AREA Properties

Thankful that my Astoria house sold within a month, but absolutely no credit can be taken by Area Properties…Don’t disservice yourself: PLEASE READ PAST REVIEWS. I didn’t and found myself locked in a bad deal with a substandard realtor… Linda Stephens [my personal realtor] is incredibly antiquated, urgently needing updated training to bring her selling techniques and communication skills into the current century. In this market, you have to DO the work, you can’t just sit by as a realtor — post your listings on Craigslist [Yes, CL] and take your own photos. You have to aggressively market, truly serving as a high quality representative for your seller. I am grateful that my property was adorable and unique which aided in it being sold quickly, but really wish I would’ve had someone more

On Monday Sept. 13, 2021 a representative from Area Properties came to my storage unit and opened the door, yelling out my name. No one from Area Properties had contacted me prior to this, not by phone or Internet or in person. She then informed me that I was living in my storage unit and had to vacate by 5 pm. This choice, she claimed was made from the statements made to her by another tennant. I attempted to tell her that I had been at my unit that weekend alot because I was moving items from one storage into my new one and late night was the only time I could do this but she was hysterical and refused to listen to reason. She then proceeded to hang out by the unit and the other tennant pulled up and they then proceeded to discuss the situation. I had informed her, upon her accusations,

We called and notified that we were interested in a property and were coming up to look at it and make an offer immediately. We showed up and decided to purchase but they’d pushed an offer in ahead of us without telling us. Would not answer their phone calls, emails, texts, very unprofessional and suspicious behavior. Would not recommend.

Sell and purchase through Area Properties and Meagan Lewis, neither of those things are fun and I do not want to do either of them again soon, but if I did I would use Meagan. All in all a great outcome and we were taken care of through it all.

We had a great experience with Jean Peterson. She did her job well without any pressure. She was very experienced.