My property was listed with Todd Jilot at Chapman Hall over the summer. The offer we accepted looked like a solid deal with a prequalified buyer. Unfortunately, there was a glitch with the buyer's financing only 5 days before closing. It could not be resolved so the deal was terminated. My agent asked his broker, Simone, to review all the documentation to determine if I would be entitled to the buyer's earnest money. Simone really went to bat for me with the buyer's broker. It took her some time and effort but ultimately she prevailed and I was awarded the earnest money. She is the consummate professional and truly knows the real estate business. She and Todd never stopped working on my behalf. I'm very grateful for all they did. read more

DO NOT RENT A HOME FROM MICHAEL ELLMAN (Chapman Hall Realtors) (The Ellman Group) Michael Ellman tried to raise my rent by $350/month (13% increase) after the lease had already been renewed at only a 3% increase, forced me out because I would only pay what the lease stated, and tried to make me pay for an extra month and a half of rent after I already moved out, and added items to the Move-In/Move-Out checklist after the final walkthrough. I rented a home from Michael Ellman and Yetta Ellman, from 2021-2022. At first, everything was fine. The house needed repairs to the bathroom tile, new door frames upstairs, and a few other issues, but I was happy to work with Michael and Yetta with those items after I had already moved in. I also asked to paint the door from the original baby blue to black, and they agreed. My lease stated that if I didn't hear about a price increase 90 days before renewal, I would automatically renew for a year at a 3% increase. About a week after my lease was renewed, Michael texted me saying that he had made a mistake and should have informed me that the price increase would be $350/month. He threatened to evict me when I told him that I would be going by what the lease stated. After a few conversations back and forth with Michael and Yetta, it was agreed that I would move out on 9/1. I asked to receive a document to sign making this move-out official but never got one until the week before 9/1. When the document did arrive, it said I would have to pay through mid-October. Just because Michael was mad he couldn't find someone to rent the place in time. So even though I was fully moved out on 9/1, he wanted me to pay an additional month and a half. Never have I experienced someone so unprofessional. And to top things off, when we did our final walkthrough, he tried to charge me for bathroom tiles that were broken and documented before I moved in, told me the nails in the door frames from when the workers reframed the doors were my fault, and even added multiple items AFTER I had finished the walkthrough. I have an audio recording of the entire walkthrough to prove this. All in all, they claimed my security deposit, and I'm currently working on legal action to get it back. I should also add that Renee Mayhall of Chapman Hall Realtors was the managing broker for this. She knew all about the breaking of lease and adding of items to the Move-In/Move Out checklist after the final walkthrough. But she did nothing about it. read more

This is for our agent Max Chavez. Max is a very dedicated agent. I told him up front that I was a very involved client and he delivered, for sure. He always returned my calls/texts quickly. He worked late some nights trying to get me what I asked for and trying to work as quickly as possible to close the sale of our old home and work towards closing on our new one. He never made us feel like we were bothering him and we never had to chase him down for explanations, deadlines, updates, etc. I'm sure he disagreed with at least one of our decisions during the whole process, but he accepted everything we said we wanted to get done after giving us his advice. I would do business with him again anytime. I've sold and bought homes before and I can honestly say I have never had such a great agent. I'm recommending him to any and everyone. read more

I recently sold my home in Powder Springs and I had the opportunity to work with Crysenthia Crockett. She was reliable, professional and caring realtor. Crysenthia ensured my process for selling was smooth and timely. read more

John Hallman Has always been fair and honest and been able to answer every question I ever encountered. It's hard to find fair and honest,and knowledgeable agents at a reasonable listing rate that can do a superior job with no issues after the closing. read more

Michael Smith was an excellent real estate agent. He helped me with buying and selling in Midtown Atlanta. He was very dependable and worked very hard to get me exactly what I was looking for. I highly recommend Michael and will be using his services again in the future. read more

RUN far away from agent Dawn Thomas! The other agents here might be ok. Dawn was our agent. We bought a home in Sept. As an agent, she should have pointed out things that we wouldn't know to ask about or look for. When we asked her about things at the walkthrough she told us that they would be corrected at move in. None of it was! We were shocked at move in. When we asked her about it, she sent a horrible text that basically said she did what she had to do to get us a house! WHAT??? What does this even mean, what did you do Dawn? And, at what cost to us???? We are very saddened at this experience, which should have been a joyful one! We would have walked away from this house had we known what she was doing and how inexperienced she is! Advice - DO your research on the agent, DO NOT accept a realtors inspector. Get an independent one. She set up ours and I am sure they are friends! DO NOT let your realtor talk you into letting the sellers move out after closing. You will get screwed with damages (scraped up floors and walls, cleaning issues, etc.). We are left with a home that we are having to spend an astronomical amount to fix because we got screwed over for Dawn. read more

Do not rent with Ming or Gene Huang from Chapman Hall Realtors. They are very dishonest, unprofessional and related to the owner of 3391 Kentwater Dr in Buford. We were renting and up and kicked out for no reason. We've rented for a long time and never had an issue like this before. They are a total scam that just want a giant deposit. Read your lease carefully!!! read more

This review is solely for the agent: William Malaver. It's been 7+ years since I've had to deal with him and although it was an unfortunate experience I learned- the hard way of course. At 20 years old I was pressured to sign on a home thanks to him. Remember the financial crisis of 2007-2008? It was people like him that contributed to it. His complete lack of ethics and actual lack of skill for home selling was evident. He pushed 'clients' with zero real estate knowledge and a naivety for wanting to own a home to pass through such an 'easy' home buying processing which entailed: Predatory lending- practice of unscrupulous lenders, enticing borrowers to enter into "unsafe" or "unsound" secured loans for inappropriate purposes as well as Weak and fraudulent underwriting practices, deficient Financial innovation and complexity and the list goes on. Where were the checks and balances put in place to properly regulate the home owning process- DLLR, NAR, MAR, AACAR you forget those William? I was a college student without a dollar to my name, no income, no credit history! But of course to him making a sale was more important. What really shows his penchant for evil was the fact that I was living in another state and my parents were in Georgia, my father suffered a heart attack and we realized it was best we move back as my mother was still in another state with the rest of our family. We told William (no contract was signed and closing had not happened). What was his response to all of this- They will sue you if you don't sign! I started freaking out, my dad's in the hospital what if they sue me how will our family pay, who will we take care of my dad? All these questions to my 20 year old self with absolutely zero knowledge on the home owner process. Well 7 years, headaches a Foreclosure and you guessed it all the negative points that come with a Foreclosure later that incident is still on my credit history. You're an asshole William and your licence to practice real estate should have been taken away immediately for even pondering how you went about selling a home to us. I wonder how many other people you did that to at REMAX and wherever else you worked. Shame on you. And no I'm not a naive 20 year anymore, so if you ever tried to pull that crap again on me or my family you'd be in jail. I am very successful in my craft, with ethics, morals and a take no shit mentality now just so you know. read more