Imagine trying to coordinate an Estate Auction and Estate Property Sale from over 175 miles away! Imagine interviewing multiple Auction Companies with the hope of finding that 'One' that would give you a sense of personable, accurate and efficient service. After interviewing multiple companies - right away I felt at home talking with Chris & Sandy Collins with their personable disposition. Their expertise and years of experience gave me the assurance needed to hire them for both the Estate Auction and Estate Property Sale. Chris Collins worked with me each step of the way from start to finish with the Estate Auction process. The crew worked hard not only with sorting the many items, but also on auction day to set everything up. Fortunately, the weather was cooperative auction day and Chris moved items quickly and efficiently. From start to finish – the auction was an overall success!

Sandy Collins was a delight to work with. She was prompt with returning phone calls, text messages, and emails. This was especially helpful with selling the property due to the distance. Sandy and Chris both made trips to the property assisting me with many details - again – very helpful due to the distance. From the property listing to the closing – the experience was positive and successful.

The beauty of this team is that they complement one another in a fantastic way. Chris, with his auction expertise and Sandy, with her property sales expertise. I would highly recommend them to any individual who is looking for an Auction Company or Real Estate Company. Thanks Team Collins for all your professional support and care in assisting me with selling the family Estate personal items and property.

  Pamela Burson

We first met Sandy in 2003 when she was with Ohio University Housing, and we were tenants. When we wanted to sell our house recently, we reached out to Sandy. That was a good decision on our part because she handled the listing and sale so quickly and effeciently, what more under the current unprcedented COVID environment. Sandy's knowledge and experience with the housing market coupled with her professionlism, ability and dedication to her work, and to her clients, made every step in the sale transaction process smooth and seamless.

Sandy has a positive attitude towards the tasks she performs. This can be clearly seen as she patiently answered our questions, listened to our converns, and offered us useful information to help us make decisions.

Sandy went above and beyond, driving to and from our house at our request, to help us get some things done such as turning the water mains on or off. She is a prolem-solver, getting a contrator to fix handrails in our house in record time!

In the end, what truly matters to Sandy is a happy seller and an equally happy and satisfied buyer. Writing this testimonial gives us a great opportunity to thank you, Sandy, for handling the sale of our property so effienctly, and with so much heart. We would certainly recommend you to our friends should they decide to make a sale or purchase.

Yen and Lee

Sandy Collins made the experience of finding a home in Athens very easy and was able to give great recommendations abou the local real estate market so I could make an educated choice among all the houses on the market.  She gives a lot of freedom to her clients to do some research on their own, make decisions, and ask questions.  She always responds to inquiries within only a couple of hours maximum on week days AND weekends.  She was alway very pro-active to set up house visits in a record time and decisively managed to negotiate a great deal  for my closing cost.  I will send any of my acquaintances looking for real estate to her without hesitation.

Eric Letourneaux

Sandy has been wonderful to work with, very informed, very professional and friendly. She was always available to talk to us, even on vacation. She is a very dedicated, go-getter realtor. We enjoyed purchasing our home due to her upbeat attitude and willingness to go the extra mile. She comes highly recommended by us.

Jane and Bob Clair

Sandy has been a fantastic agent for me. She has helped me immensely in making sure details were taken care of. She has always stayed in close contact with me. She has been very persistent and is very patient. I appreciate her and am lucky to have found her

Mel Wallace

Sandy was there for us always, and returned our calls promptly. She was very professional, making our purchase process painless and simple. We recommend buying or selling your next home with Sandy.

Mark and Trish Schloss

On behalf of Rodney and I, I want to thank you for your help in locating a suitable lot in the city.  We appreciate all of the work that you did to satisfy our request.  Plus, we had fun working with you.  We are very excited about our project, which has had a wonderful beginning!

Carole Alder

This letter is to thank you both so much for all your work on the auction for my parents, Robert and Donna Lee and then the subsequent selling of their home and farm. As you know, 2024 has been a whirlwind of changes and emotions for me and my family. Going through the unexpected passing of both my parents within a month of each other has been traumatic to say the least. So when I contacted you to see if you would be able to auction their estate and to be able to do so within a few months, was a blessing. Chris, in working with you at Ohio University and being friends for many years, you just stepped right in and took over, handling every detail. I think you could tell I was overwhelmed and dealing with so many emotions that come with losing both parents. You came over and calmly said "this is what we're going to do" and came up with a plan, which you never wavered from. Everything went so smoothly, from you coming and taking pictures of the items we were going to auction off and then uploading them to your site, dealing with port-a-johns, concession food and drink for both breakfast and lunch, workers - including an additional auctioneer, staging of auction items in and outside the house and at the barns, parking and advertising. You and your crew handled everything so my wife and I didn't have to worry about anything. Yes, it is emotional seeing items leave the family farm, but also bittersweet to see things going to another generation of farmers and families that would enjoy the things my parents had worked so hard to acquire over their many years of marriage. 

I don't want to forget you, Sandy - for all of your hard work at the auction too. You were helping Chris, the cashiers and other workers and using your calm demeanor throughout the day and afterwards handling paperwork and closing the auction with ease. 

Then came the selling of my parents' home and farm. Sandy, as the Broker/Owner of Collins Realty you again came through for us. Once we had our buyer, you handled everything from the signing of the contracts, to dealing with the auditors, the bank, the buyers and the closing. This was all done in a very short period of time. You were never frazzled with the timeline, but worked diligently with us as your clients and friends and always kept our best interest at heart. 

We want to make sure you both know, your professionalism throughout this process has been beyond outstanding! We would highly recommend Collins Auctions and Collins Realty & Auctions for all your auctioneer services and real estate needs. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us anytime you need a reference!  Donald and Christy Lee