About Us

Why High Ground Realty?

The name is symbolic of our commitment to take real estate service to the next level. We have a different philosophy about practicing real estate: We focus 110% of our efforts on delivering competent advice and counseling, along with time and money-saving service. With our expertise and attention to detail, you will feel confident that you are being rightfully represented in all real estate transactions. As an independent and locally owned brokerage, we take pride in giving top-priority attention to each client. We treat each client like you’re our only client. Our goal is to deliver such outstanding results that you will look forward to working with us again and will think of us when your family and friends need a caring and competent REALTOR®

Broker Profile

Real estate is my passion--and I love what I do. I’m a lifelong Hudson Valley resident so I’m an area expert in addition to being a real estate pro. I’ve worked in various positions for one of the nation’s largest and most profitable mortgage banks, American Home Mortgage (NYSE: AHM). Due to my background in the mortgage industry, representing homebuyers and sellers has come quite naturally to me. We provide knowledgeable guidance to help you navigate through the often confusing, intimidating and stressful process of buying or selling your home. You can count on our honesty, integrity, and professionalism as we meet your residential home buying and selling needs.

Brett Young
Principal Broker

Testimonials

"I was looking for an easy-to-use and informative web-site to gather some info on available properties and I liked your site. When I called, you were responsive, easy to talk to, and I got the impression you knew the area and the real estate business. When I met you and we started working together, my initial thoughts were confirmed. As we continued to work together, you regularly exceeded my expectations in the amount of effort you were willing to expend to meet our needs.

The search for the "right" property was probably the best part. In our case, defining what was "right" was also fun. Whether we were walking through the woods finding property boundaries or exploring basements looking at utilities, our agent was with us every step of the way, literally. He was very supportive, flexible, and had a great attitude. Even though we were looking for a property about three hours from where we currently live, we did not have any problems arranging schedules to talk to our agent or seeing properties.

Our needs were met in every instance, and our expectations were routinely exceeded. I would definitely work with High Ground again, and I would certainly recommend you to others. Our agent was courteous, helpful, flexible, diligent, thorough, timely, consistent, reliable; I could go on, but you get the point. Whatever need I had, our agent was able to make a recommendation. Our agent went out of his way to follow-up on open items, even those that he could have deferred to the buyer. His recommendations for outside vendors such as home inspectors and pest inspection were equally helpful. Our agent worked around our schedule even on short notice and worked with us through the entire process."

-David M.

“We are at our first anniversary as home owners. We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your patience, understanding, truthfulness, diligence and hard work. You are worth platinum and we hope your company feels the same way.”

-Garrick & Rhonda S.

“Brett Young helped us purchase our first home. He was very informative in that he was able to answer all of our questions regarding the whole purchase process from searching for a home to closing on the home. We also had a special circumstance in that we had to close within 30 days from the time we placed the offer on the house. Due to Mr. Young's diligence and perseverance, we were able to close on schedule!! I recommend Mr. Young to anyone who is looking to purchase or sell a home.”

-Mike B. & Family

"We liked that he always went above and beyond to look into properties we were interested in. We knew all the details before we saw it. He always made time to work with our schedule, which was limited. He helped make everything go as smooth and as quick as possible.

Our experience couldn't have been more pleasant as first time buyers. We would and will work with you again in the future. It is important to us that we feel like someone is looking out for our best interests and you helped us feel that way. Thanks for everything!"

-Dawn W. & Rich H.