Michael Albano

Michael founded Metropolitan Boston Real Estate in 2005, committed to bringing a new vision of customer service and innovative technology to the independent real estate agency. He originally entered the real estate arena in 1990 -- a year many regard as the bottom of the crash which took place in the Boston real estate market in the late 1980's. He has since become one of the most seasoned and successful real estate professionals in the Boston area, and led Group Boston Real Estate's evolution and rise as one of the area's best independent real estate companies. In 1994, Michael took a seven-year hiatus from real estate to resume his advertising career, first by taking charge of Business Development for Boston area ad agency, Hawley & Armian. After building the firm's size and reputation, in 1997, Michael moved to Moscow to work for Friedman & Rose, a Boston-based agency, which had established itself early in the emerging Russian advertising market and continues to be one of the leadin