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Stephanie Torok has lived and worked in the Mahoning and Trumbull County areas for the last 20 years. She truly loves the business of real estate, and one of her greatest joys is bringing smiles to the faces of buyers and sellers.  Her natural flair for design and staging is a real asset for her seller and buyer clients.

"With interest rates at an all time low, it's such an exciting time in the Real Estate Industry. I will be with you every step of the way in the transaction from start to finish.  I work for YOU!"  

Contact Stephanie for all your real estate needs.

Born and raised in the Youngstown, Ohio area Matthew lived and worked for many years throughout the country before ultimately coming back “home” in 2009.  Formally trained as a commercial real estate investment advisor in Tampa Bay, he was part of a select team involved in over $750 million of commercial assets transacted between 2004 - 2008.  Prior to this, Matthew held a senior management position in Washington Mutual Bank’s 1031 Exchange department, heading their Southeastern U.S. division also based out of Tampa Bay.

More recently, Matthew has started and managed two new companies here in Youngstown.  He is the president of Valley Investment Group, LLC a local real estate investment firm as well as CEO of Lower Your Taxes, LLC a regional company that provides assistance to property owners with appeal their property valuations before their local county board in order to lower each properties annual real estate property taxes.

Learn more about Matthew.  Welcome to the Lakeside Team!

After spending the past few years researching and getting feedback from lenders and home buyers, Fannie Mae announced that it will provide an enhanced affordable lending product designed to be more flexible to meet the financial needs of responsible, credit-worthy buyers. 

The program has new guidelines (like I've never seen before!) to meet the many financial challenges today's would-be homebuyers are facing.  Many can't afford a large down payment, they may have multiple student loans, and/or they may rely on income from non-traditional sources, such as parents or other family members.  These factors have impacted the ability of a lot of people from qualifying for a mortgage.  Well, that may be about to change . . . perhaps for YOU!

The new program, called the HomeReady™ Mortgage, will be available from lenders later this year, and will offer expanded eligibility guidelines that will be real game changers for a lot of people who could not previously qualify for a mortgage.  If any of these new guidelines apply to you, then this may be the year when you realize your dream of homeownship!

Please join us in welcoming Dawn Delorenzo to our staff of professional REALTORS®!

Dawn brings with her a wealth of experience, 15 years worth!  She gives back to her professional association, having served on the local real estate association Board of Directors for two terms as well as holding many committee positions.  She has also achieved the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Club.

Her specialties include property management, residential real estate, investment properties, and neighborhood HOA management.

Dawn is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a BSBA degree.  She is married and has nine children (I know, WOW, right!).

Contact Dawn for all your real estate needs.

We're excited to welcome three veteran agents to our staff . . . Susan Scavelli, Roger Collins, and Norma Rogers.

Sue Scavelli, licensed in both Ohio and Florida, has 22 years of experience working with buyers and sellers of residential properties with expertise in the second-home buying market.  

If you're thinking of buying in Southwest Florida, give Sue a call.

A lifelong resident of Trumbull County, Roger Collins has been a licensed REALTOR® and has served the tri-county area for over 18 years. His goal has always been to treat others as he would like to be treated and to take care of the members of our community and their housing needs.

Contact Roger for all your real estate needs.

Norma Rogers, a licensed REALTOR® since 2010, has lived in the Mahoning Valley for over 40 years.  Her mission is to empower her customers and clients with the knowledge and information they need to make the best decisions when selling or buying real estate.

 Norma would be happy to assist you with your purchase or sale.  Give her a call.