Compinstructor: Buying a house overview

Buying a home overview

Whether you are buying a home to occupy, to use as an investment rental property, or to rehab and sell for a profit there is a wealth of information available for the Memphis area. Primarily listed here are resources for Shelby County, TN.

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Memphis, Tennessee Real Estate

Search Commercial Appeal Real Estate Classifieds

Under "Marketplace Quick Search", click on the Real Estate tab. You are given options for the county, area, minimum size, and maximum price.

Once you have the results page, you can sort by:

Location
Bed/Bath
Type
Acres
Price
Contact

What I found interesting is that many ads do not include prices. One way to be able to see listings with prices is to choose the minimum price of $50,000.00. Of course the means you would not see any under $50,000.00 or any without prices. With the financing I have available, I only want to see properties over $50,000.00. You need to decide what works best for your needs.

You may save your searches if you register with the site. Commercial Appeal Ad Rover search.

Search Yahoo Real Estate Classifieds

Type in the city and state or zip you would like to search. I like to use the minimum price of $30,000.00 as this will still fit in my criteria.

Search For:

Existing Homes - redirects to Prudential's listings
Yahoo! Classifieds - keeps you within Yahoo's site
New Homes - keeps you within Yahoo's site

So far I have found great properties using the Existing Homes option. Even though it redirects to Prudential, there are properties from many different agencies there.

The Yahoo! Classifieds has many with "Address not listed". This can be a problem as I like to research the property before deciding if I want to contact the agent.