Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

In our current society, it is all too common that people want to enjoy now but not pay until later. Merchants, banks, and especially credit card and finance companies count on this human tendency. A MUCH better plan is to invest now and enjoy the fruits of your investment later and that is what a large number of Sevier County real estate purchasers are doing now. We are adding the second property this week to our rental management program because a Smoky Mountain real estate buyer who is planning to retire & move here in a few years has made the purchase of their retirement home now. This is for all of the following good reasons: Mortgage loan rates are at near all time lows with fixed rate loans now at 3.5% with no buy down or extra origination fees. Smoky Mountain real estate prices are still affordable, though they do appear to be headed up. Our rental market is still red hot, with many more applicants than there are rental properties available. Uncertainty about the future valu...

In our current society, it is all too common that people want to enjoy now but not pay until later. Merchants, banks, and especially credit card and finance companies count on this human tendency. A MUCH better plan is to invest now and enjoy the fruits of your investment later and that is what a large number of Sevier County real estate purchasers are doing now. We are adding the second property this week to our rental management program because a Smoky Mountain real estate buyer who is planning to retire & move here in a few years has made the purchase of their retirement home now. This is for all of the following good reasons: Mortgage loan rates are at near all time lows with fixed rate loans now at 3.5% with no buy down or extra origination fees. Smoky Mountain real estate prices are still affordable, though they do appear to be headed up. Our rental market is still red hot, with many more applicants than there are rental properties available. Uncertainty about the fu...

I told a client last week that our office staff was slammed and they asked (rightly so) "Isn't that a good thing?". It is, I remarked, but only to a point. When you get so busy that you can't respond to client requests in a timely fashion, that is too busy. My expert staff does a great job of handling the reams of paperwork and electronic files that our work requires but they can't do all of it. Some tasks still fall to me and that is where the challenge lies. I am however SO grateful for the work that we have. Real estate is going well and our relatively new property management venture is growing rapidly. The residential rental market is still white hot and we just can't find enough inventory to satisfy the demand for long term (one year lease type) rental properties. The two properties we added just last week are already committed and I have two more folks that we don't have properties for. Even the higher priced properties are in demand as we recently...

I told a client last week that our office staff was slammed and they asked (rightly so) "Isn't that a good thing?". It is, I remarked, but only to a point. When you get so busy that you can't respond to client requests in a timely fashion, that is too busy. My expert staff does a great job of handling the reams of paperwork and electronic files that our work requires but they can't do all of it. Some tasks still fall to me and that is where the challenge lies. I am however SO grateful for the work that we have. Real estate is going well and our relatively new property management venture is growing rapidly. The residential rental market is still white hot and we just can't find enough inventory to satisfy the demand for long term (one year lease type) rental properties. The two properties we added just last week are already committed and I have two more folks that we don't have properties for. Even the higher priced properties are in demand as we recent...

We just received this letter of recommendation yesterday from a very happy property management client. Although I have been in the real estate business in our Smoky Mountain market for almost 20 years, we just last year started All Pro Property Management Services. This venture is in partnership with Greg Fernatt who brings his own 20 years of property & home owner management, landscape design, and property maintenance experience. It's always good to hear that you are doing a good job and I really believe that we are. If you are looking for a professional property manager for lease-type (NOT overnight type) rental property, we want to be your property manager. Why would you want to hire us? Here are some good reasons: We offer several services online including renter applications , owner payment, and service requests all through our appms.us website We conduct a thorough background (criminal) and credit check on ALL prospective tenants We handle many service requests in-hous...

We just received this letter of recommendation yesterday from a very happy property management client. Although I have been in the real estate business in our Smoky Mountain market for almost 20 years, we just last year started All Pro Property Management Services. This venture is in partnership with Greg Fernatt who brings his own 20 years of property & home owner management, landscape design, and property maintenance experience. It's always good to hear that you are doing a good job and I really believe that we are. If you are looking for a professional property manager for lease-type (NOT overnight type) rental property, we want to be your property manager. Why would you want to hire us? Here are some good reasons: We offer several services online including renter applications , owner payment, and service requests all through our appms.us website We conduct a thorough background (criminal) and credit check on ALL prospective tenants We handle many service requests in...