Franklin TN Contrator Wayne Dunn & Associates

Custom Homes

Remodeling

Wayne Dunn & Associates,Franklin TN
Fine Custom Homes, Additions,Remodeling,Insurance Repair
Wayne Dunn & Associates is a  General Contractor in the Williamson County area since 1953. Over the years, we have gained a reputation for strictly quality construction, and can point proudly to more than 1,000 fine custom homes, additions and remodels in the Franklin, Brentwood, and Spring Hill areas. Ours is a small, hands on, second generation family owned business that takes great pride in our attention to both structural and aesthetic detail. Most importantly, our commitment is to fairness in our dealings and excellence in our product.

Historically, our company was founded by Claude Dunn when he began building a new home for the family, living there for a while, selling , and starting the process again.Wayne Dunn joined his father in 1967 as a partner , and since Claude’s retirement in 1978 has continued to lead the company in residential, remodels, insurance repairs, and light commercial construction. At Wayne Dunn and Associates, we believe that it takes a little more than just stone, brick and wood to create a home for you. It takes passion and very experienced builders who understand your needs and are willing to earn your trust. We understand that we are building not just a custom dream, but a lifelong relationship with our clients, and we put our heart into each project. The Wayne Dunn and Associates name has become synonymous with style, comfort and beauty. Over the years, we have completed dozens of architecturally designed projects. Our supervisors and crews are unsurpassed in their pride of workmanship. We insist on working with the best subcontractors and suppliers around to achieve superior levels of craftsmanship in every project we do.

We pride ourselves in our capability to thoroughly exceed our clients’ expectations, and our job is not finished until each one is more than satisfied. Your home is one of the greatest investments you will ever make, and we are there to support you every step of the way, be it a fine custom home, complete remodel or insurance repair. Vist the Wayne Dunn website to view a slide show of past projects.

Dan Zellars
SMB Marketing Services
NashvilleBusinessPage.com
TheDailyClassifieds.Com

Custom Guitars & Violins Nashville TN

Custom Made Guitar

Handcrafted Violins

Are you looking for real handmade guitars or violins? Made from the hardwood trees of Tennessee Miller Instruments Works makes the finest Guitars & Violins you can find. Located just outside of Nashville in Belle Buckle TN David Miller handcrafts each instrument to the customers specifications. Being an accomplished Bluegrass picker David knows how an instrument show be built and what it should sound like. You can contact David through his website

Dan Zellars
SMB Marketing Services
NashvilleBusinessPage.Com
TheDailyClassifieds.Com

Roofs Nashville TN -Green World Roofing

Green World Roofing

Green World Roofing is one of the premier Roofing Contractors in the Nashville Middle Tennessee area. You will love the customer service. Visit their website to see their video and photo gallery of recent projects. www.GreenWorldRoofs. Specials are available! We found coupons at www.WilliamsonHerald.com.
Roof Inspections, Roof Leak Inspections, Roof Insurance Claims,Shingle Roofs, Metal Roofs,Steep Roofs,New Roofs, Roof Leaks,Re-Roofing,Roof Repairs. Licensed & Insured, Family Owned and Operated by Bill McNitt 615-622-7368 ex 26442.

Dan Zellars
SMBMarketingServices.Com
NashvilleBusinessPage.com
TheDailyClassifieds.Com

Women’s Weight Loss Nashville TN

Ladies,do you need to lose some weight and just need an easy way to get started? Now there is a low impact system that will start you on the road to loosing weight and feeling better. Inches A Weigh Women’s Weight Loss Center in the Bellevue area of Nashville. Katie is the owner and really a great person to coach you through the process. Take a look at the video it will explain the whole concept.

Dan Zellars
SMB Marketing Services
NashvilleBusinessPage.Com
TheDailyClassifieds.Com

Condos Vanderbilt Area – Village South Condominiums

Condos Nashville TN
Are you looking for a cool affordable condo that is close to Vanderbilt, Belmont,Music Row, and downtown Nashville? Village South has it all. Check out the Village South Video! The prices are great and in most cases less expensive then renting. Close to Douglas Corner and 12th Ave. South.
Village South was created by HDN Realty of Nashville. You can see individual unit listings at TheDailyClassifieds.Com

HND has created 3 other unique communities in the Nashville area:
Downtown/Germantown – Harrison Square
Priest Lake – Lincoya Bay Townhomes
Dickson TN – Wyburn Downs

Dan Zellars
SMB Marketing LLC
TheDailyClassifieds.Com
NashvilleBusinessPage.com

Nashville Networking Events

Would you like to meet 30 potential new customers for the price of lunch? That’s right for Just $30.00 ( Lunch Included ) you can meet other business people in your area.You need to attend a Strategic Business Network event. The part I like the best is there are no membership fees or requirements to attend meetings each week. You decide which events to attend.

