Experience cannot be beat !!

I am delighted to have enjoyed years of fulfilling relationships with my clients. Here are just some of those experiences shared…

This was my first time selling a home. Without knowing anything about the process, Cathy spent countless hours with me explaining each step. Cathys suggestions were spot on and had the home in perfect condition for showing. With many curves thrown at Cathy, she always remained calm, focused and positive. This process also happened in the middle of the COVID dilemma. Cathy adjust and pushed through without skipping a beat. Cathy is such a wonderful person to work with. I consider her a good friend now as well.
I highly recommend Cathy for your Real Estate needs.
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

Richard Spillane, Sandy Hook, CT

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Cathy is the absolute best! Professional, incredibly hard working, and readily available every step along the way. She most definitely has the pulse of the real estate market, and her knowledge and expertise proved invaluable to me and my husband in selling our home and purchasing a new home this summer as well as my Newtown home previously. Cathy is also an expert negotiator, as well as a person of the highest integrity. In a time when buying/selling can be fraught with pitfalls and perils, there is simply no better guide, advocate, or partner.

Barbara Beckerle and Bob Sonnenstahl

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Selling a home (and particularly a second home in an area where sales have been historically slow) can be an anxiety-producing experience. However, in the more-than-capable hands of Cathy Masi, this undertaking was as hassle-free as we could have hoped for.  From the outset, Cathy’s professionalism and knowledge of the market were evident. She set the appropriate price (one which we naively thought would be a challenge to achieve), helped us stage the house, and was readily available to not only show the house but also to admit inspectors and others who needed to get into the house at a moment’s notice. (As this was a weekend house for us, we were not always around.) Her open house for agents resulted in several immediate showings, one of which came to us with an acceptable offer in 9 days.  This was a blessing – and a surprise. But Cathy’s work did not end there: With a fast closing requested by the buyer, she supported our efforts to put the house in order, dispose of its contents (as requested by the buyer), facilitate all the paperwork, and attended the closing on our behalf. As well, we suspect that there were a thousand other details that she handled of which we were unaware.

Cathy’s attention to detail, friendly demeanor, knowledge, common sense, trustworthiness, and overall professionalism are everything that one would want in a real estate agent.

John Duff , formerly of Roxbury

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Cathy Masi at Flagpole Realty has been representing me in selling a property in Newtown, CT. During this process Cathy has more than exceeded my expectations and has provided tremendous service throughout the process.

Cathy is very attentive to details, knows the market well and makes sure that your listing will present well online. The photos she takes are amazing!

I have additionally found Cathy to be very responsive, making herself available any time of day as may be required. During this process she has proactively recommended ways to better promote the property and consistently provides an accurate and up to date assessment of market conditions. It is clear that she take great pride in her work and will not stop working until the property is sold.

I will say that I have never been motivated to write a YELP review until I worked with Cathy. She really is that good.

Paul Harrison
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One of the reasons I like Cathy so much is that she is in it for the long haul, whether selling or buying, to find the right match and not just looking for the quick sale.

Eric Ekstrom

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When we moved from the West Coast to Connecticut, Cathy Masi helped us buy our house. When it came time to sell that house two decades later, we turned to Cathy again. She helped us successfully navigate a very challenging market and closing to finally sell the house at a price that was higher than some other agents wanted to list the house for in the first place. She is personable, very knowledgeable about the local market and refreshingly pragmatic when it comes to getting the job done.

William and Robin Sampson

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Cathy Masi is a true professional. Cathy listened to my needs and wants and gave me great advice. The combination of knowledge of the industry with her great ability of listening ended with my buying the perfect property for me. I greatly recommend Cathy Masi to anyone who is looking for their dream home.

Joshua Theaman

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Thanks so much for the spaghetti, meatballs and sausage. What a sweet thing to do! It was terrific… can I hire you as our cook???

Thanks for your hard work through this difficult situation!!

Cindy Miller Kyle

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As we near the closing on our property, I want to take this opportunity to thank you. I have appreciated the professional manner that you have used in handling our listing. It is very good to work with someone, like you, who works with my best interests in mind.

Sincerely, Jim Lewis

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My husband and I were 1st time homebuyers and totally new to the process. We had an “ok at best” agent before we signed with Cathy. The reason we choose Cathy was because she sold my parents there house 20 years ago!!!!! (that was the house I grew up in)). She met EVERYTHING we could have asked from her and more! She was an A+ agent for us and the other realtor was just a B- (at best). Cathy never made us feel like we didn’t matter…. we always felt like we were #1 !

Cathy was available for us 24/7 and REALLY knew her market. She never hesitated to tell us the truth about a house that we might have liked but she knew it was not the right one. In the end, after seeing 100+ houses with her and working with her for more than 6 months everything came through for us and we found THE PERFECT house! We did not settle for anything either! She was brutally honest with us the whole time and really helped with negotiations too! She was GREAT to work with. There were even some nights that we were worried about the whole thing and she would be there to answer our call/call us back right away. There were some nights we talked to her as late as 10:30 to negotiate a deal!

There was never a surprise with Cathy- she was very upfront since we were tight on a budget- it being our 1st time buying and all!   We were money crunching and she knew that.

I would 100% recommend her to you and we have recommended our friends to her as well. I just hope that she is still in the business if we ever choose to move/sell ((which I can’t see happening!!)) because I would not want to work with anyone else!
If you have any other questions/concerns- please feel free to email me back!

Sincerely, Erica Keane

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Cathy was the broker on my 2002 purchase & both of my sales in Newtown. I contacted her in January 2001 when I had a somewhat unique problem – I had a hot water pipe fail & flood the house, basically damaging all of the walls, floors, etc. My initial inkling was to sell the house “as is”.  Cathy supported me in trying to calculate a fair value.  I listed the house with her, but we found out that the only people interested wanted “a steal”, so I took the house off of the market & did all of the repairs under the supervision of my insurance adjuster.

At the time of the pipe failure, I was spending 95%+ of my time on a multi-year assignment in the UK. I was scheduled to complete the assignment in the spring of 2001, so I was planning on putting the house on the market & upgrading when I returned — the flood just made the process a little more challenging. Cathy was very helpful in helping me to stay rational, think about the big picture & be practical.

I listed the house with Cathy again in the spring of 2002. Cathy helped me in the proper disclosure of the damage & repairs as well as coming up with an appropriate market price. I had 4 offers in less than a month & was able to go from listing to closing in less than 4 months. I believe that I got a fair price.

I asked Cathy to evaluate my subsequent home because I was thinking of moving closer to work.  She gave me several suggestions on making the house more marketable — cosmetic things: de-cluttering, touch-up painting, outdoor sprucing-up, etc. — nothing major & not very expensive.  She suggested a sales price, I asked her to raise it & she was willing to support it.  Again, I was able to go from listing to closing in less than 4 months.

I have found Cathy to be an extremely informed & ethical Realtor. I had a good experience with Cathy in 2001-02, but I did interview 2 brokers from competing firms & found that one was not as well informed & observant/helpful and that the other was a little “too caffeinated” for my liking.

There were no surprises & Cathy was always very communicative — I never had to chase her.

Regards, Peter Banziger

P.S. We’re not related & have no financial arrangements. I’m just a fan.

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Cathy Masi
Broker
Flagpole Realty, Inc.

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