i'll be graduating in june and want to begin the process of buying a home in the fishtown/kensington area. can anyone recommend a local realtor? (first hand experience as a client is preferred, this is not a request for agent spam...)

also, on an aside, does anyone know where i can find info on homeownership incentives for recent grads? would the nkcdc be helpful for this? (as a student, i'm technically low-income, fyi.)

thanks in advance

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I like Dawn Swope-Kreiser of Century 21
Her # is 21579644776
her email is
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Mike McCann is a *****.

just trying to figure out what curse/insult would fit there, hmm.

so, is there a backstory to that comment?

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Feargus Mccaughey
Really knows the area and is also nice guy. Helped make buying our first house a pretty pleasant experience for my fiance and I.
He's with Prudential Fox and Roach

If you have some specific complaint about him, share it. Otherwise, we're not here to randomly attack people.

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The insult stems from this:

http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/showthread.php?t=35535

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Maybe he means that Mike is 5 Star?

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i had some horrible realtor experiences last time around. i'm picky, demanding and incessant - and many realtors fired ME out of frustration! one office in particular really turned me off, but i've been chastised for naming names here before, so i'll just stick with who i CAN recommend.

i finally settled on weichert realtors, who is based in the neighborhood (on fairmount between 2nd and 3rd). i worked with patrick campbell, who saw me through a harrowing four-month process with extremely difficult sellers to closing. i would recommend him. he knows the area well.

I would have to recommend Brooke. She was great with everythign from explaining the entire process to giving me first hand input on the neighborhood itself.

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