Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

Let's face it, potential real estate buyers (and sellers too for that matter!) are a nervous bunch currently.  Although Gatlinburg area home prices are very attractive and interest rates are still VERY low, nobody knows if this is the bottom we've been looking for or if we have yet another period of declining prices to suffer through.  There are very good signs in that volume continues to improve and supply is gradually easing but there is absolutely no certainty that all of this real estate bear market is behind us.  Believe it or not, there is, however, for at least some properties, a way that you can lock in today's low prices without any price risk! The answer is to find a property that you can lease with an option to buy.  If prices go up, you have a home for which you have locked in the current low purchase price thereby removing the risk that you will miss the inevitable rebound in market values.  If however, prices continue to go lower, you c...

Let's face it, potential real estate buyers (and sellers too for that matter!) are a nervous bunch currently.  Although Gatlinburg area home prices are very attractive and interest rates are still VERY low, nobody knows if this is the bottom we've been looking for or if we have yet another period of declining prices to suffer through.  There are very good signs in that volume continues to improve and supply is gradually easing but there is absolutely no certainty that all of this real estate bear market is behind us.  Believe it or not, there is, however, for at least some properties, a way that you can lock in today's low prices without any price risk! The answer is to find a property that you can lease with an option to buy.  If prices go up, you have a home for which you have locked in the current low purchase price thereby removing the risk that you will miss the inevitable rebound in market values.  If however, prices continue to go lower, you...

Local folks living in the Gatlinburg area have several ways of knowing if someone is very familiar with our area.  Some ways are obvious like when someone asks for directions to one of the focal points of our area such as the Great Smoky Mountains Visitor's Center or possibly to Dollywood.  Some aren't so obvious however.  One sure way to give away the fact that you aren't familiar with our area is to mispronounce the name of my hometown, Sevierville.  If you pronounce it as if it were spelled "Seaverville" you have erred!  If you say our town's name and it sounds sort of like the first part of the name of a famous pitcher , you didn't get it right.  The correct pronunciation is as if it were spelled "Severeville" as in I have a severe desire to go to the Smokies.  Think severely pretty and you will have it right. Another obvious miscue that also revolves around a mispronunciation is calling our office's town "Gatlingburg".  There a...

Local folks living in the Gatlinburg area have several ways of knowing if someone is very familiar with our area.  Some ways are obvious like when someone asks for directions to one of the focal points of our area such as the Great Smoky Mountains Visitor's Center or possibly to Dollywood.  Some aren't so obvious however.  One sure way to give away the fact that you aren't familiar with our area is to mispronounce the name of my hometown, Sevierville.  If you pronounce it as if it were spelled "Seaverville" you have erred!  If you say our town's name and it sounds sort of like the first part of the name of a famous pitcher , you didn't get it right.  The correct pronunciation is as if it were spelled "Severeville" as in I have a severe desire to go to the Smokies.  Think severely pretty and you will have it right. Another obvious miscue that also revolves around a mispronunciation is calling our office's town "Gatlingburg".  There...

As a Gatlinburg real estate professional, we have the opportunity to purchase some of the best bargain real estate for ourselves occasionally.  Working nights and weekends is somewhat compensated for by hearing first about situations where sellers need desperately to sell and don't have the ability to wait for a more traditional buyer to come forward.  Over the years we have accumulated a number of rental properties and the rent payments from these homes and commercial property will someday hopefully become our retirement income - At least that is the plan... Because of a combination of unrelated events, we now have a number of homes that have recently become available for lease or will soon be vacant.  Although the majority of our properties are leased by wonderful tenants, we do currently have 3 homes that need new occupants.  All three of these properties can be rented but also can be purchased via a lease/purchase agreement or even owner financing!...

As a Gatlinburg real estate professional, we have the opportunity to purchase some of the best bargain real estate for ourselves occasionally.  Working nights and weekends is somewhat compensated for by hearing first about situations where sellers need desperately to sell and don't have the ability to wait for a more traditional buyer to come forward.  Over the years we have accumulated a number of rental properties and the rent payments from these homes and commercial property will someday hopefully become our retirement income - At least that is the plan... Because of a combination of unrelated events, we now have a number of homes that have recently become available for lease or will soon be vacant.  Although the majority of our properties are leased by wonderful tenants, we do currently have 3 homes that need new occupants.  All three of these properties can be rented but also can be purchased via a lease/purchase agreement or even owner financing!...