AVLExperts

10/13/2026

Asheville friends: how many of these have you actually done?

Three from our list that locals love:
- Bearwallow Mountain Trail
- The Orange Peel
- French Broad Chocolate Lounge

We put together a much bigger guide here, with 92 places across Indoors, Outdoors, and Where to eat. Pick a category, set a rough budget, spin it, and get one idea back: https://lauradahl.epiquerealty.com/avlthingstodo

10/12/2026

AVL Experts is proud to welcome Trinity Movers WNC as our exclusive moving partner!

We want our clients to feel supported from the first conversation through moving day. That includes connecting them with people we trust to handle their belongings with care.

Our recommendation comes from personal experience. Kyle accommodated our last-minute timeline, coordinated our out-of-state delivery, and kept us updated with photos along the way. His crew was patient, helpful, and professional, and the follow-up has been outstanding.

They made our family feel taken care of. We’re excited to introduce that same support to our clients and community.

Planning a move? Contact Trinity Movers WNC to discuss your dates and request an estimate.

828-707-6110
https://trinitymoverswnc.com/

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10/09/2026

One question for the real estate professionals here.

When someone searches for an agent in your market, what do they find?

A name. A photo. A few reviews. Maybe a transaction count.

What they cannot find is the part that actually matters: who you are, what you care about, who you are best suited to serve, and whether you would genuinely understand them.

That is the gap The Human Behind the House (THBTH) exists to close. THBTH is where your personality, values, specialties, and community roots become the reason someone chooses you, instead of the ranking you happened to land on.

We are opening membership conversations now.

If you have ever felt like a well-kept secret in your own market, this is the room you have been looking for. If you are interested, or you know an agent who should be in it, send me a message and let's talk.

Real estate is a people business. Let's make it feel like one again.

10/09/2026

What would YOU do with roughly 1,600 square feet downstairs?

581 Old Leicester Highway includes 1,608 SF unfinished basement beneath 1,901 SF main-level living, with exterior access and laundry hookups.

Storage, workshop, gym, game room, or extra space near Asheville.

Verify uses/conversion with Buncombe County.

$574,900 | MLS 4413183

Request a showing.

CONCEPT ONLY: Not the actual basement.

10/08/2026

Want room to live a little more freely?

581 Old Leicester Highway offers no HOA, a fully fenced .71-acre backyard with three gates, plus dedicated RV/camper parking with a power pole and separate access.

City water, septic, an attached two-car garage, and about 15 minutes to downtown Asheville.

Room to tinker, store, park, and spread out. The kind of freedom that is hard to find this close to town.

$574,900 | MLS 4413183

One thing to do next: request a showing.

10/08/2026

Most agents do not have a business. They have a to-do list with a license.

Think about how the week actually goes:

Follow-up slips because you were showing homes.
A client question sits unanswered because you were at an inspection.
A lead goes cold because you meant to circle back.
Content does not happen because it is always the last thing on the list.
And the one thing you cannot delegate, remembering all of it, lands on you.

That is not a discipline problem. That is a design problem.

Here is the distinction that changes things:

TOOLS give you a place to put the information. A CRM. A calendar. A spreadsheet. An app for every part of the job. Tools wait for you to remember to use them.

AN OPERATING SYSTEM takes the remembering off your plate. Follow-up happens on a rhythm. Client fulfillment has steps that do not depend on your memory. Communication flows without you as the bottleneck. Leads get managed instead of mourned. Content gets produced because it has an owner and a slot. Accountability lives somewhere other than your head.

The difference shows up as something you can feel: you stop holding the whole business in your mind all week.

If this week felt more like surviving your business than running it, that is the conversation worth having. Send me a message and let's talk about what an operating system would look like for you.

Because your business should not require you to remember everything.

10/07/2026

The Human Behind the House (THBTH) is moving from building to activating. And the next step belongs to you.

If you have joined and have not started your Training + Certification yet, here is your nudge. Not a reminder that you are behind, but an invitation to the good part.

Certification is not a checkbox. It is you deciding that being findable matters as much as being available. It is how the human behind your business becomes something people can actually see, understand, and choose.

And you will not do it alone. You will be doing it alongside agents who care about the same things you do: relationships over algorithms, community over competition, character over ad spend.

Start this week. One step at a time is enough. The members who begin are the members who get discovered.

We are glad you are here. Let's go.

10/07/2026

This may be our favorite room, and it isn't inside. Fifteen minutes from downtown Asheville, the math changes. 581 Old Leicester Highway: 1,901 SF main-level living, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, fenced .71-acre backyard, RV/camper parking with power and separate access, 2-car garage, 1,608 SF unfinished basement, no HOA. $574,900 | MLS 4413183. Request a showing.

10/06/2026

More than $90,000 was invested during the sellers’ ownership. Before you arrived. At 581 Old Leicester Hwy: new roof/gutters, interior/exterior paint, engineered flooring, and a hall bath remodeled down to the studs, plus serviced HVAC, a tankless water heater, granite countertops and stainless appliances. $574,900 | MLS 4413183. Request a showing.

10/05/2026

Real estate has become a race to be first.

First on the search results. First to buy the lead. First to answer the phone.

Somewhere along the way, this industry started rewarding speed and ad budgets over something that has always mattered more: who you are actually trusting with your home.

Think about what this transaction really is. Your savings. Your family's next chapter. The house your kids will remember growing up in. That is not a lead. That is a life.

In 25+ years across four states, I have watched people choose an agent because a name appeared at the top of a list, then quietly wonder whether that person understood them at all.

It does not have to work that way.

That is why we built The Human Behind the House. THBTH is a place where personality, values, community, specialty, and the way someone actually serves people matter again, where you can find a professional who gets you before you sign anything.

Technology should make it easier to find the right person. Not easier to skip them.

If you believe relationships still matter in this business, you are already part of the reason we are building this.

- Laura