Bethany Beach's Top Realtor
Meet Shelby Smith
Living and working at the beach has been a dream come true. My passion for meeting new people and helping others in the community truly shines when bringing buyers and sellers together in real estate transactions. My immense knowledge of the area is the product of an affinity for outdoor activities; when not at work, you might find me biking, boating, enjoying the surf, practicing yoga, or dining at one of the local restaurants with friends and family.
Our Mission Statement:
As a member of the Seaside Seven team, our philosophy is simple: clients come first. We pledge to be in constant communication with our clients, keeping them fully informed throughout the entire buying or selling process. We believe that if you’re not left with an amazing experience, we haven’t done our job. We don’t measure success through achievements or awards, but through the satisfaction of our clients. We want you to love living at the beach as much as we do!
"Shelby provides excellent service and great insight into the real estate market for her
clients. She is readily available to answer tough questions and get helpful answers.
We enjoy her honest and sincere personality. We highly recommend Shelby for your real estate needs."
Scott B.
"Working with Shelby felt different than with other agents. Never felt for a moment she put her sale before putting us in the right house. Local knowledge was awesome, not to mention she actually listened and focused on what we’re looking for in a home."
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"We found Shelby after reading her online reviews from past clients and couldn't have been happier with her. Quick to respond, provided lots of information, and a pleasure to worth with!"
B. & A. Muller
"Definitely recommend working with Shelby to sell your beach property. Our property sold during a very competitive selling season. At one point, I believe there were a dozen other units similar to ours for sale. She was always ahead of the game – prepared to take advantage of key selling weekends and even scheduled an open house early in the sale process. Shelby is very knowledgeable about the Delaware beaches. She marketed our property in several ways and helped us sell it in a very competitive market."
S. Stapleford
"Very responsive and knowledgeable. Loved dealing with her. She was very good at getting the property ready to sell. She was also great at keeping me informed as to how each showing went."
B. Wetzel
"Shelby was outstanding to have as our agent. Would definitely use again! We couldn’t have had a better experience with the sale of our home. "
M. Rash
"Shelby was outstanding! She is knowledgeable & competent at the services she provides. I am impressed. She is very professional & efficient at getting everything accomplished with attention to every detail."
E. Roche
"Awesome, reliable, trustworthy, detail oriented, professional...highly recommend. Thank you!!!!"
J. Tentschert
"Shelby Smith was very prompt & helpful with our needs. She continued to keep us posted on the progress of our house & answer any questions throughout the process. We would use her service again."
P. Vinciguerra
"Shelby was very friendly and professional. She was ALWAYS available when I needed her."
S. Miller
"We couldn't have been more pleased with Shelby! She was everything we were looking for to help us find our home."
K. Ruby
"We’ve dealt with a lot of realtors. None better than Shelby. She’s an outstanding performer in so many ways: knowledge of the industry and locale, clear and timely communications, excellent follow through, and delightful to work with. We have bought and sold with Shelby. She’s a star."
W. Moeller
"Shelby is an outstanding realtor. She is knowledgeable and responsive. She kept everything on track from start to finish. An easy and seamless experience for us as sellers."
M. Johnston
"Very professional, thorough, efficient, and a pleasure to deal with. She gets it done. The best!!."
G. Paraud
"Very organized, prompt, knowledgeable and professional. Highly recommended."
fordunibody
"Shelby is a uniquely talented realtor. She was extremely responsive, accessible, and flexible in helping us purchase our home. In this difficult market for buyers, her patience and vast knowledge of the market played a critical role in our successful purchase. She was always happy to assist with our many questions and ensured that the transaction went smoothly at all steps. We feel very fortunate to have worked with Shelby Smith on our recent Bethany Beach purchase and highly recommend her as a realtor!"
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"Thank you Shelby for helping us achieve a life long dream of buying and owning a beach home. We really appreciated your attentiveness, patience and advice throughout the entire process. You were wonderful to work with, we gained a friend along the way too and I would highly recommend you to anyone looking for a realtor."
