Personal Information
I was raised in the Westerleigh and Willowbrook neighborhoods on Staten Island. Some folks called this area Meiers Corner. I attended Saint Rita's Elementary School and the Catholic nuns trained us to carefully attend to detail and communicate clearly.
I am the fourth of five siblings. My father Michael J. Lenza, Sr. (Rest in peace) was a customs home builder on Staten Island. Me and my three brothers were his 'crew' so my Dad's cheapest pool of labor slept under the same roof. I attended Susan E. Wagner High School, walking two miles uphill both ways. I graduated in 1980. I married my high school sweetheart. We have three children. I enjoy physical fitness, reading, writing and motorcycling. I am an active volunteer in the Colts Neck school district, the Colts Neck Lions Club (http://home.att.net/~cnlions/) and other charitable causes, including childrens' disorders and anxiety and depression. I received the 2004 Humantarian of the Year Award from the Freedon From Fear organization on Staten Island, New York. I served on the Board of Freedom From Fear for many years: http://www.freedomfromfear.org/
Relevant Experience
I earned a B.A. English from Saint Peter's College, a Masters in English from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. I spent 14 years on Wall Street as the Chief Operating Officer of the Troster Singer NASDAQ Market-making division of Spear, Leeds and Kellogg (SLK). I left SLK as a Managing Director/Partner in 1999. I have 20 years of relevant business experience.
I use my negotiating and analytical skills everyday as Broker/Owner of my company. I am also a professional real estate investor in both the commercial and residential sectors. I have the Realtor accreditations of Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI) and Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR). This year I earned my N.J. Real Estate Instructor license; there are fewer than 400 Realtors state-wide with this license.
I fill many roles. Student. Instructor. Broker. Realtor. Investor. Father. Community Member. Call me for your Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean County real estate needs. You will not be disappointed!
Type of Transaction Services We Offer
Residential Sales
Residential Investments (i.e. rental, income-producing properties)
Condos and Townhomes (primary residences or investments)
Commercial (Medical, Professional Office, Light Industrial, Mixed-Use, Retail)
Vacation and Seashore Homes (Bay Head, Point Pleasant, Mantoloking, Lavallette, Brick, Normandy Beach, Chadwick, Seaside)
Raw land, farm land, sub-divisions, commercially-zoned land
Education and Accreditations
B.A. English, Saint Peter's College (1984)
M.A. English, Bowling Green State University (1986)
MBA Finance, Fordham University (1994)
Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)
Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI)
Licensed New Jersey Real Estate Broker
Licensed New Jersey Real Estate Instructor
Award-winning Dale Carnegie Public Speaker
With an advanced degree in English & Writing and an MBA in Finance I am most proud of the detailed, comprehensive Broker Price Opinions (BPO) for commercial-residential REO real estate and Comparable Market Analyses (CMA's) for residential that I produce.
I back up my real estate guidance with relevant closed sales data, tax information, town and school demographics. And I provide my findings in clear, well-written formats so the novice buyer, seller and investor can appreciate. That is a critical function of my position: To synthesize highly complex pieces of data and simplify its form so the non-real estate professional can arrive at meaning.
Will this house be a solid investment for me and my family? Sophisticated clients want sophisticated service and representatives to work in their best interest. And that's what I do. I work for you. I place your interests before my own. And I am highly successful with my approach.
My coverage area includes all the towns of Monmouth County:
Aberdeen, Allenhurst, Allentown, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Brielle, Colts Neck, Deal, Eatontown, Englishtown, Fair Haven, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Hazlet, Holmdel, Highlands, Howell, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Lakewood, Little Silver, Loch Harbor, Long Branch, Manalapan, Manasquan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown, Millstone, Monmouth Beach, Neptune City, Neptune Township, Oceanport, Ocean Township, Red Bank, Roosevelt, Rumson, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury Borough, Shrewsbury Township, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Tinton Falls, Union Beach, Upper Freehold, Wall, West Long Branch