About Mark O'Donnell

Achievements

Published author of "Better Real Estate Decisions", a 200 page guidebook for sellers, buyers, and investors. Available on Amazon.

2007 Top Listing Associate - Newton Office

2007 Top Producing Associate - Newton Office

2007 Top Associate Closed Units - Newton Office

2008 Top Producing Associate - Wellesley Office

2008 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2009 Top Associate Closed units #1 in Massachusetts

2009 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2012 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2015 Top Listing Agent - Wellesley Office

2017 Top Listing Agent - Wellesley Office

2017 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2018 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2020 Top Associate Closed Units - Wellesley Office

2021 Top Producing Associate - Wellesley Office

Professional Association

National Association of Realtors

Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Greater Boston Real Estate Board

Education

MIT Sloan School - MS Management

Columbia University - BA Political Science

Professional Specialty

Property Valuation Specialist

First time homebuyers

Investment property evaluation

Community Involvement

Columbia University Club of New England

Volunteer - Newton Public Library tutoring English

Community service volunteer

Resident of Historic Chestnut Hill

Bilingual Talents

Conversational Spanish

Personal

My real estate practice focuses on matching my clients current living needs with available properties. These properties may either be actively listed on the market or those I know have an interest in selling. For sellers, I help many of my clients downsize from larger homes to ones that more adequately fit their needs. For buyers, I help my clients not to over buy or over invest in properties. This helps my clients in three ways: 1. Economically: By accurately matching their needs with available properties, my clients lower their utility, insurance, and tax expenses. 2. Environmentally: Decreasing utility expenses for my clients benefits the environment by saving fuel used to heat or cool empty rooms. 3. Personally: Homes that do not fit a client's current living needs are hard and cumbersome to manage. They demand time and attention that could be spent building relationships with others, pursuing a hobby of interest, or working in more fulfilling and rewarding activities.

Experience

During the past 17 years, I have worked with close to 300 clients assisting them with their real estate needs: selling, buying, and investing. By focusing on the "client" and not the "transaction", I have been able to serve my clients most effectively and diligently. I am a perpetual student of the real estate business. My recently published book is a compendium of my learnings to date. I enjoy what I do and I enjoy helping other people.

Areas Covered

Greater Boston and outlying suburbs

Niche Marketing

Home owners looking to downsize.

Estate sales of properties.

Investors looking for multifamily properties.

First time home buyers or home owners looking to trade up.