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Darius LaRue - Realty Executives Knox Valley East Tennessee native and proud veteran dedicated to serving our community. Bringing the same commitment to your home search that I gave in service.

Locally rooted and ready to help your family find the perfect place to call home. Let's get started!

Kicking off crock pot season by cramming about ten pounds of apples into this old beast and hoping apple butter comes ou...
09/24/2026

Kicking off crock pot season by cramming about ten pounds of apples into this old beast and hoping apple butter comes out the other end.

After one false start, a whole lot of chopping, and enough sugar and cinnamon to make the house smell like Cracker Barrel, we’re back in business.

Closing out the classic car series with one of my favorite shots from the whole day.I’ve really enjoyed sharing these ca...
09/20/2026

Closing out the classic car series with one of my favorite shots from the whole day.

I’ve really enjoyed sharing these cars, the details that caught my eye, and tying a little real estate into the mix along the way.

Thanks to everyone who followed along.

Should I do more photo series like this in the future?

Darius LaRue
Cell: 865.298.2401
Realty Executives Knox Valley
Office: 865.427.3313

Four-inch legs. Full-size game-day spirit.Bailey Boop is suited up and ready. It’s game day in East Tennessee.Go Vols! ...
09/19/2026

Four-inch legs. Full-size game-day spirit.

Bailey Boop is suited up and ready. It’s game day in East Tennessee.

Go Vols!

One of the hardest parts of starting in real estate hasn’t been learning about houses or contracts. It’s figuring out ho...
09/18/2026

One of the hardest parts of starting in real estate hasn’t been learning about houses or contracts. It’s figuring out how to build a business without feeling like I have to buy my way into every conversation.

There are lead services, teams, coaching programs and systems around every corner—all promising to be the missing piece. Some have their place, but I’m trying to grow organically by learning my market, sharing useful information and earning people’s trust.

I also can’t bring myself to repeat that it’s always a “great time to buy.” For many average working families, today’s prices and interest rates make the numbers difficult. Sometimes buying makes sense. Sometimes the honest answer is to wait.

My job shouldn’t be to convince everybody to buy a house. It should be to help people understand their options and make the right decision for their lives.

I’m still finding my way, and it may take me longer doing it this way. I’m alright with that. I’d rather build something honest.

Darius LaRue
Cell: 865.298.2401
Realty Executives Knox Valley
Office: 865.427.3313

This one immediately made me think of ZZ Top.The famous Eliminator car was a custom ’33 Ford coupe, but this ’34 Ford ha...
09/16/2026

This one immediately made me think of ZZ Top.

The famous Eliminator car was a custom ’33 Ford coupe, but this ’34 Ford has that same low, clean hot-rod look that just screams old-school Americana.

Back in the mid-1930s, East Tennessee homes were starting to shift away from the more decorative Craftsman era toward simpler designs that would eventually become known as Minimal Traditional homes.

And in 1934, TVA was still brand new and already reshaping East Tennessee, with work underway on Norris Dam and a huge push to bring electricity and development to the region.

Different kind of horsepower, same era of big changes.

Darius LaRue
Cell: 865.298.2401
Realty Executives Knox Valley
Office: 865.427.3313

1936 Ford.I love the color on this one, but 1936 is also a pretty important year in East Tennessee history.That was the ...
09/13/2026

1936 Ford.

I love the color on this one, but 1936 is also a pretty important year in East Tennessee history.

That was the year Norris Dam was completed — TVA’s first major dam project and something that would completely change this part of East Tennessee through electricity, flood control, recreation, and development.

Homes were changing too. Around Knoxville, the mid-1930s saw the rise of Minimal Traditional homes: smaller, simpler designs that were more affordable during the Depression, often with touches of Tudor or Colonial style.

Pretty cool to think this Ford and Norris Dam both date back to the same year.

Darius LaRue
Cell: 865.298.2401
Realty Executives Knox Valley
Office: 865.427.3313

I’m officially aiX Certified—Level 1 through Realty Executives International.This six-session program focused on using A...
09/12/2026

I’m officially aiX Certified—Level 1 through Realty Executives International.

This six-session program focused on using AI in practical and responsible ways—from creating better marketing and developing useful workflows to protecting client information and making sure the finished work still sounds like me.

I was already using AI regularly, but this training helped me become more intentional about it. AI can help me research, organize and save time, but it cannot replace judgment, local knowledge or the relationships at the heart of real estate.

I’m proud to have completed the very first aiX Certification series, and I’m looking forward to putting what I learned to work for my clients. Reach out with any questions or concerns about AI in real estate and I will be happy to answer.

Darius LaRue
Cell: 865.298.2401
Realty Executives Knox Valley
Office: 865.427.3313

On September 11, 2001, I was ten years old and sitting in my fifth-grade classroom.Nobody really understood what was hap...
09/11/2026

On September 11, 2001, I was ten years old and sitting in my fifth-grade classroom.

Nobody really understood what was happening. Kids started going home early, and the first rumor spreading through our class was that Oak Ridge had blown up. My teacher chose not to turn on the television, so I didn’t see the images or begin to understand the truth until I got home with Mom.

In the months that followed, I watched our country go to war on television. Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” made me cry. Then I heard Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” and something in that ten-year-old East Tennessee boy decided he wanted to serve his country.

Today, my heart is with every family and every survivor who still carries the weight of that day. The rest of us remember it once a year, but for many of them, I know it can still feel like yesterday.

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