I help people move here without the expensive surprises.

I'm Kent Erskine, a REALTOR with One Realty Corp on Florida's First Coast. I have lived here for over a decade, raised three kids here, and put down the kind of roots that mean I am not going anywhere, and neither is my advice.

Before real estate, I learned that the fastest way to earn someone's trust is to tell them the truth, even the parts that do not help you in the moment. That is how I work now. If a neighborhood is wrong for your family, I will say so. If the monthly cost on a home is higher than the listing implies, I will show you a realistic estimate. If buying that model home would be a mistake, you will hear it from me before you sign, not after.

I wrote a book about all of this, Before You Move to Paradise, because so many families arrive from out of state having only ever seen the brochure version of Northeast Florida. Most of them love it here. They love it more when they came in with their eyes open.

That is the whole job, as I see it. Not to sell you a house. To help you make one of the biggest decisions of your life with the real information in front of you. The right house comes easily after that.