St. Jude Giveaway Dream Home Open to Public for Tours Through June 15 Every year a local builder donates a home to be given away as a fund raiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This year Signature Homes has donated a home located at 313 Finnhorse Lane in Franklin TN. This Dream Home i
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05/21/2014
Westhaven Realty in Franklin TN No Longer Syndicating New Construction Listings A few days ago, I noticed that Westhaven new construction listings were missing from my website. Thinking it was a glitch with my website provider, I contacted them; only to find out it wasn't their error. My first th
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05/20/2014
Don't Wait Until the Weekend to See New Listings They May Be Gone The last two weeks, the phone begins to ring on Thursday morning with buyers who want to see properties. The only problem is that my weekends book up quickly. Buyers should schedule a consultation with a Buyer's Agent prior to ever
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05/17/2014
In This Hot Franklin TN Real Estate Market Homes May Not Appraise The demand for Franklin TN homes is high right now. Unfortunately, the inventory is low. We all know what that means. Housing prices are on the rise. Buyers are paying full price or above to get the home they want. There's only one
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05/16/2014
Those Electronic Signatures are Slick Today I showed a property to a buyer. He needed to work out all the details of his offer and said he'd get back to me. He called at 5:40 and said he had an appointment at 7:00. He asked how quickly we could put together an offer. I was driving in my car and p
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05/15/2014
So Your Buyers are Unwilling to Negotiate? The other day I shared a post about a listing agent who was waiting 30 hours to receive an additional offer. We submitted our offer on Sunday evening. It was set to expire at 5 p.m. on Monday evening. At 4:55, I sent a text asking the listing agent if th
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05/14/2014
Aunt Bee or Barbie? I Know Who I Am and I'm Comfortable with It The other day I was contacted by a young couple wanting to see a house. They were in the early stages of planning a move. They felt they needed to see at least one home in their desired neighborhood before making a final decision to
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05/13/2014
I've Been Told Another Offer is Coming But We Haven't Received It Yet When a home buyer is ready to write an offer, I contact the listing agent to get as many details as possible about what is important to the seller. You'd be surprised how many times listing agents will say things like, "Terms a
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05/12/2014
There are Days When Business and Personal Life Collide Today was not the day I had envisioned. My 21 year old daughter was returning from Vienna, Austria after studying abroad for 2 months. The day was to be spent preparing the house for her return, going to the airport to pick her up and then to
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05/11/2014
EDDM Postcards an Affordable Way to Farm a Neighborhood For the first time in my career, I am sending out a mass mailing to 5,000 homes in Franklin TN. Previously, mailings were sent out to a couple neighborhoods of about 500 homes each. However, our inventory is extremely low and we need an infu
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05/10/2014
