Home Hunting Tour In Nashville! We Put An Offer In On Our First Home! Tasha Courtney & Dave Neal go house hunting in Nashville. See our top 7 homes and which one we pick! #daveneal #nashvillehomes #homehunting
Am I the only one who feels like Dave and Tasha are members of my family???? I just love ya'll. I love the details you share with us - the happy times, the hard and sad times. I truly felt your pain in this video and love that you have brought us along on this journey with you. I'm a single mama and Nashville is an area I have thought about moving to when my kids are out of high school/college and start their own lives. I hope I'll be your neighbor because I'll need a couple of friends!!
I've been in this position before too, it sucks. Lost out on 5 homes we bid on, but finally got our 6th after making an aggressive offer. Had to overpay, but that's the crazy world we live in. Sigh.
Buying a house, moving and having a baby are all big things on their own! There will be ups and downs and then it will all work out. Glad you are taking time to be sad when you need too. It is important! Not to mention the stress of all the legal stuff. You guys got this!
Ahh, seeing Tasha cry is so heartbreaking. As hard as it is at the moment to come to terms with the situation, I believe that when something does not work out it is because something even better is awaiting you. But I know it is hard to look at it that way when you are going through the disappoinment. Guys, big hug and keep looking, your dream home is coming! 😘
😢 Tasha and Dave, the best is yet to come. There is this perfect house just waiting for you to find it. All the blessings of the season for both of you! ❤🎄
Tasha & Dave do a great job of being organized and comparing home attributes consistently! Your agent seems supportive as well. I hated the whole process alas, oh honey ❤🙏🏻 Tasha
These are my favorite types of videos! Especially on a Sunday! Very excited for you two ❤🏡 Edit: feel like I’m watching House Hunters shouting ‘NUMBER 2!!’ 😂
Oh I just wanted to give Tasha a hug. My husband and I have been there. Our first house, the seller, backed out two days before closing. Decided not to sell their house. It was heartbreaking.
Feel your pain. The corporate buyers with cash offers suck. Sellers should consider their neighbors. As those homes usually become rental properties and are taken care of the same as an owner would. Wish you three the best on this journey.
THIS! I really wish ppl selling their homes cared about who bought from them. So many houses sit empty / ransacked because it’s owned by an overseas random millionaire, and brings the whole neighborhood value down.
Ok guys that was so fun to watch and heartbreaking to see you lost the dream house. Not meant to be doesn't always help it hurt less. 🙏❤️🙏 Can't wait to see what you did find.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Do Not Give Up! I just got a house in Hawaii! I was the only one of seven offers that WASN'T cash! The reason the buyer chose my offer, which wasn't above the asking price even, like the others, was because I had no contingencies. The house was only four years old, so I chose not to do an inspection, and, because I put enough down, I didn't need an appraisal. So that made for a very easy sale, and he chose my offer, even though it wasn't cash, over all the others. I took a chance, but I saw it was the only way, and I got a really cool house as a result!!! Good Luck you two. Love these videos! 💕
I did love this video as far as seeing your search and excitement with the different homes bc I never experienced that since my husband already had a house we made our home. It was absolutely gut wrenching to see Tasha so disappointed and sad. You both are such a positive light and deserve everything you want in life.
@TashaAndDave your beautiful! You are a beautiful crier and from watching yalls vlogs your beautiful inside and out!! That is one lucky baby boy with yall for his parents 💕
I lived in Nashville for almost 10 years, before it was cool. 😆 You’re going to love it. It’s changed so much, and that makes me sad for the small town feel it used to have, but that’s just how it goes. I’m happy for y’all. It’s a complex economic situation, because many local residents can no longer afford it, but the prices are right for Californians! It’s a really wonderful place, though…lots of content creators! Also, I’m sorry for your heartbreak, it’s really a tough market and feels so unfair at times. I know you’ll find a place that you’ll make a perfect home!
I love watching you two 🫶 we're sending you all the love 💕 Tasha you are so sweet and I love how supportive Dave is ❣️ it is absolutely heartbreaking to not have an offer accepted 💔💔 feel for you guys so much!! 🤍
I'm crying with you! This market has been so tough for first time home buyers. The prices are insane and I have no idea where all of these "cash" buyers are coming from. Thank you for sharing your journey with us...love you guys!
