Kevin O'Brien, Realtor Crye-Leike

This East Tennessee lake is among the best for swimming, beating 2 of the Great Lakes Norris Lake has 800 miles of shoreline and is a popular destination for water fun. Here’s where it ranks nationally in the USA TODAY 10Best awards.

Polysilicon maker to invest $850M, bring 400-plus jobs to Hawkins County SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A manufacturer with a new, cleaner way of making polysilicon for solar panels has won a $255.6 million federal tax credit and plans to invest about $1 billion and brin…

400 new high paying jobs!!!!

Polysilicon maker to invest $850M, bring 400-plus jobs to Hawkins County SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A manufacturer with a new, cleaner way of making polysilicon for solar panels has won a $255.6 million federal tax credit and plans to invest about $1 billion and brin…

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Counties with the lowest cost of living in Tennessee Stacker compiled a list of counties with the lowest cost of living in Tennessee using rankings from Niche.

New 13.69 acre listing in Washburn, TN...secluded and quiet with great views!!!

| 12.98ac Ward Lane Looking for some seclusion and some peace and quiet? Well here's you chance to own two parcels totaling 13.69 lightly wooded acres. A home site was cleared last year as well as the driveway to it, and there is another area further up at the back of the property that would make a great home site as w...

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479 Ferguson Ridge Road, Tazewell, TN 37879

This hidden gem goes live on Monday!

479 Ferguson Ridge Rd, Tazewell, TN 37879

Tennessee comes in at #2 for lowest tax burden of all 50 states!!!

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Tennessee is one of those states!!!

The Best States That Won't Tax Your Retirement Income - FreshOffThePress You worked hard for your money and to have the chance to retire. If you haven’t retired yet, you’d certainly like to know you won’t have all your retirement income eaten away by greedy state governments. Fortunately, there are eight states that don’t tax your retirement income. Federal incom...

wow I didn't realize this:

Please understand what NOT using cash is doing !!!
Cash is important!
Why should we pay cash everywhere with banknotes instead of a card?
- I have a $50 banknote in my pocket. Going to a restaurant and paying for dinner with it. The restaurant owner then uses the bill to pay for the laundry. The laundry owner then uses the bill to pay the barber. The barber will then use the bill for shopping. After an unlimited number of payments, it will still remain a $50, which has fulfilled its purpose to everyone who used it for payment and the bank has jumped dry from every cash payment transaction made...
- But if I come to a restaurant and pay digitally - Card, and bank fees for my payment transaction charged to the seller are 3%, so around $1.50 and so will the fee $1.50 for each further payment transaction or owner re laundry or payments of the owner of the
laundry shop, or payments of the barber etc..... Therefore, after 30 transactions, the initial $50 will remain only $5 and the remaining $45 became the property of the bank thanks to all digital transactions and fees
Small businesses need your help and this is one way to help ourselves too. Pull small draws of cash out at a time and use that instead of tap, credit, etc.
When this is put into perspective, imagine what each Retailer is paying on a monthly basis in fees at 3% per transaction through their POS machine. If they have, for example, $50,000 in sales & 90% are by Card, they are paying $1500 in fees in ONE Month. $18,000 in a year! That comes out of their income every month. That would go a long way to helping that small business provide for its family!

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Public service announcement...with a picture!!!

A picture is worth a thousand words. We always emphasize the importance of closing your bedroom doors when you go to sleep. Even these cheap six panel hollow core doors will buy you time in a fire. Look at how no smoke or heat made it into the bedroom. Now look in the hallway! Also look where the most damage is… Up high. This is why we preach to get down low if you have smoke or fire in your home. Practice that home escape plan and Close Before You Doze!!!!

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NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun reacts to latest Census Bureau data on housing starts.

Latest housing info...

First-time buyers were responsible for 29% of sales in August; Individual investors purchased 15% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 22% of transactions; Distressed sales represented 2% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 19 days.

Still a sellers market...

Inventory remains in tight supply, which means homes are still moving at a fast pace despite the recent rise in rates and home prices. Learn more about key market conditions in the latest REALTORS® Confidence Index. http://ow.ly/a1n350KYG5h

Good stuff!!!

