Guiding and educating clients is extremely important to Terry di Paolo. His focus is to provide a first-hand experience of what's available - letting the properties speak for themselves so the options and decisions are clear.
Terry loves working with first-time buyers and renters, newcomers to New York, as well as seasoned New Yorkers who need to see another side of the city. He has an astute ability to understand the needs of others due to his adeptness as a listener and an observer. Terry also prides himself on his extensive knowledge of NYC, its evolution and cultures, honed by giving walking tours and managing a database of NYC history. His expertise, patience and preparedness allow him to seamlessly advise clients through the intricate search and transaction processes.
As a former photographer who did commercial work for major names like Conde Nast, Time Warner and others, Terry has a keen eye for potential in a space, and knows how to showcase properties at their best. Besides being creative, he's also extremely detail oriented as proven in previous roles organizing conferences for senior managers across a variety of industries.
Terry excels at connecting with people, their lives and their needs on both professional and personal levels. "I work closely with my clients to understand what drives them and connects them to this great city. I use that insight to match them with a home that best fits their unique personality."
A longtime New York City resident, Terry has been enamored with NYC since his teens. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, and is an avid runner/marathoner.
Renter Reviews of Terry
Giacomo ****
review date 09/26/2012Lucia ****
review date 09/12/2012Kelly ****
review date 07/26/2012He worked with me beforehand to ensure that all of my paperwork would be in order. He also cleared his schedule for me (given the flying-in status) - having worked with other brokers who couldn't get off the phone trying to land other deals the whole time I was with them, I very much appreciated this. His exhaustive knowledge of the neighborhoods I was looking at (Murray Hill, Midtown East) was incredibly valuable to me as a person not very familiar with New York. I found an apartment within 3 hours with him, because he showed me EXACTLY what I was looking for - not trying to sell me on things way out of my price range, not trying to push me towards apartments that lacked something I was looking for. I looked at places ranging from +/-$300/mo from my goal price - but anything over $100/mo more than my goal was to say, "I think you should get that apartment that cost $300/mo less, because it does better than this expensive apartment on XYZ with a much better price."
Even better, the management company that I ended up with started requesting a complicated list of additional/unusual paperwork after I had already left the city, which led to a delay of nearly a week on getting approved for my lease (i.e. within days of me moving there). Terry called me daily or multiple times a day with status updates, shuffled all of the strange requests in my absence, and leaned on the management to make sure they completed everything on time. In the end, I got a great apartment with (by New York standards) minimal fuss.
I came into this process expecting to get ripped off. Instead, I could not be more pleased, and cannot recommend Terry highly enough.
Ann ****
review date 07/16/2012Nathan ****
review date 02/25/2012Terry's Apartments
1br, East Village, $3,650
Studio, Upper East Side, $2,400
Terry's Specialties
Manhattan
Battery Park, Carnegie Hill, Chelsea, Chinatown, Clinton, East Harlem, East Village, Financial District, Flatiron, Gramercy, Greenwich Village, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Hell's Kitchen, Inwood, Kips Bay, Little Italy, Lower East Side, Meatpacking Dist., Midtown, Midtown Center, Midtown East, Midtown West, Morningside Heights, Murray Hill, NoHo, Nolita, SoHo, Theater District/Times Square, TriBeCa, Tudor City, Union Square, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Washington Heights, West VillageFair Housing and Equal Opportunity Made in New York
he was able to provide a wide range of offers and build up my knowledge of the city (I just moved here from overseas).
he conducted all the visits in the utmost professional manner. I definitely suggest you to get in contact with him