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Sep 9, 2025 • 4 min read

Nashville School Districts Guide: Best Areas to Buy

School districts matter to many homebuyers - whether you have school-age children, are planning for the future, or simply value living in communities with strong educational foundations. As Nashville natives and realtors with 20+ years of experience, we've helped buyers from all backgrounds understand how school districts factor into Nashville area real estate decisions.Note: School boundaries an

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Dec 7, 2019 5 min read

Explaining the Escrow Process in Nashville

Wondering about the escrow process when buying a home in Nashville? As a buyer or seller, you might be surprised to learn that you don’t usually need to do much. Often your agent, or sometimes your lender, will get the ball rolling for you. WHAT IS ESCROW? Escrow is generally defined as the period between […]

Dec 4, 2019 2 min read

Checklist: What You’ll Need To Gather For Loan Approval

Some of the most challenging things about buying a home is the mortgage process. A lender can run a credit report and grant a quick basic pre-qualification letter in a matter of hours, but full-on loan approval will be contingent on your gathering a lot of paperwork. The more complex your assets, the more docs […]

Nov 13, 2019 2 min read

Talking About Agency

Are you familiar with how fiduciary agency laws work? It varies in every state. It’s important to know that in Tennessee, verbal contracts aren’t enforceable. All contracts have to be written and bilaterally signed by both parties. This is true in negotiations for a property and it’s also true in establishing representation. In house hunting, […]

Nov 8, 2019 1 min read

What’s Are Realistic Repair Requests After A Home Inspection?

In today’s video, Steph discusses the inspection process and the usual protocols surrounding repair proposals and requests on residential resale homes in Middle Tennessee.

Oct 7, 2019 3 min read

New Spot Approval Rules for FHA Mortgages and Nashville Condominiums Starting This Week

When you are a seller or a listing agent for a property, there are pros and cons to receiving an offer that includes FHA financing. Since the Great Recession, most listing agents have been displeased to see FHA offers. There are many reasons for this. One is that FHA (and VA) appraisers seem to often be […]

Sep 30, 2019 1 min read

Finding A Home In Nashville With Accessible Features

Steph was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014, so when we decided to make a move a few years ago, we knew we had to be forward-thinking in the features we needed in our next home. We were in the position to renovate a home and we knew we needed a few things – the […]

May 28, 2019 3 min read

How Do Agents Search For Homes In Nashville?

Have you ever wondered about the best way to create a home search online? We’ve been in real estate for more than 15 years and in that time the available technology has changed dramatically, but the basics of searching within the MLS system hasn’t really changed all that much. You can search on our website […]

Apr 16, 2019 2 min read

Tax Deductions and Homeownership in Tennessee

At the end of 2017, the United States underwent the largest tax law overhaul in more than 30 years. The new law called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), is effective from 2018 – 2025 and makes several changes to oft-used tax deductions. If you own a home or are in the process of buying or […]

Mar 26, 2019 2 min read

Millennial House Hacking Tips In Nashville

When I was much younger, I worked at Kinko’s in the graphic design department. One morning, a customer came in and sat down at the rental computer and opened Microsoft Word. After a few moments, he complained that government hackers were altering his resume as he typed it. I tried to explain that it was […]

Nov 9, 2018 3 min read

What You Should Know About Buying a Condo in Downtown Nashville

[Updated November 2018] Many buyers don’t know that buying a condo is unlike buying a single family home. Banks have different rules when financing condo units. It isn’t just about the Buyer and their qualifications; it’s also about the Building. Post-recession there have been huge changes to condo financing rules. Some Nashville condos simply won’t support […]

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