ZillowVERIFIEDMy family and I had been dealing with some extraordinary circumstances when we met Ericka to look at a property that was being rented out on the Jersey Shore area through her agency last year. In the years prior, I had been diagnosed with cancer, deemed aEURoeterminalaEUR? by MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, who sent me to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center upon running out of treatment options for me there. As a result I moved to UPNY to be with my family while I established care with a VA who had the ability to contract with MSKCC while my SO stayed on the shore for work. And then came a GREAT but also VERY unexpected surprise! During that time, while my better half and I had been taking a break because of the stress and distance brought about with all of the scary circumstances we were facing, while actively on treatment, although we had been told that it aEURoewasnt possibleaEUR?, we were blessed with a miracle baby, whom is literally just that, a miracle. However, being a mom at a distance from my SO, because of his business and my treatment, with an extremely rare form of cancer that can only be managed, not cured, and even then is only able to be managed at TWO hospitals in the US, one who had run out of options for me and the other being in Manhattan, has DEFINITELY posed some challenges for our family. Obviously with the babys arrival, it became very important to lose the distance between us, and also bring me closer to MSKCC, as I would be starting treatment back up and hopefully starting a clinical trial as soon as one became available. At the time, I had been with traveling back and forth from Upstate New York, to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a 5 hour drive one way. I was receiving treatment both in Manhattan and Middletown and doing so at the time with a newborn. When I wasnt down here for treatment, my SO would make the drive up to NY to be with us. It was so difficult. So, in the search for a rental home on the Jersey Shore so we could all be together and I was able to be where I needed to be for treatment, I set an appointment to look at a home Ericka was showing. Initially, I didnt think she would be a good fit for us, as my schedule is/was a little unpredictable and I didnt think she would be able to be as flexible as I would have, under those extenuating circumstances, required. I have NEVER been more wrong about a person, and I say that in the best way possible. Upon meeting with Ericka, I learned that the property she was showing me was through her agency, yes, but it was not in her assigned area. Another agent was assigned to work in this area, but she lived locally, so she STILL went out of her way to coordinate and set aside time for me, outside of the set showing time for that location, as I couldnt make it at that time due to my treatment schedule that day. I had been looking at properties on the shore area for some time with other realtors assigned to the properties individually listed on Zillow; however, I had been so displeased by so many of those interactions. Often times realtors wouldnt respond to showing requests timely, or even at all. This was frustrating as I was only able to look when I was in the area, but then I also had to be at treatment while I was in the area and coordinate around that and the babys schedule, which as a first time Mom I wasnt super well versed at yet lol, and my other half was working. I was also disappointed at the way many other professionals I had met had treated me as a transaction vs. a person. I understand professional interactions and maintaining ones professionalism at all times, but there is a way to be professional and also personable. Ericka went out of her way to show a listing she wasnt even assigned to, at a time she set aside just to accommodate my needs, and THAT spoke VOLUMES about her professionalism and her character in general. When we left the property I called my SO and told him that I had just asked Ericka if she would work with us in finding a home because she had blown me away, and best of all that she had accepted, at no extra cost to me, because she wanted to support my family and I in getting back to the same area together, and me where I needed to be, closer to my treatment facility. Ericka went out of her way to assist my family in finding the PERFECT rental to make a home for the next year to two until we buy, despite our MANY challenges at the time, and she never complained or gave up, and most importantly she never made me feel as though we were a burden to her. Ericka made our future and this transition possible! Whats more is that she did it simply because she is an incredibly kind human, and she carries that into her profession. To me that is everything. You will NOT find a better realtor, anywhere. I cant give her enough aEURoestarsaEUR? or a high enough rating, because she far exceeds any expectation in every way. I recommend her, and I will be using her in our future home purchase, for sure!