We have all the information you need to buy a home, sell your property or rent real estate in Jacksonville, Florida and the surrounding areas, including Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee and Jacksonville Beach. We look forward to helping you take that first step and join you on your journey! Hover Girl Properties closed over $85 million in sales in 2020.
Our talented professionals and robust property management and sales portfolio will help you every step of the way. We proudly serve both military and non-military families, helping anyone on the First Coast in need of professional realty services. Hover Girl Properties got its start when Lara Yehl and Joy Doyle created the full-service real estate firm focused primarily on military relocation.
Our talented professionals and robust property management and sales portfolio will help you every step of the way. We proudly serve both military and non-military families, helping anyone on the First Coast in need of professional realty services. Hover Girl Properties got its start when Lara Yehl and Joy Doyle created the full-service real estate firm focused primarily on military relocation.
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Lara Yehl and Joy Doyle are the co-founders of Hover Girl Properties, a full service real estate firm in Jacksonville, FL. With over 50 years of being a military spouse collectively, they understand the complexities of the military lifestyle. Joy and Lara's vision when creating Hover Girl Properties was to be a full service real estate firm focused primarily on military relocation.
Our koozies have made their way around the world, whether it be with our customers in foreign lands or just on a well-deserved vacation. We love our customers snapping pictures and sending them to us to share. If you need a koozie send an email to joy@hovergirlproperties.com and we will get one right to you.
Buying your first house can be a nerve-wracking experience. Buying your first house while living thousands of miles away in a foreign country, with a husband deployed out to sea, and never seeing the house in person until closing day sounds impossible! Joy and the Hover Girls team made the impossible happen for us!
Buying a home is complex and can be even more difficult from overseas or across the country. Let us help! We are experts in both military and non-military real estate and are here to simplify the home-buying experience for you. Finding a Realtor is a crucial step in your home-buying process. Our team has extensive experience in the Jacksonville market dating back to 1986, allowing us to provide our buyers with a number of useful resources.
Regardless of the price, one of the most overlooked components of successfully selling a home is marketing. Your listing's online presentation is more important now than ever. That's why we provide each of our sellers with a customized marketing package, tailored to you and your home's specific needs.
Reviews (21)
Jayana Douglas
Jan 20, 2022
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Hover Girls is truly exceptional at what they do. We have worked with Lara and the team at Hover Girls since 2017. We’ve been through the process of buying (from out of state), renting our home to tenants, and then selling. They have truly gone above and beyond to help us through it all. From FaceTiming us to show us properties, adjusting their schedules when we were able to get to Florida to house hunt, to finding perfect tenants (we never even had to list our rental- Lara always had perfect people in mind), to always being happy and available to give us sound advice, to selling our home to
Frances Johnson
Jan 07, 2022
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Hover Girls Properties may hover but they take off, too! I am not kidding. I felt like I blinked and I brought the property that I wanted. Hover Girls have a unique ability to understand the buyer and seller's perspective that allows for extraordinary negotiations. They have a network that offers you a chance to get loan options and insurance options, swiftly. Their staff is wonderful and do not let you miss any steps that you need to take. Exceptional service!
D. G.
Jan 05, 2022
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Truly exceptional, totally professional, and hugely successful for one simple reason: The Hover Girls know the business and focus on their customers' needs. No wasted time, and true commitment to finding a home you'll love. We worked with many realtors over the years - this was hands-down our best experience.
Truly exceptional, totally professional, and hugely successful for one simple reason: The Hover Girls know the business and focus on their customers' needs. No wasted time, and true commitment to finding a home you'll love. We worked with many realtors over the years - this was hands-down our best experience.
Sarah Blatsos
Dec 11, 2021
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My husband and I recently moved from Germany to FL, and were considering buying a home, even in this crazy market! After talking to Joy, my husband and I were so excited to start the process and also terrified since we didn't know where to start, especially as first time home buyers. Joy set up a Zoom call with us and walked us through the next steps, connected us to an amazing lender and got the process going right away. After arriving in FL, we started working with Lara, who went above and beyond to find us a home that fit what we were looking for, made recommendations, and truly was like a confidant
Jennifer Sloan
Nov 25, 2021
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Working with Lara, Joy, and the rest of the Hovergirl team to purchase our first home was a breeze! We purchased a home in Jax while we were living on the west coast. We needed a realtor we could trust and be 100% honest with us since we could not tour any homes in person.. from our first conversation with Joy, I knew we were in good hands. We went under contract and closed quickly which we weren’t expecting in this market. 10/10 would recommend the Hovergirl team to anyone and everyone looking to buy in Jacksonville!!
