processes. He is thoughtful with his explanations, and his real talk made us so comfortable about all we were doing. Rafael is someone we would hang out with as a friend! We are so thankful and highly recommend him to all of our friends, and anyone seeking a top-notch real estate agent in the Queens (Rosedale) and/or Nassau county area. Thanks, Raf!!!!

11/7/22Suzette Stanford

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I had an amazing and easy experience. Rafael walked me through everything and explained everything. I was treated like family throughout the whole process and he still follows up after the whole process ended.

9/14/22Edwin Rosario

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Rafael Jose is the most amazing realtor. He's knowledgeable about all aspects of buying and selling your home. He took the time to explain the home buying process to us and whenever we had any questions he always had the answers. He always made himself available to us. He's very organized and has a great team around him including loan officers, home lawyers, home inspector, and insurance providers. Rafael is hands down the best!

8/23/22Pascual J Beato

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When we began the process of selling the house, we were worried about repairs and other things, as time went by, the stress began to accumulate, Mr. Rafael Jose told us; "Don't worry, I'm here to help you with whatever I can". Actually we thought it was just an expression far from reality, but time passed and we realized that he never failed us as a Realter or as a person, So today we consider him one more friend. Thank you very much Mr. Rafael Jose for such great help and making this long and worrying process smoother and more pleasant. Thank you, Thank you.

8/18/22ana alarcon

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We are very grateful for your help on the process of selling the house,Rafael knowledge was on point for the paperwork and took away most of the stress on the sell ,answer all our questions and make sure that we were comfortable whith the final result.Thanks for not making us feel like a client more like a friend.

7/19/22Oscar Oscar Marin

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my experience with jose rafael was incredible he was always a very honest person and was working very hard to get our house i recommend him 100 percent

7/19/22Elizabeth Marin

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Highly recommend Rafael. His advice and support through the whole process was invaluable. He was polite, available, friendly, and knowledgable. We could not have done it without him. His professionalism, knowledge, honesty, integrity and hard work was very much appreciated.

7/13/22Clinton Hartford

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Rafael Jose is a true professional; he guide us through the process flawlessly from beginning to end with clarity. The zoom meeting with slide presentation was top notch and out did all other realtor we engaged with to find our property. I highly recommend he and his team.

5/23/22Arica Kebreau

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Rafael Jose is a relational & motivated Real Estate Professional desiring nothing less than the best for my clients. He has worked relentlessly to make my selling experience simple. Rafael Jose believes in good communications with all parties, keeping my clients involved with everything that goes on during Real Estate transactions. He had taken the time to write out each step with clarity. He called, text, and email me to receive professional insight and advice about the local Real Estate market. Rafeal Jose will make your buying,selling, and investing in Real Estate “Holistic” for you.I find Rafael Jose to be passionate about his clients! The most meaningful experience was encouragement by Mr. Jose with me going through the technical prepping of placing the home for sale. I know sellers and buyers can look forward to an efficient,energetic and a professional service from Rafael Jose.

5/13/22Marcia Buchanan

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Rafael was an absolute delight to work with. He is very knowledgeable, professional, proactive, and always went the extra mile for me. He is happy to help with any issues and was great at communicating with me.

3/25/22Lymari Tattnall

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Professional, experienced, responsible, committed and gets the job done! I highly recommend Rafael!

3/6/22Shiva Rampaul

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Rafael Jose is a unique realtor. Rafael was more than helpful in finding us a home in Queens Village. As we were first time home buyers we wanted someone who was genuine and knowledgeable and Rafael filled that criteria. Before we agreed to work with Rafael, he met with us for a free consultation. Rafael was extremely communicative and easy to reach to answer any of our questions at all times. Here we are a few years later and he still keeps in contact with us and answers questions we may have. Highly recommend.

2/16/22Maria

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(Translated by Google) During the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate market was extremely difficult for buyers, especially first-time buyers. For Rafael Jose (aka Raf), that wasn't a challenge, even though it was frustrating at times. Raf made the situation easier and worked even harder. He was more than helpful in finding us our home. He was extremely honest, reliable, upfront, and a great teacher! He taught us step by step the process and advised us to set realistic expectations. He was extremely communicative and easy to reach, always answering any of our questions. Raf made our dream of owning a home come true. I highly recommend working with Raf.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate market was extremely difficult for buyers, especially first-time buyers. For Rafael Jose (aka Raf), that wasn't a challenge. Although it was frustrating at times, Raf made the situation easier and worked even harder. He was more than helpful in finding us our home. He was extremely honest, reliable, straightforward, and a great teacher! He walked us through the process step by step and advised us to set realistic expectations. He was extremely communicative and easily accessible to answer any of our questions at any time. Raf made our dream a reality. I highly recommend working with him.

