Condo Financing 101: 5th & Main Gains FHA Approval
Stephanie endorses 5th & Main The other day I was corresponding with someone online who wanted to find a "cheap" Nashville condo. I was trying to explain in my email that "cheap prices" and "sound investments" aren't always the same thing. There is an untold...
7 Downpayment Sources
There is a misconception out there that you must have a 20% downpayment when buying a house. This just isn't true! Granted, if you have 20%, your terms and interest rate will be will be more appealing, but there are plenty of options out there if you can come up with...
Nashville Originals Week Is Back! Jan. 16-22
Nashville Origianls Week is a great excuse to blow your New Years resolution diet. Get gift cards and an amazing meal at a great price. Check out these fabulous deals. 55 SouthThree-course dinner $30.12 Bound'rySeared Salmon $20.12. Salad and entree $30.12; Entree and...
401K Woes – Are Americans Rethinking Retirement?
As an independent contractor who doesn't have a 401K that my company contributes too, I often worry about retirement. Right now, my personal hopes are pinned to a strong Nashville rental market heading down the road. If you have a 401k, and are concerned about your...
Bank Of America complaint song. Video goes viral.
This made me chuckle. A couple struggling with closing delays from their lender, Bank Of America, made a video about their ordeal. I can absolutely relate. I just sold a home for some old friends. The buyer came to us with a BOA pre-approval letter. Five weeks after...
Belle Meade Court Condos Now Offering Conventional And FHA Financing
Offering some of the swankiest digs in town, Belle Meade Court took a while to get it's sea legs. But financing opportunities are finally available. Here are a few of the units currently available at Belle Meade Court. [idx-listings tract="Belle Meade Court"...
5 Points Map. East Nashville’s Hippest Haven.
5 Points East Nashville Map. Courtesy of East Nashville With Love I just love working with buyers and sellers in East Nashville. It's one of my favorite neighborhoods in town. I suppose about 25% of my first time home buyers are interested exclusively in 37206, 37216,...
Steph’s Marketing Gets A Shout Out Online
I've been selling real estate since 2003, and I've been sending monthly e-newsletters to my database for almost the entire time. I'm a techie gal and Emma online campaigns have been my most consistent, most powerful form of touch communications by far. Thanks Emma,...
7 Habits Of Happy Home Sellers
We Realtors hear stories from unhappy home sellers all the time about why their last agent couldn't get the job done. “He didn't do this, she didn't do that...” But as an agent working in the field every day, I can tell you this: SELLING A HOME ISN'T ABOUT THE AGENT....
Where Buyers First Learn About The Homes They Buy
Today there was in interesting tidbit in the National Association of Realtors newsletter. It said: "When buyers were asked where they first learned about the home they purchased, 40 percent said the Internet; 35 percent from their real estate agent; 11 percent a yard...
33 Facts From The NAR Profile of Homebuyers Report
According to the National Association of Realtors, the following are the top takeaways from the annual report: Seventy-eight percent of recent home buyers said their home is a good investment, and 45 percent believe it’s better than stocks. The study shows the median...
5th & Main Condos To Hit The Auction Block
The urban Nashville condo development located at 5th & Main in East Nashville has come out of receivership. The new owner is placing 25 units on the auction block starting at the astounding price $95,000. The developers tell me that FHA financing approval is in...
Did That Nashville House Flood?
Did That Nashville House Flood? I get this question a lot. There are areas of town like Bellevue and Pennington Bend that were affected more than most, but proximity to the Cumberland or Harpeth rivers aren't the only factors to keep in mind when researching the flood...
Becoming a better blogger using dictation?
Have you seen the commercials for Dragon dictation software? I have been seeing them on television for a while now and I thought *wow* I might be a more productive blogger if I can just dictate my posts instead actually writing them out. Well today that's exactly what...
Two MDHA Affordability Condos Remain at Encore Condominiums in SoBro
Are you a first time home buyer looking to get your foot in the door to a downtown Nashville condo? One of the final two MDHA Affordability units at the Encore might just be the right fit for you. *Additional requirements apply for qualification for the Affordable...
Home Purchase Interest Rates At 40-Year Low!
Freddie Mac reported on Aug. 18 that the 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 4.15 percent for the week from 4.32 percent the prior week, marking the lowest level since 1971. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to a new low of 3.36 percent. Joel Naroff of Naroff...
Nashville Ranks 2nd Best College Town for Real Estate Investing
According to a report from Move.com investors could soon outnumber traditional home purchasers by 3-to-1. "Nashville ranks No. 2 for the best college town real estate market behind Boston. Nashville's median list price is $189,900 and the average rental rates for a...
REALTOR.COM Traffic Confirms the Website’s Popularity
At Zeitlin, each of our agents has a "upgraded" REALTOR.com account. This means that system imports all of the MLS photos instead of the first four photos that come with a standard account. I've heard that only about 20% of local Nashville Realtors have this upgraded...
Forbes Awards Nashville America’s No. 3 Boom Town Of Coming Decade
“The country music capital, with its low housing prices and pro-business environment, has experienced rapid growth in educated migrants, where it ranks an impressive fourth in terms of percentage growth.” Read about our booming town here.
$6500 Prize Raffle Tickets to Support Habitat For Humanity
Our local GNAR Realtor Association is teaming up with the Tennessean to sell raffle tickets to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. It involves the purchase of tickets ($25 per ticket) for a chance to win a new home entertainment system valued at approximately...