A couple years ago I purchased a home in Englewood,Fl. Due to a bad VA property report I walked…read moreinto a money pit. Mine and my wife's health failed and the repairs rapidly buried us. My home mortgage was sold to a east coast lender from hades. Into this mess rode Sandra and her excellent team who found me a cash buyer and we closed yesterday. Trust her with all your real estate business she won't let you down! Tom C.

I worked with Tara from Sandra's office and my husband and I feel truly blessed to have met her!…read moreTara is a down to earth realtor that still truly cares. She is also good people! In an area where many realtors are working part-time and do not care, Tara was available full time many times after hours when It became urgent. We were more difficult as we were 2hr time behind her. Tara was there for us every step of the way. When the bank didn't close on time, we were already traveling out, we were tired and hotels were booked and costly, Tara helped us find a wonderful place to stay. We could not have found such a dreamy beach house without Tara! Tara Rocks!!!! We consider her part of our family. P.S Sandra rocks as well, and brings an engineering background and years of expertise.

My husband and I were looking for an experienced, trustworthy, and responsive realtor when selling…read moreour home, and Laurie exceeded every expectation. We planned to interview multiple agents, but after meeting her, we immediately knew she was the right choice. Selling a home can be stressful, but Laurie made the process so much easier. She was always responsive, explained everything clearly, and was a steady, reassuring presence throughout. Thanks to her expertise, we received an offer within 24 hours of listing. I can't say enough great things about Laurie. She's knowledgeable, professional, and truly cares about her clients. I would highly recommend her to anyone buying or selling a home.

Laurie sandoval is the best agent I ever had !!she help us with are small land purchase . she…read morefollowed up with all my questions and treated us with kindness and respect . Laurie 27 years experience showed and she is exceptional!!!

Our experience was nothing but wonderful! Everyone is so professional and caring. Carla and Alex…read morewere great to work with from our first meeting with them. Their advice on pricing and staging was right on. Our place was sold in 2 days. Communication was frequent and timely. Sandy is attentive and upbeat. When we called her on her day off she came on a moments notice to help us with an offer at an open house we were attending. This firm is Awesome! We know we made the correct choice with Stiver and Firth. Thank you Carla, Alex and Sandy!

From the owner: Stiver First International Team of RE/MAX Alliance Group has been the #1 ranked real estate team in…read moreRotonda West and Englewood every year since 2008, based on total sales and listings sold. No other team on Florida's Gem Coast brings more local knowledge, more closed transactions, or more five-star client experiences to the table.Buying or selling in Rotonda West, Englewood, Venice, Port Charlotte, Cape Haze, Manasota Key, or Boca Grande? Our team of 6 licensed agents and 4 support specialists is ready to deliver results. 941.548.4434 | Toll free: 877.571.1485 team@stiverfirst.com | stiverfirst.com

My best decision of 2020 was to hire Kathi O and her team to represent our home for sale. Kathi and…read moreher entire group are truly impressive and professional. Attentive to details, conveying information, quick to return inquiries to offer solutions and advice. I have sold several properties over time and I had not come across such phenomenal marketing strategies and solutions. Kathi's Marketing Manager Justin Brooks is outstanding! His IT skills are amazing, perfect videos, still shots, 3D walk-thru, on and on. Kathi's Administrator Rebecca Sexton is exceptional. Courteous, patient, hard working and her attention to customer service is first rate! Robyn, Holly, Pat, Teresa deserve mention for their wonderful upbeat handling of my calls. I can genuinely say Kathi O and her Team are the kind of professionals you need to represent your interests in Real Estate, whether buying or selling. If you are reading this recommendation is because you are interested in finding out more about Kathi. Your search is over, do yourself the best favor and give Kathi O a call. You will be so very happy you did! Highly

From the owner: The Kathi "O" Obendorfer Group is a team of real estate professionals that will to go above and…read morebeyond for their customers. Call the real estate team to the makes you feel at home in Englewood Florida.

We live out of state and have used MS several times now to rent a home on Palm Island for our…read morefamily vacations. We've been incredibly pleased across the board and always look forward to our next visit. If you're unfamiliar with the area and looking to try it out for the first time using MS definitely makes a huge difference. I highly recommend them if you're considering renting a home on the island and away from the resort. Let me explain. We randomly heard about Palm Island on HGTV (I know, insert your jokes here). We thought it looked charming, wanted to rent a house there, contacted Charlene and set everything up. That's usually the end of the story for most places but to those new to Palm Island it doesn't stop there. There's a lot to know as a first timer embarking on your first trek to this barrier island. I won't go into all of the details but you have to take a ferry and the ferry requires passes which can get complicated if you don't know what you're doing. Luckily Charlene and MS handled all of that for us in advance. That alone was beyond helpful especially since it was dark and storming the first night we arrived for our first stay. Additionally, everyone gets around by golf cart and they helped us arrange all of that as well. It doesn't seem complicated but this stuff adds up and was done immediately so we didn't have to waste our vacation time dealing with these bits and pieces. The house was everything we imagined and we have rented the home again. Back to the first stay and being annoying city people - we still had questions here and there - why is the water yellowish (reverse osmosis), why doesn't anyone have lights turned on at night in the summer (nesting sea turtles), how do we reset the internet/cable (it shuts off every day at 11am), we're craving a good pizza where should we go? As annoying as we were Charlene or someone from the MS office answered our questions immediately. They were helpful, flexible, and beyond friendly which is why we've returned since our first visit! Without all of the questions above. The only issue I would say is when Kevin popped by, completely out of the blue, with a family who was interested in buying the home next door. Kevin apparently fixed the home we were staying in and told the family they could do the same reno to the home next to us that they were interested in buying (they didn't buy it). Here I am in a bikini getting a glass of water and all of a sudden there's a family of four on our deck peering into the house trying to see inside with Kevin. It seemed incredibly inappropriate as a realtor. The family was apparently from out of town so once I got some clothes on I let them in the house. Kevin didn't seem to think this was problem. He didn't care that his house tour was intruding on our vacation. Or that he was making the family feel kind of uncomfortable getting all up in our space. I get that things happen but there's a professional way to go about things and that didn't happen. Aside from that, we have loved our experiences with MS, Charlene, and Palm Island. They're a class act and we hope to return soon!

