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January 2024 by Zhenghua Lin
Unfortunately, I picked this agent as Johnathan Richie was a friend of my family member. But it was proved to be a wrong decision.Firstly, The whole process is “over promise, under deliver”.I was told that the housing market was in the seller’s market, as the buyers were fled from out of town, and the local housing stock was short, so the property could be well sold —— on that note, Johnathan was right. However, what he did appeared opposite with what he said — Not mentioning there was no 3D pictures as promised (which would have made the property receive more attention during the lockdown), the profile cover picture was terribly picked. Several friends of mine commented to me, separately, that the cover picture would turn them away as a buyer. Hence, I kindly asked the agent to retake and replace the cover picture from a better angle. But as a reply, I was given many excuses…Finally, I was tired from being fooled and told him that I wanted to remove my listing. Then he took my request seriously and changed the profile picture. And since then, we started having more shows, however, I should have terminated our business relationship right there, as it was the red-flag of me being under-represented (see the following). I chose to ignore this red-flag, and I paid a big price for that.Secondly, I was under-represented.I took the agent’s advice and spent $6K to repaint 4 rooms (to unify the interior color) and upgrade all the major applicants in the kitchen, in the trust of his good will and professional judgement, also in the hope of selling the property at the pricing he projected.But then, I was told over and over that my property worth “less than” the others in the same neighborhood. Johnathan kept showing me the evaluation of “too pricy” from the potential buyers, insinuating that I should reduce my listing price. (Note: Later, when I thought about this: Of course buyers wants to pay a lower price, even if it is the lowest in the market).Anyhow, I took his advice again and reduced the listing price from market average to 10% below that. But did my property really worth that little? I don’t think so. There are two evidences of that — (a) After the closing and I got the report from Redfin indicating that the property was sold at the lowest by square-foot in the same neighborhood — yeah, with all the things being fixed per an objectively strict and detailed inspection report, with a 1.5-year-old roof, and with all the brand-new appliances. (b) I asked the buyer for a copy of the appraisal report, where it would show the appraised value of the property, but the buyer refused to provide it. Everyone knows that the appraised value mostly is lower than the market price, especially in the growing area; So, if the appraised value is lower than my listing price, why did the buyer refuse to provide me the report? (Note: By the way, Johnathan Richie didn’t acknowledge me about my right of asking the appraisal report, I found out that by researching it myself.)One may argue that the realtor’s interest should be aligned with the seller’s, as he can get more commission, right? Well, not so much when the market is growing and he sees more listing opportunities coming — He would rather finish a deal and earn the commission faster — As even if my property was sold for $10k more, the agent would only get $150 in addition. Apparently, it is not worthy the time for him.Thirdly, now when I look back, many things the agent should have done but didn’t do on their due diligence. I wasn’t informed several important rights as a seller during the pending process. No to mention, my name was wrongfully spelt over the documents back and forth during the contingent process. Shall this carelessness raise a red flag? It should.After all, I was the one choosing to ignore all the red flags and deciding to stay in this partnership, so there was no one to blame but myself. With all the remorse on my loss from an undersold property, I gave this earnest review and hoped that the agent would improve, or no one shall repeat my misery.
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January 2023 by janine eaton
Mike Buechele the realtor, is great!
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January 2023 by Jill Cram REALTOR
I have been a Realtor for 10 years (Iowa and Florida) and joined Legends in December 2021. It has been one of the best moves for my business and personal life. Audrey Lackie and Clark LaBlond not only fully understand the challenges and needs of a real estate business for their agents, they are laser focused on providing concierge level service to the sellers and buyers who chose the The Legends of Real Estate as their brokerage that far exceeds that of other brokerages. They also have carefully hand-selected preferred lenders, home inspectors, home warranty representatives and title companies to assist and smooth the transaction. For this reason, I am proud to put my name with theirs when representing my customers.
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October 2022 by Tamara Fesco
I had the pleasure of working with William Moore on the sale of my parents house. This was a very difficult time for me, but William continued to work so hard to make this the Best possible outcome for this home. I absolutely could not have gone thru this without his patience and guidance!Thank you William!
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September 2022 by Chris Powell
This was our second time working with Cindy and Don at the Legends of Real Estate. The first time they represented the seller of the home we purchased. This time they represented us, as we sold the same home with a very quick closing.Cindy and Don are excellent to work with; extreamly professional and all communications of expectations and required actions were 100% on point, prompt and friendly. They went above and beyond to ensure that the process was as smooth and stress free as possible.We would highly recommend Cindy and Don to anyone moving to Jacksonville FL or the surounding area!!
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March 2022 by Stacy Holt
Could not get the information I was requesting. Kept getting run in circles.
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March 2022 by Robert Oliver
Recently had the pleasure of working a transaction with Buzz Thomas who brought in a buyer for one of my listings. Throughout the process he was professional, prompt and handled the transaction in a win-win manner for both sides. There were several obstacles that came up during the course of the transaction that were navigated with expertise and tact. Would highly recommend for any buyer looking for a competent guide that will make your buying experience one to be proud of.
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December 2021 by brett piner
Mary Jean was the best and made this selling experience as easy as possible with unrelenting hard work. Thank you so much.
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September 2021 by Andrew Iskey
Had a very unpleasant experience with Lyle. Never would I ever expect a cash deal to be so utterly screwed up. Just make sure if your going through this company make sure you do their job to ensure you don't get the 10 year old no longer used HOA rules and regulations. Even though by law the realtor has 3 days to give it you. I truly hope the agent did not purposely do that to make a deal happen, I sure as hell would not have purchased the property if I saw the correct HOA rules and regulations. BTW I made all attempts to have this situation rectified. However the unprofessionalism travels with the owner of the company as well. This is not defamation I carry all the facts and copies of emails, conversations, and phone records.
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August 2021 by Reece L.
Worst company I've ever had to deal with. Didn't have working water for weeks and they took it at as a non emergency. Very little communication from them. Takes a day to get a call back, takes weeks to fix any damage. Been here for 6 months and have had nothing but issues. My rent is payed on time in full every time and we are still treated as the lowest priority.
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June 2021 by Robert Taylor
If I could give Mr Lewars of legends of real estate negative stars I would. Cost me thousands over agreed price on home would not stand his ground for his client to have repairs made that were agreed on then said he would personally cover repairs out of his own pocket since it was his fault he didn't stick up for me the buyer then after closing never heard from him again and of course no repairs done to home and agreed price of home in multiple emails stating the price last minute charged 5500 dollars over appraisal value which he then again didn't stand up for his client and basically just told me it's only a few thousand more not a big deal WOW stay clear of legends of real estate or at least MrLewars
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April 2020 by Melanie Chenoweth
The Team at Legends of Real Estate East Coast has always been so knowledgeable and helpful with all of my home buying needs!
