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Jessica Willis, REALTOR® — helping buyers and sellers close with confidence in Fentress County and across the Cumberland Plateau.

Local knowledge, corporate-grade attention to detail, and straight answers every step of the way.

10/30/2026

🎃 Costumes change every year. The porch light doesn't.

Happy Halloween, y'all. 👻

10/22/2026

🏡 “Sold as is” doesn't let a seller stay quiet about everything.

📋 Even on the as-is disclaimer, Tennessee still requires six answers:

Known sinkholes.
An injection well.
Whether the house was moved onto its foundation.
Percolation results.
PUD status.
Certain sewage permits.

Not everyone applies to every home. But each answer has to be accurate.

⚠️ If a seller knew and didn't say, a buyer may have a claim.

Tennessee Residential Property Disclosure Act. Not legal advice.

10/19/2026

What would YOU build here? 👇

Unrestricted! 5 wooded acres in Deer Lodge with a cleared homesite, with gas, water, and power at the road.

🏡 A cozy cabin tucked in the trees
🏚️ A barndominium with room for a shop
🐔 A homestead with chickens and a big garden
🚐 An RV spot for weekends while you plan the build

Drop your dream build in the comments. I want to see what you’d do with it!

187 High Point Rd, Deer Lodge, TN | $59,900

Subject to double closing.
Listed with Jessica Willis, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gwin Realty, 931-704-6079

10/18/2026

🌳 Buying land in greenbelt?

There's a bill waiting that a lot of people never see coming.

⚠️ When land leaves the program, the county collects back the taxes that were saved. Three years' worth for farm and forest. Five for open space.

It belongs to whoever owns the property that day. Not whoever got the break.

✍️ Negotiable between buyer and seller. Not negotiable with the county.

Settle it before you sign.

Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976. Not legal advice.

10/14/2026

💡 Tennessee has no inheritance tax and no estate tax.

🗺️ Moving here from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Oregon or Massachusetts?

Those states tax what you leave behind. A paid-off house plus a retirement account clears some of their thresholds without anyone feeling wealthy.

✅ Tennessee repealed its inheritance tax in 2016. The gift tax went in 2012.

Worth knowing before you plan around the old rules.

Not tax advice. Worth a conversation with your advisor.

Photo: the York farm in Pall Mall.

10/12/2026

📈 7.40%.

That's where the 30-year fixed landed Thursday. The week before it was 7.28%.

Twelve basis points sounds like nothing. On a $350,000 home with 20% down it's $23 a month.

🤔 Here's what trips people up: your mortgage rate doesn't follow the prime rate. Prime follows the Fed and drives credit cards. Mortgages follow the 10-year Treasury. That's why the Fed can cut and your quote doesn't move.

💰 Against a year ago, same house, same down payment, it's $206 more a month.

Freddie Mac weekly survey, October 8. Estimate only.

10/07/2026

🏞️ All four of our counties now hold more than six months of homes for sale.

Six months is the line. Past it, buyers get the advantage.

Fentress 8.5. Cumberland 6.7. Morgan 6.7. Overton 6.4.

153 sold last month. 81 came off without selling.

✅ That doesn't mean nothing is moving. It means buyers have time to look, compare, and ask for something. And it means a seller priced for last spring will sit.

🔎 I pull these from the MLS every month. The full breakdown goes out by email. Link in the comments.

10/07/2026

⏱️ 62 days.

That's how long a Glade home took to find a buyer last month.

Last September it took 99.

47 sold, up from 35. 📈 From almost the same number of homes for sale.

But 23 came off the market without selling at all.

Faster isn't the same as easy. Speed rewards the sellers who started at the right number. It doesn't rescue the ones who didn't.

🔎 I pull these from the MLS for 38558 every month. The full breakdown goes out by email. Link in the comments.

10/04/2026

‼️UPDATE: Back on the Market! No fault of the property!

187 High Point Rd, Deer Lodge, TN

🌲 NO RESTRICTIONS! 5 +/- wooded acres, 15 minutes from Clarkrange and 25 from Wartburg. $59,900.

⚡ Gas, water, and power at the road
🏡 About 1 acre already cleared for your homesite
🌳 Mature timber for privacy
🛣️ Culvert and gravel driveway base in place, half a mile from State Hwy 62

🚐 Bring the RV while you build, add a workshop, plant a garden or keep chickens 🐔

Subject to double closing.
Listed with Jessica Willis at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gwin Realty, 931-704-6079

10/02/2026

I'm always humbled by the kindness of my clients. Thank you.

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