Long Island.More than a move.It's your next chapter.
Honest pricing, marketing that actually gets seen, and two people who pick up the phone well into the evening.
Montauk to Manhattanand everywhere in between
Deer Park High, class of '86Meet
A builder and a hairdresserwalk into a house…
Mark spent 30 years building homes, so he sees the roof, the boiler and the bones before anyone else does. Gina spent 22 years doing hair in Southampton, so she has had a lot of practice listening. We both walk every house, and we tell you the truth, even when it isn't what you hoped to hear.
- 30 years building homes
- 22 years behind the chair
- 2 of us on every house
Proven. Trusted. Results.
- about150
- homes closed
- 61
- towns where we've sold
- 7
- years selling Long Island
- 6
- straight years of national awards
- Twice#2 Small TeamIn New York State
- 2024 · 2026Chairman's CircleGold, twice
- 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2025President's CircleFour years
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices national awards
Rooted in Huntington.Connected across Long Island.
61 towns where we've sold, from Queens to the East End
Every pin is a town where we've sold a home. Tap one.
The Full Exposure Marketing Method
We don't just list your home.We launch it.
Everything is planned to go out together, so the right buyers see your home at its best in its first week, the week that often sets the price.
- Professional photos & video
- Matterport 3D tour
- Zillow Showcase
- Coming Soon push on social
- Custom brochure & property website
- YouTube video tour
- Just Listed postcards
Recently sold
Every home gets its own film.Here are the last six.
Real homes. Real marketing. Real results. Press play.
267 N Wellwood AveLindenhurst · 2026Sold for $715,000, over asking, in 12 days
27 Eagle CircleBohemia · 2025Sold for $660,000
1222 Saxon AveBay Shore · 2025Sold for $760,000, $60,000 over asking, in 17 days
7 Burrwood CtEast Northport · 2025Sold for $1,400,000, over asking, in 11 days
3664 Carrel BlvdOceanside · 2024Sold for $880,000 in 11 days
159 Church RdGreat River · 2024Sold for $1,165,000
Why this works
Marketing is the partmost agents skip
Listing a home puts it on the MLS and waits for someone else to bring a buyer. That is where most of the business stops. The homes that sell for more are the ones that get shown to the right people, in the right places, before the sign ever goes up.
Our listings
Homes we're sellingright now.
How buyers actually find you
Relevancy, recency,proximity
Three things decide whether marketing reaches the person who is actually ready to move. Every page on this site is built to hit all three at once, which is why there is a page for each neighborhood and each situation instead of one page trying to cover everything.
- Relevancy
- Written for one situation at a time. A first-time buyer and someone settling a parent's estate are not the same person and should not read the same page.
- Recency
- Kept current. Market conditions from eighteen months ago are not information, they are decoration.
- Proximity
- Specific to the street, not the county. Town of Huntington, Huntington, Huntington Station, South Huntington and the neighborhoods inside them.
Position. Impact. Conversion.
The E.P.I.C.framework
Four pillars on every home we take. Not a checklist of things agents are supposed to do, an argument for why your home ends up being the obvious choice on the market.
Equity
Not a CMA. Where you actually stand in the data market, the negotiation market, and the buyer's mind, so you are leading the market instead of reacting to it.
Presentation
Perception creates value, so we control the narrative. Photography, video and copy engineered before anything goes public, for a buyer deciding with their thumb.
Impact
We do not just market, we dominate. Targeted campaigns that put your home in front of thousands who were not searching yet, instead of hoping the MLS does the work.
Campaign
We don't just list a home, we launch it. Pre-launch buzz, a timed calendar, and offer sequencing, because the first week is the week you never get back.
Presentation
Every home deservesto be seen like this.
How a house looks online decides who walks through the door. Every listing gets professional photos, video and a 3D tour, and before the photographer comes we walk through what to fix, what to clear out and what to feature.
Rooms from homes we've listed.
Buying instead?
The R.E.A.L.framework
Most agents start by showing you houses. We start by getting you ready to win one, because the buyer who gets the good house is almost never the one who saw it first.
