Justin was incredible to work with. As first‑time homebuyers, we weren't sure which part of the RDU…read morearea we wanted to call home. Justin was very patient as we toured close to 50 houses before finding the right one. He guided us through every step of the process with true professionalism, and we couldn't be happier with our experience. Highly recommend working with Justin if you're looking to buy in the Raleigh/Durham area!

Having worked with hundreds of Realtors over the years, I highly recommend Justin…read more Justin Burleson is a true professional and a leader in the Triangle market who really stands out; he also runs a great team at Premier Agents Network. I've known Justin by working with him through my business for the past 8 years, which has put me in direct contact with hundreds of Realtors throughout the years. My husband and I met with him in April 2025 to talk about listing and officially hired him to sell our house that June. Even in a tough market with plenty of competition in our own development, he gave us the honest, data-driven advice we needed to set a realistic price. His marketing was excellent and showcased the house perfectly without being overdone--which is something I appreciate. It got people out to see the property, even in our rural area. We were honestly prepared for the long haul, but his strategy worked and we had a full price offer in under a week. Justin's sense for the market is incredible and he is easily one of the best in the business. I wouldn't hesitate to hire him or bring any of his Premier Agents Network team's expertise in to help guide your next move.

When we decided to move back to Durham we knew we wanted to work with an agency that had strong…read moreconnections to the local community. With that in mind, Urban Durham Realty was the obvious choice and we are so happy with them, in general, and our agent, Marcelle Thomas, in particular. It was not our first time buying a house, or buying long distance, but it was the first time buying a house in NC, with its unique real estate customs, and Marcelle walked us through it all with patience and grace. She listened carefully to what we were looking for, even as we knew that finding the full package - our unicorn house, we called it - was going to be a long shot. We came up for what we thought would be the first of several weekends house hunting and by the end of that first day had found our new home. Marcelle guided us through the offer, the contract, and the few hiccups with the out-of-state closing and was very responsive whenever we had questions and made sure to keep us up on where things stood at all times. Marcelle was an absolute delight to work and tour houses with. Highly recommended.

We've had two wonderful experiences working with Susan, both to buy and to sell. Susan's an amazing…read morerealtor - she's incredibly knowledgeable, responsive, thorough and professional AND she is deeply rooted in the Durham community. Durham is her home and her love for the community shines through in her commitment and care to her clients. Susan worked with us to to buy our house and a few years later to sell our previous house. I also recommended Susan to help my dad buy when he relocated to Durham, because she's the realtor we trust!

Buying a home is a big investment and sometimes the process can be very stressful. But if you are…read morefortunate to find a real estate agent who is not only knowledgeable of the process, but approaches the effort required as if he or she was making the investment for him or herself, that helps in alleviating the stress from the buyer. I say this because I had direct experience with real estate agent Jerry Johnson (who now owns a brokerage) when we moved into the Raleigh area nearly 5yr ago and was looking to buy our home. We were looking to find and close on a home within a month. Given the low inventory and with many buyers on the market at that time, it almost seemed improbable. But with Jerry on our side, we made it happen. With his experience and desire for success in what he does, Jerry always reminded us about the next step and what we needed to have ready while we were still working on satisfying the requirements of the current step. He wanted to be sure there was no obstacle as we navigated from one process to the next given the time constraint. We followed his direction and successfully closed on our home within a month. We are enjoying the home he helped us buy and are glad we chose him as our real estate agent. Jerry has helped many other families buy their homes and I don't expect their experiences to be anything other than very pleasant. He is a nice and trusted person to work with. So, if you are looking for an agent who will work the hardest for you and not rush you into making a quick buying decision, then Jerry is your person. Because of his success as a real estate agent, he is now operating his own real estate business. So, give him a call when you are ready to buy that home. Your experience will be just as good as mine if not better.

Jerry with Carolina Property Access was the property manager for the house we rented for 2 years…read moreand after having such a great experience working with him, we knew he was the person we wanted to help us find and purchase our 1st home. From start to finish Jerry was extremely professional, thorough and responded immediately anytime we had questions or wanted to view a home. He made the process easy and enjoyable, which was no small task in the middle of a pandemic, but he stayed on top of everything to make sure it got to the finish line. All around great person and great realtor that I would highly recommend to anyone with a rental property or looking to buy/sell. Thanks for all your hard work Jerry, we couldn't be happier with our home!

Simply put, Lisa is the best realtor in the state. As first time home buyers, she expertly guided…read moreus through a challenging market. She took care of us, answering all of our questions and telling us when something was a bad idea and why. She was not interested in getting us to buy the most expensive property; she truly cared about making sure we were getting a good home for a good price. We knew with Lisa that we had found our realtor for life. Trust me, Lisa is incredible, ethical, genuine, and invested. You will be lucky to have her in your life.

