Texas client coming in to look at Lakewood houses this Saturday

I have a client wanting to live on the water at lakewood. He needs at least 2 bedrooms on the main floor and prefers to be on the water.

He is planning to move his mom with his family from Texas to Dyersburg and he has told me the only place he will buy is in Dyersburg's Lakewood Community.

Are you an owner in Lakewood and thinking about selling your home? Well now may be your opportunity! We have(5) Lakewood house appointments beginning at 1pm Saturday January 23, 2010 and can schedule yours after 3:00.

I can be reached at Carousel Realty 731-285-2277 or on my cell at 731-589-7841

New listing at Lakewood with over 300' of main lake frontage

Just listed a beautiful home on 2.3 acres nestled in the woods and on the main lake. This Dyersburg area lakefront home is in a very private setting with a long winding paved driveway.

Owner has put on a new roof, put down new duroceramic tile in wet areas(main level), repainted everything, rebuilt a sun porch from top to bottom, re-stained the entire outside of house and many many sq feet of deck.

We have priced this home to sell fast!

1/15/10 Update: Owners just told me the hardwood flooring man is coming the week on the 25th(January) to install new handscrapped dark oak wide planks in the living room and master bedroom. This will complete the replacing of the entire first floor flooring.

Dyersburg's Lakewood Getting Back to Normal

Over the last several months, there have been many foreclosures in the Dyersburg area including a few in Lakewood.

Personally, I receive many of these foreclosures to sell for the asset companies and I am seeing a slowdown in foreclosures especially in the Lakewood community.

I know many of you Lakewood residents have been apprehensive about foreclosures in your neighborhood. In my opinion, we are near the end of foreclosures especially in Lakewood. Lakewood will soon be back to normal with prices back up(now at 2006 levels) so do not despair if you live in Lakewood because things are turning around.

Dyersburg Foreclosure in Lakewood

A couple of days ago I got a call from the listing agent for 38 Elm Lane. I had a client interested in this property but they got two offers on it before we could get there.

They accepted one of the offers and all the other parties went somewhere else. Now, the accepted offer has collapsed and owner so motivated to sell that they have agreed to fix the plumbing leaks in the basement and repair the sheetrock damage resulting from the leaks.

Not only are they doing this but they also replaced the electrical service that was damaged by a storm.

The original price was $160,000 (as is) but now the property has been reduced to $142,500 and major repairs completed or being completed right now. This is a 4 bedroom 3 bath home with over 4000' of living area and has lots of lake frontage.

In my opinion, this is a fantastic buy and I would be happy to assist you with this purchase. I bet this can be purchased for somewhere around $130,000.

Possible foreclosure coming in Lakewood

A couple of days ago I was asked to complete a brokers price opinion on a house(on the water)in Lakewood near Dyersburg.

This home is one of the finest in Lakewood and this could become a foreclosure. If that happens, I should get that listing. This home is very nice and the price range of value is somewhere around $400,000.

In the mean time, if you are looking for a Tennessee lakefront home, please click on the link over on the right side of this blog. That link will take you to every current listing in West Tennessee's Lakewood subdivision.

I understand the foreclosure house in my last post here has sold. I will get the sales price as soon as it is available.

Chicago family looking to relocate to Lakewood near Dyersburg,Tn.

A few days ago, I spent the whole day with a family from Chicago. Their daughter is going to college near St. Louis and they want to be within 2-3 hours of her.

I got a call from Ed about 3 weeks ago and he told me he was watching our video about Lakewood(a button for that is located over on the right side of Lakewood blog).

Ed told me he really liked what he was watching and he and his wife decided that they want to retire to Lakewood and live "on the water's edge".

We looked at several homes and they really liked one but they told me to keep my eyes open for others that might be just what they are looking for.

Here is their perfect retirement home at Lakewood:

1. one level
2. walk out basement
3. preferable brick but would consider others
4.on the water(a must)
5. a split floor plan where mother in law could stay with them
6. a dock a real plus
7. 2000-3000 heated and cooled living area
8. no close neighbors(semi secluded)
9. on one of the two biggest lakes
10. available by September 1st

If you live in Lakewood and would consider selling your home to Ed and his wife, please give me a call.

New listing at Lakewood near Dyersburg,Tn

Here is a new listing at Lakewood that is a 4 bedroom 2.5 baths home located at 20 Juniper Circle.

This house is listed by my friend Dianne at Southland and is priced at only $196,900.
With 3363' of heated and cooled area this is a a great price for a 4 bedroom home in Lakewood. Although not located on the water, if you are a member of the homeowners association you will have access to 5 different lakes at lakewood!

Clients want "lakefront" in Lakewood(near Dyersburg,Tn)

I showed a family a few homes in Lakewood on New Year's eve. They really wanted to find a one level with lots of water frontage.

Two of the homes we looked at were multi-story.

This family is empty nesters so can downsize some from the house they own now in Wisconsin.

If you are living in Lakewood and are considering selling your home, please let me know and I will show the home to this couple. The wife has an illness which requires her to move down here to warmer temperatures.

Lakewood house wanted by transferee

I received a call a few days ago from someone wanting to relocate to the Dyersburg area.They mentioned wanting to live on a lake so I told them Lakewood is where they want to be!

They have been reading through this blog and hopefully watched the video I shot of Lakewood!

