Why Work With Cates Real Estate?

I would highly recommend Cates Real Estate!  They work tirelessly and go above and beyond.  Professional, friendly and true experts in their field!  Thank you!
 

The best, most helpful people to work with!

Wonderfully kind and knowledgeable!!

Thank you so much for everything Ann! It was truly a pleasure working with you and we are fortunate to have met you. Thanks for making the process so easy for us, and great job on the pricing strategy! 

Martin called me after I put in a Zillow request to see a property. I knew the minute I heard his voice that he was trustworthy and was going to take REALLY good care of me. That was by far the most important part of the decision making process. Martin and Elaine handled everything and kept the train on the tracks! Home-buying is an incredibly emotional experience and I was so glad to know that I could trust the team to guide me in the process. I miss these people! That’s the sort of impact Martin + Cates Realty have on their clients. I cannot say enough, trust me…trust them

I’m not sure if you are the owner of this Agency but am guessing based on your last name, that you are.  My husband and I wanted to pass along our highest praise for Jannika Bragg who assisted us in the purchase of a new home in Bremen, for which we close tomorrow.   Throughout the process, which began back in October 2020, Jannika has been professional, patient and positive, even with the few setbacks we were dealt along the way.  You are fortunate to have her as your agent and we will happily recommend her to anyone who inquires.

I can’t say enough good things about Cates Real Estate and Elaine and Martin. The organization, communications, professionalism, and straightforward approach was outstanding. Their advice led to a fairly stress-free process because of this, not to mention the speedy sale! I would highly recommend!

I wanted to take a moment to let you know how much we appreciated working with Rick Whelan & Susan Trenholm to achieve the sale of our property on Calderwood Road in Washington this week.

It must be pretty rare to buy a house and sell it forty years later through the same broker. Such was our good fortune. We remembered Rick from our interaction with him in 1978 as a man of patience and willingness to take on the resale of our property – in all honesty, not much changed from its original condition, and quite neglected. We found Rick to be courteous, respectful and honest, just as we remembered him. With the benefit of his long experience but also his strong feeling for Maine’s landscape and history, he gave us good advice about the good points and liabilities of the property. Having helped us to position it in what was bound to be a limited market, he showed tireless energy in making it available to the twenty-five or so interested parties, dealing tolerantly with the vagaries of a house whose locks were balky, whose interior did not boast much appeal, where one room was unsafe to enter, and where honeybees had colonized an enclosed porch. He also helped us strategize about the three offers we received, not by exerting pressure but by quietly confirming our instincts as to what would be our best course. He conducted the whole process in a timely and thorough manner, kept us well informed of the process of our buyer’s own sale, and made himself available whether by email or phone to iron out details.

It’s a pleasure to pass along this observation, and we are grateful to Rick & Susan for making our difficult decision to sell as easy a process as we could have hoped.

“Kerry is amazingly helpful, knowledgeable and caring. She was great to work with! She is very cognizant of her client’s needs and anticipates issues and negotiates solutions based on these needs on behalf of her client. It was a pleasure to work with Kerry, she helped me feel confident in my purchase decision.

Thank you, Pamela Prior, for being our real estate” Yoda“. You gave us wonderful advice and comfort, knowing we were indeed in very capable hands. But most of all, you were so patient and kind to these first time buyers. We can’t thank you enough for all your help…for everything! Warmest Regards