The News-Times (Sunday)

Military relocation profession­al

- Kevin McCaffrey

ARealtor since 2000, Kevin McCaffrey has a bachelor’s degree in history and economics from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Business Administra­tion in marketing from Babson Graduate School. He has been a military relocation profession­al since 2008 and is certified to work with U.S. Navy clientele.

He worked in insurance for 25 years before joining his wife, Linda McCaffrey, in her real estate business.

McCaffrey considers himself a transition resource adviser and works with a database of hundreds of small business profession­als to help clients. Power groups he puts together consist of teams of profession­als, such as lawyers, mortgage specialist­s and specialty engineers or folks in service industries, such as doctors.

“My focus is working with [clients] as part of their life story,” McCaffrey said. “I use my power groups to help them with their story, to help them reach their new place.”

Conversely, the profession­als refer people to him.

Once they work with him, clients, especially those in the military, stay with McCaffrey forever, he said.

“The bottom line is I care,” he said. “My clients are my family.”

When working with buyers, McCaffrey listens to their goals in a home and discusses what they need to do to get from where they are to where they want to be. Whether they have credit issues or need a special school for a child, McCaffrey has people in his power groups that can lead Business: Coldwell Banker, McCaffrey Proffessio­nals

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He also gets an understand­ing of why they are moving and of their lifestyle to find the right home and area for them.

On the second meeting, they put together a plan and the search begins.

“They never see a house unless I’ve seen it first,” McCaffrey said.

With sellers, he looks at the house, provides a market analysis and listens to their story and motivation for moving, making sure there’s a plan for where they will go because the house may sell very quickly.

“If we sell it in one day, where are you going to be?” he said he asks.

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