Dan Zellars
SMB Marketing Services
NashvilleBusinessPage
TheDailyClassifieds.com

Anderson Capital Mortgage – Brentwood TN

Mortage Companies Nashville TN
Anderson Capital Mortgage, LLC is a family owned and operated mortgage brokerage firm serving Tennessee, and Florida. Our company principals, Therese and Mike Anderson offer over 60 years of combined housing industry experience and believe that every borrower’s needs are unique. That is why our team of professionals take the time to ensure your mortgage choice is the best for your specific goals.
Today more mortgage solutions are available to buyers than ever before. As a privately owned brokerage firm we independently search out the ideal loan program from an array of financiers to meet your financial needs. This can make the difference in the amount you pay, the points assessed and even the length of time it takes to get approved.It is this personal attention along with our professional experience that we call the Anderson advantage. Let us put it to work for you.

Anderson Capital Mortgage
783 Old Hickory Blvd., Suite 261
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-221-2702

Real Estate Marketing

Marketing Budget

Real Estate agents are all small business owners and typical of small business owners they have to wear a lot of hats. A lot of small business owners have not received professional training on how to run a business and go throughout their career falling into the pitfalls of business management.

 

Here are the facts:

#1. Very little business management training is supplied by Real Estate Schools. In fact in almost every case there is no time dedicated to Marketing or Business Management in the pre-licensing classes. (If they did they would lose a lot of students) 

#2. Most Agents enter the Real Estate profession under capitalized. 

#3. Agents are hired to Market homes but spend a disproportionate small amount of money on marketing. Buying a new color printer is great and can help you market your listings but like office supplies, it’s a cost of doing business or a “Fixed Cost”.  It can’t be considered part of a Marketing budget for a single piece of Real Estate.

“Fixed costs,” which remain the same regardless of your level of sales. Depending on your type of business, some typical examples would be rent, interest on debt, insurance, plant and equipment expenses, business licenses, and salary of permanent full-time workers. 

#4. The reason they spend a small amount of money is that there are  just a few things they can afford. How do you advertise in a million person market and really feel the effects of your advertising? 

#5. The catch 22 is this: Agents have to spend money with NO guarantee of a return but if they don’t promise marketing they will not get the listing. So, what do they do? A lot don’t do anything except wait for another agent to bring them a buyer. 

#6. The Marketing Budget is usually the first thing to be cut if money gets tight. Bad idea but essential if they are under capitalized. They have to maintain their fixed costs like Realtor dues, office fees, cell phone, MLS dues, gasoline, etc. 

How do Agents Market their Properties? 

It was described to me one time that it was a 3 step process.
Put the listing in MLS, put the sign in the yard, and pray. The reality is they list the property in the MLS, plant the sign in the yard then most often they will have an Open House. An Open House is affordable and if approached properly may produce a buyer or a lead. 

Here is the $64,000 question:
From the potential net earnings from a sale what percentage of that amount do agents commit to the marketing budget?
Example: $100,000 house – 6 % Commission – 80% – 20% split with broker and presume there is a buyer’s agent that gets 3%. 

3% = $3000 Gross
80% of $3000 = $2,400

Marketing Budget:
1% = $24.00
5% = $120.00
10% = $240.00
15% = $360.00
20% = $480.00

Roll of the Dice:
Now the roll of the dice. Does the agent spend $480.00 with the creepy feeling in the back of their mind that they could loose this listing in six months if it doesn’t sell? With “Fixed Costs” at a minimum of $3,000 per year the agent has to sell 1.5 – $100,000 houses per year to cover the fixed costs.

Solutions:
Take 30 minutes to add up your fixed costs for a 12 month period. Then roughly figure out how many hours you will put in and assign an hourly value to your time. The total will tell you whether you want to be a Real Estate agent. It’s a commitment and hard work. There is no Silver Bullet but selling Real Estate can provide a lucrative career for those that approach it with a business attitude rather than a hobby. 

Self Serving Plug for TheDailyClassifieds.Com (TDC)
The overwhelming reason TDC was created was to provide small business owners a Market Plan that is Effective –Affordable – Consistent – Measurable 

The TDC Realtor Membership Marketing Plan

12 month unlimited listing membership is $360.00 the cost of marketing one $100,000 listing with a 15% advertising budget. A summary of what you get is the placement of all your listings on TDC and in Nashville Channel 2’s WKRN.com along with syndication to the top Real Estate search engines on the web.
Here is a link to complete services- Nashville Real Estate Marketing Services

 Dan Zellars
TheDailyClassifieds.Com

Nashville’s Channel 2 Adds Real Estate to Website

Nashville Tennessee
TheDailyClassifieds.Com will Power the New WKRN Channel 2 “Homes 2 View” starting July 15th 2009.

