About Matt Quinn

Local Knowledge. Shore Results.

A Lifelong Ocean County Resident, Helping People Fall in Love with the Jersey Shore

I grew up here, in Ocean County, in the same towns I now help people move into. The one exception was college. I attended Monmouth University and lived in Long Branch and Elberon during those years, the only stretch of my life I haven't called Ocean County home. Every other chapter has been here.

I'm a father of three, and I coach and volunteer with local youth sports, the same leagues and fields a lot of my clients' kids end up playing on too. It's part of how I actually experience these towns, not just sell them.

That's the philosophy behind how I work. I'd rather tell you the truth about a town, what it's really like on a Tuesday in February and not just a Saturday in July, than sell you a postcard. If a town isn't the right fit for what you're looking for, I'll tell you that too, and point you toward one that actually is.

A Background Most Agents Don't Have

Before real estate, I spent years in public service and hands-on trade work that gave me a different vantage point on these towns and these homes than most agents ever get. I worked construction for three years, which means I can walk into a house and actually recognize what a renovation or update is going to cost, not just estimate it from a listing photo. I served with the Ocean Township (Waretown) Police Department from 2007 to 2011, and retired from law enforcement following my involvement in a critical incident. After that, I worked for two years as a health inspector for the Ocean County Health Department, covering the entire county rather than a single municipality. Since 2016, I've served as Manchester Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, and I hold certification as a Zoning Officer, which I maintain annually.

It means I've walked through more homes, more neighborhoods, and more towns in an official capacity than almost any agent you'll find here: inspecting them, enforcing code on them, reviewing zoning on them, building and repairing them, and responding to calls in them. It means I notice things and ask better questions than an agent without that background would, about where zoning tends to get enforced strictly, what health and safety issues tend to show up in older housing stock, and roughly what a renovation is likely to cost before a contractor ever gives you a number. That's a different, more grounded starting point than most real estate bios can honestly claim, and it's exactly what "Local Knowledge. Shore Results." actually means, not just a tagline.

To be clear about my role: I work with you in my capacity as your real estate agent. This background sharpens my judgment and my questions, but it doesn't replace your attorney, your home inspector, or a town's own zoning and code officials, and I'll always point you to them directly for anything that requires an official determination.

Licensed Since 2016. Full-Time Since 2023. The Difference Shows in the Numbers.

I got my license in 2016, so I've been part of this business for close to a decade. But I'll be straight with you about what changed in 2023: that's when I went full-time and put everything into this market. The numbers tell that story better than I can. In my first seven years, working this part-time alongside everything else described above, I closed 16 transactions. Since going full-time in 2023, I've closed 32, doubling my prior volume in about half the time.

Going full-time is what happens when you stop treating real estate as something you do around the edges of a career and start treating it as the career. Those 48 transactions include a sale as high as $1,225,000, proof I can operate at the top of this market when that's where a client needs me.

I've built the deepest track record in Lacey Township specifically, with more than a dozen closed transactions in Forked River and Lanoka Harbor alone, along with repeat experience in Berkeley Township, Little Egg Harbor, Manchester Township (particularly Whiting's active-adult communities), Barnegat Township, Stafford Township (Manahawkin), Toms River, Brick Township, Point Pleasant, and Wall Township, and into Monmouth County in towns like Highlands and Atlantic Highlands.

What I Actually Do

I work with buyers and sellers across Ocean and Monmouth counties, with particular depth in move-up buyers and downsizers, relocation clients moving from out of state, luxury and new construction, foreclosures, commercial properties, and lot and land sales. If you're moving to the Jersey Shore for the first time, there's a good chance I've helped someone in a very similar situation to yours.

I hold a 5.0 rating across platforms, with 18-plus five-star reviews on Google, earned one closing at a time.

What Other Professionals Say

Most agent websites show you client reviews. I want to point out something a little different. Several of my reviews come from people whose actual job is to evaluate whether an agent is competent and easy to work with, and they're not my clients. A title company representative, a mortgage professional, and two separate cooperating sales agents on opposite sides of a transaction have all left reviews after working with me from behind the scenes. That's a different kind of trust signal than a happy buyer. It's colleagues in the industry vouching for how I actually operate when no one's watching but them.

My Commitment to You

I'll never tell you a town is right for you just because I want the commission. I'd rather walk you through the honest tradeoffs of five different towns and help you land on the one that actually fits your life than close a deal fast in the wrong place. That approach is slower sometimes. It's also the only way I know how to build a sustainable business here, one referral and one repeat client at a time.

If you're thinking about relocating to the Jersey Shore, reach out and I'll help you figure out, honestly, whether it's the right move, and if so, exactly where.

Matt Quinn United Real Estate Associates 815 Route 9, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 (609) 709-2742 matt@mattquinnsellshomes.com