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Beautiful brick home on corner lot near Tims Ford Lake in Tennessee. Fresh painted interior, 2 story home with main bedroom and bath located on first floor. 2 bedrooms and bath with an additional room for expansion. Priced to go $ 111,900. Call today 931-808-8661 for your private showing.

Ten Things to Know About Real Estate in 2010
Is 2010 the year to buy a house? It certainly looks that way: After a steep run-up in prices during the first half of the decade, home values have plummeted back to 2003 levels. Fixed mortgage rates are sitting near record lows. And the foreclosure epidemic–while [...]

LOW Rates Set New Record!
Mortgage interest has fallen to the lowest level since Freddie Mac began compiling its weekly survey in 1971, as the average 30-year fixed rate declined to 4.71 percent last week from 4.78 percent a week earlier.
Rates also were more attractive for 15-year fixed loans, which fell from 4.29 percent [...]

Seller Requesting FICO Scores, Etc.?
QUESTION: I represent a buyer who is interested in a particular property in the MLS. In the REALTOR Notes for that listing, it states, “All offers require a pre-qualification letter, FICO scores, copy of earnest money and must use closing company of seller’s choice.” Is it legal/ethical to ask for [...]

IRS Announces 2010 Mileage Rates Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, [...]

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NAR Frequently Asked QUESTIONS Homebuyer Tax Credit Changes National Association of REALTORS® Government Affairs Division 500 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20001 Here are some of the most frequently asked questions on the changes to the Homebuyer Tax Credit QUESTION: Existing homeowner credit: Must the new house cost more [...]

Tennessee Foreclosures Still on the Rise
As reported at this week’s Governor’s Housing Summit:
*** BEGIN QUOTE *** Foreclosures are still on the rise in Tennessee. In the second quarter of 2009, Tennessee reported 10,477 foreclosure filings, a one percent increase from the previous quarter (Q1_09). There was one foreclosure filing for every 260 households, [...]

Don’t know if this really works but like it says, what have we got to lose!
 
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In 1919 when the flu killed 40  million people there was this Doctor that visited the many  farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the [...]

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in [...]