Log Home Lenders... A Few Things We Learned

We learned quickly that getting a loan for a log home is quite different than getting a loan for a traditional 'stick-built' home. Odds are, even if you qualify for a traditional home mortgage, you might not qualify right away for a loan to build a log home. When we were trying to obtain a loan to build our log home, these are the banks and mortgage lenders that we personally approached for a construction loan, and highlights from our experiences with each of them.

Reasons To Build In Tennessee

Here's a list of the biggest reasons to live in Tennessee, and therefore the reasons we want to look for a place to build in either East Tennessee, West Tennessee, or right here in Middle Tennessee.

Calling All Landowners

To help speed up the process, I'm spending some time going through the Williamson County Property Appraiser's website looking for vacant property in our favorite areas. You know, land that may have been passed down through the family, or that someone bought as an investment. For whatever reason, they have not built a home on that particular piece of land yet. The plan is to call each of these homeowner and see if they'd be willing to sell that land to us.

Could It Be... Yet Another Forested Piece of Paradise?

The one we like is on Oscar Green Road (technically in Primm Springs, TN... a very tiny community right next to Franklin & Leiper's Fork). The builder/developer met us there so he could show us the boundaries of the property. Good thing he did -- we'd never have made sense of those woods on our own. Anyway... It was SO nice!

Exploring More Land

After the bad news, we stayed and talked to the guy about a few other pieces of land that he knew were for sale. A couple of them are in some fairly remote parts of Leiper's Fork. We drove our Jeep to one of them today... pretty cool

We're Moving On...

Oh, the emotions -- the ups & downs, the highs and the lows of looking for property are beginning to take their toll on me. It's like a roller coaster ride & I want off!

Looking For Land... In All The Wrong Places!

You are NOT going to believe this! The 5 acres next to Smokey Joe's Cabin?... SOLD!

Driving Around ...and Around

We spent the day looking at a few more properties we've passed while driving around Williamson County. But now... nothing compares to the 5 acres next to Smokey Joe's Cabin!

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining: 5 Acres!

We went out to explore the 5 acres of land next to Smokey Joe's Cabin today. Wow!...

Our First Official Meeting With An Expert In The Field

After he told us that Smokey Joe's Cabin was sold, we decided to meet with the developer/log home builder guy to try & get some ideas about pricing and the actual process for building our own log home. He's the expert... been doing it for 20-some years. Until now, we'd never even considered building a log home.