Tasha, there is a way better house that you will love so much more. I went through the same thing several times. I promise you will get the most amazing home. I wish I could give you a big hug right now. On one house, we had them accept our offer as a backup offer, so if the offer they accepted fell through, our offer was automatically accepted. Well, it fell through within a couple of weeks, and we immediately went into escrow!
When my husband and I were trying to buy a home back in 2019, we kept getting out bid and we were bidding well over asking and it felt so hopeless. Then I was looking at 8 houses in one day, by myself, and I found the one. I bid exactly asking price and it was $20k less than we would've spent on any of the others, and my husband had to just trust me. It felt like a miracle when we got it and it has turned out to be the perfect home for us. I'm super close friends with my next door neighbor and it's in such a better location for my husband's work and my high school aged step daughter's school. You'll get the "right" house. It doesn't make it less discouraging or less heart breaking, but you'll get the one you need
I feel your anxiety Tasha. We just got a new build in SC, moving from NY - and OMG was I nervous. Terrified really. Still am. lol but as Dave said, it doesn’t have to be forever. We don’t move till early spring ( waiting for ny winter to pass) but we closed last month. Happy for both of you!! Here’s to new adventures, and cheaper taxes! Can’t wait to watch your journey
Awe, I'm so sorry. I'm crying with y'all. Also, I'm sending ((Hugs)) and positive vibes to you both! I believe that #4 was just the trailer, a preview. The main attraction is coming next. Hang on because the ride will be worth it...All the best to you three :).....(ps - that #2 tho! Baybeeeee)
I'm guessing house #2 is the one you bought. Only because I heard Dave mentioned a big window with an arch and lots of light a fireplace and side office. My Guess Dave's Easter Egg is the thumbnail house is the one you got not lost.
Don’t lose hope. Your home is out there. And it will be even better. Moved to Nashville in June. Originally our house went to another offer but the sellers came back 2 weeks later the original offer fell through.
Awww man Dave. This was heartbreaking. So many of us have been there so please know your not alone. I loved this video of real life and being so vulnerable in the lows, its so relatable. Someday, you will look back and think "look at what we have because of what we didn't". God is so good and will provide the perfect house for your family. Hang in there Dave and Tasha!
Oh my heart, I understand that grief of dreaming, submitting the offer, mentally moving in, and losing out. Honestly, it's a similar grief to the journey of infertility. The hope we create for our future carries such a heavy grief when plans change. But you get stronger and stronger, and it hurts less with time. You will find the right house for you, and you'll know when it happens. It will be green lights all the way. Chins up, elbows out. You've got this. ❤
I remember 25 years ago we put the offer which was 2k more then cash offer other buyer put in. We lost the house, my husband was furious, but 2 months later we bought the beautiful property & built our dream house, still living in this house & looking back losing the first house was a blessing for us. Good luck in searching.
It's so deflating when your offer is not good enough. We looked at 15 houses and put in 3 offers, and finally, our 3rd offer was accepted. We lived in that 1,400 square foot home for almost 8 years, and I loved that sweet house! We sold it and made enough money to purchase 5 acres and build our dream home. The only thing more stressful than buying a house is building one! We love our house but we are never building again! 😂
Wow, moving out of California. We did the move from San Diego to a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia! So glad we did it. We saw many homes before finding ours. You will find it. Best of luck🤩🤩🤩👍
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For sharing a “real” sincere authentic moment. In a world where everything feels so happy go lucky all the time. You forget the people across the screen aren’t characters. I know this must have been tough to post. But thank you to both of you for sharing a vulnerable moment and I more than hopeful we will get to see the both of you look back at this from the inside of your new home and thank god that everything happens for a reason.
Aww! It’s okay to cry! House hunting is hard and the frustration and disappointment can be real. Thanks for sharing this. I love house looking, especially when I am not buying. You two are an awesome couple and the right house is coming your way! ❤
I moved to Nashville when I was 22. I ended up in Murfreesboro. I worked in downtown Nashville. After one year, I moved to Nashville. The town of Labanon is cute. I love the square with all the antiques. As far as stuff to do, I think it's a little remote. You would be better off in Hermitage, Smyrna, or even Murfreesboro. I absolutely loved living in Nashville. I loved the people I met there and I loved the music and shops and food. I had a hard time with the racism and segregation, but hopefully, it's better now, over 20 years later. If you could afford it, Franklin is the best place to live. While you are there sometime, you absolutely must go to the little town of Bell Buckle.
