From FL to NC

l love the social life; I love nice warm weather. It’s no surprise that I lived in Florida. Living in Florida offers an amazing lifestyle. Even if over the years it has become unaffordable and overcrowded, it was home. Last year while on vacation in Charlotte, North Carolina, I fell in love. I fell in love with the scenery, the people, the four seasons, the small town charm but close to everything, the atmosphere, the air just felt overall different. I belonged here! I felt at peace and without a doubt I knew I needed to be here. There was just one problem, a major problem, being that I’m a single mom and I didn’t know anyone in NC.

Obviously, moving to North Carolina at that point was just impossible. I was enjoying the vacation though, so why not tour the city?I was already there, so why not search for some available listings and see what the price was like. Coming from South Florida, where the price of a haunted shed is $400k+, my mind wouldn’t allow me to believe the prices I seen online. I spent the entire weekend trip touring homes that I knew I wasn’t going to buy. Obviously I couldn’t move here, I was a single mom with no family or friends in North Carolina.

On Sunday, the day before my trip was scheduled to come to an end, I found myself in a small town outside of Charlotte. I saw a sign that said 13+ acres and a house, I turned into the steepest driveway I have ever seen. It was just an average house on a hill, and THIRTEEN acres. The house was nice, nothing spectacular, but enough for me to love. For some reason, I felt like it belonged to me, I wanted to be in North Carolina, I wanted to enjoy this scenery every day, and I wanted to be around the southern charm. By Monday, I was signing an offer letter and writing a due diligence check. I pleaded with my agent to hold it and promised I’d get a pre-approval the second my plane landed in Florida. After a bit of work, I managed to get the house on the hill that stole my heart.

Follow me as I make North Carolina a place for me and my family to call home.