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Probate, foreclosure, tax sales, tenants, disclosure and closing costs, with every legal point linked to the statute it comes from.

Selling a house

  1. Selling an inherited house in Tennessee: probate, heirs and who can sign

    Who holds title after a death in Tennessee, when you need letters from probate court, why the $50,000 small estate route skips houses, and what is taxed.

    5 min read
  2. What it costs to sell a house in Tennessee

    Commission, the 37 cents per $100 transfer tax and who owes it, title and closing fees, the property tax split, repairs, and the months you pay to hold it.

    5 min read
  3. Selling a house with tenants in Tennessee

    What happens to the lease and security deposit when a rental sells in Tennessee, which counties the landlord-tenant act covers, and what tenants must be told.

    5 min read
  4. Selling a house without a realtor in Tennessee: what it saves and what you take on

    The commission you keep, the disclosure and deed paperwork Tennessee law requires, the federal lead rule, and the jobs an agent was doing for that fee.

    6 min read
  5. Selling a house in North Carolina: excise tax, disclosure forms and the clerk's hearing

    The $1 per $500 excise tax the seller pays, the two disclosure statements North Carolina law requires, and how a foreclosure runs through the clerk of court.

    6 min read
  6. Selling a house in Georgia: transfer tax, foreclosure, and what you still have to disclose

    Georgia's transfer tax rate and who owes it, the 30-day notice and weeks of advertising before a non-judicial sale, and why no required form still means a duty.

    5 min read
  7. Selling a house in South Carolina: the deed recording fee, the disclosure form and a court-run foreclosure

    The $1.85 per $500 recording fee the seller owes, the property condition disclosure statement, and why every South Carolina foreclosure goes through a court.

    6 min read

Tennessee law

  1. Tennessee foreclosure timeline: what happens and when

    The 120-day federal wait, the notice Tennessee requires before a trustee's sale, the redemption waiver to look for in your deed of trust, and what you can do.

    5 min read
  2. Wholesaling and contract assignment in Tennessee: what a seller should know

    What it means when a buyer assigns your contract, what Tennessee's 2025 wholesaling law requires in writing, and what to ask before you sign one.

    5 min read
  3. Delinquent property taxes in Tennessee: the tax sale and redemption

    When unpaid Tennessee property taxes go to court, how a tax sale works, how long you have to redeem and what it costs, and how to stop it before the sale.

    5 min read
  4. Selling a house as-is in Tennessee: what you still have to disclose

    How Tennessee's residential property disclosure law works, when an as-is disclaimer is allowed, what it does not excuse, and which sales are exempt from it.

    5 min read
  5. How to stop a foreclosure in Tennessee, and what each option costs you

    Reinstatement, payoff, selling before the trustee's sale, a deed in lieu, and where bankruptcy fits, with what each one takes and what it leaves behind.

    6 min read
  6. Selling a house during a divorce in Tennessee: who signs and what happens to the money

    The automatic injunction that lands when the complaint is served, who has to sign the deed, what a court order changes, and how proceeds get held until decree.

    6 min read

Selling a business

  1. How a small service business is valued: SDE, add-backs and the multiple

    How buyers turn a service company's books into seller's discretionary earnings, which add-backs hold up, and what moves the multiple up or down.

    5 min read
  2. How to sell a small business without a broker

    The work a broker was doing, the documents a buyer will ask for, how the price gets allocated for taxes, and the four places these deals fall apart.

    6 min read
  3. What a buyer checks in due diligence on a service business

    Books against tax returns, customer concentration, licenses that cannot transfer, contracts that need consent, and the crew, in the order a buyer checks them.

    6 min read

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