Gatlinburg, TN real estate >> One Tennessee Agent's Thoughts

I've just finished an extremely frustrating experience--weeks of working on a short sale, got everthing put together, got an offer, got the deposit, all ready to go to the (unusually) cooperative bank...then the seller pulls out and says they're just going to let it foreclose......this is not eas...

I spoke with 3 local lenders in Sevier County, TN in the last couple of days who service loans in Gatlinburg, TN, Sevierville, TN and Pigeon Forge Tn.  I asked them about mortgage lending and why money was "so tight" and "not available" for those even with good credit scores.  All three of them l...

Just a reminder that furnishings (even including appliances) are considered by lenders to be "personal property" and are therefore not an automatic part of a short sale negotiation.  Typically the owner of a property can remove personal property during the short sale process, unless it is part of...

$115,000 (short sale subject to lender approval) 867 Ski Mountain Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 This beautiful home is located on Ski Mountain Road, just a bit up the mountain from light#10 in Gatlinburg, and on the way to the ski slopes.  It's a 2-bedroom, 2-bath, with spacious 1400 square feet and...

It's so easy to get overwhelmed---switch your TV from channel to channel and one is worse than the next..Warren Buffet says we've fallen off a cliff, the wars continue, polar bears are challenged, real estate sales are in the dumps....it seems everywhere we turn there is just more and more.  I wa...

One of my favorite books, The Last Child in the Woods (Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder) makes the point that all the environmentalists have gray hair, and it's critical that we pass our love of the mountains on to the next generation.  This is a photo of my husband doing just tha...