About
Sand Dollar Real Estate is an office on North Long Beach Boulevard in Surf City on Long Beach Island. Its website lists local MLS property search, market statistics, and buyer, seller and homeowner rental guides. It also describes summer rental programs and consultations before listing or buying.
The Surf City office at 217 North Long Beach Boulevard is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. For buyers, the agency offers an Early Buyer's Alert that emails new local MLS listings, a Drive By List that maps out a driving tour of island neighborhoods matched to a buyer's criteria, and free e-booklets covering topics such as second homes versus investment property. Sellers can request an online market evaluation by email or join a Neighborhood Tracker for updates on nearby activity, and an Ask Pat page answers common LBI real estate questions.
The summer rental program, which the site says draws on more than 35 years in LBI rentals, offers homeowners three service levels. Starfish allows owners to list with several agencies at a 12% commission; Seahorse adds a VRLBI listing and a personal website at 12%, or 10% when the owner refers tenants; and the Sand Dollar level has the agency place and answer the VRLBI listing at no cost to the owner, at 10%. The site notes that commissions are negotiable.
Owners sign up by completing the year's authorization form and returning it by fax, email or mail. Tenants receive their agent's cell number for after-hours problems and pick up keys at the office, about 12 blocks from the Causeway. A Rental Reset review suggests low-cost changes based on guest feedback.
