Mary Bloomstran
Biography
Mary Bloomstran has held a Real Estate Broker's License for over 33 years. Her career began in her native Texas where she sold and managed commercial real estate in Houston for a number of years. She then achieved a Texas Appraiser's license and worked for Texas Valuation service where she specialized in challenging appraisals such as air rights, mineral rights, farm and ranch, commercial and historic residential. Mary came to St. Louis to dispose of the Texas portfolio of non-performing assets for Community Federal Savings and Loan. Upon completion of that task, she was recruited by Showhomes of America to open an office in Westport Connecticut and launch the Eastern United States expansion. This included the states of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachutsets, and Rhode Island. Showhomes East, under Mary's management, showed a profit in the first nine months of operation and due to it's success was acquired by Home Equity Corporation. Preferring to return to St. Louis, Mary joined the Real Estate Owned department of Boatman's Bank (later Bank of America), managing a national R.E.O. portfolio for a number of years and developing the first educational class for R.E.O professionals. Raising two young children made the extensive travel challenging. During their upbringing Mary held her own broker's license and managed her personal real estate investments in Missouri and Florida. She is thrilled to be a part of BHHS Select Properties, and loves working for a woman-owned company! Mary is proud to be a multi-lingual Cuban-American and is proud to have acheived the Certified International Property Specialist designation.
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Testimonials
“Mary and I began this journey as a client and a agent and will continue this journey as a trusted friend. As a relocation client coming to an area of unfamiliarity and having 2 kids transitioning schools, is lifechanging. You have so many worries and the knot in the pit of your stomach, asking yourself 'Did I make the right decision'. Mary was able to distinguish all of those worries. She knew the school systems, the areas, the restaurants, the culture. She made the house hunting trips exciting and when in a specific area she helped us explore what the community had to offer, highlighting the strengths and how far the commute would be to interests that we had. Mary was able to win our trust and our friendship. We value our relationship with her as a not a business associate but as a trusted friend. I am so fortunate that the universe blessed me and my family with Mary and her team. I cant imagine my relocation any other way. Me and my family were separated for 4 months as I began my new position and they stayed back until we had a home to relocate to. Mary would check in on me, we had meals together, she would fill me in on different community events. She created a feeling of home for me.”
“Mary and I began this journey as a client and a agent and will continue this journey as a trusted friend. As a relocation client coming to an area of unfamiliarity and having 2 kids transitioning schools, is lifechanging. You have so many worries and the knot in the pit of your stomach, asking yourself 'Did I make the right decision'. Mary was able to distinguish all of those worries. She knew the school systems, the areas, the restaurants, the culture. She made the house hunting trips exciting and when in a specific area she helped us explore what the community had to offer, highlighting the strengths and how far the commute would be to interests that we had. Mary was able to win our trust and our friendship. We value our relationship with her as a not a business associate but as a trusted friend. I am so fortunate that the universe blessed me and my family with Mary and her team. I cant imagine my relocation any other way. Me and my family were separated for 4 months as I began my new position and they stayed back until we had a home to relocate to. Mary would check in on me, we had meals together, she would fill me in on different community events. She created a feeling of home for me.”
“Matt surpassed all of our expectations He was knowledgeable, easy to get a hold of, truly listened to us, and wasn't pushy or smarmy. He was perfect for us and we would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a house in this area.”
“My experience was very positive and professional. I could not have been more pleased with the results and this is due to Matthew.”
“Mary Bloomstran is a true professional with outstanding local knowledge and extensive contacts in the community. She quickly understood what my wife and I were looking for and we found a great home/neighborhood that fit our unique needs. She has also been extremely valuable to helping us find an outstanding school for our children along with introducing us to opportunities where my family will be able to quickly integrate into the local community. Her personal touch, in-depth networks, professionalism and executive demeanor are 'top of the charts' in terms of the realtors I have worked with over the past 35 years....this is my twelfth move in 37 years and two of those moves were international. Lastly, she is simply a joy to work with and is making our transition from Chicago to St Louis a very positive experience for my entire family.”
“Matt Muren was fantastic as a realtor. We have several realtor friends and have bought and sold many houses. I can honestly say no one has done a better job meeting all of our expectations. We saw many homes before making our decision and Matt was great in helping us keep everything organized and in getting in to see all the homes. He provided great advice and was very knowledgeable about the many Saint Louis neighborhoods.”
“We had worked with Matt previously and have had a great relationship with him so he was our first and only call.
Matt's enthusiasm and engaging attitude resulted in a successful sale. His efforts in planning and advertising paid off tremendously. He's always willing to do what it takes to get prospective buyers through the home and he's great understanding the best way to secure the sale.
Matt's performance was nothing short of Excellent throughout the entire process.
Matt was always able to have his staff support him throughout the entire process and they were great!
The experience was top-notch from start to finish and we couldn't have asked for a better agent.”
“Matt was a very knowledgeable and professional agent. I had a lot of specific things in mind and Matt took all of them into consideration. I needed to see a lot of properties and had many questions. I don't think other agents would have given the effort that Matt gave. He will be the person I refer people to and hopefully will be my agent next time.”