We made an appt with an agent before we traveled 2 states down. When we arrived we were passed to…read moreanother agent as she became ill. Understandable. What we didn't like was no call, text or email from the company, or new agent, before we arrived. This, to us, was very unprofessional as we would have appreciated notification of some sort before we walked into the office. We met with the new agent and advised him we were disappointment in the way this was handled. Was it too much for someone to call us before our arrival? We met but nothing clicked for us to want to sign up with him. We received an email from him the next day asking if we wanted a contract drawn up and he gave us his thoughts on our potential listing. We thanked him, but declined as we went with another company. He wrote back that he was being "punished" for this. Our gut feeling was a good one and glad we went with another company!

Amy was the determining factor as to whether we got our house in Valrico. We are settling for good…read moreafter moving with the Navy for 12 years. We needed a house sight unseen and were living in Seattle. We found a house online that we wanted but couldn't get there to see it. We contacted Amy and she was able to make the appointment the next day and give us a full video walk through of the home. She talked to neighbors and researched all of our criteria. We spent hours night and day on making sure the transition was seamless for us. You can't find another Realtor that will work harder for you. She has been in this business over 30 years and knows her stuff! Thank you Amy! You get every praise from us!

From the owner: I am a buying and selling agent in the mid-Florida region. I specialize in luxury homes, short…read moresales, waterfront properties, and investments.

Beware of Real Estate agent Kathleen (Kathy) Louise Betancourt License # SL3178623 who is employed…read moreby Re-Max Anchor Realty located at 8379 Gasparilla Rd, Port Charlotte, Florida. As a licensed Ca. agent I provided Kathy Betancourt with two properties to list for sale. Our written agreement provided a 25% agent referral fee to me. Kathy failed to disclose she had a financial interest in the title co. that handled the escrows. I only learned of this after there were multiple problems with the escrow co. giving me inaccurate information along with repeated delays with both escrows, resulting in the buyer of one property cancelling escrow. Despite the fact I found another buyer for that 2nd property, Kathy was still paid her listing agent fee on it. KATHY BETANCOURT NEVER PAID ME MY 25% REFERRING AGENT FEE. She ignored my emails and phone calls. I contacted her real estate office and broker/owner Philip Farhat, and got nothing but the runaround and no calls back. If this agent and her office would cheat me out of a minimal agent referral fee, I shutter to think how they would treat sellers or buyers on larger scale transactions, especially ones from out of town, such as myself! I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND ANYONE TO KATHY BETANCOURT OR RE-MAX ANCHOR REALTY. THEY ARE UTTERLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND DISHONEST.

From the owner: In business since 2004, Kathy Betancourt - RE/Max Anchor Realty is a professional quality real…read moreestate agent. We specialize in VA specialist, buyers agent, listing agent, sellers, residential sales, realtor, veterans specialist and more! I have worked in this area for many years and would love to lend a helping hand to your transaction. When you are working closely with me along the many details of a real estate transaction, you should find absolutely no trouble in seeing the successful results that you were hoping to obtain. Contact me today to get a better idea about the area and the homes listed in your price range.

We live in MN and Margaret (Peggy) Clark worked with us from her office in Florida. She was…read morediligent with her customer service! She would look at houses we found online and would give us open and honest opinions. The house we purchased through her was a steal of a deal and Peggy found it after looking at a house we sent her to look at that was misleading in the description. Not to many realtors offer the personalized service Peggy have us! We bought the house sight unseen but just through pictures and her opinions. We put in the offer on Easter weekend with a purchase agreement she put together on Easter Sunday! How many people can say that about a realtor these days? If you are looking for Florida real estate you can get the best of the best for a realtor using Peggy Clark! Peggy Clark goes above and beyond her role as an agent that's for sure!

We would highly recommend Peggy to anyone needing a real estate professional. Peggy listened to our…read moreneeds and found us our dream home in Florida. She is very knowledgeable about different areas in SW Florida, is very responsive and stayed on top of our transaction from start to finish! Peggy is a true Professional!

It was a easy and enjoyable having jamie help she made this house hunting a fun time i have told…read moreall my friends about her and looking forward to the next time my family buys jamie is the right one works hard picks up phone anytime. Thank you jamie

Kathy damewood is the rudest "Realtor" I have ever encountered. The showing requests seemed to stop…read moreafter the first week on the market.When I call or text,she never answered or returned my texts about the matter.Shop around, there are better realtors. -Home owner.

Worst real estate company. I was helping my mother-in-law purchase her dream home in Florida…read more Unfortunately, the agent we used ( Angie Moulton) was not in it for us. She was all for the seller, very pushy and quite frankly rude. I would never recommend her to anyone not even my enemy. She threatened that the seller was going to walk away from a deal if we didn't reply within hours of her correspondence. She will not respect your rights nor law and will not keep her promises, she lies to the clients and on top of that, she has made so many professional mistakes in our case. She wasn't able to answer any question unless she's on the conference call with her broker Kathy Damewood who is also a sellers agent. And Kathy Damewood is even worse, she was not even supposed to have any conversation with us as she represented seller. I will take this further to National Association of Realtors for violating code of ethics. I will also file a complaint with Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Please do your research prior to dealing with this real estate agency.