John Monroe helped us find our dream home on Whidbey. He and the Craig McKenzie team were very…read moreprofessional and easy to communicate with at all times of the day or night. John went above and beyond for us, and he is very knoweldgeable about all of the different areas on Whidbey Island. He also provided us with many contractor references which has been very helpful. Thank you John!!

We were shopping for our dream home from out of state. Reid was always accessible and responsive…read moreand was instrumental in making our dream a reality. We recommend him and the CM team!

American pacific Mortgage has always been a pleasure to do business with!! I am currently in my 3rd…read moreloan process with Karen!! Over the past 12yrs Karen and I have kept in contact. My loans were not always the easiest and took on some challenges! Karen, has always went above and beyond to figure out what we can do. She is extremely knowledgeable and knows her job extremely well!! She has a expertise with a variety of different loans and always knows what to do to next. To assure a smooth and speedy loan process from start to finish. Karen, is always looking out for you and trying to find you better rates and deals. All 3 of my loans have been done with the help of Karen. I will always go back to Karen, to help me with all my home loan needs!! I highly recommend American pacific mortgage, Just make sure you ask for Karen!! Thanks, for being so awesome "Karen" NANCY& Tom Nanxy

Karen was very helpful and went out of her way to make everything easier for us with our busy…read moreschedule! Everyone was very professional and courteous and I would definitely recommend American Pacific Mortgage!

H&R block office at Oak Harbour is amazing. The tax pros are knowledgeable and warm. The place is…read morewelcoming. They have 100% accuracy guarantee which definitely helps! I would definitely recommend them. Definitely worth it.

Just did my joint tax return with my wife and everything went smooth. Took us about 40min in and…read moreout the building. Employees are respectful and the place is clean. I don't know why the other reviews are that bad but they probably had a change of employees and now it's good again. The front sign will probably distract other people because one side fell and made it looked like a rundown place especially after reading the other reviews but again, never judge a book by its cover.

As an all-cash buyer, I wasn't anticipating very many challenges with our transaction…read more Traditionally, the buyer doesn't select the title company that is used in the deal, and for our deal, the seller picked Rainier. It was a horrible experience, and no one on the team seemed to know what they were doing. Updates via email were non-informative; just the same contact information, agent photos and legal disclaimers. Then the icing on the cake was getting their demand for sensitive identity information and ID photocopies only hours before close. They had me over a barrel and I could either submit the information over unsecured email or risk being in breach of contract. I understand statutory requirements, but nothing explains why this required info was demanded at the 11th hour, or why it wasn't provided with the rest of the documents. My close was at risk, I couldn't sleep, and the sad thing is that it all could have been avoided if Rainier just did their job. Feel free to use these guys if you like drama and surprises. For me, I will write into my future deals not to use Rainier to handle title.

Rainier Title put together a team to work on my house closing. They were responsive, reliable,…read moreknowledgeable, professional, and super friendly. Great company staffed with great people. Very happy with them.

My experience with Porter-Whidbey started OK. Then they talked me into changing homeowners…read moreinsurance providers. Shortly after changing, my insurance was cancelled. After that, service declined, phone calls not returned, etc. I was continually answering the same questions about the property. I finally gave up and got the insurance myself (easier and less time consuming).

This the the Department of Licensing. They provide an awesome service. Fast and very friendly.read more

My wife and I are very impressed with our realtor, Amy Russell, with Hallmark Homes NW. We had…read morebeen searching a long time for just the right home on Camano Island. Amy was patient with us, and she found exactly what we were looking for. We closed on our home in late May. I apologize to Amy for taking 7 months to get this review posted! Our experience with realtor Amy Russell and the Hallmark Homes staff was nothing short of phenomenal. This was a very positive home buying experience in every respect! I highly recommend Amy at Hallmark Homes NW to anyone looking for an exceptional, professional realtor!

