Among the horde’s of tips and tactics for the real estate investor one principal stands out in front of all the rest : Buy the WORST house in the BEST neighborhood. It’s that simple….. on a strictly financial point of view it is the most important thing to do. The way it works is easy. As the best areas appreciate the fastest as they are in high demand even an old fixer upper is likely to keep going up in value along with the rest of the neighborhood…. The old saying of the 3 most important things when it comes to real estate are LOCATION,LOCATION,LOCATION are true. But when it comes to a couple looking for their primary residence it is hard to settle for a less desirable house over a house that rings all the bells….. But if you want the best chance at fast appreciation…. You know what to do!!
Just by learning a small amount of strategies you can make a HUGE difference in your financial Future! Thanks for reading,
John
This area has everything from beautiful parks and full service marina’s with plenty of restaurants and housing from apartments and condo’s thru small single family houses up to waterfront estates. The north part is up at main street and sanders ferry road parallels Drakes creek as it flows toward the main stem of the Cumberland river and Old hickory lake. Once on Sanders ferry road just off main street there are gas stations, restaurants, and other small business’s then you’ll see Mallard point park on the left. It is one of the most busy of the ramps in the area. As you travel down further you’ll pass two big full service marina’s and then you turn left to stay on sanders ferry road and then you enter sanders ferry park . Which is a huge (several hundred acres) park with the biggest launch pad around.
Not Long ago, Debbie was working with a retired engineer from the Chicago area. She corresponded with him for several weeks providing him with a ton of local info he requested. He was a “Numbers” man and had spent months researching and crunching data to determine that the best place to retire for him was going to be northern Sumner county from the Portland area out along Rt 52 towards Lafayette. Well eventually he and his wife scheduled a trip down here to see the properties that he was absolutely sure he was going to purchase. 
Well, as you may have guessed…. after we picked them up at their hotel on interstate 65 and started on our property tour they immediately were expressing many negative comments. Things like, “Oh I didn’t know that it was this hilly (back home our place was nice and flat).” I won’t bore you with the rest of the details with this couple, but my advice is this : 
Just as there are many people who live on Indian lake peninsula there are numerous reasons why people move here. Here’s one: the view at the end of the peninsula where drakes creek enters the main part of old hickory lake: 
I’ll tell you why i decided to move to the peninsula : VALUE. That’s right, there is good value here , but you have to really look for it. Along with expensive waterfront houses there is a lot of older original ranchers with very affordable prices. If you really study the housing market in Hendersonville you can find many very good deals. And if you are considering a purchase in Hendersonville there is no better realtor hands down than Debbie Meyers 
