Anson Realty made our dream of wining a home in Martha's Vineyard a reality. Susan leveraged her…read morenetwork, creativity, and experience to make it possible to build exactly what we wanted.

From the owner: As the owner of Anson Realty, Susan Anson has been able to create a boutique real estate office…read morewith unmatched personalized service. Susan's lifelong experience in the real estate industry--from buying and selling investment properties to design and construction--makes her unusually qualified to assist buyers and sellers in every aspect of a real estate transaction. Anson Realty is dedicated to making the community of Martha's Vineyard a better place and therefore donates a percentage of each transaction to island non-profits. Call today to schedule your appointment!

Rich Rosa was fantastic. My wife and I were searching for a north-of-Boston home while living on…read morethe West Coast and Rich made the process SO much easier. 1) Great communicator with excellent attention to detail 2) Great at anticipating questions and getting you in touch with good professionals for different parts of process (home inspectors, RE lawyers etc) and helping you find a good one. 3) Great at raising questions that a home listing won't tell you (what is the home near/not near? busy street?) 4) He's not just firing his own ideas at you, he listens and works with what YOU want. If you're an engineer type like me, he'll give you a spreadsheet market analysis, if you are are more mood and feel, he will speak to that. 5) Great negotiator 6) Super punctual and responsive, we pulled off a 30-day closing window which wouldn't have been possible w/o Rich's professionalism I could go on. So glad we found him.

Rich was a great agent as he helped us buy our first house! He helped us navigate the process from…read morestart to finish. He was very thorough when looking at houses with us and pointed out things to look out for that we would have otherwise missed. He worked diligently on our behalf from the time we hired him as our agent through closing. In that time we saw quite a few houses and made several offers, but not once did we ever feel pressured by Rich - he very much works for his clients and is not at all pushy, which we sincerely appreciated! I would recommend Rich to anyone looking to buy a home in Greater Boston!

Worked with Sean for many years. Went the distance on-a property in oak bluffs a while ago which…read moredidn't end up working out... but it wasn't because of Sean... he was all over it.. covered every base.. gave us insights we hadn't yet thought of.. always seemed to have our best interests in mind... tireless guy with great knowledge of the local market and very experienced. We will be back for another shot at a property on island. Thanks Sean!

If I could give a minus rating I would. If you go with this…read moreagency don't expect much. Customer service.... they failed at miserably.... do yourself a favor.... go with the other guy. There are plenty on the island.

My friends and I have been using Island Real Estate for a number of years for summer house vacation…read morerentals. The agent Michele Moore is very good and she takes the time to try and find a nice house for either your vacation rental or a purchase. There has been a few occasions when we had problems with renting from some homeowners and our agent was very good in resolving the problem. If you are considering renting a house for your summer vacation on MV then Island Real Estate is a great place to start. Ask for Michele M.

My family and I have been going to the vineyard for many years usually we stay the same house every…read moreyear but this year we used Island Real Estate with Diane Gilmore that was recommended by the person from vineyard. I would think that she knew what kind of house the we like because it NEEDS HELP!! It was on the same street from the other house that we usually stay at and that house is very NICE and UPDATED! It Needs help from bathrooms, kitchen, outside work, ants and also to a smell from not being used. OLD I must say for 2400.00 and 200.00 for cleaning service. I say what cleaning service. Also, the trash not picked when said it was Tuesday. It looked like 2 weeks worth of it!!! It would have be better for no realtor at all. No help!! Also, when I went into get keys for the place She was sitting right there and didn't even introduce her self. Will never stay at 48 Windsor Drive in Edgartown Julianne

We rented a lovely homes from MV Vacation Rentals twice now,…read morethe latest last October. The home was as listed and beautiful, the agent went above and beyond to assist us. Great service two times now. I highly recommend this company.

Don't rent with Mart Vineyard Rentals and Real Estate!! I rented what was supposed to be a luxury…read more5 bedroom home. It had several problems. The first night of a 7 night stay, my daughter broke out in hives after sleeping in one of the bedrooms. We disinfected the room, sanitized the sheets and after the second night, we had to take her to urgent care the next morning. Needless to say, that room was off limits. On the third day raw sewage backed up into the only bathroom on the ground floor. The toilet and shower was overflowing with untreated feces and urine. When the septic repair person came, he indicated that the tank was not properly maintained and had not been serviced in more than 3 years! When we arrived, on day one, we contacted Lisa Silvia, our rental agent, to tell her the refrigerator ice maker and water dispenser was not working. Lisa's response to us was "the ice maker and water dispenser were not guaranteed to be operational" (excuse me- for over $20k per week, we expected a fully functional refrigerator for our luxury rental). The cabinets were full of the homeowners glasses and dish ware. The panty was locked. We had no place to store our week's worth of groceries. Someone had to be sent over to clear two shelves for our grocery storage... we had to move the grocery from the countertop to the dinning room table and back before and after cooking each meal. The gas grill didn't have propane...we had to get it filled and replace it. Please keep in mind this was listed as a luxury rental. During the sewer backup, we had to cancel our plans for the day and stay at the home to wait for the repair people to come. We wasted another day for a cleaning staff to come to clean and sanitize the only downstairs bathroom. My 90 year old father had to navigate the stairs to use the bathroom for two days!! Electric circuits were not working in one room. Sliding doors and blinds were not functional on the main floor. The garbage had been piled up for weeks in the outside storage bins... we couldn't fit our garbage in on the first night!! And the front door never locked!! It was a disaster!! The rental office was non-responsive. We actually managed the property during our vacation. We told Lisa we expected a refund of some sort. It has been a month and a half and we have not received our deposit and we're told we would not receive a refund. We may have to take legal action. Do not use MV Vacation rentals & Real Estate!! They are the worst!! If I were able to give negative stars, I would.

