Meet Augusto Neno, Jr.
One of the first things you’ll marvel at when you meet Augie Neno is how someone as busy as he is finds the time to so effectively communicate with his clients. It’s something that has taken him more than 30 years to master, but master it he has.
Augie is a local guy who was born and raised in Kearny, New Jersey. Augie graduated from Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Maybe he’s genetically predisposed
One thing you should know about Augie is that real estate is in his blood – his first mentor, his dad, opened his Rosa Agency in 1985. “I remember as a child going to work him, taking photos of homes, showing homes and helping out at open houses,” Augie recalls.
“I always wanted to work alongside my father,” he continues. “It seemed like he knew everyone and everyone was so kind to him.” Augie lost his father, Augusto Neno Sr in 1994 after a 3 year battle with cancer, but carries on his legacy in real estate.
This year we celebrate 50 successful years in real estate! Rosa Agency was founded July 4, 1976 in a converted 2 car garage in the Ironbound section of Newark. The Rosa Agency brand is recognized all over Northern New Jersey because of our award winning Realtors who consistently rank as top agents. Our Realtors pride themselves as professionals and down to earth hardworking agents who know and live in the community.
Early Days
Augie got his real estate sales license the year after his father passed away, while attending college at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, NJ. He began putting that license to work while still a junior, despite fears that potential clients wouldn’t take him seriously because of his tender, young age.
“I graduated from college in four years with two goals,” he says. “Goal number one was to learn as much as I could possibly learn about real estate, as quickly as possible. I felt that I had to prove my worth every day so that people would look past the fact that I looked like a kid,” Augie continues.
After lots of hard work and long hours, Augie Neno became an expert in all things real estate, from financing to development and even construction. Goal Number One: Accomplished.
Oh – that second goal? Augie was determined to purchase his first home before he turned 21 years old. Goal Number Two: Accomplished.
Three decades of learning
“During the past 30 years in real estate, I have learned that this is a people business,” Augie remarks. ‘Technology has taken us so far over the past 30 years, but the basic thread in everything we do is relationships. We, as agents, work hard every day to prove ourselves, build relationships and improve the quality of life for all our clients,” he says. We are actively recruiting new and seasoned agents to help grow our team and footprint in New Jersey. "I find that new and seasoned agents need a Broker/Owner who is involved in the day to day operations because there is always on the job training, questions and business development that needs to get done" says Augie.
That in no way means Augie eschews technology. In fact, he uses social media to promote his business, google advertising, digital professional photography, drones, professional video conferencing, video messaging, building websites for featured listings and state-of-the-art transaction management systems in his business.
So, how’s that working for him? Over the past 30 years Neno-Rosa Agency has closed over 2500 sales transactions totaling over $1 Billion in sales. That is production from 1 real estate office!
This year will be more of the same in New Jersey real estate. Inventory of homes for sale will remain low, great homes will receive multiple offers, buyers will finally be able to secure mortgage loans for under 6.25% and in some communities the rates will be 5.375%.
Always reluctant to talk about himself, Augie gives most of the credit for this success to his team. “I have a fantastic team of Realtors who work hard every day to earn the confidence of their clients, keep up with what is happening in their community, improve themselves with continued education classes, work long hours to support their families and still find time to give back to the community,” he said.
Augie Neno is the Owner/Broker at the Neno-Rosa Agency. He actively lists and sells property, recruits and trains new agents, develops and invests in real estate and performs property management for himself and a select number of clients.