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Rooted in faith, driven by purpose, and committed to excellence in every detail.
A faith-driven, family-led real estate team helping you buy, sell, or build your perfect home across East Texas, Dallas, and Waco — with a custom home builder in the family.
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Why families choose Stephanie McLean Kirby
and Kirby & Co Realty Group
We bring something to the table that most teams can't — a custom home builder in the family, a heart for those who serve, and deep roots in the communities we call home.
Buy, Sell, or Build
Can't find the right home? Build it. Stephanie's husband Darren owns Kirby Custom Homes, giving our clients a seamless path from land purchase to custom construction — one family, start to finish.
Relocation & Land
Twenty-five years guiding corporate relocations, and with roots on a working farm, a deep specialty in farm and ranch property. Roughly half of Stephanie's sales are land and ranches across East Texas.
Local Roots, Real Knowledge
We don't just sell homes in East Texas — we live here, raise our families here, and know every community from The Cascades to Lake Palestine.
Can't Find the Right Home? Build It with Kirby Custom Homes.
Most agents help you search what's on the market. We can do that — and offer something most can't. Stephanie Kirby's husband, Darren Kirby, owns Kirby Custom Homes, one of East Texas's premier custom home builders. That direct family connection gives you a seamless path from finding land to designing your floor plan to moving into a home built around your life — with one family guiding you the whole way.
East Texas Neighborhoods & Communities
What Our Clients Say
We absolutely loved our experience with Stephanie. She is very communicative and accessible. If we had any questions, she was more than happy to answer them! She made sure we understood every step of the process and had our best interest at heart! We will definitely be returning to Stephanie for all of our buying and selling needs!
We had the pleasure of working with Stephanie Kirby when moving to Longview. She was so patient and helpful. I highly recommend her and her group, they were fantastic and on top of things.
My wife and I relocated from Oklahoma City to Longview. We knew no one here and needed a relocation specialist to work through the complicated process of the relocation. Stephanie dealt with all the issues associated with this move in a professional manner. She was organized and very thoughtful about how things were handled. She was always available when we needed her. Looking at multiple houses at the drop of a hat when we asked. She was great and I'd recommend her to anyone needing a realtor in East Texas. Thanks Stephanie!!
Stephanie is such a joy to work with. She is extremely knowledgeable about the Real Estate market, even in the craziest of times. We have used Stephanie to sell and purchase homes and have had seamless transactions each time. She goes above and beyond the scope of just being a Realtor, if you have questions or see a house come live on MLS she will respond quickly and make appointments to get homes seen. We reached out to her at truly inopportune times and she always responded very fast. You WILL NOT be disappointed if you hire Stephanie to handle buying or selling transactions!
Not sure I can describe in a single review the knowledge, passion, dedication, and the positive energy that Stephanie McLean brings with every transaction. That's the thing, you're not a transaction to her. She cares and that's rare in this day. Buying/selling is incredibly stressful and can be a very difficult process at times, and those times are when you are going to want someone like her to have your back. She's never let us down. She makes the process easy because of the years of experience she has under her belt. She's a powerhouse and I am so thankful for her.
There's no one that knows the ins and outs of the East Texas real estate market like Stephanie McLean. She's a true professional that will help buyers and sellers while handling the transactions with honesty and integrity. Her team quickly sells houses that have sat on the market for months with other agents because Stephanie McLean also happens to be a marketing genius. There's no other team I would trust for any East Texas real estate purchase or listing.
As always Stephanie is a very determined, motivated, self-driven, hard-working, go getter and knowing her personally for almost 10 years now she is one of the most loving, dedicated, spiritual minded person that I am also happy to call my friend more like family and would definitely use her and her team in the future.
Excellent response time, and available for communication at almost all times. Appreciated the time and effort into helping us jump over each hurdle during the closing phase of the home buying process. Knowledgeable and well connected within Tyler helped to make the entire home buying process smooth.
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Because it is.
Real estate is more than a career for us — it's a family mission. Stephanie McLean Kirby leads the team alongside her daughter Taylor Florendo and Jennifer Fair. Stephanie's husband Darren Kirby runs Kirby Custom Homes, making this the only team in East Texas where your realtor and your builder sit at the same dinner table. Our faith and our family are the heart of everything we do — guiding us to serve with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to build lasting relationships, not just close deals.
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Your East Texas Real Estate Team
Kirby & Co Realty Group is a faith-driven, family-based real estate team serving Tyler, Longview, Dallas, Waco, and the communities in between across East Texas. Founded by Stephanie McLean Kirby — a wife, mom, and proud East Texan — the team includes Stephanie's daughter Taylor Florendo and Jennifer Fair. Rooted in faith, driven by purpose, and committed to excellence in every detail.
What sets Kirby & Co apart is a direct family partnership with Kirby Custom Homes, owned by Stephanie's husband Darren Kirby. This means clients can buy an existing home, sell their current property, or build a fully custom home from the ground up — all with one family team from start to finish. Darren's custom builds can be found throughout The Cascades, Hollytree, and other premier East Texas neighborhoods.
Kirby & Co is affiliated with Fathom Realty and brings 25 years of corporate relocation experience and a deep farm and ranch specialty to East Texas clients. The team assists buyers with FHA, VA, USDA, and conventional loan programs.
Based in Tyler, TX, Kirby & Co serves Smith County, Gregg County, and surrounding areas including Bullard, Flint, Chandler, Brownsboro, Palestine, Frankston, Whitehouse, Lindale, Mineola, Terrell, Kilgore, Rockwall, and Van. The team specializes in lake communities including Lake Tyler, Lake Palestine, and Eagles Bluff, as well as neighborhoods like Hollytree, Vintage Oaks, The Cascades, The Woods, Cumberland Estates, and the Azalea District. Kirby & Co also helps families relocating from Dallas, McKinney, Waco, Houston, and Austin to East Texas.