Grab a drink n snack. This is a long one. ❤️ My husband is terminal, and earlier this year we made a pretty radical decision. We decided to sell our house, buy a motorhome, and spend the next 18 months traveling. We wanted him to see whatever he wants to see. We wanted to make memories. We wanted quality time together that had been missing because of the business I own and run. So we started the process of figuring out how in the hell you sell the home you have lived in and loved for 18 years. 😂 Enter Maggie Bickford with Rise Realty. Maggie came through our house in early May. She walked through everything with us, gave us a number to work toward, and then gave us actual numbers and a list of things she recommended we do to increase the value of the house. And here's the thing that really impressed me. We weren't even under contract with her yet. She was already helping us. We took her advice seriously and got to work in late May. For the next two months, we remodeled, repaired, updated and generally worked our butts off getting the house ready. And when there were things we had absolutely no idea how to tackle, Maggie had people she could recommend. Mr. Egress is fantastic for your egress window needs, by the way. 😂 Then came July 29th. Our house officially hit the market, with an open house scheduled for August 2nd. Maggie went to WORK. She kept us updated on everything. The photographer coming in. The listings. Featured listings on her website. Zillow. Other platforms. Social media advertising. This girl made SURE people saw our house. And then came the brochures. OH. MY. GOD. Huge, full-color, beautiful brochures featuring the photography from the house. The attached pictures are actually those photos because they were just THAT pretty. Maggie helped stage the house. She worked her butt off getting everything ready for the photos and the open house. She was there through every step. And then the open house happened. We walked through this whole process knowing what selling this house really meant. This wasn't just a house to us. It was the home we had lived in for 18 years. It held our life, our memories, our history. Walking away from it was exciting because of what comes next, but it was also incredibly emotional. And Maggie understood that. She didn't just sell our house. She held our hands through the process of letting go. Then, about an hour after the open house ended, we got a FULL PRICE OFFER. I honestly don't think we could have written a better ending to that part of the story. We closed exactly one month later. Now, that month was a little chaotic. 😂 There were inspections, title issues, paperwork, questions, things popping up and all the other fun stuff that comes with selling a house. Through all of it, Maggie was there. She checked in. She kept us updated. She explained what was happening. She stayed on top of inspections and title things and all the little details that could make an already emotional process feel overwhelming. She made the whole thing as smooth as she possibly could. And now we're sitting here with our house sold, getting ready for the next completely crazy chapter of our lives. An RV. 18 months on the road. Seeing places we've dreamed about seeing. Making memories together while we can. And I am incredibly grateful that Maggie was the person who helped us get from that first conversation in May to the closing table in September. So if you are thinking about selling your house, I HIGHLY recommend Rise Realty. And if you want an agent who will actually work for you, communicate with you, know her stuff, help you figure out what needs to be done, connect you with people who can help, market the hell out of your house and hold your hand when the emotional part hits... Ask for Maggie Bickford. Seriously. We couldn't have asked for a better person to help us close this chapter and open the next one. Thank you, Maggie. ❤️ Now let's go see where this road takes us. 🚌🌎❤️

Jewel Ravensong-Lawrence