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Arlene Gonnella Top real estate agent in Short Hills

Arlene Gonnella

Weichert Realtors
41 Years of Experience
$162M
Total Sales Last Year
41
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About Arlene Gonnella

#1 Agent in Short Hills for 13 Yrs! (35 years experience) Specialties: Buyer's Agent, Listing Agent, Relocation, Property Management, Staging Arlene will be your best advocate. She is a great negotiator, will spend your time wisely, knows the market, and always works to protect your interests. Whether you are buying your first home or selling your home of 20 years, Arlene will be your trusted advisor. Arlene has sold over 1 billion dollars worth of real estate in Short Hills-Millburn. Arlene has received many industry accolades. Ranked #1 Agent in Millburn/Short Hills market for 11 years, including 2016 by GSMLS. #1 Agent in the National Company of Weichert, Realtors for 10 years-- meaning she is #1 out of approximately 18,000 agents! Arlene's 30 years of experience and expertise is simply unmatched. You can reach Arlene on her cell phone 201-306-1357 or email her at [email protected]. Professional Credentials: - #1 Agent in Short Hills-Millburn for 11 years, including 2016! - #1 Agent in Essex County for 7 years, including 2016! - #1 Agent Nationally for Wiechert Realtors for 11 years, including 2016! - Sold in excess of $1,150,000,000 consisting of over 1,000 homes. - Named Top 100 Real Estate Agent in USA by the Wall Street Journal in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Areas of Expertise: - Residential Listing/Sales Marketing Specialist - Buyer's Specialist - Rental and management of properties for transferees - Leadership in technology integration and local advertising and marketing strategies - Specializing in Essex, Morris and Union Counties Education and Personal Background: - Vassar College, 1978 (graduated in 3 years) - Short Hills resident since 1984 - Arlene worked at Bankers Trust & Merrill Lynch before becoming a realtor. Mother of 5- all children attended Millburn schools- Trish works for the Gonnella Team, and formerly worked for Disney in LA & has her Masters in Film Production from USC the Peter Stark Program. She graduated from Vassar College in 2003, where she met her husband, Greg Russo, who is a screenwriter in LA. The two of them have an adorable 7 month old son named Grayson! Lauren was an 8th grade English teacher in the NYC Public School System in the Bronx with a Master's in Adolescent Education. She graduated from Middlebury College in 2005, where she met her husband, Brian Erb who is a teacher at Chatham High School in New Jersey. They have 3 amazing daughters and live in Summit! Tommy graduated from Amherst College in 2006; he and his wife, Lisa, and 2 year old daughter, Lana, live in Brooklyn Heights! Chris graduated from Colgate University in 2010, Fordham Law School in 2015 and lives with his wife Lindsey in Brooklyn Heights. Chris work for Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Bryan graduated from Washington University in Saint Louis, and works as a Trader for Guggenheim. - Arlene believes in giving back to the our community. She support the following organizations: Robin Hood Foundation, AJC, Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills, Jake's Ride, Valerie Fund, Junior League of Oranges and Short Hills, Cancer Care, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Papermill Playhouse, Millburn Sports Activity Foundation, Millburn Film Festival, Down the Block, Carolyn Doorman Dance Company, & Millburn/Short Hills First Aid Squad. My Business Philosophy: I want to give you the best service and best result! I will treat you how you want to be treated! I am dedicated to the utmost of superior quality in service and marketing residential properties in all price ranges including continued consultant/management advice for long term client relationships. #1 Agent in the Millburn/Short Hills Market for 11 years including 2016! #1 Agent in the Essex County Market for 7 years including 2016! #1 Agent for Weichert Realtors nationally for 11 years including 2016!
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  • Sellers
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  • Residential Property

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Arlene Gonnella's Reviews & Ratings

137 Reviews
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What clients say about this agent....
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  • Hard working
  • Trustworthy
  • Outstanding
  • Attentive
  • Excellent negotiator
  • Available Remotely

Elena Wang

Review for Member: Elena Wang
October 24, 2022
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Arlene and her team are probably the most knowledgeable realtors in the Summit/Short Hills market with long earned reputation of local market experience, and equally if not more important, highest level of professionism and integrity! We had to move out of town and rent our house out, and Arlene was the first to come up in our mind. That turned out to be the best decision we had made despite we were late in the season. Her speed of response, deep knowledge of local market were beyond impressive. She worked on our listing right away with beautiful professional pictures / virtual staging ready within a matter of a weekend. We were able to get our house listed on Monday and the contract signed within the same week! Not to mention that she helped us get the best price from well qualified tenants who treated your beautiful home with care. What goes beyond the transaction itself was her kindness as a truly amazing neighbor and friend - she offered to help us handle small issues should those arise with our tenant and recently when our tenant told us she was unable to turn on the fireplace, Arlene and her husband were so kind dropped by quickly to help our tenant!We were so lucky to work with Arlene and have her as a great friend and neighbor. We have expereinces working with different realtors buying / selling / renting properties in the past many years, but I can confidently say without any hesitation Arlene is by far the best! We would highly recommend her!

Kenmounger

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October 7, 2022
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Arlenes marketing skills rival the best magazine presentations in the industry! She just has a keen eye for details and knows how to focus on the best selling attributes of the home. She acts with a sense of urgency and resolves matters timely to keep the sales process moving forward. She is results oriented; we received multiple offers above asking price.

Rikwei

Review for Member: Rikwei
September 28, 2022
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Arlene helped us sell our house and buy a new home. During the sale process, she has shown her excellent expertise in explaining the details to us, coming up right strategy to sell, and suggesting good decisions. What impressed us most is that she is willing to get hands dirty, taking over most of the hard work. She put together a team to present us high quality staging, photos, brochure and website. The whole process went really smooth, and we were very happy about the timing and service she provided.She has deep knowledge of houses in Short Hills and nearby towns. She works tirelessly on our new house search. She is able to understand our needs quickly and always presented us right houses for a tour.Highly recommend Arlene and her team if you are buying or selling houses.

User2260852

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September 28, 2022
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Arlene is a rock-star when it comes to Short Hills/Millburn area. We had a great time working with her and she helped us get our home in Short Hills. She knows Millburn very well and have established long standing relationships in this area. All the way from looking for houses, to offer to closing, she was great support and was very responsive to all our demands, We could reach her for small and big questions regarding the process, she has great contacts for all 3rd parties u need along the way be it lawyer, financiers, contractors, inspectors. We started the process not knowing many people in area but it all went smoothly with Arlene's help. Even after we closed and moved in, she continued supporting us with queries and this was an amazing gesture and timely help as we settled in. I strongly recommend Arlene as she is a great person to work with. Thanks Arlene and Good Luck in house hunting to buyers.

Ashley Biesterfeld

Review for Member: Ashley Biesterfeld
September 19, 2022
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Arlene was absolutely amazing. My family was looking for a new build at a stage where it was still early enough to customize - a hard find as usually these are still off-market or unavailable entirely. In one afternoon Arlene was able to show us sites or plans with 5 different builders all in our desired town. She helped facilitate a pre-planning meeting with the builder to ensure we were all on the same page of customization before we got into contract. She even went above and beyond and brought toys and doughnuts to the meeting to occupy our small children (ages 3 & 8 months at the time) who we had in tow that day!

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2 Bishops Lane Short Hills, NJ, 07078

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