I'm so excited to introduce you to Ali Wenzke, the author of The Art of Happy Moving. Ali is originally from Miami, FL but moved 10 times in 11 years and she criss-crossed the country with her husband and children, now residing in Willmette, IL. Ali is currently a Real Estate agent for Baird & Warner in a suburb of Chicago. She gives us some great nuggets about buying a home such as having a Real Estate attorney, what closing costs look like (which vary state by state) but having gone to law school herself, she talks about the protections you might not know about if you're a first time home buyer. Ali does many things to welcome new residents to her town. She does a 'welcome to Willmette' and is the Welcome Willmette Ambassador for the city of Willmette, IL. This is one of the benefits of reaching out to a Real Estate Agent when you're moving to  ...