Ellen Vasiliauskiene is the Managing Broker at Amber Realty Inc. She started her Real Estate career in 2002.
Ellen remembers her managing broker’s speech in one of the first sales meetings, saying that the interest rates have dropped so low (it was 6.5 then) that everybody would want to buy, so you would better be ready to serve those eager buyers.
Well, the rates kept falling, and in a few months, they were below 4.
He was right, there were tons of people, who wanted to fulfill their American dream and become homeowners.
Ellen’s first year in Real Estate, she was working without any days off, without any vacations, super long hours, driving 50,000 miles, and successfully closing twenty-three transactions with the first-time buyers. She had no funds available to advertise herself, so all of her clients were referred by her happy clients.
She fell in love with Real Estate business forming her first steps, but wanted to learn more, therefore, she decided to get her broker’s license, and signed up for GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute). The knowledge received through all those years in the Institute has helped her build a successful career in Real Estate.
She decided to open her own brokerage in 2005. The name “Amber Realty” was chosen due to her Lithuanian roots. Amber was called “a Baltic gold,” and it was found on the coast of Baltic Sea. Ellen remembered her childhood when visiting her aunt, who lived close to the sea. They used to walk miles by the seashore, looking for the sea treasures. Amber has always been a piece of warmth, pride, and value to her.
The 2008 Real Estate crash had given an opportunity for her to change, to learn something new, to “reconfigure” her thinking. Ellen was still working hard, but her clients were not able to close, because the lending regulations kept changing, and by the time they would have to close, they would no longer qualify.
She started providing broker price opinion (BPO) reports to the institutional clients to help meet the ends. That led her to the new opportunities in listing Real Estate Owned (REO) properties. Having closed over a thousand REO properties, Ellen has gained an invaluable experience of getting any house sold.
She treated her institutional clients the same way she treated any of her clients. The main goal was getting the top dollar in the shortest time possible for my client.
If the house was beautiful-great- she would market and expose its best features, if the house was “tired,” she would help her client bringing it to “beautiful” condition, then market its best features.
Sometimes the “tired” houses would need good cleaning, staging, landscaping, some repairs, but sometimes, it would need a major rehab. In either situation, Ellen would be her out of State client’s “boots on the ground,” inspecting the quality of work, updating the client with photos, overseeing the work being done, until it is done to perfection.
The best compliment she has received from the buyers and fellow Real Estate brokers that her bank owned listings did not look like “bank owned” listings at all.
Since the Real Estate market rebounded, Ellen started listing regular retail listings as well. It has been a true joy helping sellers achieve the best market condition and getting the top dollar in selling pieces of their lives and often- their biggest investments.
Today Ellen is glad to have a team of great professionals who share the same vision of serving their clients and making the Real Estate dream come true!
Home Types:
MultiFamily, House, Condo, Townhouse, Lot/Land
Languages Spoken:
English, Lithuanian, Russian
Years of Experience:
24