@TashaAndDave Yes, it's definitely one of the most expensive areas. It's where a lot of the country stars live. They also care very much about maintaining their property values. I remember reading an article about how strict the building codes are. Some areas that are great places to live and more affordable are Bellmont and East Nashville. East Nashville used to be really run down, but it's become a nice, trendy/hip place to live over the years. Belmont/Hillsboro is super close to downtown and is beautiful. I also really enjoyed living in Murfreesboro, and it only took about 30 minutes to get to Nashville. You get a lot more bang for your buck if you are willing to drive 20-30 minutes.
Get a house with a basement if you can find one. Those tornado warnings are freaking scary. I spent many nights sleeping in the master closet with my baby son, totally terrified. When I moved from Murfreesboro to Nashville, my house had a basement, and I felt so much safer during the tornado watches.
@TashaAndDave When I moved there in 1998, it was the first time a tornado had touched down in Nashville in about 30 years. I was at work in downtown Nashville, and it was one of the most frightening moments in my life. I was on the 6th floor, and I looked out the window, and the sky was black. The power went out, and I headed down the stairs. When I got to the main lobby, I looked out the wall of glass doors and saw giant chunks of debris flying down the street. I made my way to the basement where a bunch of people were praying. My whole body was shaking, I was so terrified. After a couple of hours, we were cleared to leave. As I headed out of Nashville on my way home to Murfreesboro, the sky was blue in front of me, and there was a black cloud around Nashville in my review mirror. That first year I lived there, over 200 tornadoes touched down in the Nashville/Davidson area. It officially became part of tornado alley. I definitely felt so much safer when I moved into Nashville and had a basement. You will find that a lot of the older homes, in the neighborhoods close to downtown, do have basements, like in the Belmont area. That's my incredibly long story to explain why homes in the Nashville area weren't originally built with basements. It's like how the homes where I live in Northern California weren't built with A/C. It simply wasn't needed in the past.
Wow.. I can’t imagine what those homes would be LA, it’s disheartening but I truly believe the interest will go down next year and you will find a home that you will love more and will be cheaper .. gotta believe the right one is around the corner.
Look at how far you both have come. Those who have been there from the start, like me, watching the channel grow, to your relationship, engaged, married and a new bundle of joy now :) We have all fell in love with Boone too. I have to point out how you started looking in California and those weren't working out and now here is Nashville. Just with what you show us you have been through a lot, even though happy times it still is a lot. It will all work out, maybe not on your time or exactly each nook and cranny to perfection, but it will be perfection for you both to start your family. Thanks for adding on to the vlogs so we can continue to be part of your journey. Truly excited for all that has come your way and continues to ~ Kellly
Dave and Tasha, I’m in a suburb of Nashville called Brentwood. Franklin is much more desirable, to me at least. I hope you’ll continue your search in the area. We need more “Lefties” here, though, Nashville is more “liberal” than all of TN, kind of like Austin is to TX. I know you have plenty of resources already, but PM me if you have any questions about the area. Don’t give up! And BTW, not sure when this was filmed, but were you here for the terrible tornadoes last night?
I‘m so sorry, this sucks. We had been searching and outring offers in for 2 years but let me tell you the house we got in the end was sooo worth the eait, best and most perfect one for us! I really hope it will feel the same for you guys once you get your house! I‘ve heard a lot of people having the same experience.
