Finding a good real estate agent makes all the difference, especially in the crazy COVID housing market. And Jackie Kingma proved again and again to be worlds above just "good." My husband and I were moving to Charlottesville from out of state and didn't know a ton about the area, the market, or where we wanted to be in the city. Jackie started meeting with us prior to our move to help us understand the process, the current market intricacies in Charlottesville, and begin to understand the areas we might like to call home. She took time and effort to educate us, guide us, and help us even prior to us stepping foot in town. Once we had officially mov...

Jackie worked very hard to make sure everything was taken care of for my home purchase these past multiple months. She went above and beyond to make sure I was able to have everything sorted out and organized so that the purchase would go through. She contacted every party involved in the purchase including the seller's agent, titling company, my mortgage company, and others to ensure every component of the purchase was aligned and ready to go. She went to bat for me multiple times when my bank was behind in getting the loan paperwork submitted to the titling agency, and she worked very hard to get deadlines pushed back so that I was able to maintai...