Sevier County Real Estate News – Bryan Realty of East Tennessee

I love boasting the confidence of First Time, East Tn Home Buyers! When it comes to Homes For Sale in The Smokies, buying your first home can seem overwhelming. Thankfully, there’s a lot of great information out there to help you feel more confident as you learn about the process. For those in younger generations who aspire to buy a Home in the Smokies, here are three things to consider sooner rather than later in your journey: 1. Understand What it Takes to Purchase a Home in Tennessee Overall,  Millennials  (24 - 39) make up the largest group of real estate homebuyers in today’s real estate market, and Gen Z  (7-23) is not too far behind. A recent  study  shared by  Freddie Mac  shows, however, that Generation Z isn’t as confident in the homebuying process as Millennials. The best thing potential young buyers can do is understand what it takes to buy a home. Learn as much as you can about the  mortgage process ,  down payment ...

A recent online article highlights the fact that women are better than most men at, well, almost everything they do.   The article points out that women are better investors because they are not the risk takers, as men tend to be.   When they do get a penny they will squeeze it until Lincoln screams! With most women, you don’t have to get the ego out of the way before you can get down to business.   We are more level headed than men.   Point proven by the recent scandals that rocked the news media. Todd Thomson, young, married, chief financial officer at Citigroup Inc.   C   -1.00%   , was embroiled in a scandal a few years ago with money honey Maria Bartiromo of CNBC. Her career survived. His didn’t. There’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the International Monetary Fund, who’s accused of sexual assault. There’s James McDermott, who was CEO of Keefe Bruyette & Woods until a dalliance with a porn star named Marylyn Star embarrassed him out of the compa...

Some of our best lessons don't come from a classroom rather from those few individuals we are fortunate enough to know and learn from in our daily lives. This is Rose's story as told by a fellow student:      MY NAME IS ROSE The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being . She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?' I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze. 'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked. She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...' 'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may hav...