Beachfront Realty

Never do business with Beachfront Realty and be very careful of any contract you sign with them. They are also hurting a disabled Veteran and his family with their shady practices! This agency has earned so many 1 star reviews that they are a 2 star company as far as we’re concerned.. Terribly dishonest company, broker, and agents. Be very careful before you sign any contract with them. Agents Liliya Shmatenkova and Adriana Dorival, together with broker Mindy Kurkin, have caused us nothing but problems!! We gave them an exclusive listing agreement and they lied to us about a fair asking price, about how much we would need spend on a new home and about how we had 60 days to cancel the agreement. The next day they wanted us to reduce the asking price by $250K and increase our new home purchase budget by $150K. We insisted on prior review of all listings before they could post them but they listed the next day on the MLS with unprofessional photos that they took themselves and with many factual errors. After several attempts we finally got the listing corrected (it took many tries by us) and professional photos added. But 30 days into the contract we had had no showings, no open houses, no other marketing materials and nothing but promises. We canceled the listing agreement and after a heated telephone call with the broker, Mindy Kurkin, she sent us a fake cancellation (a document titled “Cancel Listing” but it just withdrew our listing from the MLS). After many months she has still has not cancelled the listing agreement, even though she withdrew the listing from the MLS and stopped working to sell our house. This is preventing us from listing with a reputable agency and is costing us time and money. Very unprofessional and we can’t understand the idea behind that except to cause us pain and suffering! And Shmartenkova and Kurkin were very unpleasant and difficult to work with. Shmatenkova acted like the main agent but she does not work for Beachfront Realty and was directing her niece, Adriana Dorival, who is a very new agent with no experience, and neither are familiar with this area and the properties in our area. Shmartenkova implied they were partners but she actually works for Transworld Business Advisors, but we now know agents can only legally work for 1 broker. If we had understood this we would never have listed a +$1.0M house with them.. We asked them about the new laws concerning listing agreements and they refused to discuss it, so we asked our friend, another realtor, and they threatened her license, simply for talking to us, and then lied to us about it, denying any knowledge even though Dorival sent the threatening email!! We lost all trust after that. They seemed to think we worked for them and should be thankful that they would agree to represent us!! Obviously, we have no trust or confidence in this agency and would not recommend them to anyone!

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JP Destajo was our Real Estate agent for buying a house. He is very professional, courteous, and persistent. He helped us find just the right home in Hollywood. We looked for many months, and saw over 50 houses till we found the right one. JP was also very quick to get contracts written up, since the market is moving so fast. My wife and I both had a pleasant experience with JP. Definitely Recommended! The cost listed was the approximate regular commission for buyer based on sales price.