Yi Chen, Realtor of Keller Williams Realty

Seventy-two reviews stretching back to 2021, and the tone barely wavers. Yi Chen works out of 29 Commercial St in Braintree, and by his own account runs a solo practice under the Keller Williams brokerage, covering Braintree, Quincy, Boston and the wider Greater Boston market in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. His Massachusetts real estate license is active. The recent work splits evenly across both sides of a deal. A Braintree seller this past June said Yi laid out three selling strategies at their first meeting, walked through the trade-offs of each, and then guided the light-renovation approach they picked before the listing went live. On the buying side, a Quincy homeowner in February — referred by a friend who had bought with him — described being kept current at every step, and singled out the check-in that came after closing rather than before it. Another recent client had him smooth the handoff between landlord and tenant. Behind those transactions sits a five-year run of steady praise, and 84 Google ratings averaging 5 stars. Across that longer history the same themes keep surfacing: patience with first-time buyers, plain-language explanation of the mortgage and closing mechanics, and help that extends past the closing table into renovation and rental questions. Several long-time reviewers describe a career that started in tax practice before moving into real estate — which is where the financial framing in his advice appears to come from. Two things are worth pinning down before you call. Some of the praise comes from people who work alongside him rather than from clients he represented, so weigh the raw count accordingly. And the Keller Williams affiliation, the languages, and the service area are all statements from his own website — confirm the brokerage he currently hangs his license with if that matters to your transaction. Recent volume is also lighter than the all-time number implies: four reviews in the past six months. If you're a first-time buyer or a small-property seller in Quincy or Braintree who wants each step explained — particularly in Chinese — he's a straightforward fit, and the buyer-side reviews are the most detailed of the bunch. Ask which of his recent closings most resemble yours, and confirm his current brokerage and license status directly before you sign a representation agreement.