Ed and his team did an outstanding job! Professional, honest, affordable, and reliable. Quality…read morework all around.

From the owner: We buy House in Syracuse & Utica, NY and all surrounding areas! We provide win-win solutions to…read morehelp homeowners get out of their sticky situations.

Great prop mgmt company. They manage 6 of my rentals. Very thorough and diligent. They treat your…read moreproperty like they own it!

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My business partner rented a commercial bldg from Skinner Realty. As it turned out, building space…read moreflooded. Skinner neglected the problem & her shops merchandise was destroyed & building molded up. Tenant demanded her rent money back for loss of several weeks. They decided to evict her. Lawsuit is now active against Skinner Realty. Shady business practices will sink your business. Unfortunately she's not the only tenant with complaints. I wouldn't rent a tent from these people! Check your references before you rent from anyone!

I am disabled and have lived with my elderly mother since 2000. I had moved back to the house I…read moregrew up in after my accident, and for many years my mom and I listened to the Glenn Beck radio show. We had often heard advertisements for a Real estate agent by the name of Chip Hodgkins. Glenn always said that Chip could sell a house for what we were asking in a timely manner or else he would buy the house himself. We just figured that there was some sort of "catch", and didn't really give it a second thought. Whenever we tried to sell a car or do business with anybody, it seemed like there was always a "catch", so it kind of went in one ear and out the other. Regardless, Glenn Beck planted the seed which remained in both of our heads. In late 2024 we started seriously considering selling our house and moving. We looked into a real estate agent that was related to a friend & she came over to assess the house. Our house was almost 60 years old in disrepair and falling apart, but the only thing the agent seemed to focus on was the smell of cigarette smoke. She was pretty rude about it, and kept telling us that the smell alone was going to devalue the house by over $20,000. Things felt hopeless for us as we thanked her for her time and decided not to go with her services. We were both in complete despair. Sometime in late February of 2025, we decided to call Chip Hodgkins. A few days later, on February 26th, we met with Chip. He came over to try and help us out. He was well prepared with papers showing homes similar to ours in location and size, including the values and what they sold for. With a positive attitude and total confidence he pointed out all of the good aspects of our home and for the first time in years we had been given something that you can't put a price on. He gave us hope and piece of mind. We were very surprised to find that our house was valued much higher than we had been told by the previous real estate agent. Yet there were still lingering questions. "Were do we start?" I asked. "We would need a dumpster to get rid of over 50 years of accumulated junk." "I know a guy", he responded. And right there, only 20 minutes into the meeting, he made a call to somebody who owned a dumpster business. Chip asked the gentleman if he could stop over to assess the situation and give us an estimate of how much it would cost for a dumpster. The man arrived, then took a walk though the house and around the property. Once back inside, he took a moment and told us that his guys could not only handle the removal of junk, but also help with packing up a shipping container for the move if we needed it. Then he paused for a moment, and asked how much we were looking to get for the house. Chip told him our asking price and said, "What are you thinking?" to which he replied, "Let me take another look at a few things." He checked out the crawlspace and a few other things, pointed out some things that were wrong with the house that we didn't even realize, but reassured us that they could be easily remedied, and that his guys could even fix them. He stood there in thought again for a couple of minutes, then told us that he had bought a few properties so far, renovated and resold them. He had the resources to do it. Chip asked if he was interested and without hesitation the man nodded his head and said yes. My mom and I just sort of looked at each other in wonder. "What just happened?" I asked. With a smile on his face, Chip extended his hand and said to us, "Congratulations. Your house is sold." One thing I almost forgot to mention. The gentleman who bought our house told us we didn't have to worry about paying to have our junk taken away. All we had to do is pack up what we wanted to keep and he would take care of the rest. With a handshake and a smile it was done. All of this happened within an hour and a half. The next day Chip had all of the paperwork, and even found us an attorney to help with the sale. Chip Hodgkins has made multi-million dollar deals, but he didn't even make more than a few thousand dollars on the closing costs of our home. He didn't sell our home to money. He was there to help us, and did so with honor and integrity. Honorable reputation and Christian values is what Chip is all about. By March 31st our moving truck was packed up and we said goodbye to our old home. A check was delivered to us by April 4th and it was for far much more than we had ever expected. I don't know how to properly thank Chip for helping us sell our house, but I will be forever grateful, and I'll never in my life forget the four words he said. "I know a guy"

fast professional, seems to have the big share of the company, refered by broker in my hometown to…read moresell my Moms' estate..excellent staff.

