🫖 Spill the Tea: What’s Really Going On in the Market This May?

By Samantha Nelson | May 30, 2025

Hey y’all!Let’s take a break from baking cookies, wrangling chickens, and dodging Legos barefoot (just me?) to sit down for a good ol’ fashioned chat about what’s REALLY happening in the real estate market this month. Go ahead, grab your favorite drink—mine’s sweet tea with a lemon wedge and a whole lotta caffeine—and let’s spill […]

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The ABCs of Real Estate – Chickens, Cookies & Closings Style

By Samantha Nelson | May 23, 2025

Hey y’all! I’m Sam—homeschooling mama, chicken wrangler, cookie baker, and your go-to gal for all things real estate. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer, a curious seller, or just like learning things alphabetically (hey, no judgment), I’ve whipped up a simple, fun breakdown of the ABCs of real estate. Let’s turn the confusing into the cluckin’ […]

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Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order

By Samantha Nelson | May 16, 2025

✝️ Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order by Samantha at ChickensCookiesClosings Let me just start by saying: if you think fried eggs don’t belong in a blog about priorities, you’ve clearly never tried gathering eggs in your robe at 6am with a five-year-old asking why chickens don’t wear […]

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🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again)

By Samantha Nelson | May 13, 2025

🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again) Hey y’all, Samantha here – your resident real estate girl with chicken feathers on her boots and flour on her apron. Between showings, sourdough, and Silkies, I’ve learned a thing or two about living the homestead life. Spoiler […]

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Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow

By Samantha Nelson | May 10, 2025

Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow by Samantha @ Chickens.Cookies.Closings Let’s be real: house hunting is already a rollercoaster. Now add a 5-year-old to the mix, and you’ve basically got yourself a three-ring circus… but with a mortgage at the end! As a homeschooling, cookie-baking, chicken-loving […]

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🐓 From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One

By Samantha Nelson | May 7, 2025

🐓 From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One Hey there, y’all! Samantha here from Chickens, Cookies & Closings—your favorite apron-wearing, egg-collecting, contract-closing, cookie-baking homestead mama. Whether I’m helping folks find their dream home or helping Reba (our Rhode Island Red) find the perfect straw nest, one thing’s for sure: […]

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📚 Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity

By Samantha Nelson | May 4, 2025

📚 Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity Hey, friend! I see you there, standing in your flour-dusted kitchen, eye twitching ever-so-slightly as your five-year-old enthusiastically “measures” flour with the precision of a confetti cannon. First of all—deep breath. Second of all—you’re doing amazing, sweetie. Here at ChickensCookiesClosings, we believe […]

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🧺 Real Estate, Real Laundry: The Truth Behind the Business Mom Life

By Samantha Nelson | May 1, 2025

🧺 Real Estate, Real Laundry: The Truth Behind the Business Mom Life by Samantha | Chickens, Cookies & Closings Let’s be real for a minute. Everyone loves a crisp, clean closing table pic—you, the happy clients, the “SOLD” sign, and the perfect lighting. What they don’t see is that 10 minutes before that photo, I […]

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🏡 The Heart Behind the Home: Why Community Matters More Than the Perfect House

By Samantha Nelson | Apr 28, 2025

🏡 The Heart Behind the Home: Why Community Matters More Than the Perfect House By Samantha @Chickens.Cookies.Closings Let’s have a little heart-to-heart, neighbor. You know that perfect dream house—the one with the marble countertops, HGTV-approved shiplap, and a pantry that could double as a yoga studio? Yeah, it’s cute. But do you know what matters […]

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