As first-time buyers handling everything remotely, we were initially overwhelmed--but Lisa Ellis…read morechanged that. She's incredibly knowledgeable about the local market and took the time to really understand our needs. Lisa guided us through virtual tours, answered countless questions, and helped us feel confident in our decisions. After our offer was accepted, she managed logistics around our visit for inspections, and later even coordinated plumbing and painting work post-close. Lisa is thorough, professional, and genuinely cares about her clients. We felt completely supported from beginning to end.

Hands down the best realty company in the area is A2Z Realty.  I mean, Joel and his staff will do…read moreanything they can to help you out.  They are Johnny-on-the-spot with repairs and/or preventative maintenance.   The place is always well mowed and groomed.  And it is a beautiful location. There flowering trees everywhere.  The neighborhood features multiple walking and/or biking trails as well as the community park and rose garden are just a block down the road. While we're talking location, bus stops out front will take you anywhere you need to go.  There is a mall across the street with restaurants, a movie theater, shops, and a grocery store.  The post office, banks, dentists, eye doctors, massage therapists, and hair salons - all in the same block.  Library is a short walk away.   You cannot ask for a better location, especially if you don't own a car.

Summary: As a property owner, they are a worry-free management company!…read more A2Z has been fantastic at managing my property - around 8 years and I've never had to worry about a thing. They are trustworthy, competent, fair, and good at getting tenants who pay their rent and keep the place in good shape. All repairs were very reasonable in both cost and timing - I'm a bit sad I've sold my property because I couldn't ask for a better management team, and I will certainly use them again if I get another property in the area!

Stay away from Emily Massey!…read more I rented a property from Massey for two years.Emily seemed so nice and professional at the onset, but as soon as I signed the lease things completely changed. We had an agreement about what items would be completed before I moved in (the yard was so overgrown that it unusable, for instance, and the fence was broken and moldy). It took over a YEAR of emails and calls until finally the homeowner fixed the fence himself. I ended up landscaping the yard at my own expense since I wanted to use it. I finally moved out two months ago after buying a house. I told Emily I was moving out the end of March because I had a conflict with the HOA and had to leave (I purchased a commercial vehicle that apparently wasn't allowed by renters even though the homeowners had them in their driveways). I had pleaded with Massey and the HOA to give me more time to find a house after they gave me notice in December, so was excited in January that I finally found one so soon. Emily was extremely unprofessional in the way she handled this situation, and her response to my giving 60 days notice.. she evicted me and said I had to be out by March 15th. Luckily for me Covid happened and I got an extra week, but it was a scramble to get out in time. Then Emily immediately put a lockbox on the empty house and informed me that my lease isn't up until April 30. Huh?!! Apparently she had trouble finding a renter during covid and was trying to make me pay for it. I, of course, refused. Now it's mid-May and she's still sending me bills for April rent, not returning keys (I left them in the mailbox), not taking care of the yard (seriously?), and of course late fees for not paying April rent. AND she refuses to return my deposit. Now we're getting ready to enter small claims court as soon as covid allows, which I am looking forward to. Emily Massey is the most unprofessional, unscrupulous business person in town. Stay away!!

Completely unprofessional at every level especially with Emily Massey. Do not do business with this…read morerealtor. She would not respond to my emails and avoided my phone calls about a property I was interested in. However, I am glad she ignored my calls since it gave me ample time to find her yelp page. These reviews are accurate, and I can't imagine signing with this lady. What a nightmare. Please avoid at all costs.

Ryan helped me find and buy an amazing house, sight unseen, from across the country (my first…read morehouse!). He was helpful, knowledgeable, and appropriately skeptical as we were picking houses to bid on. He knew how to structure offers that were reasonable but strong, given our situation. He guided us through negotiations around inspections and shoring up loose legal ends, and he even helped us with a raw land opportunity that popped up halfway through our purchase. I'd absolutely work with Ryan again, but it went so well I have no reason to for quite some time.

