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Can you believe this was only 47 years ago?
Easter Sunday in Downtown Nashville, 1979.
This photo captures the Easter Day Parade moving through the heart of the city a tradition that brought thousands downtown during a very different era of Nashville.
A few things to notice:
The parade moved down brick-lined street…
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proximity: nearness in space, time, or relationship
This home is a perfect example of why that matters. Set in the middle of a growing pocket where things are coming together fast, you’re close to the places you actually go every day, without giving up that tucked away feeling when you’re home.
At 2202 Old Matthews R…
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Check out the wheels on the BDG team! Not all of our foot speed is elite, but the hustle to serve our clients will always be there. #bdgpartners #fullspeed #nashvillerealestate
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Nashville has changed so much in just the last 15 years that it’s difficult to imagine what the city must have felt like in the 1930s. You have to wonder what the same view could look like in 2036 as our city continues to grow and change… #nashvillehistory #nashvillethenandnow #bdgpartners
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Nashville needs about 90,000 more homes over the next decade.
One of the biggest factors determining what actually gets built in the city is zoning.
Zoning determines what can be built on a piece of land. Single family homes. Duplexes. Apartments. Mixed use buildings.
In Nashville, those rules appear as short zoning…
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Team meeting was a field trip to Top Golf. I know nothing about golf, but someone has to be the peanut gallery. Who did the best? #bdgpartners #builddevelopguide #themasters #pga
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Strong projects start with the right partnership.
For nearly a decade, @brandoncknox and @timosix_nashville have been building more than homes across Nashville.
What started with a single lot in East Nashville has grown into more than 60 homes together in neighborhoods like Germantown, Sylvan Park, and 12 South.
Along …
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“Tall and skinnies.”
In Nashville, those two words start arguments.
But the houses themselves aren’t the real story: the real story is the legal structure behind them.
Definition: A Horizontal Property Regime (HPR) is a legal property ownership structure that allows multiple homes to exist on a single parcel of land wh…
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Nashville has a way of drawing people in.
For the music. For the food. For the weddings and long weekends with friends.
And when people come… they tend to stay a while.
It’s part of the reason well-located short-term rentals continue to attract so much attention from investors.
BDG Partners currently has a private exc…
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A quiet Starbucks announcement just happened in Nashville… and most people probably scrolled right past it.
But when you read the details, something interesting appears.
Starbucks isn’t opening another coffee shop.
They’re opening a corporate operations office designed to support expansion across the entire Southeast…
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Old photos have a way of slowing you down for a moment.
Different towns. Different childhoods. Different paths.
Long before the phone calls, negotiations, and closing tables, these were just kids with no idea what the future might hold.
Those paths eventually led here, growing to be real estate experts at BDG Partne…
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There are a few things I wish every buyer and seller in Nashville understood before entering the market.
Not opinions.�Just patterns we see over and over again.
Here are five of the biggest:
1️⃣ Your first offer is often your best offer�Serious buyers tend to show up early. As time on market grows, leverage usually s…
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Can you believe this was only 47 years ago?
Easter Sunday in Downtown Nashville, 1979.
This photo captures the Easter Day Parade moving through the heart of the city a tradition that brought thousands downtown during a very different era of Nashville.
A few things to notice:
The parade moved down brick-lined streets that were still part of Nashville’s original street grid. Much of downtown was dominated by locally owned shops, offices, and small businesses. The iconic department store era was still fading out, but many storefronts were active. Lower Broadway had not yet become a national tourism destination. Traffic patterns were lighter, and many streets felt more pedestrian-oriented during events like this. The skyline was defined by a handful of mid-rise buildings, not towers. Public gatherings like this were one of the primary ways the city activated downtown. Many of the buildings visible here have since been renovated, repurposed, or replaced. This was before the arena, before the major hotel boom, and before large-scale mixed-use development. Downtown was still primarily a weekday business district outside of events like this. The Cumberland Riverfront had not yet been reimagined into the public space it is today
For decades, Nashville has been evolving block by block.
The buildings may change, but the energy of this city people gathering, celebrating, and building something together has always been the constant.
What do you think Nashville will look like 20 years from now?
