Ari Lopez
Residential real estate · New York
Tell me what you want. I’ll do the work — and hand you the decision, not the homework.
The standard
You make the decisions. We do the rest.
Buying or selling in New York can feel like a second job — the searching, the scheduling, the paperwork, the chasing. It shouldn’t be yours.
Our work is to take all of it off your plate. You see clear choices, honestly framed. Everything that produces them — and everything that follows — is handled.
The legwork
Sourcing, vetting, previewing, scheduling. You're shown only what deserves your time — never an endless feed to sort through.You see only what's worth your time.
The process
Attorneys, lenders, boards, paperwork, deadlines — coordinated end to end, with one person accountable for all of it.Attorneys, boards, paperwork — handled.
The decisions
Those stay yours. Each one arrives with a straight answer: what it's worth, what it will take, and whether it's worth doing.Yours, with a straight answer every time.
Buying
You describe it.
We find it.
Neighborhoods, size, budget, and the one thing you won’t compromise on. We come back with what’s listed, what’s quietly available, and what’s worth a visit — each one read closely before it ever reaches you.Tell us the neighborhood, size, and budget. We come back with what’s worth seeing.
Then we stay on it: the offer, the negotiation, the board, the closing. One person, accountable for the whole file, from the first showing to the keys.
- A shortlist, not a firehose of listings
- Off-market and pre-market homes through owner outreach
- Building, board, and financial due diligence before you offer
- Negotiation through to closing
Discretion
Your search stays private. Off-market approaches are made without your name, and the market learns nothing until you want it to.Your search stays private.
Experience & expertise
Buildings, boards, and pricing, read with a professional eye — so every decision you make rests on more than a listing page.Every building read before you commit.
Service
Showings on your schedule, straight answers on every home, and a single point of contact who handles the details end to end.One person, end to end.
Selling
What it’s worth.
Who’s buying.
We price your home from recorded sales, not asking prices, tell you who’s buying in your building and your block, and sell it with as much or as little exposure as you want.Priced from closed sales. Sold with as much or as little exposure as you want.
Before anything goes public, the home is prepared, photographed, and positioned to one standard — then launched as an event, not a listing. You get honest feedback after every showing and a clear read of your net proceeds from day one.
- A valuation built on closed sales and ownership data
- Buyer outreach before the listing goes live
- Full marketing campaign or a quiet, off-market sale
- Negotiation through to closing
Discretion
Sell as publicly or as privately as you choose — from a full campaign to a quiet sale shown only to buyers we approach.A full campaign, or a quiet sale.
Experience & expertise
Pricing from closed sales, vetted buyers, and negotiation across every term — price, timing, and certainty of closing.Vetted buyers, negotiated terms.
Service
Preparation, staging, showings, and follow-up handled entirely for you, with transparent updates at every step.Prep to closing, handled.
The advisor
Ari Lopez
Ari Lopez advises buyers and sellers of residential property across New York City, under the license of Douglas Elliman Real Estate — from first apartments to trophy homes.
The practice was built on a simple observation: most of what decides a transaction happens before it. So the work starts early — ownership research, building fundamentals, direct outreach to owners and buyers who aren’t on the market — and it is done personally. You hire Ari; you work with Ari.
Clients come for different reasons — a first purchase, a quiet sale, a building they’ve watched for years — and stay for the same one: a straight answer. What it’s worth, what it will take, and whether it’s worth doing at all.
Discretion is the standard, not a service tier: your name stays off anything it doesn’t need to be on. And behind the practice stands Douglas Elliman’s reach, in New York and around the world, for the moments a transaction needs more than one pair of hands.
Salesperson, New York
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Tell me what you’re after.
I read every message myself and reply the same day. We talk for fifteen minutes, and if it makes sense, I start the research.Every message reaches Ari directly. Replies the same day.