 

TheDailyClassifieds.Com(TDC) has expanded the 
syndication of  their listings to the Nashville’s Channel 2 -Homes 2 View.  Homes 2 View will be launched July 15th and will be available on www.WKRN.Com. At this site consumers will be able to find all Middle Tennessee Homes For Sale, Open House, and rental listings currently listed on TDC. Consumers will be able to find current Real Estate listings for Nashville TN, Brentwood TN,Franklin TN and 12 Middle TN counties. “This relationship gives our agents the added dimension of local advertising” says Dan Zellars of  TDC. “The agent listings need both a  presence on the Internet and local advertising” Zellars adds “but until now individual agents have not been able to consider incorporating the power Television to drive buyers to their listings”. TDC’s  mission is to provide small businesses an effective, affordable, consistent way to market products and services. Zellars credits Jamie Camp of Channel 2’s Internet sales and Gwen Kinsey GM for the vision to create a legitimate current source of local Real Estate & Open House listings. TDC will be handling all agent sales while WKRN will focus on category sponsors.

Local Advertising: Now each of the  The Daily Classifieds listings will benefit from both the power of the Internet and the strength of a local TV station reaching over 1,000,000 homes daily. Channel 2 boosts over 300,00 visitors and 2.6 million page views per month to WKRN.com. TDC & Channel 2 will be airing numerous commercials in support of this new venture encouraging viewers to search Homes 2 View  to find current local Real Estate listings.

Internet Syndication: TDC will of course continue to expand it’s Syndication of listings to the top Real Estate sites on the Internet. Current sites include Google Base,CraigsList, Zillow, Trulia, Oodle, HotPads, Local.Com, Lycos, Military.Com, Real Estate Nashville TN, Apartments Nashville TN, and many more.

GO-MOBILE Search: TDC and WKRN.com will offer a “Mobile Search” which will be available by down loading a FREE application to Blackberry & iPhones. Click to see details & download.

Afforable Marketing Services: TDC offers their Internet Marketing Services to licensed Real Estate agents through the Realtor Membership Plan. This plan offers agents an effective – affordable -consistent way to market all of their listings throughout 12 months for the membership fee of $300.00. No Monthly or per listing fees. Click Here to see a list of all features: Nashville Real Estate Marketing Services

Agents can get complete details by calling the Nashville Office of TDC : 615-673-1112

How to Search For Rental Properties

Don't Stress

After working in the Property Management field and now working hand and hand with property managers though our business TheDailyClassifieds.Com  (TDC) I decided to create a tip sheet on “How to Search For Rental Properties”. If you will consider following  these guidelines I know it will save you time and money while making the whole “Searching for a Rental Property” a little less stressful.

#1. Are You Really Moving?: This sounds funny but you would be amazed how many people call Property Managers and start the conversation by saying ” Well, I think I may be moving sometime this summer do you have any thing available?” Please don’t do this. People get excited when they think there is a chance they may be moving so they start calling every listing in their price range. Slow down, what you need at this point is local information and some cost of living data. Here is a good cost of living site http://www.bestplaces.net/city/.

#2. Area of Town: Know what areas really make sense for you. There are probably only a couple. Do some research through your school or potential employer. Again people will call and ask “what do you have in my price range?’ Well, it dosen’t matter if it’s in your price range if it’s located 50 miles away. It’s Price and Area. Drive the area and see how far it is from your work or school. How close is the shopping?

#3. Lease Rate: Again do your research through the cost of living site and search Rental Property websites like TDC. You have to have a pretty good idea of what comparable properties are charging. If it sounds too good there probably is a problem.

#4. Availability: All listings should tell you when the property is going to be available. If it doesn’t then shame on the property manager but it’s probably available now. If it’s available now they are going to rent it to the first qualified renter. If you are not moving for 6 months don’t waste your time calling. If you are within a true 4-6 week move date the Property Manager may consider holding the property for you with a deposit and maybe a months rent. If it’s the perfect place it’s probably worth it.

#4. Viewing Properties: Here is a big time saver. Pre-qualify the properties. Don’t call the property manager until you have driven by the property. The person answering the phone in the Property Manager’s office may have never seen the property. They will give you a brief flowery description or put you into the voice mail of the leasing agent. They’ll call you back sometime, someday maybe. If you are traveling to your new city to go house hunting remember most property management offices are closed on weekends.

Making Appointment to Tour Properties: After you have pre-qualified some properties call a day ahead of time to set appointments. Don’t set the appointment until you find out about the qualifying terms. If it’s a professional Property Management Company they don’t  have a lot of flexibility and it will waste every ones time if you can’t qualify. Ask the tough questions over the phone. Income requirement- credit rating – deposits – pets etc.
Cancelling Appointments: If you can’t make it to the appointment please call the leasing agent. Being stoodup is the number one pet peeve of property managers.

Rental Agreements: Do not rent a property without a rental agreement. Enough said.

Pictures of the property: Take pictures inside and out of the property before you move in. You can’t take too many. Make sure your camera adds a date. Put them on a disc and give a copy to the leasing agent. The good companies will already have pictures. Save yours you may need them.

Terminating Your Lease Agreement: Read the fine print about “Move Out Notices”. Don’t rely on the what the leasing agent told you they may not be there when you move out. Most companies want a written notice 30 – 90 days in advance. Written!This could cost you a couple of months rent. Make sure you walk-though with the Property Manager for the final inspection. It’s hard to go back and debate the condition of the property after you have moved.

We hope this helps.

Dan Zellars
TheDailyClassifieds.Com