K. Cronin
"My wife and I could not have been happier with our homebuying experience with Shelby. She was very knowledgeable about the homes and neighborhoods we visited, and she was wonderfully accommodating to our time schedule Once we made a decision to submit an offer, she was very responsive throughout the entire process, as well as an excellent communicator. She was a true professional. On top of all that, she has a wonderful personality. My wife and I highly recommend her!"
Dave S.
"We had the pleasure to work with Shelby to sell our home. She was 100% on point for us! Shelby is professional, responsive, knowledgeable, and always had our best interests at heart. She guided us through the entire process and made it seamless. We highly recommend her and will definitely be using her for our future real estate needs."
D. Aleide
"Do not hesitate to use Shelby as your next realtor. She was personable and easy to work with. She was knowledgeable throughout the entire process, and her attention to detail is unmatched. I can't recommend her more highly."
A. Hicks
"No doubt the best experience with a realtor my wife and I have ever had. Shelby went above and beyond our expectations as a realtor. Very easy to work with! Always available when you have a questions."
skhardesty
"Shelby was fantastic! We had multiple viewings on our condo as soon as it was listed, and it sold very quickly. We highly recommend Shelby, and would contact her first if we were interested in purchasing beach area properties. Very professional & got the results we were looking for."
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"Shelby sold our property within 30 days of listing it with her. The property had been listed with someone else for almost a year and we tried FSBO for over a year as well. She did a fantastic job with everything and I have recommended her to anyone asking about real estate!"
C. Littleton
"Shelby is a professional at her trade with a friendly, genuine approach. She spent about 6 months with us helping us find our perfect second home at the beach that would work for us 5-6 months out of a year and also for our family, including 4 grandchildren. She listened to our concerns and our wish list and patiently worked with us to find the perfect home. She made it her goal to get to know each of us and understand what were were searching for. Shelby is the best and we would recommend her to anyone."
J. & C. Meisner
"Shelby has been great throughout the whole process. Extremely honest and responsive and makes herself available around our crazy schedules. Will definitely recommend her to all of our friends."
jtl42
"Shelby is without a doubt one of the best realtors in the Delaware beach area. She's knowledgeable and professional. She puts her client's best interests first, a fact that's obvious with every interaction you have with her. I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell their home!"
Sara C.
"It has been a real pleasure having Shelby represent me when selling my home. Her dedication is superior, and is a compliment to the well earned superior ratings. Honest feedback, and a host of resources to help navigate the usual decisions when preparing to sell, and then managing through the contract negotiations, right to settlement."
Bravo
"If I could give Shelby 10 stars instead of 5 I would. Shelby masterfully shepherded us through the sale of our beach house during a slower winter time market. She took care of extra things because we were selling from out of town and she is the most responsive realtor I have ever worked with. I have no hesitation recommending her and will be calling her again when we need a realtor in Bethany."
M. Hirt
"I wanted to take the time to thank Shelby for all the help she gave us with both selling our condo and buying our new house. The timing of our listing was right when she was going on vacation yet she still stayed in contact every day and guided us through several offers on our place. She was also technologically savvy and basically gave me a roadmap to closing for both places. I don’t know if you could find a better realtor in Bethany Beach area."
B. Bennett
"Shelby was so easy to work with!! She worked very hard to provide us with our Bethany Beach dream home!! She puts her clients first and always fulfilled our needs!!"
K. Bucks
"If you’re looking for excellence in a real estate agent, look no further… Shelby just sold our property in 32 days after it had been listed for a year and a half with another agent. From our listing agreement to signed contract, Shelby brought today’s technology into full use thereby successfully negotiated a SOLD property. Anyone can list your property, Shelby sells your property!! KUDOS!!!"
R. Littleton
"SHELBY IS A ROCK STAR!"
L. Butchko
"We had Shelby find our beach house in North Bethany and she also sold our home in Ocean view. Shelby is very organized, prompt, knowledgeable and professional. Highly recommend her services to anyone looking to sell or buy in the Delaware market."
John B.
"We have built, remodeled, bought & sold 25 properties in the past 15 years. Have worked with many agents - Shelby is one of the BEST!"
M. Winchell
"Shelby was professional, knowledgeable, patient and understood the type of home we were looking for. She was great with follow up. She is a wonderful asset to your staff. We would recommend her to anyone."
