Why Work With Cates Real Estate?

Ginnie has been such a blessing through this process. Since we were buying from out of state, we needed special accommodations and support in terms of house tours, local knowledge, inspections, recommendations, etc. Ginnie went above and beyond to ensure all of our needs were met. She has such a positive attitude and outlook, and was a strong negotiator on our behalf. We have enjoyed every minute with her. Strongly recommend her to anyone.

Our realtor, Ginnie Hess, made the process of finding our forever home something to look forward to.  We truly felt Ginny put our needs foremost during the almost year long search.  We were looking for a very specific type of property and Ginny was always very positive, knowledgable and upbeat as we hiked many large parcels of fields and forests in various weather.  Ginny was our best advocate and we learned a lot about what is important and what to pay attention to when looking at old farmhouses and newer homes.  I would highly recommend Ginny Hess and Cates Real Estate to anyone hoping to purchase property of any sort.

Cates Real Estate is a fantastic agency!!! I worked with three agents and all three agents are professional and extremely knowledgeable. Melissa is a fantastic agent and covered all the details to sell my house in Rockland ME. My house was on the market live 11 August and under contract three days later. I live in Georgia and could not come to Maine but Melissa took care of everything from working with a moving company to get rid of leftover items and hired a cleaning agency to deep clean the house before the sale. The photographer they used did an amazing job with the pictures displayed during the sale of the house. I am forever grateful to the agency and staff for an excellent job.

Martin and Elaine went above and beyond our expectations as they helped us navigate the world of home buying. Since we’re relatively young, we were lucky enough to have Martin respond to a general request we sent through Zillow, and it was seamless from there onward!  Something that made a huge impact on us was their consistent, clear communication with us at all hours of the day when we had questions or tight timelines.  And perhaps most importantly, their guidance, recommendations, and decades of experience gave us a wealth of support in making a huge decision much more approachable.  We’re almost sad we found our ideal home, since we won’t talk to them as often now!

I have worked with Cates Real Estate a couple of times - one for a residential property and one for a commercial property. In both experiences, I found Cates' agents to be knowledgeable, super accessible, friendly, and right on top of things. I especially like their team approach; although I had an assigned agent for each property, there were others on the team helping out and making themselves available to make sure all our needs were met.

If you are looking for an agency that will take the time to get to know you and then works hard to make sure you get what you're looking for, then I think you would also enjoy working with them.

Lynne Doble and the team at Cates were stellar all the way through the process of selling my father's estate. I knew the first time I spoke with Lynne that she was the right person for this job and even though I did my diligence and interviewed some other agents I ended up back where my gut told me to go. She was honest, professional, a great communicator, and kept me informed through every step of a process I haven't had to navigate in over 30 years! I live hours away from the area and she  was very patient and kind in facilitating the sale of a home that had meant so much to my parents as we were unable to keep it in the family due to distance. She helped price it right and that got us to the buyers who appreciate the history of the house and will love it as much as my family did over the years. She was absolutely fabulous to work with and I will be forever grateful for all her hard work and expertise. You just can't go wrong working with Lynne.

Cates Realty is truly top notch! Over 9 months - from meeting to closing - we worked with Natasha and Martin to find our perfect home in Maine. At every step of the way, you can count on them for honest, candid, transparent, and timely feedback. Their counsel was invaluable, and it was so obvious they weren't trying to push us into a house... but instead help us find the RIGHT house (and we did!). Everything from their geographical expertise to pricing strategies was sound, and invaluable. We cannot recommend them more highly!

I just sold and bought my house with Cates. I had nothing, but positive interactions and felt very supported. There were many challenges in coordinating selling and buy a house on the same day. Ann Daggett handled it with ease. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again for either a purchase or sale.
 

Poise, personality, perspicacity, and finesse--words not commonly associated with the gravel-and-grit world of real estate transactions.  But all those words apply, and apply vigorously, both to Cates Real Estate and to one of its most splendid agents, Natasha Zontini.  My wife and I recently struggled to find a building lot during the "hot" Maine real estate market of the pandemic period.  We had gone through three or four real estate agents and had come to the point of giving up when, by chance, we discovered Natasha and Cates.  We were immediately enraptured by the low-key but high-competence approach taken by these professionals.  Whether the refined yet homey and encouraging atmosphere of the Cates office on the main street of with-it Rockland or whether in the secret labyrinths of the real estate world, Cates and Natasha always provided all that we needed.  Natasha has an amazing ability to receive a question, go quietly behind-the-scenes, and then reemerge, in a very short time, with convincing and effective answers.  Prompt, courteous, friendly, and clever, she never failed to deliver.  I would not hesitate to turn to Cates or to Natasha for any realty activity.  They are, in a word, the best!
 

We have had the pleasure of working with Ann Daggett and Cates real estate on 3 occasions and her thoroughness and professionalism will keep us coming back!