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Why Buyers Choose Your House.

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Location • Condition • Price These three factors influence every home purchase! Location: Of course, there’s not much you can do about your home’s location, but there are certainly important things you can do to make the location more attractive. Add or update landscaping to boost curb appeal consider fencing to block out less attractive[…]

Understanding the 2017 Davidson County Property Reassessment

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Every four years, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee conducts a property value reassessment or reappraisal. This means that those of us living and owning in Davidson County are due for reappraisal in April 2017. In case it was unclear by all the crane activity and break-neck sales pace we’ve seen over the past 5 years, Davidson[…]

But Zillow says my house is worth…

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But Zillow says my house is worth… How many times have I heard this?!? Have you read this article? Fast forward to the image caption: Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, shown in his downtown Seattle office, says Zestimates are “a good starting point” but that nationwide Zestimates have a “median error rate” of about 8%. (Ellen[…]

Credit: How can I build a better score?

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Many home loan programs have raised their credit score requirement to a score of 640 and above. If your credit score is lower than you’d like or lower than this minimum threshold, and there aren’t any errors on your report, there are several steps you can take to improve your credit score. Keep in mind,[…]

Building Wealth

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RISMedia wrote a great 10 Discipline article on building wealth Have you thought about what wealth actually means to you? In the conventional sense, you may think money. Wealth or being wealthy encompasses so much more than just money in the bank. Sure, money is a big part of wealth, but health, family, goal setting[…]

Are we gonna close this thing? Part 2

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Read up on the actual TRID and CFPB changes for Real Estate closings in Nashville covered HERE in part 1. Here are my takeaways from these changes: 1. Borrowers will have increased opportunity to know exactly how much they’re spending, borrowing and paying back. This is good! 2. The 30-day standard or general closing period[…]

Are we gonna close this thing? Part 1

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I’m sure if you’ve been planning a home purchase you’ve heard the acronym TRID and the abbreviation CFPB. Have you spent time researching what all those letters actually mean or how this alphabet soup could affect your purchase and sanity? Let’s start here: 1. TRID is the blending of the RESPA disclosure procedure with the[…]