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Steve Nilsen
Steve and Ashley Nilsen

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784 Broad Creek Road New Bern
Upon experiencing 6 prior "experienced" RE agents we found Stephen. The difference was night and day. My having been in business in many sectors, wearing many hats, for many years, it is reasonably easy to sort the wheat from the chaff. I had begun to believe that chaff was our only option. The real estate profession is... full of entitled self serving opportunists and wannabes and those that focus on "let's do this the quick and easy way" without having to spend much time on sales effort while spending less time on getting the deal done, by pricing below market to keep our sales volume high, as this is a performance metric which brings future customers...they want to see numerical performance. Stephen has both, performance in sales numbers and performance in dollar sales/market return per unit. His secret? He works in a timely manner, does the research, and associates with professional individuals that know their craft. Out of almost 80+ RE agents I have worked with over the last 45 years, Stephen is in the top 5. Of those 5, 2 have gone to the great RE office in the sky and 1 recently retired in disgust of their realty support company...and the last retired from overwork. It's the nature of the industry, based on consumer lack of knowledge and the ease of which buyers and sellers can be sold nonsense. Proof you say? How many timeshares do people end up buying every year... and later regretting? How about HOA's, POA's, protective covenants that buyers get sold into, uncontrollable property tax increases and lack of insurances due to environmental climate activities. All these little seemingly unimportant issues that become major financial headaches, soon to be realized down the road.
784 Broad Creek Road New Bern
Knowledgeable, professional and appropriately demanding. Upon experiencing 6 prior "experienced" RE agents we found Stephen. The difference was night and day. My having been in business in many sectors, wearing many hats, for many years, it is reasonably easy to sort the wheat from the chaff. I had begun to believe that chaff was our only option. The real estate profession is... full of its self and wannabes and let's do this the quick and easy way without having to spend much time on sales effort and less time on getting the deal done by pricing below market to keep our sales volume high as this is a performance metric which brings future customers...they want to see numerical performance. Stephen has both, performance in sales numbers and performance in dollar sales/market return per unit. His secret? He works in a timely manner, does the research, and associates with professional individuals that know their craft. Out of almost 80+ RE agents I have worked with over the last 45 years, Stephen is in the top 5. Of those 5, 2 have gone to the great RE office in the sky and 1 recently retired in disgust of their realty support company...and the last retired from overwork. It's the nature of the industry, based on seller lack of knowledge and the ease of which sellers can be sold. Proof you say? How many timeshares do people end up buying every year... and later regretting? Share this review everywhere
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Chastity Barnhill
Grimes Real Estate Group
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Lot 99/3443 Belmont Boulevard New Bern
Chastity helped my fiance and I buy our first home. She is very knowledgeable and answered every question we had at each step of the way. We viewed the first and only house we wanted and we got it! She is personable, and knows all the right inspectors to make sure there were no problems with the home. I will recommend her to anyone that is looking for a home!
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312 Bernhurst Road New Bern
Steve and Betsy did a wonderful job of sticking with me through an unusually difficult purchase. It tested everyone’s patience; but at the end of the day we got the job done and I am better off personally from having met both of them. They are now friends, which to me says it all.
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Alexis McGinnis
Keller Williams Innovate - Jax
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