I thought working with a property management company would be the right way to go to avoid creepy…read morelandlords as a young female. Boy was I wrong. The staff at Windermere were dishonest to me and my roommate about the state of the home we were to move into. There was mold building up in the laundry room and the wall was falling apart due to a water leak. Issues that WE discovered ourselves. The leak was clearly visible to the human eye; my roommate took photos as soon as she saw the leak and we let Windermere know of the issue. Of course, this was after we had already paid $4,400.00 and signed our lease. These issues were completely ignored by all who did an "inspection" of the place. The mold is a huge concern of ours, as it should be. I had requested a professional mold test on December 17th but that request was never acknowledged and there was no follow-through. The people at Windermere made it seem like the mold was "no big deal". One of their staff members tried to tell us it was "lint stuck to the wall." That was very insulting because all photos show it is, in fact, mold. She also kept defensively talking over us, like our concerns were not valid and she had to "defend, defend, defend". She said something along the lines of, "when we complete our inspections we don't break open walls to look at their pipes.!" as an excuse. Well guess what, I didn't break down any walls either and I saw the water leak OUTSIDE of the walls. My roommate and I were not and have not, been living in the home due to the hazardous conditions. This company was not honest and scammed us out of money along with the landlord they represent. Had we known about these issues prior, we would never had signed the lease or given any money until the issues were addressed. It completely baffles me how all of these issues came about once the landlord and Windermere had our money and a signed lease. We were hopeful when we spoke with Paula at Windermere who said she would advise the landlord to forgive our January rent due to the living conditions. The landlord said "no" and that the conditions were "livable". And that was that. It's shocking because I keep thinking "Doesn't he want a good relationship with his tenants?". However, the landlord had to "drive 1,000 miles and take time off of work" due to him wanting to complete the repairs himself. That information was used by the landlord and Windermere as a tactic for us having to pay rent for a hazardous home. It was his choice to do the repairs when there were plenty of capable contractors right here in the community who would have completed the job within the week. It took a month for this guy to fix issues he ignored for a long time. This has been a terrible experience for me and I have 0 respect for Windermere Property Management and the landlords they represent and choose to defend. Now, if you can excuse me as I write a check for $2,200 for a house where I have not lived in over the past two months. This is due to Windermere's lack of anything regarding the mold test and the lack of urgency regarding the mushy wall in the laundry room. It's truly just the principle of the situation and I feel frustrated, and I am lacking hope for my living circumstances. 2025 is rough and I believe we all need to help each other out, not take advantage. And that is what Windermere did and does. All - Use caution and complete your own inspection before signing a lease agreement or giving any money. This company will lie to you and scam you and think nothing of it.

This is for the renter's side of their business…read more They charge tons of fees - $50 per person for the application, $20-25 for each pet, and when the first application came back with no results on the credit score they asked us to submit a new application, with new fees. They promised to refund the first application fees via email, and did not. All in all just applying cost us (two people + pets) about $300. Windermere did not even want to manage the property I was applying to and dropped the owner of the house as a client AFTER I paid all the fees - I was in touch with the owner and she was bewildered - it sounded like they have never wanted to take the property over and are so unscrupulous that they operated like they would just to get the application in. Read the other reviews. At best they are expensive, at worst they are fraudulent. It's so hard to avoid them because housing is tight here, but you will surely pay more in the end if you choose them out of desperation. They rely on you not going to small claims court or hiring legal to keep being scummy.

Yes let's start by saying that they act like they go to church and they praise the word god well…read morethe funny thing is is these guys made themselves sound out to be that they were really good at their job first thing is I told them the price and what I wanted to do with my home they turned around and wrote down a different price and then got only one person to put a bill in it now I asked him for ​you sell it for 500,000 so they took a bid for 450,000 told me that was the only person and that they wouldn't budge any more than that needless to say I got harassed by one of the employees there over and over that I had to sign it but it was the only deal I was going to get and I better take the deal now come to find out I dropped them and didn't use them no more I ended up showing my house for 500,000 from the person but they said I only got the one bit from these guys try to act like they play a good game but all they're out to use is use people for their money they'll say anything they can and want to get you to do business with them because of all their after commission another thing is people watch what they say about the buyer's guy buyers price and the sales price you can talk both of those down they are negotiable they don't have to be at a 3% or 2% people out there selling their homes and these people are getting Way Rich off of people I was going to pay the buyer 11 Grand and pay the guy to sell my house 13 and a half I don't know how people like this can sleep at night but it's ridiculous anyways what I'm saying is these people are very harassive very pushy to make people do what they want so if I were you I would try to find a different realtor maybe one out of the island that's what I did and guess what I sold my home for more and I got more money back because Windermere out here try to tell me that I had some problems on my record than that they need to be taken care of while they were already been taken care of and they wouldn't do the research on it they just kept telling me this is what you got to do this is what you got to do so instead of me getting back $63,000 from them is what I would have got I ended up getting over 127,000 so people make sure you really do your research and find the right person that you're happy with as you can see that's a big difference​ more over $60,000

If you are looking for a great place to work in real estate on Camano Island, this is the place!…read more The support and value are unmatched. I have worked for Windermere on Camano Island for over 1.5 years now and really enjoy going to work! Great people and even better management! Don't hesitate to call and schedule an appointment to discuss your possibilities at Windermere with Marla today!