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During the Covid-19 Pandemic the real estate market, was extremely difficult for buyers, specially us first time buyers and for Rafael Jose (AKA Raf) that was not a challenge, even thou it was frustrating at times, Raf made the situation ease and worked even harder. He was more than helpful in finding us our home. He was extremely honest, reliable, upfront, and a great teacher! He taught us step to step the process, and counsel us to set realistic expectations. He was extremely communicative and easy to reach to always answer any of our questions. Raf made our dream to own come true, I highly recommend working with Raf.

Durante la pandemia de Covid-19, el mercado inmobiliario fue extremadamente difícil para los compradores, especialmente para nosotros los compradores primerizos y para Rafael José (también conocido como Raf) eso no fue un desafío, aunque a veces fue frustrante, Raf facilitó la situación y trabajó aún más duro. Fue más que útil para encontrarnos nuestro hogar. ¡Fue extremadamente honesto, confiable, directo y un gran maestro! Nos enseñó paso a paso el proceso y nos aconsejó ah establecer expectativas realistas. Fue extremadamente comunicativo y de fácil acceso para responder a cualquiera de nuestras preguntas en todo momento. Raf hizo nuestro sueño una realidad, recomiendo encarecidamente trabajar con Raf.

2/16/22Patricia Lizarazo

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Rafael taught us so much about the process of buying a house. He helped us overcome many challenges in order for us to purchase our first home. We are very grateful for all that Rafael has done for us.

2/16/22Roland Galeano

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Rafael Jose is an excellent agent. He helped us tremendously throughout the process of buying our first home. He cared so much about finding the perfect home for us and making the process smooth. Rafael definitely goes above and beyond to ensure that things get done timely and correctly. We highly recommend him for anyone looking for a home.

2/15/22Silvia Marcelo

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(Translated by Google) My experience selling my house that was in foreclosure was excellent. While others offered me the option of a short sale, Mr. Rafael managed to get a regular sale that allowed me a profit. Rafael truly seeks the best for his clients and works hard for us. In addition to being a great professional, always attentive to each and every detail and always responding to any questions or problems, he is a great person who, many years after the sale of my house, still checks on me to make sure everything is okay with my family. He is a professional and a friend to his clients. I highly recommend him if you are in the process of buying or selling a home. He is an honest, responsible, pleasant, and, above all, humane professional.

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Mi experiencia en la venta de mi casa que estaba en foreclosure fue excelente. Mientras otro me daban la opción de un short sale, el Señor Rafael logró una venta regular que me permitió una ganancia. Realmente Rafael busca lo mejor para sus clientes y trabaja por nosotros. Además de ser un gran profesional siempre pendiente de todos y cada uno de los detalles y de siempre responder a cualquier pregunta o problema, es un gran ser humano que después de muchos años de la venta de mi casa aún está pendiente de verificar que todo esté bien con mi familia, es profesional y amigo de sus clientes. Lo recomiendo al 100 si están en el proceso de compra o venta de casa. Es un profesional honesto, responsable, agradable y sobretodo humano.

2/11/22Cerinelly Disla

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2/10/22brian santiago

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Rafael help me and my mother get are first house and we was grateful for his service would recommend to any one that would like to get a house from him. Help as get what we wanted and for a great price. Great spoken and answered all the questions we had for him.

2/7/22Rick Ramdon

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Rafael was the nicest, friendliest, most personable individual I could have hoped for when selling my late mother's house. At the time I was going through a myriad of personal issues, including my mothers death and COVID, and he was so kind and understanding. His honesty, professionalism, and knowledge were all vital components in making the sale go smoothly and without a single hitch. He always kept me updated every step of the way, and I was out of state, so that was very important to me. Considering what I was going through at the time, he was also compassionate and went over and beyond for me. If I ever have a future need for similar service in his jurisdiction, I wouldn't want anyone else. Thank you, Rafael!

2/2/22Yangchen Chadotsang

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Buying a home can be a very complicated process especially if you don’t have a good team to work with. As a Housing Counselor I have worked with Rafael for over 10+ years and feel very confident referring clients/First Time Homebuyers to him, Rafael is extremely helpful, open, transparent, and reliable. His professionalism, knowledge, honesty, integrity, hard work and ethics has helped a lot of my clients become homeowners. Rafael always goes above and beyond and keeps the client's interest as his priority. I would highly recommend Rafael.

1/27/22Emmanuel Pierre

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1/27/22Renardis Rhymer

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I want to take the time to say think you Rafael for the Excellent experience with you.Your Knowledge and understanding in explaining the buying and selling a home and all the programs that's available to us.Looking forward to using you again in the further.

