Middle Tennessee · Nashville to Clarksville, border to border ★★★★★ 5.0 on Zillow  ·  (615) 604-6565

Home / Sell

The highest offer isn't always the real one.

Failed contracts cost Middle Tennessee sellers more than commissions do. Monty underwrites every offer on your home, verifying the buyer's financing like the 36-year lending veteran he is, so the contract you sign is the one that closes.

★★★★★ "Our home went fast" (Ashland City seller, 2025)
36
Years in TN real estate & lending
31+
Homes closed as an agent
5.0★
Rating on Zillow, every review
1996
Founded his own mortgage company

What listing with Monty looks like

Pricing built to survive the appraisal. Anyone can suggest a flattering number. Monty builds the analysis the buyer's appraiser will build (same comps, same adjustments) and prices your home to sell fast and appraise clean. His Ashland City sellers watched their home go fast precisely because the price was engineered, not guessed.

Preparation with a return on investment. Thirty-six years of lending means Monty knows which condition issues trigger loan-program problems (peeling paint on a VA deal, that unpermitted addition) and which cosmetic fixes actually move price. You spend where it pays and skip where it doesn't.

Offers, underwritten. This is the difference. When offers arrive, Monty calls every buyer's lender personally, verifies what was actually documented, weighs the loan type against your property, and hands you a plain-English read on each offer's close probability. You choose price and certainty, with real information.

Contract to closing, managed. Inspection negotiations run with repair-cost reality, appraisal disputes handled by someone who's argued them from the lender's side, and buyer financing monitored so surprises surface early, while there's still time to fix them.

"Monty did an outstanding job assisting us in the sale of our home. He was knowledgeable and had all the local resources needed throughout the whole process."

Seller, Ashland City

Selling and buying at once?

The double transaction is where Monty's dual background shines brightest: sequencing the sale and purchase, structuring financing bridges, and keeping both closings aligned. His reviews include exactly this scenario: clients who sold and bought with him simultaneously and called the experience "amazing" and "great", because someone who understands both transactions' financing kept them synchronized.

Questions

Seller Questions

How does Monty price a listing?
Like an appraiser and an underwriter, not a cheerleader. He builds the comparable analysis the appraiser will eventually build, prices to survive it, and shows you the data. Overpricing costs sellers more than any commission: it burns your best marketing window and invites appraisal failures.
What does Monty do that other listing agents don't?
He underwrites your offers. Every buyer's pre-approval gets verified with a personal call to their lender, every loan type gets weighed against your property's realities, and you get a written read on each offer's probability of closing, not just its price.
My home has acreage / a well / an older build. Does that matter?
Enormously: certain loan programs can't finance certain properties, which shrinks or shapes your buyer pool. Monty identifies which buyers can actually close on your specific property and markets accordingly.
What happens if the appraisal comes in low?
With Monty, you planned for this at offer selection: gap coverage, contract structure, and a pricing strategy built to appraise. If it still happens, he negotiates from experience: he's contested and resolved appraisal disputes from the lender's side for decades.

Curious what your home is really worth?

Not a website estimate: a 36-year professional's analysis, built the way the appraiser will build it. Free, and straight.

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