#NashvilleHistory #DowntownNashville #thenandnow #BDGPartners #BuildDevelopGuide
Crazy how much it’s has changed AND stayed the same.
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proximity: nearness in space, time, or relationship
This home is a perfect example of why that matters. Set in the middle of a growing pocket where things are coming together fast, you’re close to the places you actually go every day, without giving up that tucked away feeling when you’re home.
At 2202 Old Matthews Rd, you get the best of both worlds. A well-positioned home in a location that’s only getting better.
#bdgpartners #builddevelopguide #nashvillerealestate #realestateinvesting
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Check out the wheels on the BDG team! Not all of our foot speed is elite, but the hustle to serve our clients will always be there. #bdgpartners #fullspeed #nashvillerealestate
Is @sgerardy in this video or was she so fast I missed it 💨💨
@jackie_stevens fast af!! 🔥
We also all learned @oj.petre has wheels!! 💨💨
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Nashville has changed so much in just the last 15 years that it’s difficult to imagine what the city must have felt like in the 1930s. You have to wonder what the same view could look like in 2036 as our city continues to grow and change… #nashvillehistory #nashvillethenandnow #bdgpartners
@passiveonluukr I guess some things never change 🤷♂️
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Nashville needs about 90,000 more homes over the next decade.
One of the biggest factors determining what actually gets built in the city is zoning.
Zoning determines what can be built on a piece of land. Single family homes. Duplexes. Apartments. Mixed use buildings.
In Nashville, those rules appear as short zoning codes like:
- RS
- R
- RM
- OR
- SP
Each of these zoning districts allows different types of housing and development.
But Nashville didn’t always have zoning.
The city adopted its first zoning ordinance in 1933 after rapid growth created conflicts between residential neighborhoods, businesses, and industrial uses.
Today zoning is once again at the center of the housing conversation as the city looks for ways to meet housing demand.
Understanding how the zoning code works is one of the keys to understanding how Nashville grows.
How do you think Nashville should balance housing growth and neighborhood character?
#nashvillerealestate
#nashvillezoning
#housingpolicy
#urbanplanning
#bdgpartners
When are we going to stop pretending like Growth Is Good.
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Find me some local politician who run on no new building and they have my vote.
@mattwingo that’s an interesting perspective
@sadman527 - well, not trying to be mean, but a lot of us originals are sick of all the transplants (including you) commercializing our way of life / home and wrecking it with postage stamp lots where good family farms used to be
@mattwingo very interested you chime in on things you know nothing about! I actually am very active in keeping farm ground throughout middle Tennessee. I have a cattle herd and occupy about 600 acres of farm ground. Please do research before you impose your thoughts and disgruntled opinions. I do bet you enjoy the value of your home currently more than you did 10 years ago. Thanks for your southern hospitality!
@sophie33014 16 years
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Team meeting was a field trip to Top Golf. I know nothing about golf, but someone has to be the peanut gallery. Who did the best? #bdgpartners #builddevelopguide #themasters #pga
@malloryepickford love you! 😘
@sgerardy with the best form 👌
@thezeta3 👀☺️
@valormediatn on vacation. All is well 😊
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Strong projects start with the right partnership.
For nearly a decade, @brandoncknox and @timosix_nashville have been building more than homes across Nashville.
What started with a single lot in East Nashville has grown into more than 60 homes together in neighborhoods like Germantown, Sylvan Park, and 12 South.
Along the way, they have built something just as important: trust, shared vision, and a commitment to doing things the right way.
When the partnership works, the projects do too.
#knoxopensdoors #bdgpartners #builddevelopguide #nashvillenewconstruction #nashvillerealestate
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“Tall and skinnies.”
In Nashville, those two words start arguments.
But the houses themselves aren’t the real story: the real story is the legal structure behind them.
Definition: A Horizontal Property Regime (HPR) is a legal property ownership structure that allows multiple homes to exist on a single parcel of land while each homeowner owns their individual dwelling.
Many of the homes people call “tall and skinny homes” are built using this structure.
While HPR development is common in Nashville, that system is illegal in many American cities.
The legal framework for how land can be used here dates back to the 1933 Nashville Zoning Act, which established the basic structure for zoning inside the city.
For many years, two-family homes had to be physically connected, something agents and builders often referred to as being “tethered together.”
