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Moving to Nashville, TN in September and would like to rent-to-own a home.?

I am relocating myself, my two kids and our cat to Nashville or a surrounding town. I've looked at apartments and some of them are nice and fit my budget, but we live in an apartment now and hate it!! We've lived in a large house for ten years until about a month ago, and the next time I move, I want it to be something that will be OURS. I've looked at sites like rent.com and other ones that pop up on the first couple pages of a search, but most of it seems pretty expensive and I don't see a lot of lease/purchase options. I'm thinking there MUST be more that just aren't listed, right? My credit is sketchy at best, so I'd like to rent-to-own something, but not sure which area or how to go about finding this type of housing. I will be visiting hopefully twice in the next several weeks, but I won't have a lot of time to waste. My limit is about $800/mo. without utilities. Any input is valuable and appreciated. Thanks!!! Also, if anyone knows where the best schools are, that would be great!!!

Public Comments

1. Try www.realtracs.com. This is a local site for the middle TN area. You will do best buying just outside of Davidson County, though. Lower housing costs, lower utilities, and much better schools. For $800, you should be able to rent a 3 bedroom, 1000sq. ft. house just outside of the city. And, you would probably be able to find something with a rent to own option.
2. when you are in town go to a realtor's office and see if they know of any rent to own places. i think you are more likely to find one in person then on the net. Also if you are there on the weekend get the Sunday paper and look in the real estate ads. Some papers have websites that you can look at on line including the want ads so when you are home you can look them up everyday if there is one. You might look on line for Realtors in the area you want to move to and look at their websites to see what is available. Oh check homeseekers.com that is where i found my house. Use the advanced search and you can chose alot more specific items in the house like how many rooms, fireplace and such.
3. There are 2 houses in the Chapman's Retreat subdivision in Spring Hill TN that are lease to own. As for price, I believe you wont be able to rent to own for less than $1200 Keller Williams is a good real estate office around here. I would seriously still down with an agent. Try www.lindapost.net