Brian Murray.
24 Years.
One Square Mile.
The landlord advocate for Hoboken.
Brian Murray leads Hoboken Landlord Services at Compass — the leading landlord services team in Hoboken, New Jersey. With over 24 years of Hudson County rental experience, Brian and his team specialize in helping out-of-state investors, accidental landlords, and burned-out self-managers turn their Hoboken condos into hands-off rental investments — backed by the Landlord Portal platform and Boots on the Ground service.
Our Story
Brian started in Hoboken real estate in 2002. The waterfront was still half-built, Maxwell Place was a construction site, and PATH ridership was a fraction of what it is now. Over the next 24 years, Hoboken transformed — and the people who owned property here transformed with it.
Today's Hoboken owner is as likely to live in Charlotte, Tampa, or London as they are to live around the corner. The rental side of the business became a focus because the need became obvious. Out-of-state owners weren't getting served by sales agents. National property managers didn't understand Hoboken specifically. Self-managing was burning people out.
The opportunity was to build the team — Brian plus a small, hand-picked operations crew — that could be everything a landlord needed without being a national chain.24 years later, Hoboken Landlord Services is the only team in the market that's Hoboken-only, technology-backed, and service-bundled. Every block. Every building. Every renewal cycle.
The Philosophy
Landlord Advocacy:
We work for the owner. Period. Decisions get made based on what's right for the rental, not what's convenient for us.
Operational Discipline:
Every lease, every renewal, every vendor visit gets documented in the Landlord Portal. If it isn't tracked, it didn't happen.
Hoboken Depth:
We chose Hoboken — and we chose it completely
FAQs
Why does Brian only focus on Hoboken?
1
Depth over breadth. A Hoboken-only team can know every building, every super, every block — which means better pricing, faster leasing, smarter renewals. We turned down opportunities to expand to Jersey City and Manhattan because surface-level coverage of three markets is worth less than deep coverage of one.
How many Hoboken rentals has the team handled?
2
Over the 24-year history, more than a thousand Hoboken leases and renewals. We don't disclose specific portfolio sizes (client confidentiality), but the volume is sufficient that every Hoboken building you can think of, we've worked in.
Is Hoboken Landlord Services part of Compass, or independent?
3
Brian Murray is a Compass real estate agent. Hoboken Landlord Services is the rental-focused brand under which his team operates. Compass provides the brokerage license and platform technology; the Hoboken Landlord Services brand operates with full focus on landlord clients specifically.
Can I work with Brian directly, or with the team?
4
Both. Brian personally handles initial consultations and listing strategy for every landlord client. Day-to-day operations — showings, tenant communications, vendor coordination — are run by the team. You see Brian's name on every contract; you see the team on every Tuesday morning maintenance call.