Artful & Heartful Real Estate

The Surrealtor Team is known for a creative and artful approach to marketing, negotiation, research and relationships. We help people sell and buy property all over metropolitan Boston. With over 40 years combined experience, we have guided a host of sellers and buyers to achieving their real estate needs, goals and dreams. Read more about the ways we can help you.

Trisha Solio

Since 1986, through all kinds of markets, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people have trusted Trisha Solio to guide them through buying or selling their biggest asset – their home. With Trisha's depth of knowledge of markets, houses, and negotiating, she elevates her clients' expectations and achieves great results for them. Because of her extensive experience in real estate transactions, she is intuitive at anticipating potential problems and creative in resolving them.

Whether she is developing a custom marketing plan to sell your home or helping you devise a successful strategy for finding the right home, you can count on her to have your best interests at heart and to bring wisdom, clarity, and patience to the process. Her warmth and sense of humor often make what could be a stressful experience into an uplifting one. That’s why so many of the people she has worked with come back to her for all their real estate needs and love to refer their friends.

Trisha is a top selling agent and perennial winner of real estate production awards. Trisha is a Prudential Fine Homes Specialist and is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES), among other designations.  She is the only realtor in Massachusetts consulting to Morgan Stanley to identify emerging real estate trends before they are apparent. Trisha was on the beach in Thailand during the 2004 tsunami. Read her emails from the moment.

617-648-4455
TSolio@TheSurrealtors.com

Jay Balaban

Growing up in a real estate family, Jay Balaban has been taking care of people's real estate needs for most of his life. Jay's enthusiasm and talent for New/Now/Next technologies bring the Surrealtors' buyers and sellers an edge in search, marketing, and negotiation. Examples include the custom websites he develops for properties we list and his certification in the Energy Star program.

Jay's real estate career has included obtaining his broker's license after 10 years listing and selling properties at Prudential as well as 7 years experience as head paralegal for a local real estate law office. As an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), Jay advises our sellers on how to polish, arrange, and present their property to increase selling price and reduce days on market.

His mastery at overseeing the myriad tiny details that make up a real estate transaction assures that everything is handled properly so that clients can relax and start packing. Jay is not only a technology and transaction wizard. He is also known for his caring, exceeding people's expectations by going above and beyond. Jay enjoys working on his 9 room stucco colonial.

617-648-4454
JBalaban@TheSurrealtors.com

Kathy Power

Kathy Power brings 8 years of experience with the Surrealtor team and 25 years of experience in marketing, customer service, and business consulting. She talks like a banker, listens like a therapist, and acts as a good friend. With her perceptive understanding of what you want and need, she is effective at producing real estate results for you.

Kathy's skill at financial analysis of real estate investments is expressed in The Surrealtors' Investment Decision Worksheet, which helps buyers and sellers to calculate scenarios, compare properties and make sound decisions.

Kathy's life experiences include building a house from the ground up and conceptualizing, designing, and operating a successful restaurant. Kathy also does development for AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. She has a Masters in Philosophy, Ethics, and Writing and is a  published writer. Read one of her poems from Best American Poetry 1996.

617-648-4465
KPower@TheSurrealtors.com

Prudential Unlimited Realty's mission is to provide unparalleled service to anyone in our market with a real estate related need. With offices in Jamaica Plain and Brookline, plus the nationwide strength of "the Rock", we have the network to bring the buyers or to find the home to match your unique needs.

Our personalized service and knowledge of the market are supported by Prudential Real Estate Affiliate's sophisticated technology and marketing resources. For the second time in three years J.D. Power and Associates has awarded Prudential Real Estate "Highest Overall Satisfaction for Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms" in its 2010 Home Buyer/Seller Study.

Prudential Fine Homes International^SM is a leading network of sales professionals working with buyers and sellers of luxury properties including homes, estates and residences with historic significance or unique architectural quality. The program provides refined marketing tools and connections to thousands of Fine Homes International^SM Specialists who have earned the respect of their affluent clients.

Fine Homes Specialists have a proven record of success in the marketing of luxury homes. Prudential Real Estate has established minimum qualifications for a fine home and for the Fine Homes International^SM Specialist Designation. This designation is available only to members of the Prudential Real Estate network who meet minimum qualifications and have extensive experience in the fine homes marketplace.

Seniors Real Estate Specialists^® or SRES^® designees are REALTORS^® qualified to address the needs of home buyers and sellers age 50+. The SRES^® Council awards the SRES^® Designation to those members who have successfully completed its education program.

By earning the SRES^® Designation, your REALTOR^® has demonstrated the necessary knowledge and expertise to counsel clients age 50+ through major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in relocating, refinancing, or selling the family home. Your SRES^® has received special training, gets regular updates, and is prepared to offer the options and information needed in making life changing decisions.

Energy Star is a government backed program to reduce costs and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Energy efficient choices can save families about a third on their energy bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing features, style or comfort. The Energy Star designation can be found on appliances, home improvement products and even on new homes. Learn more here.

Accredited Staging Professionals or ASP^® designees include professional Stagers and Real Estate Agents trained under strict guidelines using proven Staging techniques.

Home Staging is a proven way to get top dollar for your home as you prepare it for staging. Homes that are Staged with an ASP Professional sell faster and for more money, as Staging sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. Remember, "The way you live in your home, and the way you market and sell your house are two different things."