Last week, The Jills presented in front of 100 attendees at a trade meeting. In a fast paced one and one half hours, The Jills shared excellent information to help their peers effectively service high end customers. They shared the importance of stellar marketing in order to fully expose properties to the highest volume of potential buyers. They showed a great deal of respect towards their customers and clients and answered all questions presented by those who attended. The Jills shared stories of their early years in the business and when asked what makes them successful...in harmony, their response was "hard work!" They shared a typical day which began extremely early and ran late into the evening with showings, calling clients, meeting prospective sellers, holding broker opens, handling emails, calls, texts and social media and pretty much their day did not end until all their customers and clients were taken care of. It was an extremely informative session and very refreshing to have experienced professionals take the time to share information with their peers/competitors in an effort to make the real estate industry and all its players better. read more

I love looking at real estate online and the jills always have the best properties, pictures and videos. They sell all of the celebrity homes! read more

These brokers deserve 0 stars! Don't be fooled by appearances. I listed my apartment for sale with Danny Hertzberg in May of 2016. He is polite but was unable to get one offer in almost a year. I also listed it for rent with another broker, John Jacobs at Citi Realty at the same time. In March of 2017 John was able to rent it for a year to a client who paid up front. This client expressed interest to possibly buy the unit. As my listing agreement with the jills was coming to an end Danny had me sign a temp off market agreement. This was for the purpose of not showing while there was a tenant. Seemed lazy but since there were only 2 months left on the listing i agreed. In December 2017 the tenant bought the apartment . The brokers from the rental deal have a clause which states if renter buys, those agents get the commission. In January of 2018 I called Danny to let him know that the apartment was selling. I did this since I was shopping for a house with him. His response "ok no problem. please connect me with continuum closing agent(title company). As of right now Coldwell Banker and you are on the hook to guarantee 3 percent to buyer agent. we need to make sure commission agreement in place and brokers sign off on reduced commissions including my broker. Simple one page agreement signed by all 3 brokers. At first glance I thought he was worried about the rental/sales brokers getting paid twice. Once I spoke to him it was clear he was concerned about himself. My response was that the listing expired in may of 2017. He then had his secretary send me a copy of the temp off market agreement which was actually an extension of the listing agreement for an additional 365 days from when the tenants lease expired. As we were close to closing on the apartment Coldwell Banker (this is who the jills work for) had their attorney file a lien on the property for 200,000. This also came as a surprise. Standard Florida listing agreements do not allow for liens on residential property. When I signed the listing agreement it was represented as standard. The jills had this apartment priced at 3.4 million. The tenant paid 3.550. There are much better brokers in Miami Beach. It will be worth your time to find them. The jills want to have you sell low and buy close to ask. If you read the few reviews that are here there are two more with similar experiences. There is a story in the Real Deal where another broker accuses the jills of manipulating data on the mls. Don't buy into the idea that the jills have some magic client list. With realtor.com we all have access to the same info. Miami Beach is a great place; your housing experience should be the same. read more

I recently used The Jills to sell my home in Miami-Dade County. I had heard very good things about them prior to engaging them to handle the listing. They are a very high profile Miami-based real estate agency, having boasted about several high profile clients using them, etc. My experience with them was a bit of a mixed bag. While I think they have a reasonably professional approach to the business, I don't think they are terribly effective at finding buyers (or at least weren't for my property) and believe some of their business practices leave a lot to be desired. With respect to finding buyers, they did show the property several times to qualified buyers. The prospective purchasers however were not customers of The Jills, but rather came from other agents who saw and viewed the property via MLS. One of the reasons I hired The Jills was I thought that in difficult economic times, having a powerful marketing agent who has a wealth of clients and prospective buyers would be important, but in the end all of the interest came from outside of The Jills, so I cannot conclude they generated buyers. My biggest complaint with this firm relates to their business practices, specifically I believe they handled a commission dispute in a highly unethical manner. Here's what happened: when a pre-existing tenant moved out, The Jills assisted me in bringing in a new tenant. They didn't actually find the new tenant, but rather the new tenant was aware that the property might be for rent and contacted my agent directly. The new tenant signed a lease and The Jills were paid a commission for handling the rental, and continued to market the property for sale on my behalf. A handful of months into the new tenant's lease, the tenant decided to purchase the unit. This generated a substantial commission for The Jills, as is typical with real estate transactions handled by brokers. What The Jills chose not to do however, was to credit back to me the unearned portion of the rental commission that they were paid at the outset of the new tenant's lease just a few months after the tenant moved in. Now while there was no contractual agreement specifically addressing this issue, my research into this discovered that it is very common business practice in both residential and commercial real estate to credit back to the owner any paid but unearned commissions when a tenant decides to purchase the unit. As the closing date of the sale approached, I raised the issue with The Jills several times in a very respectful, professional manner and described the practice as unethical, uncommon and frankly a bit greedy, their response was firm - they do not feel they owed me a thing despite the common practice that exists in the industry. They are guilty of 'double-dipping' - ie - being paid twice when in fact they should've been paid once. In fact in a previous rental agreement for the same property using two different Miami brokers, both agents pro-actively included language in the rental agreement that stated if the tenant were to buy the property, i would be credited back with these unearned fees. So The Jills decision to not engage in the same practice was surprising and needless to say disappointing. Ironically enough despite an excellent relationship and rapport with the agent from The Jills who handled the transaction, this agent has not communicated with me once since the closing of the transaction - no phone call to say thank you, I enjoyed working with you, no email, absolutely nothing which is also surprising, arrogant and unprofessional. So to conclude, my experience with The Jills was a mixed bag, and I would not recommend others use them for buying and selling Miami real estate due to this unethical business practice and lack of professionalism. In particular if you do use them to sell your property and they also are paid for a rental as well, make sure you put in writing that you will receive a credit for the unearned portion of the rental commission. read more

The Jills are second to none when it comes to buying or selling luxury real estate in Miami. Professional, serious and a delight to work with, these ladies get the job done. Drive around any nice neighborhood in Miami Beach and you will see their signs everywhere! read more

Hillary at The Jills helped me find my Miami Beach apartment. She was extremely attentive, helpful and professional and helped me find the absolute best apartment with all of the qualities I was looking for, within my budget. I would highly recommend engaging Hillary to help you find your next dream home! read more

We used the Jills to buy and sell and a home in Miami Beach. They are the best! Jill Eber knows the area intimately and found us a gem of a home. She is incredibly hard working and very dedicated. When we sold the house, she brought in several buyers and her team worked hard to market the property. Our home sold in less than a month. Jill was amazing in representing us, as a seller. read more