About

Real Estate Agent | REALTOR®

Mobile: 617.283.6003

Email: MelvinSellsRealEstate@gmail.com

Melvin was born and raised in Boston. He has been working as a full-time REALTOR since October 1989, and he was first licensed in the states of California & now Massachusetts. He has had the pleasure of working with such companies as the following:

  • RE/MAX Destiny / The Vieira Group – present
  • RE/MAX Landmark, Realtors
  • Century 21 Shawmut Properties (Boston, MA) as VP, Sales Manager
  • Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (Boston, MA)
  • The DeWolfe Companies (Boston, MA)
  • South Bay Brokers (Manhattan Beach, CA)
  • Century 21 Coast Properties (Hermosa Beach, CA)

Melvin is currently the Past President of the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Association – 2022.

  • Board of Directors for the National Association of Realtors – 2022
  • Board of Directors for Massachusetts Association of Realtors – Current
  • Board of Directors for the Greater Boston Association of Realtors – Current
  • Board of Directors for Youth Build Boston – Current

He was also recognized in the Who’s Who – Boston Agent Magazine in 2018 and 2019. Melvin is also a member of ULI (Urban Land Institute). He participates on the Real Estate Advisory Committee. Plus, he teaches Urban Planning to Master’s Degree, Undergraduates, and High school students via ULI.

He has many certifications in Real Estate, such as the following:

  • CNS (Certified Negotiation Specialist)
  • ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative)
  • NHS (New Home Specialist), and
  • ILHS (International Luxury Home Specialist)

He is also a member of the following:

  • NAR (National Association of Realtors)
  • MAR (Massachusetts Association of Realtors)
  • GBREB (The Greater Boston Real Estate Board)
  • GBAR (Greater Boston Association of Realtors), and
  • REBAC (Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council)

He has been working in the Greater Boston Area and suburbs since 1996 in such areas as property in Boston, Boston proper, Milton, Quincy, Dedham, Arlington, Cambridge, Brookline, Medford, Randolph, Weymouth, Stoughton, North Shore, Western Massachusetts, and many other areas.

He has also participated in various local organizations, such as the following:

  • Y.E.S Youth Enrichment Services (Board of Trustee)
  • Codman Square NDC (Board of Directors)
  • Urban Bankers (Board of Directors)
  • Boston Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. (Housing Committee)

He has been teaching first-time Homebuyer seminars for over 19 years. He is one of the instructors who teach at the following:

  • MAHA (Massachusetts Housing Alliance)
  • Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation (Roxbury, MA)
  • Neighbor Works Southern Mass (Quincy, MA)
  • WATCH CDC (Waltham, MA)
  • Urban Edge (Boston, MA), and
  • Boston Home Center (DND)(First Time Home Buyer Panel)

He educates them on what to look for when looking for a real estate agent to work with, what to look for when buying a house, and what the differences are between a condo, multi-family, and single-family. Plus, he talks to them about the first-time home buyer programs, including FHA, MFHA, VA, 203K, the One Program previously known as the soft second loan, and many more.

Melvin A Vieira Jr has been QUOTED IN:

    The Boston Globe | 2005

  • Realtors get their hands-on technology “Brokers learn to love the Web tools that give them an edge with buyers” – full-page article
    The Boston Globe | 2009

  • Developer’s easy-money pitch left a trail of ruin
  • Of 169 condos sold, most in Dorchester, more than half are now in foreclosure Double-digit drops in home sales, prices
  • Mass. market staggered through the first quarter of 2009 $8,000 tax credit has home buyers on fire
    The Boston Globe | 2010

  • Bidding spirals as deadline nears Market for single-family homes still slow in April
    Bay State Realtor Magazine | May – June 2011

  • Sales declined 28 percent in Mass How to Access Technology to get the biggest bang for your Buck
    The Boston Globe | 2013

  • Biggest Bang for your Buck Some people move in mysterious ways
    Patriot Ledger 08232013

  • People Move Single Family Home sale were way up in July
    Worchester Business Journal | 2016

  • Sales in NE were way up last month. First-time buyers to fuel 2016 housing market – “Fuel 2016 housing market”
  • 2013 to 2016 quoted in the RE/MAX Housing Market Outlook and Forecast.

If you are looking to Sell or Buy any Real Estate, Why call someone who has seen a Real Estate market like this? Call the person who has been in the business since 1989 and has the Experience, Melvin A Vieira Jr and the #1 Real Estate Company RE/MAX Destiny.

-A Step Above the Rest-