My name is Cristina Ponzini. I accidentally stumbled upon Carriage House Realty of Athens while…read moretraveling and helping a friend look for an apartment. I had the pleasure of meeting Cynthia after scheduling a viewing for a two bedroom apartment with a friend. Cynthia is a great person. She is smart, dedicated, hard working and sweet. In my opinion, the recipe to be successful in the real estate market. Also, got the pleasure to speak to Sara at the realty office. My feelings of appreciation for her I can not even describe. She sat on the phone with my friend for over an hour going over procedures, policies and the apartment application process. She has helped my friend transition to be able to rent an apartment on his own for the first time in his life. My friend loss his parents at a very young age so the woman support at this office is an asset which was unimaginable. Lastly, Ms. Debbie the office manager is outstanding. She is compassionate sharing some of her personal experiences and giving advice. She checked the mail several times. She called promptly to give him updates. She is a very special lady and has a great work ethic. There are very few people in the world who help without an agenda behind it. Real Estate agents and brokers have always had a bad rap. There is an expression a broker would sell their own mother for profit. Gladly to say all these women mentioned in my review are exceptions and great individuals, i am so thankful i had the pleasure of meeting them and doing business with them. If anyone is looking for an apartment in the Athens area it would be a disservice to yourself not to call Carriage House Realty. Have a great day y'all.

We really love it here. We;ve been here for almost two years and we have never had any issues with…read moreanything. If something needs replacing or fixing - they come right away. We have never had an issue with pests and the office people are great.

I moved in in 2016, I tried posting this earlier, this morning I called because my fridge stopped…read moreworking, by afternoon a man had been here look at it and he's gone already wow I mean that's unheard of. I'm so grateful for Athens realty. To be honest I'm blown away they were so fast. I've been listening to my children complain they have their own places in different cities and horrific landlords they wish they had mine both of them already said that today. I truly mean this when I say wow, I am so grateful I'm renting from them and no one else. They are always so friendly when you pay your rent even you feel glad you visited. I'm blown away I thought this would take weeks I've never had a fridge break. Happy New Year everyone this is going to be a great one I just know it. . I'm so happy I had to come and leave this message . This will be my second attempt so let's see if it posts. I truly don't know what I'm doing

I cannot select a rating. I paid $40 app fee to be told oh I'm sorry but another tenants place…read moreflooded so the one you were to get is being given to this other tenant as long as they pay deposit. Now if they rent from you why would they have to pay another deposit? They were given til 5 pm yesterday to show up with deposit well then they extended it til noon today so of course I called and guess what no answer and no call back of course but trust I will get that $40 app fee back whether they like it or not. Miss Barbara we take back our words and compliments, glad you able to sleep at night with all the bullshit lies y'all spew. That one star represents a negative 100

Paul Cooke with Woodall is great! He did a fantastic job working with me to purchase a home in…read moreAthens. I live in Ca, so all legwork had to be done remotely, and through emails.....Paul was fantastic in finding me the right place ( at the right price!), helping with lenders, insurance, and all the typical legal matters needed to close a home from 3000 miles away. Just a great guy, very professional, and would recommend him100 percent!

From the owner: We seek to outperform the industry average while exceeding the expectations of our clients. 80% of…read morethe homes we sell are under contract in less than 90 days and buyers we work with have priority access to the hottest new listings before others know they are for sale. As a result, we hear things like "After closing multiple real estate transactions in my lifetime, Justin has to be one of the 'best of the best' agents in the real estate industry" from Dan Leonardi of Leonardi Development. We are Realtors who specialize in traditional sales, foreclosures, short sales, and new construction with a focus on residential (condos, townhomes, and single family detached) and land. Our team includes a listing specialist, buyer specialists and office admin. Because we operate differently from a traditional brokerage, we are able to provide better service to our clients and outperform the industry standards, exceed our clients expectations, and create raving fans.

