Tennessee Home Team's Blog

Welcome to The Daniel Hayes Team of Benchmark Realty, LLC, your source for Residental and Commercial Real Estate in the Middle Tennessee Area. In today's competitive Real Estate market, timing is everything.  Many good homes are sold before they are ever advertised. Beat other homebuyers to the H...

The across-the-board budget cuts enacted into law in 2011 to reduce the federal deficit take effect Friday, March 1, absent additional action by the  government. Some $85 billion, split between defense and domestic discretionary  programs, is scheduled to be cut over the balance of 2013. In all, ...

Unless you live in a state where courts handle foreclosure proceedings, don't expect a flood of distressed properties to relieve for-sale inventory shortages anytime soon. Both the share of U.S. mortgage loans in delinquency and those in the foreclosure process hit their lowest levels since 2008 ...

I just finished my 10th Short Sale with BOA.  This one I closed in record time, ONLY 6 MONTHS, compared to the last three which each took over 9 months.  BOA needs to stick to trying to get to systems and process of approval for shorts sales down before they tackle trying to move into playing Rea...

Winter can be a trying time of year. Not only can the weather be harsh, to say the least, but many of us also experience things like fatigue, general malaise, and depression. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. In fact, you may be suffering from a condition known as Seasonal Affective Diso...

Last month we shared five tips that will help you sharpen your mind, and also increase both your intelligence and your success. Getting more sleep and more exercise were two (pun intended) no-brainer tips we mentioned, along with reading and writing more often and playing games like Sudoku, which...

Cheap is chic, frugality is in fashion, and Americans have sworn off their spending addiction. In a replay of 2010, their top resolution for 2011 is to save more money, according to the American Express Spending & Saving Tracker. But a funny thing happened on the way to the bank: Americans fell o...

Okay, a show of hands please. How many of you made a New Year's resolution to get in shape? Now be honest. Are you finding it easy to stick to the resolutions you made? Many people tend to do well during the month of January; but by February many of us are already reverting back to our old ways. ...

With today's fast and hurried pace, we need a greater sense of community not only within our families, but in our neighborhoods as well. That can be easy to achieve during the summer, when people are sitting on their porches or the kids are playing in the yard. But how do you maintain that sense ...

Webster's Dictionary defines intelligence as the ability to learn and understand, or to deal with new or trying situations. Simply put, it's the degree of one's mental sharpness. It's easy to believe that your intelligence is set, meaning there's no way to "boost" your brainpower. However, many s...