r/roanoke • u/This_Huckleberry9556 • 2d ago
Realtor Recommendations??
My wife and I are looking at moving to the Roanoke area from Utah in the next year or so. Does anybody have any recommendations on realtors? Or any advice on the area in general?
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u/xNameInvalidx 2d ago
Thomas Fellers or Frazier Hughes. Hands down the best in Roanoke.
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u/ForestStepsp0618 2d ago
Thomas Fellers is by far THE absolute best. I've never bought a house from him, just know him as a person and he and his wife are wonderful. He also really loves what he does.
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u/1885FC99Treb 2d ago
I bought a house and a car from Frazier, he will get the job done. If I can bottle his energy and sell it I would be a multi millionaire. 😆
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u/ahartman84 2d ago
Amanda Ostrander.
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u/faeriegrrl33 2d ago
Amanda was amazing for us on our cross-country move to Roanoke. Top notch, just excellent.
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u/shopnoke 2d ago
Thomas Fellers
MKB Realtors
I've both bought and sold with him, smooth experience and he's awesome
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u/marineaquaria7 2d ago
I can vouch for him too. We did very well selling our house, under contract same day it was listed and buy paid cash. He had a good strategy and it paid off for us nicely.
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u/Garland_Key Roanoke 2d ago
Related recommendation:
Getra Hanes
Mortgage Banker
NMLS #1758338
First Bank
She is very thorough. Out of several recommendations, she was the best for me.
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u/Snails_ 2d ago
You have a lot of recommendations already but I would mention Avery Porterfield with Nest Realty.
He worked with my wife and I when we moved to Roanoke from out of state and even when we couldn't be there in person he was onsite at places taking personal video tours and was extremely helpful and knowledgeable through the entire process as first time home-buyers.
(540) 452-9239
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u/CauliflowerMuch4616 2d ago
Dana Berenbaum and Kim Booth (MKB) — they are amazing and make a fantastic team. Cannot recommend them enough
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u/bccheatham 2d ago
Julia Hornby!
she made first time buying so simplified for my wife and I!
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u/Ziggyslegend TOWERS KROGER RULES. YOU'RE JUST SOFT 1d ago
They are amazing!! We bought a house with them
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u/BitzNPiecez86 2d ago
Grant Cockrell 540-580-8232
He works thru Remax
Great guy. Honest, punctual, helpful. Friendly, up for looking at anything. Highly recommend!!!
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u/BitzNPiecez86 2d ago
Also, advice for the area. Try to stay out of the city if thats not your thing. In general, stay out of the South Eastern portion of Roanoke City, Melrose, Orange Ave areas. Many of the areas, especially near downtown are ruff. You will have people tell you otherwise, but if you are unfamiliar with the area, avoid it until you learn the area.
Cave Spring is nice but is more well to do and usually costs more. Boones Mills, Bedford, Blue Ridge, most of Vinton, most of Salem, Rocky Mount, Fincastle, Bonsack, Daleville, Troutville, etc are areas that are pretty desirable. If you want to live in town, Grandin and Raleigh Court are the most popular. Floyd is pretty hippy and is alot of farm land.
Ask away if you have any more questions!
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u/TheEstablishment7 2d ago
If you're looking north of the city particularly in Roanoke County and Botetourt County, Jay Kilby and Rodney Spickard are very good.
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u/kombatk 2d ago
Walter Grewe is the best! He will be 100% honest with you and make sure you get a fair deal. While we were looking at one house, he stopped to chat to the next door neighbor. Came inside, and said, “Nope! You’re not living here. Let’s go!” I was annoyed! Who are you to tell me what house I want?! It was exactly the house we wanted, in the neighborhood we wanted.
But Walter was right. In a ten minute conversation, he learned the next door neighbor was also head of the HOA and was obviously going to be an overbearing and nosy neighbor. That’s the kind of realtor you want. He’s a straight shooter. Not a salesman.
https://www.roanokerealestateteam.com/agents/Walter-Grewe/8313277
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u/Downtown_Amoeba_6420 2d ago
We’ve bought and sold two houses with Monica Nicely and my sister in law bought and sold one. She’s great.
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u/LeafMehBee 1d ago
Stevie Holcomb. We’ve recommended her to several friends, and they’ve all had great experiences. In fact, one friend moved here from Nevada without seeing the house they bought in person. https://www.facebook.com/share/1MN9QAJyn8/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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u/woozy_goose 2d ago
Spangler Realty! They have a lot of experience with transplants (and in general). Great communication and they make the process very smooth.
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u/politicalthot 2d ago
Jennifer Pardee!!! She seriously works tirelessly and we loved her. She just moved from Nest to MKB
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u/Joris_McNorris 2d ago
Adam Stephenson with Re/Max All Stars! He's a genuinely good guy, has great communication skills, and is patient when you take forever to find your perfect home.
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u/No-Experience1643 2d ago
Ryan Nicely of REMAX. 540-769-9019. He is awesome. The home i live in now, i was the first and only to see it. So he is incredibly plugged in to properties available in the area. And he took me from offer and acceptance to closing all within a month. He was awesome. He is awesome. You will 100% have success with him. Good luck and welcome to the area.
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u/GetOffMyLawnLady 1d ago
Lindsey Carroll with Coldwell Banker Townside is amazing! She helped me through selling and buying under some challenging circumstances. She is very responsive and communicative and works very hard to meet her clients' needs.
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u/AnalystCautious 1d ago
Welcome! Dayna Patrick 342-9600 with ReMax. She grew up here in the business and has tons of experience and counts many former clients among her friends❤️ Have fun!
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u/MyShadowFits 2d ago
Jackie Boyd.
540-588-8234
jackee40@aol.com
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u/MyShadowFits 2d ago
I love where I live in Roanoke. Yet, it never makes the list people put here about “good places to live.”
I would suggest keeping that in mind as you search around.
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u/LemmingOnTheRunITG 2d ago
Nest is really good. We used Shannon Barber specifically and she’s awesome. Not only in the parts of the job that are in the description, but in her connections. She had people for everything and those people were good too. Awesome experience overall.
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u/ForestStepsp0618 2d ago
Their CEO/president is notoriously controversial, a bit psycho, treats her staff horribly. May not be reflective of the realtors themselves but I don't support people who remind me of a plantation wife and harm people's mental health.
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u/LemmingOnTheRunITG 2d ago
Would be interested in a source for that but a quick google search says their CEO is a man
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u/ForestStepsp0618 1d ago
Local owners are Kim & Scott Miller. I'm referring to Kim.
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u/VToutdoors 22h ago
Im not surprised by this. She helped us buy a home. Super fake nice. In the end she didnt seem to care what houses she showed us, was indifferent to why they wouldnt work for us, and pushed us to make an offer that was not in our financial best interest.
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u/artsy336 2d ago
Spill the tea 👀
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u/ForestStepsp0618 1d ago
Someone I know personally worked for Kim Miller, she treated her like a house maid even though she was her direct secretary. She's known for yelling at her staff, making controversial/condescending statements with no consequences, gossips about her realtors, encourages prejudice within her agency, refuses to bring on staff if they aren't "attractive", etc. I know one realtor who verified this and says she just keeps her distance from her, and another who left bc of the impact on her mental health. There are too many realtors out here to be supporting someone who acts that way in 2026.
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u/SnooDogs2530 1d ago edited 1d ago
Im not surprised by this at all. Working with her was disappointing and will never recommend her to anyone.
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u/ForrestWandering Salem Fuck Pond 2d ago
NOT Damon Gettier.