Kelly Realty Service (KRS) is a HORRIBLE property management company. Run away as fast as you can…read more If KRS is your property manager, switch as fast as you can to another property manager (we recommend Rich Bowman). We had KRS managing our rental property (single family home) for 7 years. We live in another state and for many years, KRS' service was just good enough for us to not pay close attention. We have several rental properties and it was our fault for not paying more attention to their lack of service from the beginning. The 2 key issues we had with KRS are: 1) KRS NEVER once answered our calls or returned our calls--for anything. We had to call from different phone numbers or pretend we wanted to hire KRS in order to get a return call. With email, similar non-response. Only after multiple emails would we get cryptic responses. We finally had to threaten a lawsuit to get timely responses as we were firing them and moving our business to another property manager. 2) KRS was ALWAYS a minimum of 3 months late on sending the rental checks--not because the renters paid late - they always paid on time as we learned once we got away from KRS. After we would inquire as to where the rental checks were, out of the blue, we would receive a single check with 3 months of rent combined.

An absolute horrible company for both tenants and owners. Never makes repairs to properties. Left…read morecustomers without heat all winter. Can never reach unless payment is due. Never use this company.

We were out of state buyers in a tough market and Marie made all the difference! She was so…read moreknowledgeable about the area, pleasant to spend time with and accommodating to our schedule. We would absolutely recommend Marie for any real-estate transaction. Her background experience and professional attitude made making an offer easy. I hope you get the chance to work with her!

I was paired with ERA Sunrise through the USAA Movers Advantage program. I was looking forward to…read morethe process of purchasing my first home. After receiving confirmation that my information had been sent to ERA, I was told that I'd be contacted most likely by the end of the day if not definitely within 24 hours. Well, 48 hours went by and I got a call from USAA following up to see if I had been in contact with ERA and how I felt my agent was going to work out. I still hadn't heard from them. My representative from USAA then contacted them and resent my information and said it should be very soon, latest at the end of the day, that I hear from ERA. 24 more hours went by and I still hadn't received any contact from the brokerage. I called USAA again expressing my dwindling faith in this assigned brokerage, and they immediately contacted ERA with the problem. I received a call from ERA within the hour. I was contacted by an agent and we set up some times to view a few homes that I had found listed through various websites. None of which really worked out, but we worked together for a couple of weeks and viewed several homes. Of these homes, only 1 of them did she actually find for me. Granted, I did consider the property one of the tops on my list. I decided to place an offer on a home that I had found myself and told her about. She showed me the property a couple times and then began to be very pushy about placing an offer (she was also like this about the one home she found for me). When I did decide to place an offer, after crunching numbers and deciding on what I was willing to spend, I sent her the offer that I wanted to start at. It was a lowball offer, no doubt. She was very quick to tell me that she believes another offer is coming in and that I should raise it because "there is always the chance they don't reply." Saying that enough got me to raise my starting point and in essence "bid against myself" before ever placing an offer. When we did finally draft up the offer, and I received it to sign, she had written the offer for MORE THAN what I had said to write it for. WITHOUT MY APPROVAL. She then tried to justify doing so by saying that "if there's another offer of the same amount you want to be higher than they are." She ended up rewriting the offer for the amount that I said. Turns out there was another offer and it was "very much higher" than mine according to my agent. No big deal. You win some. You lose some. Moral of this long drawn out review: If you want an agent/brokerage that is going to WORK FOR YOU and follow the guidelines you set, then DO NOT use ERA Sunrise Realty. Your agent should not ethically be driving your offers higher and higher in order to make a few extra dollars. Don't let an agent coerce you into raising your offered amount if it's what you're comfortable with and what you decided upon. Stick to your guns and make your agent work for you. It's their job to write and present the offer YOU want to make.

Leah's reputation preceded her and she did not disappoint in the slightest. Responsive,…read moreprofessional, and a delight to work with. A fantastic realtor serving the Athens, Georgia area. I cannot recommend highly enough

Leah is an excellent real estate agent! We've worked together on a number of transactions, and she…read moreis an absolute professional. Her clients are always well represented!