Tennessee

CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK IN CROSSVILLE, TN

02-09-10

Celeste Chism: Real Estate Brokerage in Crossville, TN

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Office: (931) 277-3327

Mobile: (931) 261-2805

Living in Crossville, Tennessee has never been this magnificent! With an abundance of superb choices in recreational activities, from playing a great game golf to hiking its majestic terrains, or simply enjoying nature at its best, Crossville offers almost everything and anything one can imagine about having a grand life.

One of the places where you can relish Crossville’s impeccable scenery is the Cumberland Mountain State Park, the largest timbered plateau in America. This 1,720-acre park is located on the Cumberland Plateau, a segment of the great upland, which extends from western New York to central Alabama.

The park is set amidst an environmental microcosm of the beautiful Cumberland Plateau and provides numerous recreational activities, including an 18-hole Bear Trace golf course. Recreational facilities include an olympic-sized swimming pool, picnic pavilions, playgrounds, four tennis courts, horseshoe pits, and shuffleboard, basketball, badminton, and volleyball courts, all for your enjoyment. Discover some of the reasons why Crossville is the Golf Capital of Tennessee at Bear Trace golf course with its 6,900-yard (6,300 m), par 72 course open year-round.

It has a combined total of 147 tent and RV campsites with hookups provided. They offer picnic tables, grills and a bathhouse facility. Picnic tables equipped with grills are spread throughout the park at the Recreation Lodge parking lot area, playground area, tennis court area and the boat dock area. The park also has four picnic pavilions that can be reserved for larger groups. The park also offers several miles of moderate trails around the immaculate lake, creek and in the woods. Overnight camping is allowed on one of the trails. These trails are open year-round. Experience picnicking and camping with your family while surrounded by the beauty of pure nature.

Should you consider having a dip in a pool, the park’s olympic-sized pool is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. It has a diving well with 1-3 meter board and 1-1 meter board. Chairs, tables with umbrellas and a bathhouse are all provided, with picnic tables outside the pool area and a snack bar. There is also a lifeguard on duty.

If you are into leisure fishing, the park offers pleasurable fishing on Byrd Lake and visitors can expect catches of catfish, bass, bluegill and bream. Fishing from the bank is allowed except for a few posted areas. Byrd Lake provides amazing fishing and paddle boating opportunities you have yet to discover.

In Cumberland Mountain Park you have the luxury of choosing exhilarating activities between camping, exploring its beautiful trails, swimming, fishing, hunting or simply picnicking with your family. This is just one of the many reasons why Crossville is one of the best places to retire!

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FISHING IN LAKE TANSI

02-09-10

Celeste Chism

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Office: (931) 277-3327

Mobile: (931) 261-2805

If you wish to live in a community where you can indulge in leisurely fishing with your friends and family anytime you feel like it, then look no farther, Lake Tansi is absolutely the place you are looking for. Lake Tansi is a fully developed multi-amenity resort community with more than 5,000 brilliantly wooded acres of property, located on top of the 2,000 foot elevation of the majestic Cumberland Plateau.

The largest, Lake Tansi, comprises over 500 acres and supports a wide variety of exciting water sports, including, fishing, water skiing, swimming and paddle boating. Lake Tansi is the only of the four beautiful lakes to allow gasoline-engine-driven boating. Lake Tansi Lake is the largest lake on the Cumberland Plateau, with over 10 miles of shoreline. It is also one of the top 5 fishing lakes in Tennessee. The Lake Tansi Marina offers a full range of boating services, including boat rentals and fishing supplies.

With four stunning lakes at Lake Tansi, the residents enjoy an abundance of water activities. You’re bound to find a spot where the fish are biting in Lake Tansi and its three smaller lakes, Lake Mohawk, Lake Geronimo and Lake Hiawatha. Life in Lake Tansi Village is certainly a fisherman’s paradise. Fishing boats with electric motors are only allowed on the smaller lakes. Bluegill, yellow perch, crappie and large mouth bass are a few of the wondrous fishes you are guaranteed to find in all these glorious lakes.

Enjoy fishing at its best here in Lake Tansi, Tennessee!

