Why Work With Us?

Now that we are settled in our new home at Independence, Millsboro, DE, I have some time to express my gratitude to Francine Balinskas, our realtor with Active Adults Realty. My husband and I were so delighted to be connected to Fran, as she was a big help to us. She spoke sincerely about the communities that were available to us after we expressed what we were looking for in a forever home. She listened and confirmed our feelings regarding the active adult community of Schell Brothers, Independence. While we were going through the process of making selections to design our home, her input was invaluable. Fran, met with us many times to walk through the construction of our home. She showed awesome insight and was fun to be around. Her professionalism and knowledge put our minds at ease regarding choices we made. Fran was so pleasant to be around and I always looked forward to seeing her even when things got a bit sticky, supporting our concerns about changes that needed to be made. Upon closing, Fran was there to celebrate our purchase. At the end, she even generously gave us a beautiful house warming gift, that was totally unexpected and useful. We highly recommend Francine Balinskas, Seniors Real Estate Specialist and the Active Adults Realty Company. Regina & Jim McShane New residents of Independence, Millsboro, DE

We were very fortunate to find Francine Balinskas from Active Adults Reality in Delaware. She worked with us long distance for 6 months before we actually made the move. She sent us almost daily listings, and was a true pleasure to work with. Francine always promptly returned phone calls, texts, and emails. She has a strong handle on the 55+ Active Adult communities in Delaware. If there was something she couldn't immediately answer, she quickly got the answer for us. She stayed by our side until our closing. We highly recommend Francine Balinskas and Active Adults Realty!

Francine was wonderful thru the whole process. She knew what we were looking for and found our wonderful retirement home. The last month was extremely difficult due to the mortgage company. Francine was always there to support and calm our histeria! Thank you Francine, you are the best!

PERFECT!!! PERFECT!!! PERFECT!!! Francine Balinskas was our PERFECT realtor!!! Active Adult Realty
was our PERFECT realty broker!!!

We employed Francine to search for our new house in Southern Delaware beginning in Summer 2021
until our successful closing in June 2022. Francine was fully dedicated and highly motivated to find our
new house. She was always extremely trustworthy and had superlative knowledge, experience, and
communication skills. She was very professional and personable and it was a pleasure to work with her.
She did an absolutely outstanding job.

In Summer 2021 and Spring 2022, Francine drove us all over the Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Milton and
Millsboro area to 10+ developments to educate us about the established and new housing
developments. She learned about our preferences for an affordable, high-quality house and builder, for
a house that is reasonably close to the beach and for a 55+ community and she tailored our search
accordingly. She set up meetings with multiple development sales agents and several house showings
within a very busy productive schedule. She worked tirelessly, she was always available, she was very
patient as we considered the opportunities and she continually explained the trade-offs between the
different housing developments.

In Spring 2022, Francine gave us advance notice that a house in the Schell Brothers “Independence”
community would be listed for re-sale. We proactively visited the house and immediately made an offer
which was accepted. Francine continued to demonstrate her value by recommending a mortgage
lender, settlement attorney and inspector which made the entire process very effective, seamless, and
uneventful. Francine also was very effective in working with the Sellers realtor agent to answer our
numerous questions about the house and to enlist the support of her Active Adults Realty broker, Bill
Davis, to resolve a few contract questions to our satisfaction. Francine’s performance is even more
impressive considering that we relocated from Pennsylvania to Delaware and had to communicate
effectively via phone calls, text messages and emails to accomplish a lot of the work required to
purchase the house and close at settlement. In summary, Francine was instrumental in helping us find
our beautiful new home in our ideal 55+ community and she made the entire process very smooth and
successful.

We give Francine Balinskas and Active Adult Realty a very positive PERFECT rating!!! We highly
recommend that potential clients should employ Francine Balinskas as your Southern Delaware
realtor!!!

Francine Balinskas has helped us with the purchase of our new home. She has been excellent during every step of the process. Can’t recommend her highly enough!

Francine is a wonderful caring person! We moved from New Hampshire and she helped us find our amazing retirement home! She was our anchor thru some very rough seas we encountered with the mortgage company. She was always there to hear our tale of woe! Francine was calm, when we were hysterical! She listened to what we wanted for a house and proximity to the ocean! It was a pleasure working with Francine and would highly recommend her to anyone!

We are so deeply appreciative of Francine who guided us with great knowledge and grace through our journey to purchase a home in Lewes. Through a pandemic and a crazy housing market, we will always be grateful for Francine's perseverance in helping us to find the exact right place! She has been exceptionally responsive and helpful, providing useful recommendations and insights. We cannot recommend her more highly!!

Like many people moving to this community, I was from another part of the country. It takes a special skill and commitment to work with clients who are trying to find their new community while managing the details of an out-of-state move. Francine is knowledgeable, committed, and strategic in her approach to guiding a client for their decision making. She listened to interests and needs and responded with appropriate actions to review communities and homes. She used house selection software appropriately to focus on my specific needs and reviewed feedback to capitalize on my interests. Her diligence and sensitivity allowed me to narrow my focus on several communities. When I decided to make an offer on a property, I was confident in her representation as my agent. Moving cross country to an unknown community requires a great deal of trust. All interactions and conversations had me feeling confident in her skills and her dedication to my best choice.

Francine helped us purchase our beach house, which is our second home here in Delaware. She was very attentive to our wants and needs and offered great advice for us along the way. The entire process from beginning to end was seamless and quick. This couldn’t have been a better experience for us. Thanks again, Fran! You are truly one of the best. 

We were so lucky when we met Francine Balinskas at Active Adults Realty. We had limited time available to look at houses and Francine obliged our schedule with ease. We were out of town buyers and from working closely with us for a couple of days only, knew exactly what we were looking for. When the perfect house popped up, she contacted us immediately, toured the house and sent us videos. We put an offer in site unseen because we trusted her. We know are living in our beautiful home in Lewes thanks to Francine. She was the best for us and she will be for you too.