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Posted on 01-25-2008 at 11:16am
Bubbles in the ‘Hood
Filed Under (Neighborhoods, Real Estate) by KathyT on 01-25-2008

One of the joys of old age is that if the draft ever comes back, I’d be ineligible.  My phone rang some time ago and it was none other than the best of the bad - BadBadIvy - seeking to draft me for something completely different than military service or kicking hockey pucks.   Instead, she asked if I’d consider becoming an editor at MCB to cover Real Estate and Neighborhoods.  When I’m not listing and selling homes in Middle Tennessee,  I write for Shak & Jill, This is LaVergne, This is Smyrna, and my own personal blog. 

Writing is in my blood.  I have a B.S. in Journalism and spent years in corporate communications before my family and I relocated to the Nashville area about 4 1/2 years ago.  However, when we moved here I was incredibly disappointed in the agent we had chosen to guide us through our real estate transaction.  Always the pretentious one, I thought I could do a better job than she did and enrolled in the required classes to get my license.  In all honesty, my first year was very difficult because in real estate, it’s all about who you know in order to gain referrals.  This new transplant didn’t know anyone… the nicest person I sort of knew was my daughter’s bus driver because he always smiled and waved at me in the morning.  But never a quitter, I stuck with it and have found that it’s one of the best jobs in the world.  As an agent, I get to have fun (set my own hours), help people, and make money.  A pretty good gig, all around.

With today’s real estate market, we hear over and over and over and over and over a lot about how the housing bubble has burst.  Ironically, real estate agents in Middle Tennessee don’t necessarily agree with that national assessment.  The national media like to ignore the fact that all real estate is local.  Just because home sales in California, Nevada and Florida have tanked, it doesn’t mean that all markets have fallen apart.  I heard earlier on some network morning show that the housing market won’t recover until 2009.  I say BULL-DOOKIE!  In middle Tennessee we had our fourth best year EVER in 2007 and right here at the end of January, my phone is already busy.

So don’t be discouraged when it comes to real estate.  Like Malia, Ned, Jim did before me, I’ll throw you a quote:

Well, real estate is always good, as far as I’m concerned.
Donald Trump

You go, The Donald.

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Comments

Glen Dean on 25 January, 2008 at 1:54 pm #

Yea Kathy. Great move MCB. This format is actually starting to grow on me a little bit.


Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » Ah, nostalgia on 25 January, 2008 at 2:39 pm #

[…] know Kathy introduced herself today as the Real Estate and Neighborhoods Editor but I wanted to point out to you just how talented and creative she is. (She’s inspired me to […]


Malia Carden on 25 January, 2008 at 2:42 pm #

::snort:: She said dookie! Yes, I am so twelve.


GingerSnaps on 25 January, 2008 at 3:16 pm #

Kathy T, I am SO glad that you are contributing here. I know that your insight is going to be SUCH a wonderful addition to MCB!!!

Woot!


Fairview Tennessee Real Estate Robert Glen Dean » Blog Archive » Nashville Market Still Good on 25 January, 2008 at 10:39 pm #

[…] Tyson, a fellow Realtor and good friend, and also the Real Estate editor at Music City Bloggers, makes the point that the media often forgets “all real estate is local”. With today’s real estate […]


Robert Glen Dean, Kingston Springs Real Estate » Blog Archive » Nothing Wrong With This Market on 25 January, 2008 at 10:42 pm #

[…] Tyson, a fellow Realtor and good friend, and also the Real Estate editor at Music City Bloggers, makes the point that the media often forgets “all real estate is local”. With today’s real estate […]


mark on 26 January, 2008 at 9:13 am #

I will now be looking at MCB more since your now blogging here. I love all of your work and writings that you on your blogs and in the newspaper. Great gig for you girl.


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