What were you doing 26 years ago?
Were you in the real estate business? Were you alive!? :) We're proud to have been serving the real estate community of East Tennessee since our start in Sevier County in 1983. In fact, we're the only publication who still has the same name, same owners, and same great service we had when we started 26 years ago! Need someone you can count on? Turn to Homes & Land!

Did you know more offices/agents choose us than any other source? Homes & Land is the #1 choice of real estate offices/agents in East Tennessee! More offices choose to advertise with us every month than any other real estate publication. In fact, over 230 offices choose Homes & Land compared to 73 offices in our next closest competitor. Thank you for making us #1!

Homes & Land in Tennessee has been locally owned by Russ & Cheryl Haskins since our start in 1983. Through the years the Haskins have won many awards from Homes & Land for their hard work but none are greater than the honor they received from the Great Smoky Mountains Association of REALTORS® in 2003 when the board named the new addition of their building "Haskins Hall" in honor of what they've done for Sevier County.

Homes & Land is a family owned and operated business (son, Russell (blogger), daughter, Kristina Longmire, and son-in-law, Glenn Longmire). Kristina and myself have always helped with the business even when we were young doing small "paper work" tasks. As we grew older our tasks increased and now Kristina manages the office and production of the magazines while I manage the Foothills of East Tennessee and Knoxville editions and handle alot of the internet stuff! Glenn knew he was marrying into a family business so it wasn't long after he joined our family that we put him to work too. Glenn manages the Tennessee Valley edition and helps out in all aspects of the business. Joining the family team in 2005 is Russ & Cheryl's nephew, Kerry Haskins. Kerry helps out in all aspects of the business from distribution to customer service. We're all big Vols fans as you can tell! My Dad and I both graduated from UTK.

From left to right (Cheryl, Russ, Myself, Maddie & Cassie (Kerry's daughters), Kerry, Kristina and Glenn with their 2 boys Dean and Dennis.)
Not pictured are Debbie (Kerry's wife) and their latest addition John Colby.

A lot has changed since our beginning! There was no internet in 1983 but we were one of the first companies to post listings online starting in 1992. Remember Prodigy? That's where we started posted listings! Dial up modems, super slow connection, and no pictures! :) Homes & Land has stayed on the cutting edge over the years with products like Homes & Land EZ Tour and Homes & Land Video.

What do you remember about 1983? I was 7 at the time and don't have the best memory :) I know my Dad was working hard in Sevier County selling ads to kick off the first issue with 12 pages of a mostly black and white magazine except for the color front cover. We'd like to hear what you remember about the real estate business back then...