Joe Cruz

New York City real estate expert Joe Cruz is the co-founder and leader of Revived

Residential, a boutique brokerage leveraging deep local expertise and modern real estate

innovation. Over his 17-year career, he’s earned a stellar reputation in the New York real estate

scene with his focused approach, entrepreneurial spirit and absolute passion for the business.

To say Joe lives, eats, sleeps and breathes real estate might be an understatement.

Joe excels in advising sellers and developers with their properties, offering a results-oriented

mindset and tenacious, customer-first attitude. He’s meticulous in assessing each client’s

unique goals and implementing a well-thought-out plan to exceed their needs.

Licensed on his 18th birthday, Joe launched his first firm, Urban Realty, just three years into his

career and grew the company to an all-star team with two offices. He began investing in real

estate in 2015 and counts property development among his many talents. Joe

is also a licensed contractor who has successfully built, fixed and flipped a multitude of houses

throughout New York and New Jersey.

During his six years at Compass, Joe joined forces with Lou Belisario to launch the Belisario

Cruz Team, a powerhouse group that closed over $500 million in business throughout Brooklyn,

Manhattan and Queens. In 2023, they were the No. 1 team in Brooklyn and the No. 2 team in

the city by transactions. Their transaction volume that year ranked them second in Brooklyn and

fourth in all of New York City.

Throughout his impressive career, Joe has managed hundreds of agents and assembled a

lifetime portfolio of luxury listings and new developments that includes a phenomenal over 5,000

completed transactions. But his focus has never wavered from delivering the seamless and

successful experiences clients can expect from Revived Residential today.

Born and raised in Bushwick and Williamsburg, Joe is a proud lifelong resident of Brooklyn. He

speaks Spanish fluently and holds a degree in sales and marketing. Today, Joe resides in Rockaway Beach, where you might find him playing softball

in the park, cheering on his beloved New York Mets or planning his next great real estate

achievement.