Ready
Pre-approved and represented before we tour anything, so you can act the day the right one appears instead of scrambling.
Educated
What your money actually buys here, honestly, before you fall in love with something out of range.
Aligned
Fewer homes, and better ones. We build the search on your real criteria and give you an honest verdict on each one.
Locked
Offer strategy, inspections, financing and closing, run so the ending is boring.
The situation you are actually in
Different circumstances,different plans
The fundamentals do not change. The sequence, the timing and how much coordination it takes change completely. Start where you actually are.
01 / SELLING YOUR HOME
The Full Exposure Marketing Method: every channel launched together, approved by you first
The Full Exposure Marketing Method: every channel launched together, approved by you first.
02 / DOWNSIZING
Moving to less house without the stress, with the sale and your next home sequenced together
Moving to less house without the stress, with the sale and your next home sequenced together.
03 / SELLING A HOME DURING DIVORCE
A calm, neutral sale when two people have to agree, with clear communication to both
A calm, neutral sale when two people have to agree, with clear communication to both.
04 / PROBATE AND ESTATE SALES
Help for executors and families selling an inherited home, at a pace that respects the moment
Help for executors and families selling an inherited home, at a pace that respects the moment.
05 / MIXED-USE PROPERTY
Buying or selling a property with both commercial and residential space, from storefront-and-apartment to small buildings
Buying or selling a property with both commercial and residential space, from storefront-and-apartment to small buildings.
06 / RENTALS FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
Finding the right tenant for landlords, and the right rental for tenants, with screening done properly
Finding the right tenant for landlords, and the right rental for tenants, with screening done properly.
07 / WHAT YOUR HOME IS WORTH
A real number from people who walk your house, not an algorithm guessing from the street
A real number from people who walk your house, not an algorithm guessing from the street.
08 / BUYING A HOME
A real plan before the first showing, so you stop losing out and start winning the right house
A real plan before the first showing, so you stop losing out and start winning the right house.
42 areas. 15 situations. Two people who have done all of it before.
Where we work
Town guides,from people who live here.
We sell all over Long Island and Queens. These are the towns we write about in the most detail. See every town we've sold in.
From the blog
Local marketinsight
2026-10-16 · 7 min read
Is Selling Your Home Yourself Actually Cheaper Than Hiring an Agent on Long Island?
Selling your home yourself on Long Island saves the listing commission. Whether it leaves you with more money depends on the price, the costs you still carry, and what goes wrong.
2026-09-13 · 6 min read
How Do You Avoid Surprises Buying or Selling a Home on Long Island?
Most surprises in a Long Island real estate deal don't come from bad luck. They come from an unvetted person somewhere in the deal. Here's how to catch it early.
2026-09-13 · 7 min read
How Do You Find a Real Estate Agent on Long Island Who Actually Answers the Phone?
The fastest way to find out if a Long Island agent will answer the phone after you hire them is to test it before you do. Here's how.
2025-11-08 · 2 min read
Moving Made Simple
Maybe it's a new job three states away, or you're coming to Long Island for the first time. Either way, one team handles the house you're leaving and the one you're going to.
2025-11-08 · 2 min read
Why Every Home Has a Story, and How We Tell Yours
Every house has a story, and most listings flatten it into one line. Here's how we market the feeling right alongside the facts.
2025-11-08 · 2 min read
The 5 Secrets to Selling Your Home for Top Dollar on Long Island
Most sellers start in the same place, scrolling Zillow at night and wondering what theirs would bring. Here's what we've learned actually moves the number.
Who we are
We are Mark Vogler and Gina DeMaio, Long Island real estate agents with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Realty, working out of 315 Main Street in Huntington. We have been selling homes for seven years and have closed about 150 of them, but the part people remember is how we got into this.
Mark spent 30 years in construction and homebuilding before real estate. When we walk a house, Mark sees the roof, the windows, the mechanicals and the addition somebody put on in the eighties, and he can tell you what a buyer's inspector is going to circle. Gina spent 22 years as a hairdresser, which is a long time to learn how to listen to people and how a room should feel. We both grew up in Deer Park, raised our kids there, and now live in Huntington Village. Long Island is not a market we study from a desk. It is home. Get to know us on our team page.
