Over the last 3 months, the difficulties and uncertainties of COVID-19, protests, stock market swings, stay-at-home orders, and lay-offs - all added to whatever is going on in everyone’s personal lives - has made things feel a little more difficult. As the first half of the year comes to a close, we’re eager for the second half of 2020 to begin. We don’t know what experiences we will have, but we know ups and downs are ahead of us. And if you need us, we’ll be ready to go through the ups and downs with you.  Real estate is a very personal business.…

May brought several welcome events for us in our office. Our whole team returned to working in the office rather than the limited usage implemented in April. Matt and his wife, Gina, celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary on May 4th by staying home and cooking. We celebrated Mother’s Day and were reminded of how thankful we are to have been so well-loved and cared for by our mothers. (And we mean it - moms are awesome!)  When restaurants opened up, we took the opportunity to have a team dinner at Bosphorus in Winter Garden. We ate outside on the patio and enjoyed sitting…

Since last month’s newsletter, so much has changed. Who would have guessed things would look the way that they do? Like most small businesses, we are being affected by CV-19. We’ve seen lending guidelines change and employment changes that have put families’ moving plans on hold. We’ve also changed the way we’ve worked and shown houses.  And more specifically, we had an 80% decrease in closings in April for our team compared to April of last year. While we don’t know how this COVID-19 season/market will end or how it will continue to affect our real estate market, there are some important things…