Chattanooga Real Estate with Julia Odom

In Part I we went over pros & cons for 15 year mortgages, in Part II we looked at some alternatives that will shave some time off your repayment period but won't reduce it by half. This time I'll show you two methods, including my favorite way, to cut your mortgage in half. It's a little more com...

In the last post, I talked about the pros and cons of getting a 15 year mortgage in order to pay off your mortgage in, well, 15 years. You do have other options if you want to escape the mortgage noose a little early. There are lots of companies out there that will try to lure you into a bi-weekl...

When I was a little girl we lived in Cleveland, about 30 minutes northeast of Chattanooga. I spent a lot of time with my grandfather (Papaw) and he took me to Chickamauga Battlefield pretty regularly. There are more than a few pictures of me sitting on one of the dozens of cannons sprinkled throu...

It's hard to make bare facts entertaining so I'm not even going to try. File it under: really interesting if you care, painfully boring if you do not. Here's what's happening in Windstone real estate right now: Homes sold in April: One on the Ringgold side and three on the Ooltewah side. Prices ...

The majority of buyers never see the tail end of a mortgage. Most end up selling or refinancing (or both!) way before 30 years ever rolls around. A select few, the creme of the financial responsibility crop, want to pay off their mortgage and live without that particular millstone around their ne...

Ferger place was the first gated community south of the Mason Dixson line. But it wasn't gated to keep intruders out, unless you consider wandering livestock to be 'intruders.' In 1910, Highland Park & Ferger Place were the 'burbs, farmland even, and the Ferger brothers weren't going to stand for...

Gather 'round the council fire and I'll tell you a story. Actually, I'll just cut to the chase: It ain't easy to sell a high end home in Chattanooga these days. As of right now there are 517 homes for sale in Hamilton County priced over $400,000 while only 55 houses in that range have sold since ...

Those who live in NW Georgia might recognize this house. I find it to be in such horrifyingly bad taste that I've got to admire the person who picked out those colors, thereby giving the proverbial finger to anybody who might dare question his choices. This is a true individual, not someone who f...

This one is for Gerald (Hi, Gerald! who knew someone was actually reading my market reports?) and covers all of Hamilton County, not just homes for sale in Chattanooga. Everything you see here is reliable but not guaranteed. I figure all these myself and I am, after all, only human. All Hamilton ...

Yep, I did it. You wouldn't believe how selfless I can be. I am willing to sacrifice my very body for my customers. A couple of weeks ago, a former client (now friend) who just moved to Chattanooga called me up and said something like, 'Gahhhh, I'm stressed. Where can I get a good massage?' I gav...