Listing Agent Reviews?

Have you looked at rateyourbroker.com? I can't vouch for the usefulness or accuracy.

Thanks, will check it out!

There isn't anything on the web that really works because real estate agents don't touch enough people -- unlike a contractor on Emily's List who might see 100 clients a year, seller and buyer agents especially don't work with that kind of volume.

Also, a lot of sites where you'll find agent recommendations, like Top Agent Guide (which, full disclosure, I know the founders of) and Blockshopper -- they're on some level pay-to-play, so you might learn about an agent's strengths and weaknesses, but you're also looking at text put up to generate a referral fee, not purely unbiased editorial text.

Although I understand that people say that about Yelp too.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

Add to that the NYC market is highly specialized, so it's hard to find a credible best-of list. I think beyond the basics (clean, on time, good communicator), what makes the difference between a good, professional agent and a great one is the knowledge of their market (type of property, neighborhood, type of buyer.) So a great UWS coop broker might be just good for a Turtle Bay condo.

You could dice it even finer than that if you wanted, maly. For example, I think I'm a very good agent and I think my boss Gil Neary is a very good agent, and we both know downtown, but each of us would do better in some situations than others.

The easiest example that I can think of is that Gil used to be a kitchen designer, so if a wall needs to be moved to improve the layout, he can both switch it around in his head and communicate that better than I can.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

There are agents listed and reviewed on Yelp. That's how we found ours.