Terri Farricker
Oct 03, 2021
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Hover Girl Properties was AMAZING. We bought our home through them, when we moved, they did the property management and when it came time to sell - well, we listed, were under contract and closed in less than 30 days. Lara Yehl is phenomenal. Cannot say enough good things about her professionalism, energy, and just an all around wonderful human being. Cannot recommend Hover Girl Properties strongly enough - they are the best!
John Lawson
Aug 27, 2021
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It’s was an absolute Joy to work with Hover Girl Properties. We live out of town and unable to manage anything. Joy took charge and fixed up our rental home in less than 2 weeks. We had to have new flooring, painting, tons of handyman stuff, ac, exterior and dealing with previous property manager. She got it to be put up for sale faster than I could imagine. She managed all the contractors and selling process making our life a breeze. Our home was completely destroyed from the last tenants and it was listed and sold in just a few hours.
We couldn’t have been luckier than to find Hover Girl
We couldn’t have been luckier than to find Hover Girl
Sarah Jane Crush
Aug 21, 2021
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We both bought and sold a home through Lara Yehl and she was amazing! She went above and beyond to work through several problems that arose to make the process as easy as possible for us. She was always straightforward with us, always professional, and was always available when we had questions or concerns. Lara is exceptional at her job and we are so grateful to her and the Hover Girls team for their hard work!
Kris Tester
Jun 18, 2021
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I highly recommend Molly and Mitchell Evans and Hover Girl Properties as a whole company to anyone who is needing to buy, sell, or manage real estate. They are simply the best!
Molly and Mitchell Evans, and the entire team at Hover Girl Properties have supported us extremely well during the last six years. As property managers for our Jacksonville home, they were quick to help us find two tenants during a 5 year span and were always extremely responsive to both our requests and the service needs of our tenants.
Most recently, Molly and Mitchell helped us sell that same home. It is never easy
Molly and Mitchell Evans, and the entire team at Hover Girl Properties have supported us extremely well during the last six years. As property managers for our Jacksonville home, they were quick to help us find two tenants during a 5 year span and were always extremely responsive to both our requests and the service needs of our tenants.
Most recently, Molly and Mitchell helped us sell that same home. It is never easy
Aaron R.
Apr 22, 2021
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Jessa R.
Oct 20, 2020
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I cannot recommend this team enough! I worked with Lara initially when I purchased my home and again when I sold my home. When we purchased our home Lara was able to negotiate us a great deal that we were comfortable with. We were really happy with our experience so we obviously reached back out to her when we were ready to sell. She was able to get us way more then we anticipated and overall her team was right on top of everything. They were really great communicators and educated me throughout the process. This is definitely a very knowledgable, experienced and professional group.
Judd K.
Apr 29, 2020
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Hover Girls is simply the best!! They went above and beyond in helping us with our home needs in Jacksonville! Initially we planned to purchase a home but our needs changed and they helped us to find a great rental home in a great location. Lara is extremely personable and was the difference maker in us getting the rental home over several other families. She was extremely flexible and really went out of her way to ensure our needs were met! I have moved multiple times and purchased several homes and working with Hover Girls has easily been THE BEST real estate experience of them all!
Melissa F.
Sep 12, 2019
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This was our first home buying experience and Hover Girl Properties made it so easy and enjoyable! Their team was friendly and professional and made us feel comfortable during the entire process! I love that they are all military spouses, it was something I could relate too. I will definitely be using Hover Girl Properties again in the future!
Fred P.
Oct 15, 2018
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Rented from them for 7 years. Never late, never an issue. It was a great relationship for both of us. When we informed them that we wouldn't be renewing our lease they sent us their cleaning list to have the house ready for them which included instructions to have the carpets professionally cleaned with a receipt for proof. My wife asked if maybe they'd come check it first as we believed the carpets were going to need to be replaced since it was cheap, contractor grade(that's what Hovergirls said) carpet and was 7 years old. High traffic areas looked like high traffic areas and in
Sean M.
