We had a very unique set of circumstances and were trying to find a home in Gold Beach from hundreds of miles away. Amanda "Mandy" Keady was responsive and accommodating from the start and she went above and beyond to put together comps and virtual walkthroughs of the homes we were interested in. Mandy's hyper efficiency made for a stress-free experience. She was there for us all through the home-buying process, and when we finally closed remotely, I may add, she helped with that as well. Mandy is an exceptional human, and we are now enjoying our darling little home. If you have the chance to work with her, you're truly fortunate!! read more

I LOVE GOLD BEACH!!! Unfortunately, due to unseen circumstances....we had to sell a home in Gold Beach. Katie was the best realtor in the area. Super friendly and always on the ball. We had immediate offers upon listing and we accepted an offer within 1 week. Katie was very helpful keeping us updated with each step of the process. Always there to offer any kind of help needed. Very dependable. She became more of a friend than just our realtor. If I ever needed to buy again in Gold Beach I would defiantly use Katie again. A+ read more

RE/MAX Ultimate Coastal Properties - Real Estate Services Near Me - Gold Beach, Oregon

This is a group we've dealt with over the years in Gold Beach Oregon with both the purchase 2 1/2 years ago and now with the sale of our townhouse. This is a small town that relies on a select few real estate groups. So unless you're willing to travel to Brookings, this and Century 21 seem to be the most active agencies. Specifically, there are two agents there, Karen Kennedy, and Joy Wells that I will be reviewing. We have dealt with Karen Kennedy directly, and with Joy Wells indirectly as she was the buying agent in the recent sale of our townhouse. In the case of Karen Kennedy, we reached out to her, (she is the chief Broker and owner of Ultimate Coastal Properties) She came to tour and evaluate our property. After going through the townhouse and commenting on what a good property it was and that she thought we would have no problem selling, she got back to her office - called us that same evening and quoted us a price that seemed ridiculously low. We questioned her on that (particularly given the fact that she had just hours before told us that the townhouse would be selling at a very good price) She insisted that this was all she could get for this property based on the square footage and the going rate in the area. It just didn't sound right, and we ended up using another agent in Gold Beach to represent us. Thankfully for us, our new agent, Sara Jung, at Century 21, valued the property at a more reasonable price and we ended up with a total of $115,000.00 more than the price Karen was going to ask! We are at a loss to understand why Ms Kennedy distorted the value of the property to such a degree - this is a seasoned veteran in the real estate business?! Our realtor Sara, was young and inexperienced, but managed along with the oversight of her colleague and mentor, Mary Stansell, to represent us fairly and conscientiously, and with a nice monetary gain! My comments about another realtor in Karen's group, Joy Wells, have to do with what we found were questionable practices on her part. It's our understanding from speaking to other friends and neighbors in our area in Gold Beach, that Joy is a very aggressive agent. And although this is obviously a potential benefit to the buyer or seller that she's representing, some of her practices could be considered unethical. For example, Joy contacted our agent to ask on behalf of her buyer how many offers we had... this is NOT information that the selling agent can give without express permission from the seller. Fortunately Sara was aware of this and did not disclose that information, but it's our feeling that Joy was taking advantage of what she considered an inexperienced agent to fish for information! The next two issues came with the final dispensation at the end of the sale. We had contracted with a local company to replace the screen doors. We received a message from our agent that Joy had contacted her and insisted that we had to pay the contractor doing the work in full before he would proceed. After contacting him we found out this was not true - that he had never said that he would not complete the work and in fact was planning on sending us an invoice that we were going to pay upon completion. The final issue was when Joy Wells received an overnight cashiers check, 7/22, from the buyer for the furnishings that was to be paid for outside of escrow. She held onto that check even though she had our address and could have forwarded it to us. Our agent, Sara assumed that was the case, until we contacted her several days later to let her know that we have not received the check (even though escrow had closed and money for townhouse had been deposited into our account). As a result she had to go over and pick up that check and send it priority mail to us, (Sara felt so bad she volunteered to drive the 2 1/2 hours to our house to give it to us.) Although I am unsure of the exact protocol with this type of transaction, it seems a common courtesy that Joy Wells could have forwarded it to us or at least contacted Sara that she needed to pick this up so that she could do it herself. Again, individually, these things may not seem to be life-changing events, but when you're putting your trust in an agency to act honorably, and in your best interest, I don't believe Ultimate Coastal Properties is your best option in Gold Beach. read more

