Pine Shores Real Estate Inc

Pine Shores Real Estate is a small, independent brokerage in West Yarmouth run by Owner/Broker Thomas "Murf" Murphy, who says he helps clients buy or sell homes and investment properties on Cape Cod while also handling vacation rental bookings in Cape Cod and the Lower Florida Keys. The company describes itself as operating under LAER Realty Partners as its brokerage of record. The written record here is thin and dated. In a 2018 review, a buyer praised an agent named John for his knowledge of both the Cape and Boston markets and said he felt well taken care of throughout the process. A 2020 review told a rougher story: a buyer said an agent named J. Fallon never countered a bid or followed up, then sold the same house to a friend a month later without ever mentioning it — a serious complaint about disclosure. Neither review names Murphy directly, and Google's own rating for the business folds in a five-star review that has nothing to do with real estate at all — it describes a veterinary practice — so the small sample here is noisier than it looks. The company's real estate broker license (422425-RE-C) is verified against the Massachusetts registry under the Pine Shores Real Estate Inc name, but it currently shows as expired — worth confirming directly before signing anything. It's also worth asking who specifically will represent you, since the two on-topic reviews name different individual agents rather than Murphy himself. This looks like a fit for someone Murf is personally handling — buyer or seller — or a Cape Cod / Lower Florida Keys vacation rental booking, but the record is too small and too old to say much more; confirm license status and who your actual agent will be before moving forward.