The Drake-Jordan Team

It seems like the experience with this company can be quite a bit different depending on which realtor you work there. I worked with Brad Jordan. He makes the process as simple as it could be and he seems to be always on the ball. I found myself having to do tons of work with two other realtor companies and they other two wanted to only sell me houses that were of a certain minimum value. Brad didn’t seem to care. He seems to like what he does to a fault. He can be a bit technical about realty as he tries to inform his clients. It may be to much for some but for others that may be just what you want.

It was our first home buying experience and we had a tight time frame. Chris was extremely helpful throughout the entire process. He was very patient and informative, but never forced his opinion or tried to persuade or pressure us into anything. Not only did Chris help us find a home that we LOVE in our short time frame, but he continued to assist us with different obstacles after closing on our home. I’m glad we went with the Drake-​Jordan team and will definitely be contacting Chris for our next real estate adventure!

I dialed the drake group from the sign after not finding the home on zillow. the secretary referred me the someone named Chris. I said I just wondered how much this home one river St was going for. I told him I was working with someone (a fib) because I wanted to get the price to see if I could afford it. I said I didn’t want to bother him, Chris said ‘now is when you should bother him ’ and hung up in me!!!

Definitely not recommended.
When I was looking for a house 2 years ago — I just dialed an agent from a listing (to get started — when you are looking at hundreds) and it happened to be a Drake Team rep. My first clue this was going to be a short honeymoon should have been when the agent in so many words outlined she wanted me to search for the property’s I wanted to look at — send it to her — and then she would arrange for access to the home. Maybe that plan worked when the going was good back in the 90’s /​early 2000’s in oversaturated markets — but an agent to think they can get paid for not doing the main part of their job is truly bogus. The Drake team obviously employs weekend real estate agents who get their license simply to make some side money on the cheap.
Moving on — we entertained the help of this agent for a couple weeks — being we had an eagerness to find a home we decided to lunge into looking at what was out there and stay on top of the house search. This was my first home buying experience (late 20’s at the time) and I certainly was no «in the know» on everything with real estate. That knowledge was compounded by the market crash and the change in landscape on home buying with so many short sales and foreclosures. Long story short — the Drake Team agent kept prompting us to look at short sales. Ignoring the fact that a process to buy a short sale can be lengthy and we were on a timeline to make a purchase due to moving needs, renting on current property etc. We just didn’t have 6 – 12 months to monkey around.
The more laughable component was when looking at some of the short sale homes (before we knew better as buyers) — the Drake agent continued to feed us a line that we could under bid the asking on a short (in once example by 30,000−40,000) and would still have high odds at landing the property.
After being aloof for a small period — I contacted a someone I knew in real estate (not from the area) and also a family member in banking to get the scoop on as much as possible on what we should expect. It ultimately lead us away from the logic of looking at short sales and ultimately dealing with this Drake agent (due to her ignorance to helping us as buyers). We then moved to an agent with the Surovell Realtors. The agent we awesome (she has since move on to Charles Reinhart) — and one of the first things she did was tell us to stay away from short sales based on the components of our search. Further — she constantly sent us homes and updates from the market and would personally set up viewings to get the max out of our time. Ultimately we found a home within a month of leaving the Drake team and bought hour place (great home) by December.
If you ever wonder why you see Drake Team signs on property for years at a time — it’s because they don’t do anything productive for the home sale or buying experience. STAY AWAY!!!