Why Work With Us?
Here's what our satisfied customers are saying about us:
Work with Joe Roch - trust me. We worked with Joe to buy our first home, and are so glad we did. He was incredibly kind, patient, and attentive - he also found us exactly what we were looking for. A few years later when our circumstances changed and we needed to move - Joe was our first call. While we were sad to be leaving the Providence community, we were thrilled with the result. Joe is incredibly good at his job, and he's also just a really great person.
Oliver Taylor
28 July 2022, 21:36 PM
Joe was super helpful and great to work with every step of the way. He was very knowledgeable about the real estate market and about Providence and the Armory neighborhood in particular. He helped me find a lawyer, get staging advice and gave me many options and other advice that was right on the mark. My condo sold one week after being listed for above asking!
Maura Coughlin
02 August 2022, 00:36 AM
We could not recommend Joe more! He is a joy to work with. Not just knowledgeable & strategic, Joe is also a really kind & thoughtful guy (someone you will not mind spending lots of time with!). He is extremely astute in knowing what his clients wants & needs are. It's not often that you are always on the same page with someone; and with little to no effort, that's always how we felt with Joe. When we bought our first home, we laid out our dream house and he delivered & then some (literally within a day). We then put all our trust in him when we sold our home and were over the moon with the outcome. Joe's a native Rhode Islander who knows the real estate layout beyond compare. He's worldly & culturally conscientious...seriously, you will *not* regret working with him
Jane McIntyre
10 August 2022, 03:06 AM
Joe made our first-time home-buying experience an overwhelmingly positive one. Overall, it was evident from all aspects of Joe's approach and guidance that he represents folks with great integrity, groundedness, and genuine care. Joe is incredibly responsive with a strong knowledge base and ability to communicate and collaborate in the buying process. We also appreciated how organized and transparent he was. We would strongly recommend him.
Mack Sushchyk & Kate Kernochan
15 August 2022, 18:21 PM
Joe was an extremely knowledgeable realtor. At the outset, he provided a great deal of baseline education about the process as well as the roles and responsibilities of both the realtor and the client. There was zero pressure during this process. Joe provided access to a great portal that, on a daily basis, provided listings to reviews based on criteria that you set. When I found a house of interest, Joe was quick to set up a showing and was also not afraid to point out any yellow or red flags. Similarly, at the showings, Joe's experience as an appraiser come in handy -- especially, if, like me, you are not savvy about things like electrical wiring or plumbing. Joe will help you understand the condition of the house so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to put in an offer. Joe checked in weekly until we found the right house and had an offer accepted. After that, Joe helped hold my hand through all of the steps necessary to close on the sale smoothly. There were almost no hiccups along the way. If you're looking for a friendly and thorough realtor in and around Providence, Joe is your guy.
Adam Williams
15 August 2022, 18:47 PM
Joe is the best!! Working with Joe was the best decision we made as both sellers and buyers in this year's somewhat wild market. Most recently, he played a primary role in making our home buying process so much easier and more pleasant than we had even anticipated. His knowledge of the local market is unparalleled, and when you combine that with his ability to deeply understand his clients, you get the highest level of service possible. Prime example: we almost completely missed out on our perfect home due to the search criteria that we initially asked for. Luckily, Joe brought to our attention a beautiful, historic home that not only met (exceeded!) our requirements, but expanded what we thought was possible - with a little out-of-the-box thinking, he helped put us in our forever home, in our first-choice neighborhood, without any of the bidding wars or craziness that you sometimes hear about. Communication is one of Joe's many strengths - he is ultra-responsive, down to earth, and thoughtful & considerate at all times, bringing both ease and assurance to every conversation. He provides expert-level guidance and education in such a graceful way, truly allowing his clients the space to make their own informed decisions. He then executes on those decisions with thorough precision every time. Lastly, as clients of Joe's, we benefitted hugely from his network of recommended professionals - from lendors to inspectors to tradespeople, everyone that we decided to contact from Joe's network was absolutely excellent and further helped to make the process as simple and positive as possible.
