Sometimes the Gatlinburg Foreclosure ISN'T the Best Opportunity!
I have been extraordinarily blessed, in a number of different ways. By the grace of God, I saw this foreclosure mess coming and started tuning my business in that direction over 5 years ago. Because we were working with Gatlinburg foreclosures before they were all the rage, I have been the leading listing agent for foreclosures in the county for several years. In fact, in 2010 I sold more Fannie Mae, CitiBank, and other foreclosures than any other agent - well over 100 foreclosure properties in 2010 alone. This is no small part of the reason that I was in 2010 the number one RE/MAX agent (out of nearly 900) in the entire state of Tennessee. With all of this being said, for many reasons, sometimes foreclosures AREN'T the best deals to be found. One reason this can be true is that although some Smoky Mountain vacation home foreclosures are sold furnished this is the exception. More often, the foreclosure properties have been stripped of everything of va...