I hired Cal Lyons to do my property management on a property in Remsen NY. I live in San Diego…read moreCalifornia and I bought the property for my brother who lives in that area. We had a tenant for many years and when she left without leaving notice the property was left as a disaster. Cal new I was going to move my brother back in so he was not going to make any more money from me at this time. He worked with me to get the property fixed up with one problem after another from August through the beginning of January we eventually got it done at no cost to me. I do not think he has to do this for all of his client but he went way out of his way for me. In addition he did a fabulous job of managing the property during the time I has it rented out.

We have owned many different properties in Watertown. We have worked with many property managers…read more Many of them should not be in this business. The last two property managers we had, they left us in a very dire situation. We felt hopeless and defeated. We decided to give one more shot and started looking for a new property manager. In the process of interviewing new prospects, we came across Micah Matteson. Hiring him as our property manager was the best decision we have made. He understood our situation. He went out of his way to accommodate us, and within the first 2 yrs we were able to turn things around. When our properties were profitable again, he helped us selling them. Last one was sold this week. We are very grateful to Micah and his team for all they did during the past 4 yrs to make this happen as we are moving our business to other directions. Thank You Micah and Good Luck with everything you do!

Micah Matteson should not be RE period. He deleted his google profile with poor reviews to think…read morehe could prevent others from seeing his inability to manage properties. I had him has my property manager for years and he always was able to get me into a "great" deal only for it to be a dump. His strategy....use out of state investors to bring their money into Watertown, fix up a dump, let him put Section 8 tenants or TLS tenants in there only to have your home destroyed. Use the few bucks you made if tenants paid to fix up the property again...rinse....repeat while he collected his monthly management fee. I was investing in Watertown for about 4 years and I'm still trying to get out of there. I moved everything over with Darrin Ashcroft that I have left. Micah shouldn't be in real estate or property management as he does not care about the investor evidenced by the trash he put in my home. I don't think he ran background checks or looked at prior convictions. Somehow everything he touched turned into a time suck. I have no idea how he stays in business personally. His side kick Brian DeHart who does all his flips is actively being litigated by me and is a total POS. These two from my dealings with them are human trash. -JR Fischer-

Hired for property management. Collected rent from tenants but has not paid me in full for rents…read moreminus commission. When I was finally in contact with the tenants they had multiple reported problems that were not addressed. Steals your money and does not take care of the tenant or property. DO NOT RECOMMEND. After firing have still not received rental deposits. STAY AWAY

I have a water bill over 2 thousand dollars water company says it hasn't been paid since September…read more2021 now I have been paying rent for the last year with this property manager and he hasn't been paying the water bill now in 19 days this building won't have any water.. William Balsamico has been scamming me now I and my family of 4 children and a soon need have to suffer and look for a place to live within 19 days because we can't live without water.

Jeremy has been extraordinarily helpful to me in the area of pre-sale appraisals. He's been…read moregenerous with his assistance and a pleasure to work with. He has quickly become my go to real estate person. I recommend him without reservation.

We recently were referred to Jeremy to buy our first rental property in a new city. We are very…read moregrateful for the care that Jeremy took with our search. He hit the nail right on the head with what we were looking for in a house. He was honest, and guided us through the whole process. Even when the process was dragging, he was always available to help in any way he could. Whether advice, or physically going to the property to meet an inspector or a roofer. He is definitely one in a million. We have already referred him to other people, and will definitely reach out again as soon as we are ready to buy our next property in Syracuse.