Breanne Wahl

We lost our beautiful friend Debbie one month ago today. 💔

Debbie was fun and easy to be around. She asked great questions. She quoted 90s movies, (which is my love language) and she was tickled when you’d reciprocate. I felt like I grew up with her. She had a way of making you feel like that.

She had the perfect Great Lakes accent and her nose crinkled when she smiled and laughed, which happened a lot. She was a generous host, a fun dinner companion, and had a natural maternal instinct that extended beyond her own three children. She knew when you needed something, often before you’d even considered it. That was Deb.

I looked back on emails from her (my texts are gone) and found one from right before we moved back to New York in 2015 when I was pregnant with Leo. The email is full of thoughtful ruminations on how I might be feeling during these massive life changes and offers of help, a ready ear, and suggestions of time to spend together during what could prove to be a very isolated chapter of my life. It’s one of the sweetest, most kind emails I’ve ever received. Her daughter Margot was born 5 days later. About to give birth herself, and Debbie was writing me this email. That’s who she was.

Debbie loved searching online for houses for us to buy near them in New Jersey, and we came very close to buying one but canceled, and soon were swept back to LA, for good reason. I often think of how our lives would have been entwined had we moved so close to them. Luke and Brendan are very tight, even while far away, how would proximity have strengthened that bond? Would Margot and Leo be in class together? I would think of this parallel life often.

I wish I had more memories with Debbie I could replay in my mind, but big moves, life changes and a global pandemic kept our families geographically apart for the past several years.

They sent us a gift when Veronica was born. For us, she said, not the baby. We had just lost Luke’s mom and sister a month before. It was a deeply complicated time. They were there for us. (Continued in comments)

💫 SOLD! 💫

42 offers on this truly special home! 🌴 I am honored to have listed it. I have worked with the out-of-state sellers since last September (after initially meeting in 2021, but waiting on tenants) to polish this beauty up and highlight its spectacular nature. We painted everything, shined up the original floors, made over the kitchen, and touched up every detail we knew would matter to buyers. We were meticulous, and it showed.

🎈Hundreds of folks came through each open house, and I fielded many phone calls from stellar buyers’ agents and lenders working hard for their clients. This was a popular home.

🔑 I’m so thrilled for the sellers to have finally sold their beloved home at a fantastic price and move forward, and I’m excited for the buyers who beat out 41 other offers and are now settling in with their adorable, elated dogs, making this Echo Park gem theirs and creating new memories. 🥰

Want my level of service on your home sale? Call me and I’ll tell you about my next-level marketing and high-touch approach.

☎️ 323.217.8662
📩 breanne@acme-re.com

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