Emilee Lane & Adam Cummiskey
17 August 2022, 20:29 PM
I don't know what to say about Joe Roch... a good starting point might be that he is the most go-above-and-beyond professional that I have ever experienced *in any industry*. It sounds overblown, but I honestly can't picture what buying a home without his help would have been like, nor would I want to. For context, we were first-time home buyers, and I was expecting that our agent would answer some questions about process, help us with paperwork, and maybe give some advice along the way. Let me approach each of these individually, to give you an idea of how he blew all my expectations out of the water. Answering questions about the process? We could barely come up with questions! He was so thorough in describing every tiny step of the process, so adept at switching to explain-it-like-I'm-five language if he felt a hint of puzzlement on our part, so experienced in communicating the details, that it was hard to feel like we were anything but experts ourselves by the end. And if we did have a question, like, say, a little one that pops into your head right as you're falling asleep, we would just text him, even at like, midnight, and boom, there was our answer, 30 seconds later. I hesitate to even include this detail so that future clients might leave the poor man alone; there seemed to be no off-hours with Joe. He literally laughed when we first asked "What are good and bad times to contact you?" He made us feel like we were the only home buyers in the world, and the idea that he surely makes all of his clients feel this way speaks volumes about his skill. Help us with paperwork? There was no moment where we were unsure of what to do next, or what was expected of us. It can be intimidating for a first-time home buyer, signing a series of contracts with many large numbers on them, but somehow it just... wasn't. When you're fully informed of every step along the way and why it's happening, there's really nothing to be intimidated by. Again, it's a huge testament to Joe's skill, confidence, and expertise, that he was able to simply remove any semblance of fear or doubt from the equation. Give some advice along the way? Oh, please. Joe's knowledge of *everything* related to home buying seemed somehow infinite. If it was a question about a neighborhood, he knew its whole history and how resale value has fluctuated over the past century, off the top of his head. If it was a question about house styles, he could tell you that this is, say, an American foursquare built in the 1920's in a post-Victorian style meant to maximize interior space. A question about our personal budget, he could guide us through a hypothetical and by the end of it we'd feel we somehow magically answered our own question, even though he was really the one answering it. And he did it all in a heartfelt, colloquial, and holistic way that made us feel like we'd learned something, not just had facts announced to us. Now, those are just some details of how Joe surpassed the expectations I had of a real estate agent, but what's far more important was his overall approach. He was somehow able to maintain a constant air of professionalism while at the same time imparting this feeling that you just happened to have a really, really knowledgeable good friend who wanted to help you. He really took the time to understand what we wanted from a home, instead of just pushing for, say, the shiniest marble-countertopped house in our budget. And he used this understanding to offer truly honest advice that was specific to us. It never for a moment felt as if a piece of advice from him was coming from anywhere but a desire to see us find exactly what we were looking for. I did not expect such honesty. Whatever the opposite of a used-car salesman approach to real estate is, that's Joe. I've never felt that a third party was so definitively batting for my side. It was like suddenly having Babe Ruth on your little league team, but not just to show off; actually being devoted to winning the game. It should be apparent by now that I could go on and on indefinitely about how amazing it was to work with Joe Roch. I'll close with perhaps the most important aspect: Joe was a constant reminder that home-buying, at its heart, should be fun, exciting, and joyful. Anytime it wasn't, he brought it back to being so. I can't imagine a better experience as I sit here typing in the living room of this absolute gem of a home, exactly the one we set out to find.
Chris Kerrigan & Martha Koch
14 September 2022, 00:37 AM
Joe is a consummate professional who goes the extra mile for his clients. We moved to Rhode Island from the Midwest and Joe was recommended to us by a new colleague. Because we were unfamiliar with the area we really relied on Joe's expertise on the local market and the features of different neighborhoods. His unique skill set as both a realtor and an appraiser was invaluable in evaluating the pros and cons of properties. Whenever we visited open houses on our own the selling agents would ask if we already had an agent. When we mentioned Joe was our realtor they would shower him with praise and tell us we were in great hands.
Shelley Lee & Rick Baldoz
17 October 2022, 20:27 PM
We've bought and sold several times before, and working with Joe was by far the smoothest and least stressful experience we've been through. He's professional, knowledgable, and kept us up to date on a regular basis. I'd highly recommend him, and if we were selling and buying again, he's the only Realtor we would use.
Rob Medley
02 December 2022, 22:26 PM
We really can't say enough good things about Joe. He is knowledgable, patient, and resourceful. He is very familiar with all things RI real estate and has lots of contacts (contractors, brokers, etc). Joe was incredibly communicative and responded quickly - particularly important and helpful as we were house hunting in a crazy market. He compiled great market analysis reports, but he was also never pushy, which I really appreciated. We had a legal question about a house and Joe went to Town Hall to hunt down an answer for us. This is just one example of how available and accommodating he is. Also, just a really nice guy to spend time with!
Liz & Adam
10 January 2023, 00:26 AM