Areas we serve across Long Island
We work across Suffolk County, Nassau County and Queens, with most of our days spent on the North Shore and the middle of Suffolk. Our home base is the Town of Huntington, including Huntington Village and Northport. We know the Town of Babylon by heart, and Deer Park most of all, because we grew up there.
We also sell in the Town of Smithtown, the Town of Islip, the Town of Brookhaven, the Town of Oyster Bay and the Town of Hempstead. Every town, village and hamlet we cover is on our Long Island areas page. For Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx, we refer you to partner offices who work those boroughs every day, because you deserve someone who knows the block.
How we market and price Long Island homes
Most agents walk into a listing appointment with a price. We walk in with a builder. The two of us walk the house together before we name a number, and you see our price, your number, and exactly how we got there, side by side, before you sign anything. Our comparable sales come from the same town, the same school district and the same style of house, sold in the last three to six months, because those are the rules an appraiser will use. You can read the whole pricing approach under Equity, or ask for a home valuation to start.
Once the price is right, your home launches with the Full Exposure Marketing Method: professional photos and video, a Matterport 3D tour, Zillow Showcase, a property website, a printed brochure, a YouTube tour and paid targeted ads, all going out together with a Coming Soon push instead of trickling out over weeks. The full launch plan lives in our campaign step. And through System 31, if there is no accepted offer in 30 days, we sit back down with you on day 31 and adjust the plan together.
How we help buyers stop losing bids
Buyers come to us after hearing "you were close" one too many times. Losing a house you loved is exhausting, and on Long Island it usually comes down to strategy, not luck. Our Plan of Attack System starts with a real consultation before any showing, gets your pre-approval sorted first, and builds the search around what you actually want rather than everything on the market. You leave with a buyer's guide book and a plan for how your offer will be written when the right house shows up.
We also give you two or three vetted lenders, attorneys and inspectors to choose from, never just one name. If this is your first purchase, start with our first-time buyer guide. Trading up out of a starter home? Our move-up buyer page covers buying and selling at the same time. The buying steps are laid out on how we help you buy.
What our clients say
The kindest thing a client can tell us is that it was less stressful than they expected. That is the goal on every deal. Here is how a couple of recent clients put it, in their own words.
"Gina sent us multiple properties and was extremely receptive towards our 'Wish List'." A.B., Kings Park, first-time buyers
"The team took care of everything so we had no surprises and no problems or delays with our sale." P.P.
Inside Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices we have earned Chairman's Circle and President's Circle, and we have twice been named a top small team in New York State in the company's internal rankings. We are Luxury Certified and Relocation Certified, which matters when a move crosses state lines or the price climbs past $1 million.
Start here, buyer or seller
If you are thinking about selling, tell us about your house and we will come walk it with you, then show you a price range and how we reached it. If you are buying, we will set up a consultation before a single showing. Either way, the first conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.
Call or text us at (631) 796-1443, or send a note through our contact page. We answer the phone well into the evening. Not at 2am, we sleep occasionally like everyone else, but long after most agents have called it a night. Ready to look around first? See selling with us or buying with us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What parts of Long Island do you cover?
We work across Suffolk County, Nassau County and Queens, with most of our listings and buyers in the Towns of Huntington, Babylon, Smithtown, Islip and Brookhaven. Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx we refer to partner offices who work there every day.
Will you tell me what my house is worth before I sign?
Yes. We start with a range, we walk the house together, and then we show you our price next to the number you were hoping for, with the comparable sales behind it. You see all of that before any listing agreement.
We keep losing bids. What would you do differently?
We start with a consultation before any showing, get your pre-approval in order first, and build an offer strategy around the houses you actually want. Most lost bids come from offers written in a rush with no plan behind them.
How fast do you answer the phone?
Fast, and well into the evening. Clients tell us the last agent disappeared once they signed. We work the other way, and our sellers get a written update every week.