The owner of May Management bought a house in a residential neighborhood, and pretended to be the…read morenew neighbor. She then quickly turned it to an Airbnb commercial unit. May Management sent out a photographer to take pictures of the commercial unit, and she purposely took pictures to include our private residence on the world wide website. We live in an area that is somewhat secluded, and liked it that way. Suddenly, our home is on view to anyone who clicks on the site! We asked the owner, nearly three years ago, to crop out our private home from her ad, but she will not do so. Airbnb will also not help. They are purposely using our private residence in their commercial ad, effecting our privacy. There is plenty of space to crop out our home, which would only take a couple of minutes. Now, besides Airbnb, they have placed all the same ads on the Utopia vacation rental website as well. They just don't give a damn.

In my opinion, this company is dishonest. I had a boat cause major damage to my boat lift on the…read moreintracoastal. For some reason, despite this being my personal property, they became engaged in the collection process. May Management then supposedly sent a check (which has mysteriously disappeared) to the condo unit which I rent out. My tenant has not seen the check. They have my correct address on file. May management is unwilling to even acknowledge their error and insists, despite multiple calls and requests that this be expedited, that "Accounting won't allow a duplicate check to be issued for 30 days due to policy". This is not for a substantial amount of money. Pathetic....... We deserve better from a supposed professional management company.

Don't know what the problem is with other reviewers. I've lived in Sea Colony for over 30 years and…read morelove it. If you decide to buy a house in a community with an HOA, you expect to go by the covenants. I think it s nice that the properties are maintained and cared for. Most of my neighbors have been wonderful over the years, always ready to give a helping hand if needed. I can't imagine living anywhere else. You'll never find an affordable little paradise on the beach like Sea Colony and if you don't agree, you shouldn't be here. As far as the construction of our homes....yes, they are not concrete block, but they made it thorough numerous hurricanes and are still standing.

I owned a home at Sea Colony for several years and the best day was when i sold it…read more The Sea Colony management (or should I say micro management) of the community is terrible if you want an example just look at the sings around the pool. Then you have the property manager company that can not keep good records. If you want to buy just ask a lot of questions.

Coastal Realty literally saved our vacation! We originally book a week through an online site,…read morerenting a condo from an individual. When we checked in, we immediately smelled stale heavy smoke. A complete deal breaker for this family of non-smokers! The condo was listed as non-smoking but clearly had been smoked in A LOT. After contacting the owner, we were fully refunded, but had nowhere to go. With a car full of groceries just purchased on the way in town, we reached out to Coastal Realty with a desperate cry for help. Patty's soothing, kind, and professional voice told us to come to her office, and she would find us a place to stay. She let us go visit a couple of places that were good options but not exactly what we were looking for. But she didn't stop there. She made a call to another C. R. associate who told us to come to her office. Already knowing our back story, she said she had the perfect place for us. She walked us into a recently remodeled condo that was gorgeous!! It was better than we could have imagined, especially considering it was 4:30 on a Wednesday afternoon. We are so thankful for the extra effort and professional treatment we received from 3 agents at Coastal Realty. They all went above and beyond their call of duty. Patty for getting the ball rolling, Peyton for getting us into a beautiful condo, and for Dee getting our WiFi issues resolved!! I learned my lesson, and from now on I will not hesitate to recommend and use Coastal Realty.

Coastal fired our condominium association. The reason was "interference " as we wanted to draft our…read moreown budget, have a say in the hiring and firing of maintenance personnel, and generally have a hand on what was being done with our property. Financial statements were always late, several times the association credit card was not paid, did not follow up on overcharges by the waste company, etc. in addition, several times the posting of notices of upcoming meetings was not done. in the end, the last month they basically didn't care much.

I've lived in Sweetwater Oaks, Longwood, FL, for over 10 years, and enjoy it very much. It's a…read morebeautiful, comfortable community. Many young families are here as well as older singles and couples who enjoy our amenities, location and neighbors. We have 2 parks, tennis and pickleball courts, beachfront and boat launch on Lake Brantley, playgrounds, etc. The HOA dues are reasonable, and I appreciate the efforts of our Board to keep community harmony and values up. Wekiva State Park on our northern border provides wildlife that wander here throughout the year.

I've lived in Sweetwater Oaks since 2003 and love the neighborhood. It's quiet, safe, beautifully…read morekept, friendly, has nice amenities for reasonable HOA dues, and has a wonderful amount of wildlife that roam freely in and out of the Wekiva State Forest.

Very difficult to work with. Required almost $3,000 just to see the lease. Explained cannot provide…read moresecurity deposit of no corresponding lease. No trust, no personal touch.

SCAM ! They have homes listed as available, we apply on…read moreSaturday for a home , they ran our credit Sunday , then says unavailable on Monday . They are baiting you to apply with a nice house and then putting it as unavailable. If the house is spoken for you should NOT be allowed to apply and pay their $65 application fee !

Writing a long explanation of why SSMG would not a good choice for your community would take much…read moretoo long. Trust at your own peril, you get what you pay for....and what you pay for is neglect, lies, unprofessional behavior, and disrespectful leadership. I'm surprised they are still in business.

Highly Unprofessional and Disrespectful Staff - Do Not Recommend…read more I called the guard gate due to a short-term legal issue asking them to not let my builder in until resolved. The guard asked me to please call or email the HOA staff because she did not want them to get mad at her since they have done in the past. Why would a security guard be afraid of the HOA - only if the Southern States Management staff is not treating their employees with respect and with civility. Note the HOA staff are all Caucasian and the guard gate staff are almost all minorities so I cannot imagine someone being scared to do their job. I did as the guard gate asked and below is the exact response from Craig Nisbett. Note he works for the homeowners, we pay his salary and his company to manage our HOA. Nobody should respond in such a manner anyone; I cannot imagine how he speaks to the guards for them to be afraid of him. If anyone in business spoke this way to a peer or client they would be fired and he should be fired too given he did not do his due diligence nor does he have any Emotional Intelligence. Craig's Disrespectful and unprofessional response is below and he is nothing more than an email bully: "You need to contact the gatehouse and manage your own access. SSMG does not manage individual visitor/builder access into Hammock Dunes. I also don't appreciate us being put in the middle of your builder contract disputes!"

Julie Sabine and her team are amazing! We listed with them, and we sold our house in the first…read moreweek! Very personable people from Judy and Jamie who assisted in the process and Patrice who handled the title process from Ocean Blue Title in the same building. Everything was professional and convenient! Would definitely recommend this real estate agency!

Jennifer Watson 's with Real Estate exchange was very unprofessional, did not follow thru, was very…read moreunethical in her business practice's, very arrogant. I do not recommend Jennifer.. Be careful if your considering listing your property with her, her follow thru is unacceptable