Key Partner Straight answers about selling a house in Tennessee.
Written from 150+ houses bought across Middle Tennessee, for people working through a hard decision. Including the situations where selling to us is not your best move, because you deserve to know that too.
Guides by situation
What It Costs to Hold a Vacant Inherited House in Tennessee
Taxes, vacant home insurance, utilities, lawn care, and the repairs nobody plans for. The full monthly worksheet for an empty inherited house in Tennessee.
Read the guide →What Actually Happens at a Real Estate Closing in Tennessee
Contract to keys, step by step: earnest money, title search, payoffs, the settlement statement, what you sign, and exactly when your proceeds hit the bank.
Read the guide →Selling a Rental With a Tenant Still Living In It in Tennessee
You can sell a Tennessee rental with a tenant in place. Here is how the lease transfers, who your buyers are, notice and deposit rules, and what it costs.
Read the guide →Delinquent Property Taxes in Tennessee and How the Tax Sale Timeline Works
When Tennessee taxes go delinquent, how the county sues and sells, how long you have to redeem, and the options that keep the house before it gets that far.
Read the guide →Who Pays What at Closing When You Sell a House for Cash in Tennessee
"We pay all closing costs" does not mean you net the full offer. Here is every line on a Tennessee settlement statement, who pays it, and what you owe.
Read the guide →Can You Sell a House Before Probate Closes in Tennessee?
Usually yes. What power of sale means, when the court must approve, what happens with no will, why TN probate takes months, and what heirs can do now.
Read the guide →Cash Offer vs Listing in Tennessee: How to Run the Actual Math
A cash offer is lower than a list price, but is it lower than your net? Run commission, repairs, and carrying costs side by side on your own house first.
Read the guide →The pages people read first
How foreclosure works in Tennessee
The timeline from first missed payment to the trustee's sale, in plain English, so you know exactly how much time you have.
Read it →7 ways to stop foreclosure
Every real option, including the four that keep the house and the ones that have nothing to do with us.
Read it →Free help resources
HUD-approved counselors, legal aid, and state programs. All free, all worth calling before you sell anything.
Read it →Our buying process
What actually happens from the first call to the closing table, including how we get to a number.
Read it →Rather just ask a person?
Call or text and I'll tell you where you stand, no cost and no obligation. If the honest answer is that you should list it or call a counselor instead, that's what I'll say.
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