Marcelo Monasi, Realtor - Twin Cities Minnesota

Marcelo was so wonderful to work with! His knowledge and guidance in helping us buy our first home was invaluable. He always took time to explain things in depth and answer all of our questions, and helped us write very strong offers. He is quick to respond and was always checking in with new listings. When new homes came on the market, he was always quick to schedule a showing and do his research on the home. He is genuine, hardworking, and truly wants the best for his clients. He was instrumental in helping us navigate a competitive market and always remained optimistic, helping us get across the finish line and into our new home!

Marcelo is a phenomenal realtor, hands down, no ifs ands or buts about it. He helped us buy our new home and sell our previous home. Marcelo is a family man through and through and is truly a zero pressure, 100% authentic and realistic realtor in regards to both buying and selling. He provided thorough comp analysis' while we were buying and selling, off market opportunities, photography/videography, paid for movers, helped us with staging, and marketed our previous home internally at his brokerage to stir up interest that resulted in showings. I've worked with other realtors in the past and none were as thorough and knowledgeable as Marcelo. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if one day you see him on billboards around town or on an HGTV show of his own. First, our buying story. We started by defining neighborhoods that we were interested in; common practice for realtors to establish with their clients. That's where the "common" practices stopped and the "uncommon" practices started in the best way possible. Marcelo was extremely easy to work with and ready to show us houses at the drop of a hat. Mornings, nights, weekends, you name it he was there and always just a call or text away. He was realistic and up front with us that showing us 10, 20, 30 etc. houses was the bare minimum he could do as our realtor. Ideally most folks don't want to look at that many houses, but we never felt pressured to make offers on houses we were unsure about or to increase our budget, shorten our timelines etc. As luck would have it, we looked at only a couple of houses before we found one we wanted to make an offer on. The house was highly desired and ended up with multiple offers. Unfortunately for us the seller's went with another offer. It happens. Marcelo reassured us our offer was strong and the seller feedback we received confirmed that. We looked at a handful of other houses before we found ourselves in the same predicament, a house we loved in a highly desired area again with multiple offers. We gave it our best swing but again missed through no fault of Marcelo's. Again we received feedback from the seller's agent that our offer was strong besides one key aspect; our contingency on the sale of our previous home. We discussed things with Marcelo and our lender and came up with a game plan to use a bridge loan so that we could make future offers without a contingency of the sale of our current (now previous) home. We looked at more houses and as winter loomed and the market began to slow we relegated ourselves to the idea of waiting until Spring, but then it happened. We saw a house we loved as soon as we walked in the door. We made an offer. This time no contingency...and we hit a home run! Our offer was accepted and everything was smooth sailing from inspection to closing. At the same time we made our offer, we were on the cusp of listing/selling our previous home. Marcelo had everything lined up exquisitely. Marcelo paid for professional photography and videography of our previous home. We listed our house the week we made our offer and Marcelo went full steam ahead on open houses, networking etc. We started to lose hope after the first week or so on the market with no offers, but the feedback was positive regarding our price, updates, location etc. Marcelo reassured us that it was totally normal for that time of year (late fall/early winter) and that things move a little slower. Not more than a few days later we had a showing and received an offer for our full listing price. We were ecstatic and the buyer wanted to move even quicker than we anticipated. It seemed almost too good to be true so Marcelo immediately contacted the buyer's agent and confirmed everything was legitimate and it was. We ended up closing in less than 30 days and we couldn't have done any of it without Marcelo, he's the man.

Marcelo helped us buy and sell our house in Minneapolis, and was a great partner and advocate throughout the process. He helped steer us through several stressful parts of the process, and kept his head while we lost ours. Beyond his fantastic skills as a negotiator and home knowledge, he was a joy to work with and made the process fun. There isn't an agent I have worked with that I would recommend higher than Marcelo. If you're buying or selling, look no further, this is the guy.

Marcelo is the realtor you need! From initial stages of exploring options with our old home and looking at what was on the market. To diving in and helping us through both the process of buying our new home and selling our old home. Marcelo …

I have worked with Marcelo for a couple of years now as his real estate title closer. When the time came for me to buy a new home, it was an easy choice to work with him. He was extremely responsive and made sure all my questions were answered. And believe me, I had a lot. The home is a remodel project and so we needed to see it a few different times. He was always happy and willing to make an appointment with the seller for us. The day of closing he was there with a huge smile (under his mask of course) and excited for me to finally be closing. I would highly recommend Marcelo to anyone who is looking to buy or sell their home. He is of the best!