Oct 01, 2018
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Homeowners beware! Find another property manager!
I used Hover Girls for years to manage my home in Jacksonville, FL and I strongly recommend you find any other company. Their service was severely lacking and their agents are unprofessional and unresponsive.
For property management, they will charge you $1,000 to place a tenant, well above the industry average for this area. They will then charge you 10% a month for little to no service. Even if the tenant renews their lease, Hover Girls will charge you hundreds of dollars again for a "renewal fee." When something breaks in your
I used Hover Girls for years to manage my home in Jacksonville, FL and I strongly recommend you find any other company. Their service was severely lacking and their agents are unprofessional and unresponsive.
For property management, they will charge you $1,000 to place a tenant, well above the industry average for this area. They will then charge you 10% a month for little to no service. Even if the tenant renews their lease, Hover Girls will charge you hundreds of dollars again for a "renewal fee." When something breaks in your
Brent Z.
Jun 20, 2017
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After using Hover Girl to lease out my home over three years ago, I decided to give them a try to list my property for sale after my tenants relocated out of the city. They actually met my tenants to get the keys and other items when they were vacating, and Hover Girl took photos the same day for the listing. Through some very good coordination on their part, my home was listed and getting attention immediately the day after my tenant vacated. Upon getting an offer on my home, Hover Girl provided great advice during the negotiation up until the closing. I would not hesitate to use them again.
Rebecca K.
Jan 24, 2017
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Hover Girls were instrumental in buying our house. They were efficient, knowledgeable, kind, and so helpful. We enjoyed working with them so much we went back to them when we wanted to rent our house out while we PCS'd. We'll be back soon and I've no doubt they will make sure our home is ready to have us back!
Himanshu P.
Oct 16, 2016
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Don't have time to write a long story. all i will tell you is to deal with company only if you want be unhappy for rest of your lease and pay lot more than just rent. most positive reviews written on this site is by company's employee creating fake account.
AS you can only find either 5/5 star reviews(Fake) or 1/5 star(honest) reviews. The pattern proves itself.
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AS you can only find either 5/5 star reviews(Fake) or 1/5 star(honest) reviews. The pattern proves itself.
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Matt B.
Jan 05, 2016
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So far so good. I transferred my property in Jacksonville from another property management company that was not meeting my expectations. Hover Girl Properties (HGP) assigned my house to one of its managers and they were able to quickly get the house on the market and rented to what so far seems to be a quality tenant in a very short amount of time.
The previous management company did not do a good job maintaining the property so it needed quite a bit of work and HGP has done well communicating the condition of the house and letting me know what it needs. It also seems like they have been very
The previous management company did not do a good job maintaining the property so it needed quite a bit of work and HGP has done well communicating the condition of the house and letting me know what it needs. It also seems like they have been very
Sarah D.
Apr 05, 2015
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HGP manages a property purchased as an investment in Jacksonville.
The staff if friendly, condo in great condition years later, and seamlessly my unit is always filled with reliable, clean, rent-paying tenants.
It's unfortunate to read some of the "recommended reviews"- as they seem to be written by the type of tenants HGP protects homeowners from, which is exactly why they're great...
Strongly recommend and will continue to use!
The staff if friendly, condo in great condition years later, and seamlessly my unit is always filled with reliable, clean, rent-paying tenants.
It's unfortunate to read some of the "recommended reviews"- as they seem to be written by the type of tenants HGP protects homeowners from, which is exactly why they're great...
Strongly recommend and will continue to use!
Samantha M.
Feb 09, 2015
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This is one of THE worst rental companies I have ever had the displeasure of contacting. We considered them when moving to Jax and saw a few properties. We wanted to wait a year to decide where we wanted to buy, so we chose to rent and applied to rent a home through Hovergirl. I suppose the first red flag should have been when the woman came to show the home in her swimming clothes while her children waited in the car, and the constant going back-and-forth about whether pets were allowed and the inconsistencies in their policies. At any rate, we went through the application process like you always