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The Magic that is East Tennessee - Blount County (Part 2)

02-09-10

Kathy Caylor ~ Maryville, TN Real Estate

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Office: (865) 588-3232

Mobile: (865) 806-0502

I recently began a series of blogs about The Magic That is East Tennessee and focused on Blount County . - home to many truly amazing cities and town including Alcoa, Friendsville, Louisville, Maryville (the largest), Rockford, Townsend and Walland.

Although I could truly go on forever about what makes this area special, I thought I would list just TEN of my favorite reasons.

#1. ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS!

Blount County is located at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and one-third of the county lies in the national park.

Residents enjoy the peaceful solitude of the mountain lifestyle and the majestic awe of the landscape on a daily basis.

Is it any wonder this area is so popular?

Whether it's staring at the mountains from their back
deck while sipping morning driving to work there is
truly no words for the experience of living and
loving East Tennessee!

And That's Just the #1 Reason!

So Stay Tuned as I take you on a wonderful
journey of the Magic that is Blount County...

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If you would like to explore the possibilities of making one of the beautiful cities in East Tennessee your next home, contact me today for a free informational packet. You can also learn more by visiting my website at
www.KathyCaylor.com 24/7. See you there!

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Income property can have very stable, respectful and reliable tenants. Chattanooga, TN

02-09-10

Alf Gizzo

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Office: (303) 679-0634

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Income property can have very stable, respectful and reliable tenants. Chattanooga, TN

Yes, that’s right! It all depends on product, location and good tenant screening. If you don’t have all three, your vacancy rate will be elevated. Let’s talk about product first. We recommend to our students that they furnish their properties with clean serviceable items, new linens and art work on the walls. What you are creating is an environment that is very agreeable to the tenant, one that not only the tenant will look forward to coming home to, but also one, through pictures on flyers, web sites and word of mouth, will draw new inquires. We are all for building and keeping a pipeline.

Lots of furnished rooms for rent are not clean and contain aged, thread bear chairs, sofas, and soiled mattresses. Would you want to stay any longer than you had to in a place that does not support a good sense of self-esteem? Nicely furnished rooms engender good paying tenants, who stay for extended periods.

Our preferred tenant populations generally do not have their own transportation so proximity to public transportation is necessity.

Key to this equation within our program is good tenant screening, which strangely enough does not include credit or traditional background checks. Our tenants are referred to us, so we learn about them and their history though direct questioning of people who are familiar with each possible tenant individually. We learn of personal background information and work experience. This type of screening done systematically will produce good paying tenants who stay for extended periods creating a stable house.

To discover more about setting up transitional housing, please download our free Ebook from the side bar on our main blog site.

Don't hesitate to contact us with questions. Learn about us. Learn our system. Learn what others have to say about us and our system.

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Income property can have very stable, respectful and reliable tenants. Knoxville, TN

02-09-10

Alf Gizzo

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Office: (303) 679-0634

Mobile: (303) 350-9488

Income property can have very stable, respectful and reliable tenants. Knoxville, TN

Yes, that’s right! It all depends on product, location and good tenant screening. If you don’t have all three, your vacancy rate will be elevated. Let’s discuss product first. We recommend to our students that they furnish their properties with clean serviceable items, new linens and art work on the walls. What you are creating is an environment that is very pleasing to the tenant, one that not only the tenant will look forward to coming home to, but also one, through pictures on flyers, web sites and word of mouth, will attract new inquires. We are all for building and keeping a pipeline.

Many furnished rooms for rent are not clean and be full of aged, thread bear chairs, sofas, and soiled mattresses. Would you want to stay any longer than you had to in a place that does not support a good sense of self-esteem? Nicely furnished rooms engender good paying tenants, who stay for extended periods.

Our favored tenant populations normally do not have their own transportation so proximity to public transportation is necessity.

Key to this equation within our program is good tenant screening, which oddly enough doesn’t include credit or traditional background checks. Our tenants are referred to us, so we gain knowledge about them and their history though direct questioning of people who are familiar with each potential tenant individually. We discover personal background information and work experience. This type of screening done systematically will produce good paying tenants who stay for extended periods creating a stable house.

To discover more about setting up transitional housing, please download our free Ebook from the side bar on our main blog site.

Don't hesitate to contact us with questions. Learn about us. Learn our system. Learn what others have to say about us and our system.

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