Gosh, it’s May already!
Hard to believe it’s already the first week of May; this year is passing by very quickly.
The Knoxville area weather has been a little quirky the past few weeks like the Spring weather tends to do around here. We had a late cold snap about 4 weeks ago that damaged a lot of blooming flowers, shrubs, and trees including our famous Knoxville Dogwoods.
The annual Dogwood Arts Festival was great again this year. It’s billed as one of the largest civic celebrations in North America and commerates the blooming of the Dogwood Flowers along with local art.
My wife Charlotte and I moved into our new home a few weeks ago. We now live in the West Hills neighborhood on the west side of Knoxville near the West Town Mall. It’s a great house, all brick, 3 bedroom, 2 baths, side entry garage, big, level yard, and a world class covered back porch we’re considering screening in.
We bought this one without selling our former home with the help of a bridge loan. We’re paying interest only on the bridge loan until I can get the former house refurbished and ready to sell.
It’s almost ready. We remodeled the kitchen last year with new cabinets, quartz countertops, new lighting, and a hardwood floor. Just finished having inside repainted, new carpet throughout, new lighting all over, and new vinyl in the bathrooms along with new fixtures.
Before putting it on the market I’m going to have a pre-inspection by a home inspector and correct any issues he may discover, get an appraisal to ensure aggressive pricing, provide a home warranty, and a higher than average commission to buyer’s agents; in short all the things I advise my seller clients to do.
My goal is to have it on the market by mid-May and it’s looking good so far.
UPDATE: our former home sold for full price, second day on the market to the first person that looked at it.
Proof positive you need to follow your Realtor’s sound advice when selling. 
If you’re looking for a new home in the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area including Farragut, Maryville, Oak Ridge, or Loudon County you can view all the Realtor listings on my website at www.KnoxvilleMLS.com
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