10/26/2026
🏡 Some closings mean a little more than others. ❤️
This story actually starts back in 2017, during my very first year in real estate.
I received a call from a couple who wanted to sell their home near the University of Florida. What started as a listing turned into a pretty extensive renovation, which I was completely up for. We’re talking kitchens, bathrooms, moving walls, repairing subfloors, termites and powder post beetles and just about everything in between! (picture from the reno)
There were plenty of challenges along the way, but we worked through them together, and we got that house SOLD!
What I didn't realize at the time was that I wasn't just gaining a client. I was building a relationship that would last nearly a decade and many more to come.
Fast forward to last year, when I got another call from that same client. This time, she wanted to sell her home in Live Oak.
Now, I'll admit something. I wasn't very familiar with the Live Oak market, and I told her exactly that. I even suggested referring her to an agent who knew the area better.
Her response? "I'm not working with anyone but you."
And THAT is something I'll never forget. ❤️
Over the years, we'd stayed in touch, and somewhere along the way, our relationship had grown into something that felt much more like family than business.
This sale was especially emotional. What she thought was going to be her forever home with her husband turned into a move she had to do by herself.
So this wasn't simply about selling a house. It was about closing a chapter of her life that held so many memories.
And let me tell you, this transaction was a ROLLER COASTER! 🎢
Between the emotions involved, unexpected hurdles, and some very specific financing requirements on the buyer's side, there were definitely moments when we wondered how everything was going to come together.
But we kept pushing, kept communicating, kept finding solutions, and WE FINALLY CLOSED! 🎉
Listed at $967,000 and SOLD for $960,000!
I'm incredibly proud of that number, but the part that means the most to me has absolutely nothing to do with the price.
It's the fact that someone I met during my very first year in this business trusted me enough to call me again nearly nine years later. And when I offered to send her to someone with more experience in that particular market, she wouldn't hear of it.
Real estate has taught me that you don't have to know everything. You just have to be honest about what you don't know, work hard to find the answers, and genuinely care about the people you're helping.
Because at the end of the day, real estate is about relationships, not just transactions.
And some clients become so much more than clients. ❤️
Congratulations on closing this chapter and beginning your next one. Thank you for trusting me all these years. It means more than you know.