Jodi is a wonderful realtor who always goes the extra mile for her clients. I really appreciate…read morethat she cares about the people she works with and will work diligently to make sure you get what you need. Her track record is excellent and she knows the area very well. Jodi provides support to buyers and sellers every step of the way---HIGHLY recommend!

Working with Overtoom Real Estate on Martha's Vineyard was very disappointing. The company is dusty…read moreand out-of-touch with technology and todays' buyers and sellers. Perhaps as a result of enjoying a long run on the island prior to the Internet and review sites like Yelp,com, Overtoom behaves as though they are in a vacuum with a rigidity and arrogance that is off-putting. We were selling in Massachusetts from San Diego, and good communication was key. Our problems began when we discovered ten days before the property listing went up, our realtor, Leslie, was being let go from the company. We were asked to begin again with a new agent after having invested most of the summer in dialogue with Leslie K. (a wonderful and enthusiastic younger Island realtor). Selling a home in Massachusetts from San Diego was no small feat. There was a lot of planning and synchronizing required in order to get contractors in and out, and to time all the repairs within a very tight schedule. We had spent nearly 2 months correspondence with Leslie to make this happen. We received news from Karen Overtoom that Leslie was being let go while on already on-island with a contractor I had brought with me from San Diego. Because Overtoom Realty had yet to spend any actual cash advertising our property, we suggested maybe it would be better for all if we continued working with Leslie, rather than having to bring a new agent up to speed during our crunch time. We had provided all the photographs, taken by a professional, so Overtoom had not incurred any hard costs up to this point. We presented this to company owner, Karen Overtoom, but she was unmoved and unwilling to let us out of the agreement. We accepted what happened as part of business, and gave Karen the benefit of the doubt as we began again with a new agent, "Brenda G." Brenda G. was unenthusiastic about our property from the outset, repeatedly suggesting the valuation of the house was too high. Not totally uncommon for an agent to say if the priority was a quick sale, but we prefaced all dialogue by explaining the sale was not forced and that we would simply revert the home to a rental property if the property could not get what we were asking (about 8% more than the agency had suggested). In the end, we were able to sell the house for what we wanted, within six months, so we were very happy we stuck to our guns and our own research and did not take their advice. We kept pointing out they were sending us "comps" that were not actually comparable, i.e. four bedroom three baths in our zipcode. To justify the lower suggested listing price, Brenda would send us property listings in other townships, or listings with fewer bathrooms, or without a detached outbuilding garage, or lot sizes that were quite different - not true comparable properties with actual matching demographics. After being "up" online for over a month, we discovered the listing on Zillow.com showed a pin marker in a totally different township, about fifteen minutes drive in a different area on the island. It was clear Brenda never bothered to proof the listing and there were inaccuracies in the text description for the property. The listing was unenthusiastic and unimaginative, and failed to mention a number of important selling points. We had asked Brenda to take a few "after" photos of the newly renovated kitchen to update the photos we had had taken previously by a professional. We saw the two photos she had taken of the new counters, leaving open boxes of Home Depot contractor garbage bags and various personal items strewn around. Very unprofessional and indicative of the care we felt she had for the listing. From the beginning, we felt the agency undervalued the house to make a quick sale, despite how we prefaced our objective. We insisted on a list price about 8% higher. Even with the discrepancy, we had a steady stream of interested parties from the beginning. And even with concessions made in closing, we were able to sell the house for far more than had we listened to what was advised. This company needs to learn they are no longer operating in a vacuum because they are located on Martha's Vineyard. They are a poor choice for middle class and lower income buyers and sellers. They provide weak communication and customer service and, in our experience, expend minimum effort selling your home (meanwhile asking the highest commission on the Island). Not recommended.

Robin did a great job helping us through a complex home buying process to get our first home. We…read morehad a number of legal and regulatory hurdles to jump through and she guided us through the entire process. It is clear working with Robin that she knows her business and has seen it all before. It was great working with a real professional and feeling like we were in good hands the whole way.

Carol helped us buy our first home close to seven years ago, and we had a great experience. We…read morestill absolutely love our home, and have yet to see anything better around here! Carol understood what we were looking for, and was willing to make the time to show us homes we wanted to see - sometimes more than once. She is extremely knowledgeable in real estate in the area; it felt like she knew which homes had been sold when and to whom, and what the market looked like in various neighborhoods. Carol had great recommendations for everything we needed during our home search and since we bought the house - inspector, contractors, lenders. She seems to know someone for everything you need. If we ever have to move, I will definitely reach out to Carol.

From the owner: With a track record of real estate success Carol has devoted herself to the successful outcome of…read moreher clients since 1984. Before partnering with Jack Conway, Carol owned her own real estate company for 20 years. She is regarded as one of Falmouth's top and most respected and trusted real estate professionals in the industry. Carol has the expertise to successfully respond to changes in the market. Throughout the course of her career, she has been directly involved in over $900 million dollars of real estate transactions including many high-end luxury sales.