Hi. I'm Roxanne.
I have been a Realtor for more than twenty-five years. Associate Broker. Founder of Art House. Mother. Marketing nerd. Reluctant authority on rooster removal during open houses. (Long story. It's filed in Funny Things I've Seen.)
I started this publication because the real estate internet is exhausting. It's all square footage and stainless steel and the same five stock photos of agents shaking hands in front of a generic stucco house. None of it tells the truth.
The truth is that real estate is messy. It's funny. It's emotional. It involves crying in cars, eating Chick-fil-a out of the passenger seat, and explaining to a buyer for the third time that "as-is" does, in fact, mean as-is. The truth is also that it's wonderful. People build whole lives inside these houses, and I get to stand in the doorway for a few months while they figure out which one.
Behind the Sign is where I write that down. Some of it is craft — marketing, photography, how a house actually gets sold in 2026. Some of it is Birmingham, which I love embarrassingly. A lot of it is stories. After twenty-five years, the stories pile up.
Every House Has a Story—Some Are Buried in the Backyard
True tales from the twilight zone between sold and moved out. The gravestone of a deceased dog. There’s a moment in nearly every home sale—not during the final walkthrough, not even at closing—when the true handoff happens. It’s not legal or financial. It’s emotional. And oddly enough, it usually in
Let Me Get That Door for You
The Real-Life Magic of Working with a Buyer’s Agent Who Knows What You Want (Sometimes Before You Do) Provided by Alex Howard Let’s just get this out of the way: yes, you can absolutely scroll Zillow in your pajamas while eating dry cereal straight from the box. We’ve all been there. (The listings a
Ok, But Am I Even Allowed to Sit Here?
Top Tips for Touring a Builder’s Model Home Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Dignity) North Carolina – Model Home Ahead Sign -Photo Provided by Author You pull into the pristinely manicured community, gliding past cheerful signage with names like “Whispering Pines,” “Creekstone Meadows,” or “The Vi
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