Century 21 Mario Real Estate

Fifteen Google ratings, a 1990 incorporation date, and one review that stops you cold. Century 21 Mario Real Estate is a small brokerage office on Bennington Street in East Boston; BBB lists it as a Massachusetts corporation formed in 1990, with Joseph Mario as its broker and owner. What people praise is local knowledge and plain dealing. A 2022 reviewer called Joe Mario helpful and knowledgeable about East Boston, and a 2024 one summed up Joe and Tom as "Honest, Very Straight Forward And Reliable." In August 2025 a buyer credited the office's Bedoya Team with attending multiple open houses and spending long weekends on the search before finding the house they wanted. Against that sits a March 2025 one-star account, written in Spanish and then English: the buyer says they flagged a concern before closing, was told it was no problem and legally excluded, and that the fallout pushed them into bankruptcy. It is the most specific thing anyone has written about this office, and it lands on the part of a deal that matters most — what an agent tells you before you sign. The Google average is 4.2 across 15 ratings, so that account is not the pattern, but it is the sharpest thing on the page. Two 2022 posts in r/tradedboston list the office as the selling broker on multifamily deals at 203 London Street in East Boston and 58 Bradstreet Avenue in Revere, both above a million dollars, so this is an office that works investment property as well as house hunters. Best fit: a buyer or seller who wants a long-standing East Boston shop with people who know the streets. Before you sign anything, ask directly how they handle disclosures and inspection findings, and get any answer about a known defect in writing.