By David Israel, Business Manager As I, and other "Scoopers," have said many times before "Chattanooga is a great place to live and play."  Our claims are backed up once again by TripAdvisor.com - the world's largest travel community as reported by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.  Our own Tennessee Aquarium was just ranked No. 2 on their just released Top 10 U.S. Aquariums list.  I must say that this is no surprise to me at all as I've been to two of the top 3 and have always asserted that our Aquarium is my clear favorite. Below is the TripAdvisor's Top 10 U.S. Aquariums: 1. Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN 2. Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga 3. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, Calif4. Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, S.C.5. Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Ore6. Dallas... 08/11/2008

By Andy Hodes, Realtor We know we are early, but we got our hands on a pre-edition of the National Geographic Adventure Magazine that won't hit the stands for several weeks and couldn't wait to share something we all know.  Chattanooga is one of the "50 Next Great Towns" for 2008.  This is an annual publication from NGAM, and this year Chattanooga made the list, with no surprise to most of us in The Scenic City. One only has to make a visit to Chattanooga to realize that there is not a more beautiful place to work, eat and live.  Our city sits right on the Tennessee River and there is so much to do in and around our "Scenic City". Below you will find the article's story from Cathi Cannon, in her own words as a new transplant to Chattanooga. This issue is a yearly one for National Geogra... 08/11/2008

Stop wasting your time ... look for homes using the official Multiple Listing Service of the Chattanooga Association of Realtors.Click on the link below to get a free MLS Log In Pin Number and private account. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-29-2008 activity for the Chattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service. Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. This data is provided directly from the Chattanooga MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit: The Robinson Home Team **... 07/31/2008

Stop wasting your time ... look for homes using the official Multiple Listing Service of the Chattanooga Association of Realtors.Click on the link below to get a free MLS Log In Pin Number and private account. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-28-2008 activity for the Chattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service. Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. This data is provided directly from the Chattanooga MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit: The Robinson Home Team **... 07/28/2008

Stop wasting your time ... look for homes using the official Multiple Listing Service of the Chattanooga Association of Realtors.Click on the link below to get a free MLS Log In Pin Number and private account. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-27-2008 activity for the Chattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service. Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. This data is provided directly from the Chattanooga MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit: The Robinson Home Team **... 07/28/2008

  If you are selling your home you'll discover that "listing" your home is the easy part. Our greater task, as real estate professionals,  is marketingyour home to the public and -- once a buyer is found --  helping you negotiate the terms and conditions of the sale that are favorable to you. If you are looking to buy a home we can help you identify homes that match your search criteria, analyze properties, then help negotiate terms and conditions best for you -- when you find the right home.   Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson, REALTORS"Signal Mountain's Inbound Relocation Ambassadors" Buying a home can be a very time consuming and stressful process. So imagine what it is like trying to buy a home when you are hundreds of miles away, unfamiliar with the area and local facilities such as... 07/28/2008

If you haven't heard... Volkswagen is planning to open a new plant outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Here's a few articles on the announcement: Chattanooga lands VW Plant (Times Free Press) Chattanooga Chosen For $1 Billion Volkswagen Plant (Chattanoogan) Chattanooga gets Volkswagen plant (YouTube video of newscast) The announcement directly from VW - Volkswagen Group of America announces it will produce cars in Chattanooga What does a VW Plant Look Like? This next link is worth the few minute detour - if you are interested to see pictures of what a Volkswagen plant looks like... it's pretty cool. Relocating to Chattanooga? With so many new jobs in the city, we expect there will be some people relocating to Chattanooga. Crye-Leike's Chattanooga Relocation services team is here to help.... 07/28/2008

Search the Chattanooga Association of RealtorsOfficial Multiple Listing Service.Click on the link below for a   free MLS Log In Pin Number and private account. (Access fee paid compliments of the Robinson Home Team.) Here is the 24 hour report for 7-25-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service. Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***... 07/26/2008

  If you are selling your home you'll discover that "listing" your home is the easy part. Our greater task, as real estate professionals,  is marketingyour home to the public and -- once a buyer is found --  helping you negotiate the terms and conditions of the sale that are favorable to you. If you are looking to buy a home we can help you identify homes that match your search criteria, analyze properties, then help negotiate terms and conditions best for you -- when you find the right home.   Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson, REALTORS"Signal Mountain's Inbound Relocation Ambassadors" Buying a home can be a very time consuming and stressful process. So imagine what it is like trying to buy a home when you are hundreds of miles away, unfamiliar with the area and local facilities such as... 07/25/2008

  Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson "Chattanooga's Inbound Relocation Ambassadors" Buying a home can be a very time consuming and stressful process. So imagine what it is like trying to buy a home when you are hundreds of miles away, unfamiliar with the area and local facilities such as schools. In order to ensure that the process goes as smoothly as possible you need a real estate team accustomed to meeting the needs of people who are in the process of relocating. The Robinson Home Team specializes in helping people who are moving to the Chattanooga, Tennessee and North Georgia area, so you can be assured that you will receive "five star" professional service. Contact us today to find out more about our relocation services. We'll also send you a complimentary Chattanooga Metr... 07/25/2008

