TJ Anderson Homes

08/25/2026

Leiper's Fork is a village, a music room, and about a dozen listings a year. Songwriters, horse people, and a handful of famous folks bought here quietly and then defended it. A general store, a gallery, Puckett's, and then acreage and the Natchez Trace. Inventory is the entire story. There's never much for sale, and what comes up often trades before it's widely marketed. If you want to be here, the search is a relationship, not a filter. Tell me you're serious about Leiper's Fork and I start asking around. That's usually how these actually trade.

08/24/2026

The oldest neighborhood in Nashville, and currently one of the hardest to get into. Small, dense, protected Victorians, and restaurants people drive across town for. You can walk to the farmers market, the ballpark, and downtown. That's the whole pitch and it's a good one. Most of what trades here is attached — condos and townhomes. Which means the HOA financials matter as much as the unit. Reserves, special assessments, rental caps. I read those documents before you get attached. Want a yard? This isn't the neighborhood, and I'll tell you that on the first call.

08/21/2026

Brentwood is the closest thing Middle Tennessee has to a sure thing, and it prices accordingly. Twenty-odd minutes to downtown, ten to Cool Springs, big lots, real tree cover, and zoning that's kept it that way on purpose. If you're coming from a coastal market you'll notice the square footage before anything else. It is not walkable and does not pretend to be. Everything is a short drive. That's the arrangement. The older homes need real inspection attention — roofs, HVAC, original kitchens that photograph better than they function. I'd rather find that on the walkthrough than after closing.

08/20/2026

Nobody tells you this about a good rate week: it barely matters if there’s nothing to buy.

Rates ticked down to 6.65% on the 30-year. Meanwhile Williamson County logged 123 new listings the week ending Aug 1 — last year that same week was 241.
Months of supply is 3.92, up from about 3.5 a year ago, and 43% of what came on the market this week was new construction.
Translation: more time to think, fewer things worth thinking about. July PCE lands next week and that’s the number that decides whether this rate dip has legs.

Comment “MARKET” and I’ll send the numbers for your zip.

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TJ Anderson of Benchmark Realty TJ Anderson

08/20/2026

Green Hills is a neighborhood in the middle of turning over. Central location, schools people move for, and quiet streets folding out behind the retail on Hillsboro Pike. Mostly mid-century ranches and split-levels, plus a steady stream of teardowns replaced by something twice the size. You'll see a lot of cosmetic renovation sitting on 1960s bones. I look at the panel, the plumbing, and the roofline first — those are what cost money later. The kitchen is what the listing is selling you. Guide's on the site.

08/20/2026

Gorgeous, Westhaven Townhome for rent! Great location, right across from Chess Park!

This 2513 square feet Townhouse home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 619 Cheltenham Ave, Franklin, TN.

08/19/2026

College Grove is where Williamson County stops feeling like a suburb and starts feeling like the country. Big parcels, long driveways, and the kind of road you drive slower on because you want to. Twenty-five minutes from Franklin and considerably more from anything else. For most people who buy here, that's the appeal. Check the well, the septic, the internet, and the road maintenance agreement — in that order. Country property has a different inspection list than a subdivision, and I go through it before we write.

08/18/2026

Franklin is the reason half of Middle Tennessee moved here, and the reason the other half complains about traffic on 96. The historic district is the postcard. It's also the smallest slice of town by a wide margin. Most of Franklin is newer subdivisions spreading west and south, plus the Cool Springs corridor where people actually spend their weekdays. Here's the thing I check before we tour anything: a Franklin mailing address isn't the same as being in Franklin. A lot of what gets listed that way is unincorporated Williamson County, which changes your schools, your taxes, and sometimes your utilities.

08/17/2026

East Nashville is not one neighborhood, no matter how people talk about it. Five Points, Lockeland Springs, Eastwood, Cleveland Park, Shelby Hills. Each has its own feel, its own price tier, and its own opinion about the others. What they share: bungalows from the 1910s through the 40s, a lot of renovation history, and sidewalks you'll actually use. A lot of these homes have been flipped once or twice. Some of that work was excellent. Some of it was fast. With a flipped bungalow I care about what's behind the drywall — permits, foundation, whether the addition was done right. Pretty finishes over bad bones is the most common trap out here.

08/14/2026

Nashville is not one market. It's a dozen of them that happen to share a skyline. East Nashville and 12 South get the attention. Belle Meade and Green Hills hold the money. The neighborhoods people actually end up buying in sit in the gaps between. Any advice you get about "Nashville" without a neighborhood attached to it is worth roughly nothing. A ten-minute walk can cross two price tiers and three different feelings about the same city. Pick the block before you pick the house.