I had the most empowering home ownership encounter with May Martinez and her team at Windermere Prestige Properties. In the midst of a pandemic, when everyone was shut in, May was tenaciously at work every day making sure that I found a new home to my liking and specifications. I started the process of looking for a home with May Martinez in mid May. I closed on July 2nd. Not only is this nothing short of a miracle but it is a testament to the hard work and dedication that May Martinez personally commits to each and every person that comes across her way. Even though we were shut in and under quarantine, May accomplished the task of ensuring my new home ownership. May was a consummate professional. She never tried to influence my decision making process. May just sat back and guided at the tour along the way of purchasing a new home. She allowed me to think for myself and make my own decision concerning the various new home listings I needed to view and be exposed to, in the process of looking for a home to purchase. May provided me with a wealth of information that taught me a lot in the home buying process and expedited things considerably. I was able to select and close on a new home in under 60 days. I was very adamant about staying in one certain area of town where I had lived for quite some time. May blessed me and showed me a home less than 10 minutes away from my comfort zone. In doing so, I discovered a new area that I fell in love with and I ended up buying a home in this new area. I'm beginning to love this new area, where I am now a home owner and not a renter, even more. I am a first time home buyer and May represented me well. She made sure I had a home warranty on all of the newly upgraded appliances. May also made sure that the sellers contributed $9,000 to closing costs and the sellers even threw in a gym quality treadmill. Personally, this is nothing short of a miracle. I have so much gratitude to my amazing Realitor, May Martinez - The Dulcie Crawford Group - Windermere Prestige Properties. I am so thankful to have encountered May. I am firmly convinced that no one else would've been able to do the excellent job that she did. It was less than 60 days working with May and I closed on my new home. If you have never bought a home, or even if you are selling a home, May Martinez is literally the best. She is one of the kindest, ethical and hard-working Realtors, I've ever met. Black home ownership is always difficult because of redlining practices that still exist and other predatory lending practices. Therefore as a new home owner and as an African American, there is such a feeling of empowerment and gratitude that I have being a new first time home owner. Not only do I highly recommend May, Martinez, I only recommend you choose her as your new Realtor. Professor La Della Lyn Levy- Political Science read more