ICYMI ICYMI, I announced about a month ago that we had decided to build a new home. As a quick recap, we’re building with River City Custom Homes. I currently work with River City Custom Homes as part of their sales team and just fell in love with their designs and the idea of customizing our home. Since the girls arrived we knew we were out of space and needed to move but we couldn’t find what we felt like we needed and/or wanted, so we decided to build. You can read more on why we’re building here and soon we’ll have some longer videos to share with you that gives you a BTS look at the first ..read more

Temperatures are dropping and the holidays are sneaking in on TV commercials and on those pop up ads. As our focus shifts into menu planning and gift buying home buyers tend to put their search on the back burner. There are a few reasons why the holiday season is the perfect time to stay engaged though.  Why the holiday season is still a good time to buy The temperature isn’t the only thing that tends to drop as we near the holiday season. After a competitive selling season those sellers who are still on the market are starting to pivot their plans from “highest purchase price” to “get it ..read more

If you follow me on Instagram (@sundayhomesrva) then you saw that I broke the news that Ricky and I decided to make the big move and build a home. After the arrival of our girls in April we immediately felt the impact of going from a family of two to a family of four. If no one told you, babies come with a lot of stuff and having two babies at once means having twice the stuff. The OCD parts of my and Ricky’s personalities are really struggling with what feels like a lack of storage so in June we started discussing our next move.    To make this speedy and get to the good stuff, I’m ..read more

I think we can all agree that 2020 was a disrupter of a year in many ways. Whether it shifted your outlook on healthcare, your plans to travel, or finally got you that “work from home” position you’d been wanting, it made quite the impact. In regard to home buying I saw many of my clients put the brakes on their plans as they waited to see how things shook out with the stock market, their jobs, and many other factors of the pandemic. This pause undoubtedly affected the 2021 housing market and what we’re seeing happen this spring but there’s more to it than just saying “oh, good ol’ 2020 messed ..read more

2020 has been a wild year for everyone. There’s been a lot of adjusting to what has been dubbed “the new normal.” Despite all the unpredictable events of this year though there were a lot of positives. I personally helped 24 people meet their home goals in 2020. I’ve helped 12 others get set up on the right path so they can achieve their goals of owning in 2021 and I’ve helped council dozens of others along the way in their home journeys; whether it was helping decide if they should make upgrades to their bathrooms, making a plan to sell for 2021, or even helping them decide that now wasn’t th ..read more

If I had to guess your holiday plans, like the rest of the year, are turning out a little bit different than in years past. Same goes for us over here in the Deleo house. With my birthday on Christmas Eve and then The Big Day less than 24-hours later we’re used to having a lot of family around with big dinners and lots of exchanges.    Unfortunately, 2020 has meant we had to cancel our annual Holiday Cocktail Competition, we’re having to do smaller family get-togethers (which are still pending how things look in about 3 weeks), and all of our shopping is being done online. Of all the ..read more

Next in our monthly series “From the Experts,” is Title and Settlement Agencies. During your home purchase or sale you’ll come into contact with many experts in the real estate field. To help you feel more confident at selecting your home partners I wanted to give you a chance to hear directly from them. Next on our list of experts is Sallie St. Peter with Aurora Title. The Settlement Agent, also known as the Closing Coordinator, is who you select as the buyer to help you through title search, deed preparation, and the signing and filing of your deed. This can be done by a title and settlement ..read more

People are in the swing of the holiday season extra early this year. Maybe it’s always like this and I’m just embracing it more since I’m ready for some cold weather, snow, and good cheer! Either way, I started my holiday shopping extra early and have been waiting for those Black Friday deals to start popping up.  Plus, we have a few changes coming to the Deleo home in 2021 and my list of home must-haves to snag on Black Friday has been getting quite long. Thankfully retailers have hopped on board and are spreading out the deals throughout November so some of the items may already be on s ..read more

Next in our monthly series “From the Experts,” is Home Insurance. During your home purchase or sale you’ll come into contact with many experts in the real estate field. To help you feel more confident at selecting your home partners I wanted to give you a chance to hear directly from them. Next on our list of experts is Matt Dowler with Liberty Mutual Insurance. The insurance representative is who you select as the buyer to help protect the home you are purchasing. Matt Dowler has been in the insurance industry for over 10 years. You can trust that he is an expert in this field and is ready to ..read more

The annual hosting season is upon us and I can’t wait. I love bringing our family and friends together for a little quality time and some good food. Whether we’re gathering for a bonfire in the backyard or setting the table for a big holiday meal I’m excited to host. I know that’s not the case for everyone though. To help those who might feel like hosting a holiday dinner or friendly soirée is beyond their skill set I put together a list of tips to make the events a little more manageable and dare I say, even fun! Below are five tips for making hosting the holidays (or any event) a little more ..read more