1/26/22Shekira Davis

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From the onset of our first meeting, Rafael was the consummate professional. He was always on time for our appointments and had a wealth of knowledge on the house hunting process that made it much easier for us. His ability to pare away at the 'fluff' and zoom in on finding out what we needed in a new home made the search less intense and overwhelming for us. Rafael gave us good and solid advice and was very up front about the condition of the homes we saw, the school district we were in (we have young children so that was the most important factor for us) and what to expect when we signed. This made us comfortable in being able to make an informed decision when it was time to decide on our new forever home. And to show you Rafael goes above and beyond what I expected, we can call him anytime for advice on any issues related to our home; taxes, mortgage payments, etc. He's the best, hands down. Thanks Rafael!

1/26/22Carolina Vanegas

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(Translated by Google) Rafael is an excellent professional and a great person. He knows the market immensely, advises you with complete sincerity, and helps you throughout the entire process from start to finish, making it much easier. He's always willing to help and always has the right answer to all your questions.
Rafael enjoys his work, puts his all into it, and it shows in the results he achieves.
Rafael, my family will always be grateful for all your support.

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Rafael, es un excelente profesional y un gran ser humano. Conoce demasiado del mercado, te asesora con total sinceridad, te ayuda en todo el proceso desde el principio hasta el final, haciéndolo mucho más fácil. Siempre está dispuesto a ayudarte y siempre tiene la respuesta correcta a todas tus preguntas.
Rafael disfruta su trabajo, pone todo el empeño y se ve en los resultados que obtiene.
Rafael, mi familia siempre te agradecerá por todo tu apoyo.

1/26/22Sundaram Raman

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Rafael was very responsive to any issues related to the sale of our House in Elmont. Even when we encountered initial problems, he handled with Professionalism. He is VERY TRUSTWORTHY. Will not hesitate to recommend him to our friends and relatives when needed.
GOOD LUCK - RAMAN

1/25/22Victor Nunez

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Very profesional, best communication I will refer him to anybody, we had the pleasure of using his service back in 2016 to buy a property & now in 2020 to sell the property, great all around agent, for first time home buyer and season property owner.
In the future Jose will be our first call for any real estate service needed

1/24/22pa tha

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Rafael was great. He is an amazing person and very professional. He helped us in all the steps along the way. I would 100% recommend him. We really appreciate him for everything he has done.

1/24/22Edgar Cajilima

Google Review

(Translated by Google) It was a pleasure working with Rafael José. He is very professional, knows what he's doing, and is very patient. He was always there to answer any questions or concerns. He knows how to navigate the business. The entire process was always clear, and I wouldn't hesitate to work with him again. I always recommend him to friends and family because I know how professional he is.

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Fue un placer trabajar con Rafael José, es muy profesional sabe lo que está haciendo y tiene mucha paciencia, siempre estuvo ahí para responder alguna pregunta o duda el sabe como moverse en este negocio, todo el proceso fue siempre claro y no dudaría un instante en volver a trabajar con el, y siempre le recomiendo con amigos y familiares porque se lo profesional que es.

1/24/22daniel cesar

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Rafael was professional, considerate and personable. He made showings of our home to prospective buyers as painless as possible, even under pandemic conditions. He provided realistic advice on how to obtain the maximum selling price of our home. We were satisfied with our experience with Rafael, and highly recommend his services.

1/21/22Payal

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Rafael is absolutely PHENOMENAL ! Cannot recommend him enough. His level of professionalism, expertise, knowledge, empathy and commitment to his clients is truly unmatched. Rafael is extremely personable, friendly and willing to go above and beyond to make sure you are very well taken care of. He truly makes the process easy and handles everything for you, leaving you with minimal to no worry or stress. He makes every effort to make sure that things are taken care of and the home buying/selling process is as seamless as possible.

1/20/22Scott Grimm-Lyon

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Raf helped us get a much better perspective on the current market conditions and helped us figure out what all of our options were when it came to the decisions related to how we should buy our home, and what schedule we should plan to do it on.

His experience as a broker gives him a lot of knowledge in the area, he helped us understand how to look at homes on the market (and how algorithms might be pushing you as a potential buyer), advised us how we should approach lenders, helped us figure out what we need in place to get started on the process, and helped us figure out what questions we should be asking ourselves. Bonus; he’s professional and self aware enough to know the limits of his expertise; like when specific questions would be better served by working with legal or tax experts instead.

1/13/22She Che

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Rafael is a true professional in his craft! He is very knowlegeable about the market and patient while sharing his expertise. He ensured that we (1st time home-buyers) had a clear understanding of what we were getting into during each step of the home buying process. He attended every appointment, always well prepared with great homes to show. With Rafael, you will find that beautiful home that you are looking for. He becomes like, that member of your family, that's MOTIVATED to be right there with you, working with you, to achieve your dream.