You may wonder why a blog that focuses on Real Estate and supporting local would feature a chain restaurant, but not only is The Capital Grille a small chain with only 58 locations across the entire country, it is unlike any other chain I've ever experienced.  While most chains focus on quantity and consistency, The Capital Grille focuses on quality and experience, making it worthy of the #worththedrive seal of approval.  Hubs was introduced to The Capital Grille by a client several years ago and fell in love with the food, the service and the atmosphere.  He took me there for our next anniversary, and it quickly became our "special occasion" destination.  Over the years, we have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries with The Capital Grille and they always find a way to make it special.  They even send Hubs an email reminder to schedule our celebrations.  We enjoy exceptional service, a card and confetti adorn the table and there's alwaysa little something extra, too

When Hubs and I sold our last house we were going through a major life transition.  He was starting a new job with a mix of travel, time in the office and work from home.  His direct supervisor worked out of the Chicago office, so we thought Hubs would be spending a lot of time in that area.  We were weighing the pros and cons of being close to family versus close to work and trying to figure out just how much time Hubs would have to spend away from home.  Because of this and the fact that I can work from anywhere, we decided to go ahead and sell our home and live in our (very large and quite comfortable) camper while we figured out his next steps.   We had planned to live in the camper for a few months while we figured out Hub's new work/travel situation, but couple the work transition with our VERY specific house wishlist and it took us nearly a year to get into our new home.  It was a fantastic experience and I'm so glad we did it, but let me tell you how cooking every meal

You may have heard that we are in a seller's market.  This means the demand (number of people looking for homes) exceeds the supply (number of homes on the market).  As a Realtor, I work with both buyer and seller clients.  At any given time, I tend to have more buyer clients than sellers.  That's just the nature of the work.  Not all buyer clients will end up buying and many people start looking before they're really ready to buy.  It makes sense.  That said, currently I'm working with 19 buyers and only 2 sellers!  That's nearly TEN TIMES as many buyers as sellers!   What does this mean?    We're not only in a seller's market, we're in a HOT seller's market!  The market has record low inventory, so houses are selling fast and often times above list price.  According to HousingWire, and online news source for those in the Real Estate market, 42% of people who bought a home during the pandemic dealt with a bidding war.  Keep in mind that a property s