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Sell Your Home in Nashville

What Moves a Nashville Sale

Buyers in Greater Nashville compare your home against everything else competing for their attention — new construction, recent price reductions, and homes that simply show better. Jack Costigan and The Costigan Group help you set a price the market will support, decide what to fix before you list, and run a launch that protects your leverage.

For a quiet read on value first, start with a home valuation or contact us.

  1. Price against live competition. Online estimates and old comps miss neighborhood micro-markets across Nashville, Brentwood, and Franklin. We price from current solds, pendings, actives, and how long similar homes are sitting.
  2. Protect the first stretch of market time. Early showing traffic and offer quality set the tone. Weak photos, unfinished prep, or a hopeful price are expensive to unwind. More on that window: Why the First 14 Days Decide Everything.
  3. Negotiate the whole deal. Inspection credits, appraisal risk, timing, rent-backs, and buyer financing quality change your net. A higher headline with weak terms is not automatically the win.

Prepare, Price, and Launch

Consultation. Goals, timeline, proceeds needs, and whether you are selling only or selling and buying in the same move. Concurrent plans need sequencing — if you are also buying, see Buying with The Costigan Group.

Prep with a point. Not every project pays. We prioritize what buyers in your segment notice on first photos and first walkthrough: condition, light, clutter, deferred maintenance, and anything likely to create leverage for a buyer during inspection.

Pricing. A go-to-market price that attracts the right buyer pool without training the market to wait. If the data says wait, renovate, or sell as-is, we say so.

Launch. Professional photography and a clear listing story are table stakes. Coordinated MLS and Compass distribution, targeted exposure where it fits, and a showing plan matched to the home — including when an open house helps and when it does not.

Marketing Matched to the Property

A Green Hills remodel, a Franklin family home, and a Gulch condo do not need identical media or the same buyer channels. Depending on the property, marketing may include architectural photography and video, floor plans or Matterport where useful, Compass network distribution, targeted digital, selective neighbor outreach, and press when the home genuinely warrants it.

Offers, Terms, and Closing

When offers arrive, we compare them side by side — price, contingencies, deposit strength, timeline, and residual risk. We help you respond clearly, manage inspections and renegotiation, and keep the file moving through appraisal and closing. The goal is a clean closing on terms you understood when you accepted.

Selling an STR or Investment Property

Operating short-term rentals and investment exits are a different conversation from a primary residence — permits, bookings, furniture, management history, and buyer underwriting all matter. That work sits with Jack’s STR advisory practice: Nashville short-term rental advisory.

This page remains for homeowners and traditional sellers first.

Next Step

Tell us what you are selling, your timing, and what “done” looks like — net proceeds, move date, school year, or a clean break from a rental.

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The Costigan Group represents a new generation of Nashville real estate — residential at the core, specialized by design, marketing-forward, data-backed, and built for clients who expect more than a traditional transaction.

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