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A couple relocating from Texas to Salem on a frantic timeline bought a 155-year-old house, and the inspection turned up a broken heating system. Their agent did not simply ask for a credit — she told them to hold firm when the sellers pushed back. That account, written in November 2025, captures what clients hire Janine Wuschke for: she is the North Shore agent people describe as running the transaction rather than just opening doors. Her Massachusetts real estate licence is active and held in her own name. Across 52 reviews since 2021 on three sources she averages 4.9 stars over 55 Google ratings, and the six reviews of the past half-year are all positive. Two themes repeat. The first is the double transaction — buying and selling at once, or back to back. Clients describe a purchase one year and a sale the next, one household selling two homes while finding a third, and a rental found as a bridge while the search continued. The second is her bench. Reviewers keep naming the mortgage broker, closing attorney and home inspector she sent them to, and one buyer wrote that when problems with the original bank threatened the closing, Janine connected them to a new lender and the two worked it out in time. Speed shows up as well. An out-of-state buyer saw an investment property come on the market Friday morning; Janine viewed it Saturday and they were under agreement by Monday. In a 2022 review, a client wrote that she found them a house in two weeks. Sellers in 2023 reviews describe following her pricing advice and closing above asking. The dissent is worth reading in full, and it comes from a September 2025 seller. They said they hired Janine on a neighbour's glowing recommendation and only afterwards learned the neighbour had a business relationship with her, which they considered a potential conflict of interest. They credited her marketing materials and her general command of real estate, but felt she was unfamiliar with the Salisbury Beach market specifically and that her pricing advice may have worked against them. A Reddit commenter in March 2026 said the opposite about local knowledge — after a poor experience with a first agent, they switched to her and she showed them a Salem neighbourhood they had not known existed, which is where they bought. She works under Keller Williams, as several reviewers mention. For a purchase or sale around Salem, Peabody and Danvers — especially a relocation where you need someone on the ground — she is a straightforward call. If your property sits in a niche submarket, ask directly how many homes she has sold in that specific market before you sign the listing agreement.