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If you are talking about real estate with a friend, associate, or a
neighbor, then there is a good chance that you will talk about
Home Finders, Robinson and Associates. What you will hear from
your acquaintances is that Alan Robinson and Sharon Robinson are
willing to listen to what you want and what you want will be their
first priority. If you are talking to friends or co-workers and
neighbors who have purchased real estate in Carteret County since
1979 then odds are that they will know about this real estate
company and about their reputation for “hands on” service. If you
are talking about buying or selling real estate in Carteret County,
North Carolina then you will understand the phrase offered by Home
Finders, “Our Name Says It All.” And for sure it does just that.
This is their specialty in a business where so many are trying to be
all things to all people. This is where Home Finders, under the
direction of Alan Robinson and Sharon Robinson will excel above the
crowds, the neon signs, and the jingles.
Whether you are a buyer or a seller of real estate, residential or
commercial, it is important that you know as much as possible about
the agent and the company that it going to represent you. For most
people the purchase and the sale of a home is the largest and most
significant single financial investment that they will ever make.
For a business, looking for that just right location it is the same.
It makes sense not to rely on part time or partly involved agents or
companies to represent you anymore than you would rely on a part
time dentist or attorney to represent you in their fields of
expertise. The time spent in investigation and in reading through
this page may save you a significant amount of money but it
certainly could offer the information to save you an even more
significant amount of wasted time and unnecessary anxiety.
Home Finders, Robinson and Associates is a family owned and family
operated real estate business. Alan Robinson has been a real estate
broker since the early Fall of 1979. For those who remember this
time it was characterized as a time of exceptionally high interest
rates often times reaching in the 20% plus area. Alan was not
interested in a part time approach or in using the industry to offer
a supplemental income but rather he had made a firm commitment to
devote himself to the profession as a full time professional. The
industry was changing fast and the time of just putting a sign in
the yard and an ad in the paper then sitting back and waiting for a
buyer was as long gone as the dinosaurs. To survive it became
necessary to become proficient in the many new lines of financing
such as the introduction of the variable rate mortgage, the
bi-monthly mortgage, and the balloon payment while not losing ground
on the VA and the FHA programs. These years proved to be a great
institution of on the job training and learning and the acquiring of
a reserve of information and skills that are still much needed
today.
During this time and a few years later Alan served as the secretary
and treasurer, then vice president, and ultimately president of the
local association of Realtors. During that time the organization
more than doubled in size as efforts were made to bring the members
together where all would bind themselves voluntarily to a code of
ethics and conduct that is used today. Alan also spent two years as
a director for the State Association of Realtors. Two of the most
precious of honors and recognitions were given to Alan by his peers
when on two occasions he was awarded the coveted Realtor of the Year
designation for his service to the community and the organization.
At this same time Alan was also serving at the appointment of the
Carteret County Board of Commissions for a three year term as the
Chairman of the Board of Health. Each and all of these events have
provided the background of knowledge that has been valuable in
meeting the needs of all of the clients of HOME FINDERS, ROBINSON
AND ASSOCIATES.
In 1984 Sharon Robinson completed her intensive studies and
examination requirements achieving the requirements necessary to be
licensed by The North Carolina Real Estate Commission. Sharon
brought to the company an array of gifts and talents that has proven
to be of great value to her customers. Some of these include her eye
for color and detail and their application in meeting the needs of
her customers. Floor plans are an important issue for most
lifestyles and Sharon has proven herself skilled in matching needs
to the perfect home. Her knowledge of the area provides unlimited
information and comfort to her customers as she locates and
discusses schools, hospitals, local parks, doctor offices, water
access points, weather, dance studios, shopping areas, banks,
gardeners, churches, and many other things important to a home buyer
and their family. Sharon also employs all of her skills, education,
and common sense that she has acquired as a wife and as a mother to
three growing boys to help newcomers become familiar with the area.
She has spent many hours on the highways and back roads of Carteret
County and has become familiar with its neighborhoods and its
families. She became an excellent teacher and a skilled listener in
her Sunday School and church youth activities. With three boys, all
in separate schools for most of the time, Sharon is knowledgeable of
the locations and availability of many of the resources that are
important to families as they decide where to live. When Sharon
first began in real estate her youngest son was in kindergarten and
the oldest son in high school. Many homeowners in and around
Beaufort, Morehead City, Newport, and Cape Carteret will remember
Daniel coming along on many afternoons as Sharon carried him with
her to show properties. None of this seemed strange to Alan or
Sharon as their first focus in the real estate business has been to
family and helping other families find their dream home.
Both Alan and Sharon can tell you how it came to be that they opened
their own business in 1991 with a belief that there was still a
place in an ever expanding and changing world of real estate for a
company that could employ the latest of technologies available and
still maintain focus on the individual customer or client tending to
the details and the personal needs of each customer with every one
as important as the last one or the next one. Their business
philosophy has been to take care of the needs of others as their
trade allows and all else will take care of itself. This has proven
to be true and remains still the moral strategy of their business.
Shortly after opening Home Finders, Robinson and Associates several
of the company’s buyers had a need to rent their property until they
were ready to move at some time in the future and some wanted to
rent them long term. Initially established to meet the needs of
these requests a rental division was established. From this small
start it has grown into a very active property management company
and is looked upon by many in the community as the first source for
locating a home to rent. Home Finders rental business focuses only
on properties located in Carteret County. Many of its’ residential
clients will allow pets including the family dog or cat.
As Home Finders has aged it has also grown in efficiency. While
sticking ever so strongly to its’ personal approach to customer
service, Home Finders has expanded into the world of technology
while making sure that it always careful never to allow numbers or
statistics to replace listening and speaking face to face with their
clients. A list of some of these systems that are available without
charge to the customer include the posting of our email accounts, a
toll free telephone number, a 24 hours facsimile machine, a web page
with links to many of the interests of property buyers and sellers,
as well as all of the tools provided through their membership in the
National, State, and Local Associations of REALTORS including
REALTOR.COM, the Multiple Listing Service that allows our clients
properties exposure world wide, and maybe most important the
grapevine of satisfied customers. In other words, Home Finders can
provide all of the “bells and whistles” of the big out of town
franchise companies but without sacrificing personal service.
Standing in place in an alternating line like cattle in a stall and
then picking from a prescribed menu may be fine for serving food to
large crowds but the details of purchasing real estate is more than
matching a round peg to a round hole. It takes service, caring,
work, and experience to match the rules, the laws, and the buyer and
seller needs and bring about the completion of a real estate
transaction favorable to everyone involved. That is what Home
Finders does and does well.
Home Finders welcomes first time homeowners too. They will take the
time to see that you understand what to expect and to do what is in
your best interest and to counsel and to protect. Many of Home
Finders clients return again and again for their services. The
company has grown through the testimonies of their customers to
friends and to relatives. If you are considering the sale or
purchase of a home, whether it is new construction or existing in an
established subdivision, Home Finders real estate company will bring
its’ expertise to the table to represent you and your interest and
will do so in the most confidential and honest manner possible.
If you are talking about real estate, “Our Name Says It All.”
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