From the moment we met Michelle, we knew she was the realtor for us. Michelle is warm, welcoming, and someone you feel an instant connection to. Additional to the afore mentioned attributes, Michelle's positive and friendly energy gave us space to feel like we could communicate with her as though she was someone we have known for years. We never, not once, felt like we could not ask real questions without hesitation or judgement and never felt we could not respond to anything with absolute honesty. Michelle is natural in her ability to demonstrate knowledge and intellect in her work as a realtor, as well as about the community at large, while being real, in that she made it fun and unique, because she is a fun, unique, and highly knowledgeable professional. The day we met Michelle we had traveled for two and half days, so we were tired and road weary. Michelle innately understood that and without any big discussions about it, managed to keep it easy and well paced so that we did not feel overwhelmed and unable to explore and ask questions while still moving along through the homes tour in a timely manner. The second home we viewed was the one, my partner and I both knew it immediately. We continued to tour the remaining homes, all wonderful homes by the way, but knew what we hoped the end result to be. Within about 24 hours we had submitted a bid, had bid accepted, and from there it was a smooth path of open communication and updates regarding the home purchase. Within a few days we had a home. Everything in-between that time and the time in which final papers were signed was smooth and easy. I said that this had to be the easiest home search (from another state mind you) and home purchase in recent history, haha. While I do not know if that is factually true, I do know that in our experiences with realtors, Michelle was and is the top of the line. Everything from first contact was top notch professionalism, up to and including communication, knowledge, friendliness, kindness, helpfulness, sharing "must see" and "must try' spots around the state to help us get integrated not just to our immediate community but to the surrounding communities as well. Michelle is a woman with passion for her work and for her community as well as for families and meeting families needs through real-estate. She is someone so natural you naturally want to be friends with her. We can never express enough how positive and easy our experience was with Michelle and the whole Carolina One Real Estate Team! Thank you, beyond words, for your hard work and dedication. You are a gem among gems.