MARS - Michael Anthony Realty Services

MARS — Michael Anthony Realty Services runs out of 125 Lynnfield Street in Lynn, with a second office at 701 Broadway in Revere. It presents itself as a full-service real estate office: homes for sale, rentals, and commercial listings, plus a 40-hour salesperson course it teaches for people trying to get licensed into the business. On its own site the company says it is minority-owned and operates as Michael Anthony Real Estate LLC. The part a homeowner actually wants — what it is like to list, buy, or rent through them — is nearly blank. A single Google rating, a 5, is all that has landed so far. One rating from one person says almost nothing about how a closing or a tenant placement goes, and it is not enough to rate them on. So judge this one from a conversation rather than a scoreboard. Ask which agent would handle your property and confirm that individual's Massachusetts license with the state directly — teaching the licensing class is a separate line of work from representing you in a sale. Ask, too, how far they range: they name Lynn and Revere, so anything outside that stretch of the North Shore is worth pinning down before you sign a listing agreement. If you want a neighborhood office in Lynn or Revere instead of a regional brand, MARS is a reasonable call to make — just go in ready to ask for recent comparable sales and client references yourself.