Ryan is awesome! I highly recommend hiring him to be your real estate agent. When my husband and I…read morewere first looking to move to the area I did a quick search for real estate agents on Yelp, Ryan's paged looked great and since it said he responded to Yelp messages typically within an hour (because who wants to pick up a phone?!) I figured I would reach out to see if he had any last minute availability to show us to a few properties and he did. Although Ryan's office is based in Chapel Hill don't let that deter you, we were only looking in Raleigh. He knows all the ins and outs of the Raleigh neighborhoods and can get here quickly when you need him. We went under contract only two weeks after working with him. He uses Patrick with a local home inspection company to do the inspection and he did a thorough job. After the great inspection Ryan said the only thing left he could think of was a metal detector test of the property, since the house was older and there was a small chance of an underground oil tank. We did the test not thinking much of it and turns out there was an underground tank and it had extensively leaked. Ryan and his assistant Karen headed up making all the appointments and getting the right people out there to deal with the issue. Sadly the seller didn't want to really deal with the issue so away that contract went. Since Ryan knew what we were looking for was kind of niche he sent us a property here and there and we kept our eyes open as well. When a house popped up on the market on a Thursday night we text him if he could meet us there the next morning to take a look. He did and we feel in love. We put an offer in that day and started the process all over again. The second time around we worked with Karen a lot and she is great to work with as well. We successfully closed on this house and love where we ended up. An additional note since Ryan works in a group with a few other real estate agents if you need to see a house in a hurry and he isn't available, he will coordinate with someone in his office who is. Team work for the win!

On July 5 2025 I was overcharged while paying on line. It is now August 18 2025 and after a couple…read morevisits to the office on Garrett Rd. Still no one has contacted me to refund my money. As easy as it would seem to do still the manager who told me that she would look into the matter still hasn't contacted me. I see that your ratings have zero stars. I understand! ​

Sylvia the General Manager of Ticon Properties is probably the most difficult person to work with…read moreI've dealt with and is the reason I decided not to renew my lease. Sylvia's son Carson is currently the Property Manager at Audubon Lake but I Have found his demeanor quite binary and not very interested, this of course effects how residents are treated and it stinks because they don't really enforce the "pick up after your pet" mantra. so I moved. yes the prices are good but it takes forever to get a maintenance order done, and you have the other problems which they won't seem to address!

I've been renting a townhouse in Morrisville since last fall that's managed by A&O and have had…read morenothing but a positive experience. Their web site is super-easy to navigate - e.g., to pay the rent and request repairs. They send you automated emails reminding you when your rent is due tna confirmation emails once it's been paid. Whenever I've needed to request a repair of any type, I get an almost instantaneous response from the third party with whom A&O contracts. Further, with only a single exception, my experience with the guys that they send to do the work has been fantastic. Shouts out to Ariel K., my primary point of contact at A&O, and Jaime, who recently came out to take care of some repairs. I was planning to move after my lease here expires at the end of April and move to a super-fancy, brand new apartment complex up the road. Despite being brand new, they just changed management companies (not a good sign) - which I knew because one negative experience followed another. "You'll get your lease by email shortly." Nope. "Yes, we'd be happy to take your out-of-town guests on a tour of the property." Um....except that *no one* showed up to work in the leasing office that day. Some poor maintenance guy had to tell us. As I told them, "For the amount of rent you're looking for me me to pay, I was expecting concierge service - which this is not." So I pulled the plug on that plan and just decided to stay put in my townhouse. (The apartment people - after apologizing abjectly - subsequently offered me six months' free rent. Sorry, no - already re-upped my lease.)

We worked with Acorn + Oak for roughly 3 years managing our rental property, and unfortunately our…read moreexperience steadily declined over time due to poor communication, constant turnover in points of contact, and lack of follow-through. The final issue that led us to terminate management involved landscaping/tree work that perfectly summarized the broader problems we experienced throughout the relationship. We requested quotes for landscaping work in mid-March and did not receive them until we followed up weeks later. When the quote finally arrived, the pricing didn't add up correctly and had to be clarified after additional follow-up. We approved what was described as trimming and cleanup work, but communication throughout the process remained inconsistent. Scheduled work dates were missed, partial work was completed without updates, equipment was left at the property, and both we and the tenant repeatedly had to ask for status updates. Most concerning, a large holly/privacy barrier on the property was cut back far beyond what was communicated in the approved scope of work. We were later told after the fact that the vendor believed mildew/mold treatment required such an aggressive cutback, but that was never explained to us before the work was performed. Had that been communicated upfront, we would have had the opportunity to discuss options and understand the actual scope of work being approved. The larger issue, though, was not just the landscaping situation itself -- it was the ongoing lack of proactive communication and oversight. Over the course of our time with Acorn + Oak, we went through multiple points of contact and consistently found ourselves needing to follow up for updates, quotes, scheduling information, and basic responses. Even our tenant expressed frustration with delays and communication issues. For a company charging a 10% management fee, we expected significantly better service, coordination, and accountability. Instead, the experience often created more stress and work for us rather than less. The Broker in Charge ultimately allowed us to terminate our agreement early, and we are now self-managing the property while evaluating better long-term options. I rarely leave negative reviews, but I think it's important for prospective owners to understand that communication and consistency were major issues in our experience.