by Julia Odom, the Chattanooga Real Estate Bloggess
It’s like what Eva always wanted Green Acres wanted to be. Seriously, this place has a barn. And a view of the mountains. And everything you want in a home. But it’s only 10 minutes from downtown. OK, so you might not have quite enough room to grow any hay. But there’s definitely room for… Read More
Who among us has not ripped up the carpet in a fit of annoyance (or perhaps just boredom) and then painted the subflooring underneath, er, bright blue, while simultaneously painting the walls bright green, erm, including all the outlet covers? Point is, who am I to judge this particular crime? I mean, after all, I… Read More
Today’s crime is a twofer! These houses are right next door to each other. I don’t know if these people love each other and have similar (insane) tastes in paint choices or if they hate each other and have each painted their house just to spite the other. Either way, please to enjoy! Click to embiggen… Read More
See that right there? You may not realize it but what you are looking at is irony in paint. Karmic retribution. All of the gods are laughing at me. Why, you ask? Because that’s my neighbor’s house. I’ve done all this poking fun of rainbow-hued siding, salmon colored walls, putrescent green bathrooms and now I’m getting my… Read More
This is a public service announcement (you should be hearing the sound of a rainbow appearing on your screen right about now). Google lost the email of about 150,000 people over the weekend. Their standard line was that it affected less than .08% of all gmail users. I’m sure that was cold comfort if you… Read More
Image courtesy of Stephen Cummings I work with a good number of people who are moving to Chattanooga. Usually, after a long day of looking at homes for sale (28 in one day is my personal record!), they’ll make a decision and then say – panicking – “but I’m leaving first thing tomorrow morning, how… Read More
Yeah, I have no idea what that means either (coming up with catchy titles is hard). What I do know is that when I said that EV charging stations were the latest and greatest, well, that was every bit of 2 months ago. Now there’s something even later and greater. QR Codes! What in the… Read More
Typically, my Chattanooga real estate market reports look something like what you’ll find at the other end of that link back there. I have to admit, they are almost agony to put together. It’s just that boring. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as wonky as the next real estate geek, but there’s not much of… Read More
If you’d prefer to listen to this post instead of reading it, click to be taken to the podcast: Latest & Greatest Must-Have Are you thinking about building a new home? You aren’t alone. Even with the seeming glut of homes on the market these days, lots of people still can’t resist the siren song of… Read More
If you’d prefer to listen to this post instead of reading it, click to be taken to the podcast: Earnest Money for HUD Homes Coming up with an earnest money amount is usually a matter of negotiation when you are buying a home. You offer the seller $7.47 and they ask for $12,500.00. You want… Read More
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