By David Israel, Business Manager (Please Note:  Andy Hodes and the Scenic City Team does not formally endorse any specific football team, despite David's wishes.  This article reflects the opinion of the writer and not necessarily that of the other members of the Scenic City Team.)  Okay, I have taken enough grief about my Miami Dolphins trading away Jason Taylor to the Washington Redskins this past week.  As a die hard Dolphin fan, I wish him well and look to the future for my team, which starts training camp this weekend.  Living in Chattanooga for almost four years, I have actually found a ton of Fin Fans living in the area.  So, I finally asked a fellow Dolphin Fan why they were a fan growing up in Chattanooga and the answer I got really made sense. It seems that before the Tenness... 07/24/2008

By Stephanie Arnold,  Transaction Specialist Wild in the Woods is a Festival held once a year in June at the Franklin Farm in Wildwood, GA, a quick 15 minute drive from Downtown Chattanooga.  It's something that I make sure to put down on my calendar each year as a favorite Summer activity.   Wild in the Woods starts at about noon on a Saturday and lasts until the sun comes up the next morning.  It is a FREE sponsored event with all proceeds going toward charity.  Last weekend was the big event and it was the best ever. This year there were four bands including: Crawfish Gordon, Convertibull, Headlining , and Chad Yates.  Greek games are played all day long with a Bikini contest wrapping up the pre-concert festivities.   Between the bands, swimming in the pool, slip-n-slide, bar-b-que, ... 07/24/2008

First and Foremost-Welcome Volkswagen! On Tuesday 7/15/2008, Volkswagen AG announced that it will build its first United States assembly plant in Chattanooga. This is huge not only to Chattanooga, Tennessee but also the southeast. The good does not stop and this point either. Volkswagen could not have picked a better location. The surrounding states of Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama will also reap the benefits as well as the rest of the United States. The Chattanooga economy was good before the news of Volkswagen and now everyone is building up in anticipation of the things to come. Volkswagen is Europe's largest automaker and will be investing nearly a billion dollars at Chattanooga's Enterprise South Industrial Park. The plant is expected to bring nearly 2000 jobs to the area not to m... 07/23/2008

Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-21-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service.This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***Professionalism - Standards - Integrity*** New Listings61 home(s) are new to the market. Back on the Market28 home(s) have been reactivated in the MLS. Price Change9 home(s) saw a price increase. 54 home(s) saw a price ... 07/22/2008

  Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson "Chattanooga's Inbound Relocation Ambassadors" Buying a home can be a very time consuming and stressful process. So imagine what it is like trying to buy a home when you are hundreds of miles away, unfamiliar with the area and local facilities such as schools. In order to ensure that the process goes as smoothly as possible you need a real estate team accustomed to meeting the needs of people who are in the process of relocating. The Robinson Home Team specializes in helping people who are moving to the Chattanooga, Tennessee and North Georgia area, so you can be assured that you will receive "five star" professional service. Contact us today to find out more about our relocation services. We'll also send you a complimentary Chattanooga Metr... 07/21/2008

Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-20-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service.This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***Professionalism - Standards - Integrity*** New Listings9 home(s) are new to the market. Back on the Market0 home(s) have been reactivated in the MLS. Price Change10 home(s) saw a price increase. 8 home(s) saw a price de... 07/21/2008

Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-19-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service.This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***Professionalism - Standards - Integrity*** New Listings6 home(s) are new to the market. Back on the Market3 home(s) have been reactivated in the MLS. Price Change0 home(s) saw a price increase. 8 home(s) saw a price dec... 07/21/2008

Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-18-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service.This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***Professionalism - Standards - Integrity*** New Listings70 home(s) are new to the market. Back on the Market21 home(s) have been reactivated in the MLS. Price Change3 home(s) saw a price increase. 38 home(s) saw a price ... 07/21/2008

By David Israel, Business Manager In past blogs I frequently talked about the importance of the "first impression" factor to potential buyers who are looking to purchase a home - hopefully yours.  Always remember and never forget, "You only have one opportunity to make a first impression!"  Below you will find some great tips for getting your home ready for showings to potential buyers and their agents.  There are two major areas to address, inside and outside; both are equally important. INSIDE - CLEAN! CLEAN! CLEAN! - Have the carpet shampooed; wax the floors; wash the walls, windows, blinds, drapes and lighting fixtures.  Consider engaging a cleaning service - they will certainly get the heavy work done and your house will sparkle. 1. Kitchen and Bathrooms - Clear off counter tops, j... 07/18/2008

Courtesy of Rob Robinson and Sally Robinson of the Robinson Home Team. Here is the 24 hour report for 7-16-2008 activity for theChattanooga Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Market Report according to the Chattanooga Multiple Listing Service.This data is provided directly from our local MLS. Please feel free to check back often for the most accurate and updated information available in the Chattanooga Metropolitan area for local real estate reports and statistics.For more free reports and information on Chattanooga real estate and homes visit The Robinson Home Team ***Professionalism - Standards - Integrity*** New Listings57 home(s) are new to the market. Back on the Market21 home(s) have been reactivated in the MLS. Price Change4 home(s) saw a price increase. 37 home(s) saw a price ... 07/17/2008