They ran to the groceries, they filled up their carts,
They emptied the Tops and Price Chopper and Walmart,
They panicked and fought and then panicked some more,
Then they rushed to their homes and they locked all the doors.
The food will be gone! The milk eggs and cheese!
The yogurt! The apples! The green beans and peas!
The stores have run out, now what will we do?
They’ll be starving and looting and nothing to do!
Then they paused, and they listened a moment or two.
And they did hear a sound, rising over the fear,
It started out far, then began to grow near.
But this sound wasn’t sad, nor was it new,
The farms were still doing what farms always do.
The food was still coming, though they’d emptied the shelves,
The farms kept it coming, though they struggled themselves,
Though the cities had forgotten from where their food came,
The farms made them food every day, just the same.
Through weather and critics and markets that fall,
The farms kept on farming in spite of it all.
They farmed without thank yous.
They farmed without praise.
They farmed on the hottest and coldest of days.
They’d bought all the food, yet the next day came more,
And the people thought of something they hadn’t before.
Maybe food, they thought, doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe farmers, perhaps, mean a little more

Something to always pay attention to...it happens all too often.

We have jobs and lots of opportunities!!!

TOP TEN: Morristown MSA manufacturing growth among the highest in the U.S. The Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area is among the top small metro areas in terms of manufacturing and output growth in the last decade, according to a study released by Construction

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A Winding and Steep Drive Into Melungeon Country: Newman's Ridge, Sneedville, Tennessee A Winding and Steep Drive Into Melungeon Country: Newman's Ridge, Sneedville, TennesseeThanks to our patrons!!!Joey SniderPam BroderickMadhu KolluSusan B***o...

An interesting bit of history!!!

John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer of “the plow that broke the plains,” was born this day in 1804. Upon removing from his native Vermont to Grand Detour, IL he discovered that farmers were struggling to break through the tangle of roots of the native prairie grasses. Additionally, the sticky clay necessitated frequent cleaning of the wooden or cast-iron blade. Deere forged a broken steel sawmill blade into a plow that was self-scouring. It worked so well that word quickly spread, and demand grew.

Deere was an innovator in business as well. He began mass-producing the plows, rather than waiting until he had orders for them. That way the farmer could see what he was getting and did not need to wait. In 1848, he relocated his business to Moline, IL because the city was a transportation hub on the Mississippi River. By 1857, the company was producing 1,120 farm implements a month including wagons, corn planters, and cultivators. John Deere insisted on excellence stating, “I will not put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me.” His company also cared about the farmers they served. It is said that they never repossessed any equipment from American farmers during the Great Depression.

Farmers in the free states were quicker to adopt technological innovations in farming than their southern counterparts. By 1860, they had nearly twice the value of farm machinery per acre and per farm worker as did the slave states. As a result, in 1860, Northern states produced half of the nation’s corn, four-fifths of its wheat, and seven-eighths of its oats.

*The plow shown is part of the Smithsonian collection and is believed to be one of the first three plows that John Deere personally forged.

For those who'd like some light reading around warm fireplace on a cold winters eve...

An Enormous Warehouse Of Used Books In Tennessee, McKay Will Be Your New Favorite Destination This kind of local bookstore seems to be the stuff of legends, and folks of all ages will love to visit again and again.

November fishing on Norris Lake November is one of the best times to fish in East Tennessee. The water temperatures are heading towards a magic range, which is 58° to 62° F, and the fish can sense this decrease in water temperature. Typically this temperature range is reached in the low- to mid-sections of Norris no later than T...

A Breathtaking Waterfall Restaurant In Tennessee, Amis Mill Eatery's Views Are As Good As The Food This Tennessee waterfall restaurant is one of the best spots to indulge while indulging in the visual beauty of the southern state.

The views are out of this world...lots of possible home sites as well!!!

2391 Hogskin Road | Washburn TN Single Family for Sale | Crye-Leike Find 2391 Hogskin Road property listing details. Check out this and other Single Family for sale at Crye-Leike.com.

2 years running!!! Call us!!!

...and the votes are in!!!

WE ARE HAPPY to announce that Crye-Leike Lakeway Real Estate won “Best Real Estate Agency” for the 2021 People’s Choice! 🥳

We are honored and humbled! Thank you for your votes! ❤️