They indicated that they may be willing to live just off one of the lakes and want to stay in the price range of $200,000-$225,000 but may be able to spend a little more for a nice home on a lake.

I know the national news says that real estate is bad everywhere but that is not really the case for the Dyersburg Tn real estate area market.

If you want to sell your Lakewood home please call me as I have a family wanting to live in Lakewood!

Dyersburg Tn lakefront rental coming up in Lakewood

We have a rental at 785 Oak Ridge Road in Lakewood coming available August 1st, 2008.

This home is on the water and has a dock!

The monthly rental amount is $1250 and the deposit is $650.

Also, I wanted to thank everyone who has been following this blog and all those who have told me how much they enjoy reading this blog.

New video of Lakewood(near Dyersburg,Tn)

Lakewood home drastically reduced!

Back in September 2007 I had a post here about a new listing that I thought I should have gotten.However another company was given this listing(I believe they gave owners higher value ). Anyway, this is a 4 bedroom 3 bath with basement.

This brick home was built in 1996 but has had several improvements done over the years.This home has 3456 sq feet of heated and cooled area and over 5000 total sq feet under roof. Back when I did my own estimate of value, it came in at $235,000.
This home was listed for much more than that but now relocation company is ready to
"let it go".
It is now priced at $221,500. This is a real value!

Please call me if you have an interest.This home should be sold very very soon!!

Mike
cell number 731-589-7841

New Lakewood secretary and personal assistant

Just wanted to introduce all my lakewood readers/residents to my new secretary and personal assistant(Donna Wright). Donna and her husband James moved here from Texas about three years ago. They purchased a home from me in Lakewood on Elm Lane.

Donna is a very organized and motivated lady. I am thank-ful to get the opportunity for her to be a part of my staff. Now, if there is information you want posted on this blog just call Donna at the office 285-2277.

Merry christmas

I just wanted to tell all my readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will return to talk about Lakewood properties in early 2008 so please return.

Merry Christmas!

Why so many readers of Lakewood blog?

I just wanted to tell all our Lakewood residents why so many people are reading this blog and many even contacting me about Lakewood. One thing that I constantly work on is search engine optimization.

Currently, when someone in say Florida jumps on their favorite search engine and types in Tennessee lakefront properties, our blog comes up on the first page of every major and minor search engine. On Google, we come up #4, on Yahoo, we come up #1, then on MSN we also come up #1, on AOL,ASK and Netscape we come up #4.

Also, since so many Lakewood residents are reading this, if you have a community event you want posted here, please let me know or contact Donna Wright(my personal assistant) who lives in Lakewood. We can be reached at Carousel Realty
285-2277 or toll free 800-896-8016

New Lakewood resident

This post is for all you Lakewood residents reading this blog. My new California people are moving in today at 785 Oak Ridge road. I spent some time with them yesterday and told them how friendly many of the Lakewood residents are. I also encouraged them to join the homeowners association there.

Please take the time to drop in and make them feel welcome.

Tennessee "Lakewood" house leased

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the readers that called inquiring about this "Lakewood" home. I now have a family moving here from California who are leasing this fine home.

This family has indicated to me that they would like to find a lakefront home to purchase here. There are 3-4 non lake front homes available at Lakewood but no lakefront homes available on the MLS to purchase.

If you are a Lakewood resident following the lakewood blog and have considered selling your lakefront home, please give me a call and lets get it listed. I am getting other inquiries for lakefront homes as well.

(Lakewood)-4 bedroom lakefront home for lease

About 2 years ago I posted about the sale of the house at 785 Oak Ridge Road. This is a 4 bedroom 3 bath(on the water). This home has a basement w/garage and a small boat dock. The new owner deferred moving here until a later date. We have had this house leased and the current lessee has just completed construction of a new home and will be moving out in a few days.

The current owner just informed me she still is undecided about when she plans to relocate here and to go ahead and lease it for at least another year.

This home is available for lease for a monthly amount of $1250 and a deposit of $625. Please let me know if you are interested by calling me at 731-589-7841.

Fishing good at Lakewood

This past weekend my family and I along with some friends got invited to fish at Lakewood. This is the same place I have been fishing and telling our readers about. In the pictures you will see my wife(and a friend) with a slab crappie she caught. My daughter is in another picture and our friend's daughter is in the other picture.

We fished off the dock and caught between 30 and 35 bream,bass and crappie. This lake is located across the street and just down about 50 yards from the lot I just listed at lakewood(I discussed this lot in last post). I believe if you built a 2-story home on this lot you could view the fishing on part of this small lake.

Lakewood is so peaceful and quiet and the residents very nice and friendly. If you are considering relocating to a great area of the country and want lakefront or lake access, then look no further than Dyersburg,Tennessee and the Lakewood community.

New lot listed at Lakewood and recent sold

I listed a lot today at Lakewood. This is a 1 acre lot located on Oak ridge road right next to a home that recently sold in Lakewood. That address is 460 Oak Ridge road. This lot is priced to sell at $19,900 and it has lake frontage(but obscured by mature trees). This is a nice building lot with most of the rear part of the lot covered with trees. I anticipate selling this lot pretty quickly because of the location and ease to build on this lot.

The house that sold next door has 2567 sq feet of heated area and a walk out basement. It is located on 1.25 acres and is a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home. This Lakewood home sold for $181,000 which was a little low but owner had been transferred and owners were really motivated to sell.