Fred Marden

I enjoy helping people realize their dream of home ownership. Late last year I made that dream come true for a young couple relocating from the southwest. They wanted Newton but couldn't afford the $595,000 price tag the owners had initially placed on their property. Using my years of experience, I was able to help negotiate the price down to under $500,000.

I've been involved in real estate for most of my adult career, and have experienced the real estate cycles in MA beginning in... More

I enjoy helping people realize their dream of home ownership. Late last year I made that dream come true for a young couple relocating from the southwest. They wanted Newton but couldn't afford the $595,000 price tag the owners had initially placed on their property. Using my years of experience, I was able to help negotiate the price down to under $500,000.

I've been involved in real estate for most of my adult career, and have experienced the real estate cycles in MA beginning in the late sixties. First as a banker and lender, I underwrote and negotiated financial contracts into the multi-million dollar range, to businesses and individuals in MA. In the 1990s, I worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where I managed portfolios of distressed assets, most of them involving real estate of various types: residential, commercial, investment, land, time shares, cooperatives, and condos, amongst others. I was charged with settling, compromising, and liquidating these assets. My greatest enjoyment was not in the 'big ticket' deals but rather in helping individuals and families retain ownership of homes and condominiums they had bought in good faith from the now failed banks, and who were now faced with the prospect of losing them.

My desire to work in residential real estate led me to Zip Realty. After extensive research on the competition, I decided upon Zip as the agency that best exhibited the professionalism that I sought. It married innovation with technology to deliver to the buyer and seller the best all around approach to satisfying the consumers' needs. In a collegial atmosphere where every agent helps the other, the client comes first. I especially like Zip's approach to advising first time home buyers in what is involved in the 'process' beforehand, so that the mystery and uncertainty is taken out of it, and so they know ahead of time what is expected. This approach strongly mirrors my own philosophy toward customer satisfaction. It is one I have practiced throughout my career. I would like to employ it for your benefit, so don't hesitate to call or e-mail and let me help take the uncertainty out of your buying or selling. Collapse