Contacted Karen Kennedy and informed her I was an all cash buyer and asked for response and listing info in my price range $500-$550k. Took her 2 1/2 days to respond only AFTER I emailed her a second time. She said she was "slammed". Not sure why you put off a potential client without even a response that takes 1 minute to at least acknowledge receipt of email and say you are busy. I told her I need an agent who responds in a timely manner and if she could not do that I understood and would seek someone else. Must have offended her because She sent me two lame auto responses of new construction houses that I could not even see the finished product. Then a day or two later I received an email from her that I was not communicating effectively and she was dropping me. Haha! I've bought and sold over 30 homes in my life and NEVER encountered such a lazy, unprofessional and unmotivated realtor for an all cash buyer. Found another realtor within the hour who submitted an offer for me and it was accepted. read more

We had the best experience buying a home in Gold Beach with Joy Wells! The housing market for our price range and type of financing (VA Loan) was pretty slim around here. We gave Joy Wells our "Must Have", "Would Like To Have", and "Deal Breaker" criteria for our new home. We were looking for some specifics, but told her we had an open mind. She presented properties based on what we wanted and laid out various options, but nothing out of left field. She was patient as we looked at 10 or so homes over a month's time. We finally found a home we loved, a foreclosure. Between the VA Loan criteria and Seller's bank there was soooo much paperwork, waiting, and checks to mark off for the deal to go through. She helped me through every silly question and worry, got inspections set up, and kept various parties accountable for their part in the deal. (Working with the Foreclosure bank and a certain inspector was like pulling teeth-Joy was the novocaine that got us through it.) She communicated constantly throughout the process, keeping us updated about every little thing. Communication is very important to me. There were a few times I was worried our deal would fall through. Joy is a genius problem solver. She never quit, and was absolutely tenacious in coming up with alternative, viable solutions. I could go on for a while about all the little (and not-so-little) amazing accomplishments Joy pulled off during this process, but I'll shorten this up. If you're looking for an honest, TENACIOUS, tell-it-like-it-is, experienced, educated, hard working, accountability-holding, Realtor who will communicate with you and genuinely cares about getting you the home you want, pick Joy Wells! read more

Double dealer underhanded. Wife and I had the worst experience of our real estate life with Karen Kennedy and ultimate coastal properties. The ultimate bad experience ! read more

RE/MAX Ultimate Coastal Properties - Real Estate Services Near Me - Gold Beach, Oregon

We initially choose Karen based on her positive online reviews. After interviewing Karen on the phone, we found her easy going personality, willingness to listen, breadth of local real estate knowledge, as well as having a background in property development and house building a perfect fit for us. We were also looking for an agent that covered the OR coastal area from south of Brookings to north of Port Orford, as well as inland since we had no preconceived location choosen. Just talking to Karen on the phone instilled in us her sense of down-to-earth, task-focused, get-it-done attitude and attention to detail. Throughout our home purchase process, Karen repeatedly demonstrated her "can-do" attitude, completing her actions days earlier than required and taking on actions that were clearly the Seller's Agent's responsibility, but only doing so to ensure that our transaction stayed on schedule. Karen volunteered multiple times to reach out to community experts, which she also knew by first name, when it came to digging out information on possible future county plans and utility upgrades. Also, once the property survey came in and revealed multiple missing easement issues, Karen championed getting the parties into motion, followed up with weekly status requests to the Sellers and adjacent land owners to be sure that the new required easements would be completed successfully prior to our closing. Karen repeatedly made time to host us multiple times, on our constrained travel schedules, as we were coming from out of state up to the OR coast. Karen constantly kept us informed via e-mail and/or phone updates. She's well versed in online real estate marketing & tools and uses the online Doc-u-Sign process, which in itself, streamlined the many remote document signatures that need to be completed quickly and eliminated the old fashioned e-mail/print/sign/scan/e-mail back the document kabuki dance. We would highly recommend Karen to anyone looking to buy or sell real estate in the Brookings-Gold Beach-Port Orford, OR areas. Choosing Karen is your 1st step toward successfully completing your real estate transaction. read more