Then in 2014, Metro Nashville updated its zoning rules and began allowing two detached homes on a single lot under certain conditions.
After that change, and as Nashville’s population boomed, the number of homes built using the HPR structure expanded rapidly.
Some residents argue these homes change the character or scale of older neighborhoods.
Others point out that without HPR development, Nashville may not have met the housing demand created by its rapid growth.
Love them or hate them, Horizontal Property Regimes have become one of the primary ways Nashville has added housing inside existing neighborhoods.
So what do you think?
Are tall and skinny homes a smart way for a growing city to add housing, or do they change neighborhoods too much?
#NashvilleRealEstate
#TallAndSkinnyHomes
#HorizontalPropertyRegime
#UrbanDevelopment #bdgpartners
🌴🌴🌴 You know I thought I knew it all the years of my both buying and selling real estate AND THEN Alongs DARIN WHO JUST KNOWS ENOUGH TO HANG ME OUT TO DRY 😮😮😮😮❗️. So many. Thank you’s” Darin Cunningham and Christina Cunningham for always taking care of me and my many real estate transactions that’s you’ve helped buy and sell my in investment. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
@webjr55alive rezone
@sydneysellsnashville I agree but my council person wouldn’t approve. Staff approved.
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Nashville has a way of drawing people in.
For the music. For the food. For the weddings and long weekends with friends.
And when people come… they tend to stay a while.
It’s part of the reason well-located short-term rentals continue to attract so much attention from investors.
BDG Partners currently has a private exclusive designed with that kind of stay in mind.
If you’re looking at STR opportunities in Nashville, DM “BNB.”
#NashvilleRealEstate #RealEstateInvesting #BDGPartners
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A quiet Starbucks announcement just happened in Nashville… and most people probably scrolled right past it.
But when you read the details, something interesting appears.
Starbucks isn’t opening another coffee shop.
They’re opening a corporate operations office designed to support expansion across the entire Southeast.
Moves like this often signal three things:
• companies see long‑term economic growth in the region�• corporate relocation tends to follow�• housing demand spreads into surrounding areas like Brentwood, Franklin, and Mt. Juliet
Nashville has already attracted major companies in the last decade.
Oracle. Amazon. AllianceBernstein.
Now Starbucks is establishing corporate infrastructure here too.
The bigger question might be:
Is Nashville becoming the corporate hub of the Southeast?
What do you think?
#NashvilleRealEstate
#Starbucks
#NashvilleHousingMarket
#BrentwoodTN
#FranklinTN

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Old photos have a way of slowing you down for a moment.
Different towns. Different childhoods. Different paths.
Long before the phone calls, negotiations, and closing tables, these were just kids with no idea what the future might hold.
Those paths eventually led here, growing to be real estate experts at BDG Partners. #bdgpartners #builddevelopguide #nashvillerealestate #nostalgia
@oj.petre to this day
So interesting how different photos looked back then due to different brands of camera, film stocks, and lenses. Now it pretty much all looks like whatever generation of iPhone. Not to say that there aren’t still amateur and professional photographers, but I don’t think slice of life, day to day pictures have this much personality or individuality now
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There are a few things I wish every buyer and seller in Nashville understood before entering the market.
Not opinions.�Just patterns we see over and over again.
Here are five of the biggest:
1️⃣ Your first offer is often your best offer�Serious buyers tend to show up early. As time on market grows, leverage usually shifts away from the seller.
2️⃣ The market isn’t crashing�What we’re seeing now is a normalization after the extremely unusual appreciation from 2020–2022.
3️⃣ Buyers only have leverage on overpriced homes�When a property is priced correctly, the market still moves quickly.
4️⃣ Strategic pricing is winning�Sellers who price realistically from day one create momentum and often negotiate from a stronger position.
5️⃣ Nashville isn’t the national housing market�Local job growth, migration, and supply constraints mean our market behaves differently than national headlines suggest.
The biggest mistakes in real estate usually happen when people rely on national narratives instead of local data.
Save this for later or send it to someone trying to understand the Nashville market. #nashvillerealestate #housingmarket #realestatetips





