My heart was breaking for you two, but especially for Tasha, with her tears. 😞Wanting to give you a big hug!! Either something better will come along or maybe the buyers' financing won't go thru. But just remember:- you have each other!!! 🙂
I love real estate. It's crazy what you can get there compared to an expensive place like DC! Are you paying attention to school districts? We lost the first house we offered on, but ended up with a better house in a better location. 💙
I empathize with your disappointment and my best advice at the ripe age of 60 is that ALL of these properties that you have looked at, are just a structure. This may sound cheesy but it is true. Shop like you could take it or leave it. It is a building, not a home, home is wherever you land together and you make it your home. 🥰 My ex’s family was into building and real-estate. A lot of people who have their home built will have a list of what they would have done differently. It hurts when your heart is in it, don’t put your heart into it until it is yours. Make your family your home and you’ll never regret it. We have stretched our money so tight it caused friction and stress. I wish I could go back in time and feel content no matter where I lived. May God bless your family. 😊
I’m so sorry to hear that your offer fell through. It’s such a huge decision and hard when cash offers are made. Grieve and then tomorrow begins another round of searching, offers and dreaming. It will work out in the end.
Im sorry you both lost the one you loved. When i moved to Denver, i lost out on the first 21 homes i put an offer on, before finally getting one, and now, 3 years later, im moving again. 😂
I'm leaving California next month for Arkansas. I bought a brand new house that is sup[posed to be ready Jan. 23. I've been at this process almost 6 months and the other two houses I looked at, just weren't right. This is one is! I wish you two all the best! I'm sure you'll enjoy your new home! Thank you for sharing it with us! I'm glad to know im not in it alone! 🥰You guys have to believe you are being protected from something! It will happen!
@@TashaAndDave Seeing Tasha cry made me so sad. But, I totally get why she was emotional! That house was gorgeous! I can't wait to see the perfect one for you!!!
Sorry Guys. I understand the devastation. Me and my husband lost multiple offers in a very competitive market in NY 3 years ago right in the middle of Covid and at the time it felt like we were losing out but we ended up getting an even better home. I’m sure it’ll be the same for you where you’ll forget all about that house because you’ll get the perfect one for you in the perfect timing. Have faith and keep being patient and it’ll happen
Reshape Mic worked great but yours Dave was slightly muted. Vaulted windows are harder to clean but so many bonuses in these houses. Is House #2 still avail?
My daughter and her family got beat out by a cash offer and it fell through after 10 days. The buyers were from CA and bought it sight unseen by just the realty photos. When it was available again, they wrote a letter to the sellers and they believe that is why they actually ended up getting it. They did pay $72k over asking though because there were over a dozen offers.
All of these cash offers, waived inspections, waived contingencies, and over-asking bidding wars have been absolutely killing us the past few years while we’ve been trying to get into the market. So crazy!
Buying a home is always so stressful! Was more challenging for you guys trying to do it in a different part of the country from where you currently live. Looks like you had some great choices there but very relieved to hear you say that you guys eventually were successful after that initial big disappointment! We need to see Tasha’s tears of joy hopefully soon!
Welcome to the SE and land of the affordable home - unlike CA. Guess this proves how trash CA and the NW has become. sadly. We have lived SE for years and it has been wonderful. There are conspiracy theories. Our home has doubled or tripled since Covid. 15 years before that stayed the same, and even lost value. It is truly worth it. The effort and time is worthwhile
I wish I could give Tasha a hug right now. It just means that God has a better house for you. That wasn’t the one. Trust. Believe. Have Faith. ❤️🩵❤️💯🩵❤️🩵
Tasha is exactly right on those rugs, the shoe cubbies, chairs… 😊You chose a wonderful home both inside and out. What a cool idea to have your first home printed on canvas. Dave and his new camera toy - fun!
Rewatching this after realizing which house you guys moved into! The lady bug as your talking about it. 🥹 So excited for you Dave and Tasha !! What an exciting next chapter. 🎉❤
Sorry to hear that you lost the house. I have been a computer programmer for 45 years, and I have only been able to buy a starter home. I am envious when I see nice houses I could not qualify for.
It’s absolutely brutal out there trying to buy a first time home 😢 I’m glad we’re finally able to just get our foot in the door. I can’t imagine what it will be like for this next generation- everything is so unaffordable
My heart broke seeing Tasha cry. During my house hunting journey (viewing about 50 homes), I put in offers on 4 houses and lost them all due to cash offers and bidding wars. I was emotionally exhausted. But then I found “my” house, and my offer was accepted. Turns out it was meant to be--not only do I have the greatest neighbors in the world, but those other 4 houses sustained very heavy damage from Hurricane Ian and mine had virtually none. As hard as it is not to get discouraged through this process, don’t lose heart. Love you guys! 😘❤️
