Tennessee Survival Retreats, Crash Steads, and Working Farms The call usually starts something like this, " Hi Virginia, we are looking to buy a house with some acreage in Tennessee. It needs to have a creek or spring, and we'd prefer it not be visible from the road". This goes on for a few minutes before I finally say, "So, you are looking for a survival retreat". After a few seconds of stunned silence, we are off and running. I think when people call looking for this type of property, they are afraid the Realtor® on the other end of (2 comments)