J. Meisner
"We had first met Shelby during an Open House at Bethany Bay in Ocean View. It was probably around 2016 or 2017. We always knew that we wanted to relocate from CT to DE, but had to wait until we found the perfect place to live, wait until we were both retired, and had to learn the process of making such a move. All the while, Shelby was there to answer questions and offer her knowledge. Then Covid hit and put a screeching halt to everything! No more interstate travel, no more open houses to look at... but Shelby never gave up on our dream. She continued to remain in contact and made us feel secure in knowing that when the world opened up again, she would be ready to welcome and assist us! Flash forward to 2023 where we purchased our forever home with support of Shelby!! We appreciate her commitment to the long term relationship that we had to live with. We appreciate Shelby's professional, welcoming, and knowledge-based skill set! Always on time, prepared, and supportive to our decisions. Never pushy, which is one thing that many buyers are skeptical of!!
Thank you Shelby, for sticking with us, and for making our experience exceptional!"
M & C. Barki
"Shelby is amazing, knowledgeable, very organized and attentive to your needs. Our entire experience with her was great. She found us the perfect home and we didn’t know the area at all. Highly recommend!"
L. Call
"Shelby is the absolute best realtor I have ever worked with. She was always available anytime I needed anything at all. Night and Day. Her attention to detail and personal touch is unparalleled. The consummate professional. Couldn’t ask for anything more."
J. Lewes
"Shelby is great! Thorough, detailed and has made the process so easy when I purchased and sold my house. Highly recommend her!"
J. Pelham
"We had the pleasure to work with Shelby to sell our home. She was 100% on point for us! Shelby is professional, responsive, knowledgeable, and always had our best interests at heart. She guided us through the entire process and made it seamless. We highly recommend her and will definitely be using her for our future real estate needs."
Deb A.
"I wanted to take the time to thank Shelby for all the help she gave us with both selling our condo and buying our new house. The timing of our listing was right when she was going on vacation yet she still stayed in contact every day and guided us through several offers on our place. She was also technologically savvy and basically gave me a roadmap to closing for both places. I don't know if you could find a better realtor in Bethany Beach area."
Brad
"Definitely recommend working with Shelby to sell your beach property. Our property sold during a very competitive selling season. At one point, I believe there were a dozen other units similar to ours for sale. She was always ahead of the game - prepared to take advantage of key selling weekends and even scheduled an open house early in the sale process. Shelby is very knowledgeable about the Delaware beaches. She marketed our property in several ways and helped us sell it in a very competitive market."
S. Stapleford
"Shelby is great. always available and very helpful answering our questions or finding someone that can. She helped us sell a home and buy a home. Her guidance through both processes was invaluable, making sure everything stayed on track. Very very pleased and I'd not hesitate to have her expertise again."
arwbrw
"Shelby demonstrated that she was highly responsive, knowledgeable, and committed to her clients. She went out of her way to help, and is a fantastic representative of her clients needs and wants. We were purchasing a 2nd home to use as a rental property, so it was very important to us to have an agent that represented us well when we weren't present as well as highly communicative with us through the entire process. Shelby delivered on everything we could have asked for, and is highly trust worthy. We provide her our highest recommendation and will use her for any future real estate transactions."
J. Carletti
"Thank you Shelby Smith! My husband and I decided it was time to by a vacation home. We looked at houses for over a year period and traveled to the shore area to view houses that Shelby felt met our criteria. Shelby listened to our needs and was so patient with our process. She communicated with us and alerted us to various homes that became available. I would absolutely recommend Shelby Smith as an agent. She helped us to find the perfect place and we couldn't be happier!"
K. Mitchell
"I found Shelby's name searching local real estate companies when we were ready to buy a home in Delaware and honestly just had a gut feeling about her. I was right. We couldn't have been more pleased with her. She was very knowledgeable of the Sussex County area and also pointed out things that might be detrimental to our enjoyment of a home (noise, location, etc) that we didn't think of. Rare!! She was always available to call or text, and responded quickly when we had questions. Aside from being very professional, she's just a wonderful person to know. Would ABSOLUTELY recommend her to anyone."