Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc.

10/21/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Before you look at a single house — have these five things ready.

A pre-approval, not a pre-qualification. There is a real difference and sellers know it.
A clear number you are comfortable with monthly, including taxes and Coast insurance, not just the loan payment.
Your documents in one place: pay stubs, W-2s or returns, bank statements. Underwriting will ask twice.
A list of what you actually need versus what you would like. Three of each. Be honest.
A plan to leave your credit alone. No new cards, no car, no financed furniture until you have keys.

Do those five and the rest of this gets dramatically less stressful. Skip them and every step takes twice as long.

If you want help with any of it, that is what we are here for. No obligation, no pressure.

First-time buyer resources → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/first-time-buyers/

First-Time Home Buyers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Buying your first home is a big deal. You deserve an agent who explains every step, answers the dumb questions without making you feel dumb, and looks out for your money like it’s theirs. That’s what we do. “I’m Not Sure I’m Even Ready.....

10/16/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

They had a spreadsheet with four Coast cities on it and no idea how to break the tie.

Everything looked comparable from a thousand miles away. Same price range, same bedroom count, pictures that all looked like the Gulf Coast.

So we spent a day driving. By the end of it the spreadsheet did not matter — one of them just felt like home, one was a longer commute than the map suggested, and one had a flood zone situation they would not have wanted to inherit.

That is the part you cannot do remotely. Listings tell you about houses. A day in the car tells you about living here.

If you are shopping the Coast from out of state, let us save you the guesswork.

Relocation help → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/relocation/

Relocating to the Mississippi Gulf Coast? Local-expert help choosing the right area, avoiding out-of-state buyer mistakes, and closing on the right home.

10/09/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Want to be in before the holidays? October is the month that decides it.

People underestimate how much calendar sits between "we found it" and "we have keys." Pre-approval, searching, an accepted offer, inspection and any repair negotiation, appraisal, insurance binding — which on this Coast means wind and flood, not just a homeowners policy — then underwriting and clear-to-close. Each step is reasonable. Stacked end to end, they are most of a season.

Start it in October and you are unpacking in December. Start it in December and you are moving in the spring.

The first step is not finding a house. It is a pre-approval and an honest conversation about what you want the move to look like.

Start your timeline → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/buyers/

(Timelines vary by lender, loan type, insurance and inspection findings — we will map yours specifically.)

Buy a home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Locally-owned brokerage knows Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs & Hattiesburg inside out. Start your search today.

10/06/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Myth: "Nothing good comes on the market this time of year."

What actually happens in the fall on the Coast is different, not worse.

Fewer homes come on — true. But the ones that do usually belong to someone with a real reason to move: a job start date, a closing on the other end, a family change, a plan to be settled before the holidays. Motivated on both sides of the table.

And the people you are competing with have mostly gone quiet. Summer buyers burn out. The ones still looking in October tend to be the ones who get the house.

Less inventory with less competition is a very different market than less inventory with more competition. Fall is usually the first.

Search current Coast listings → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/search/

Search every active Mississippi Gulf Coast MLS listing — Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, Bay St. Louis. Live data, no account required.

10/05/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Renewal season. Read the policy before you auto-pay it.

On this Coast most homeowners are carrying more than one policy — the homeowners policy, often a separate wind/hail or windstorm policy, and flood if you are in a zone that calls for it. They renew on different dates, they change at different times, and a lot of people only find out something shifted when the escrow payment moves.

Worth checking this month: your deductible structure (especially the named-storm or hurricane deductible, which is often a percentage, not a flat number), your coverage limits versus what it would actually cost to rebuild today, and whether anything about your flood zone or elevation documentation has been updated.

We are not insurance agents and we do not quote coverage. Confirm every figure and every policy question with a licensed insurance agent — but go have the conversation now, not in June.

If you are shopping for a home here, this is also the homework to do before you write an offer, not after.

Questions about how this works on the Coast → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/contact/

Reach Dean Martel + REPS on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Call or text 228-207-4989 — local broker since 2003. Same-day reply, no auto-bot.

10/04/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989
The first cool morning on the Coast is the one that gets people.
All summer you are negotiating with the heat. Then one morning in October you walk outside with coffee and the air has changed, the beach is empty, and the whole place feels like it is yours.
This is the part visitors never see, because nobody books a Gulf Coast trip in October. The people who live here plan their whole year around it.
If you have been circling the idea of moving here, this is the month to come look. Everything shows better.
Start here → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/buyers/
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10/03/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Saturday on the Coast — here is what is open to look at.

We keep the featured list current so you are not clicking through homes that went under contract two weeks ago. If one of them is close to what you are after, say the word and we will get you in this weekend.

And if nothing here fits, tell us what does. Half of what we show clients never makes it to a featured post.

See what's available → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/featured-listings/

10/01/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

October is the close-out window on the Coast.

Whatever you wanted to have done by the end of this year — bought, sold, moved, finally found out what the house is worth — October is the month it either gets started or gets pushed to next spring. The calendar between a signed contract and a set of keys is longer than most people expect, and it only gets tighter from here.

The good news: fall buyers on the Coast are serious, fall sellers have less competition, and the weather is finally on your side for showings.

Buying? Start with a plan and a pre-approval.
Selling? Start with a real local number, not an online guess.

Buyers → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/buyers/
Home value → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/home-value/

Free home valuation for your Mississippi Gulf Coast property. Real local market data from Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs & Hattiesburg agents. Get yours.

09/24/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

A veteran told us he had assumed his VA benefit "probably expired by now."

It had not. He had been renting on the Coast for six years on that assumption. We got him with a lender who works VA loans every week, and the conversation he had been avoiding took about twenty minutes.

If you served, the benefit you earned is worth ten minutes of checking — even if someone told you no years ago, and even if you have used it before.

Ask us anything, no obligation → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/veterans/

Buying on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with your VA benefit? Broker representation for Keesler AFB, the Gulfport Seabee base, and military families since 2003.

09/23/2026

Dean Martel | Licensed Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Professionals of the South Inc. — MS Lic # B20970 | 228-207-4989

Waveland spotlight.

Waveland sits at the west end of the Coast, next door to Bay St. Louis, with a long stretch of beach and a pace that is noticeably slower than the middle of the Coast. It is close enough to New Orleans for a day trip and far enough that you feel like you left.

Buyers land here for the beach access and the elbow room. Just know that elevation and flood zone matter a lot in this stretch — which is exactly the kind of thing we go through with you street by street.

See Waveland homes + neighborhood notes → https://www.findmississippirealestate.net/waveland-ms-real-estate/

Waveland sellers are asking $347,000. Buyers are paying $253,950. That 37% gap is the biggest on the Coast, and it explains this market.