Looking back, the first thing that I would do different is avoid zoning any area for apartments. Apartments buildings and the people who live in them cause a tremendous disruption to the infrastructure of any community. The schools suffer the most, and when schools become less desirable, people move to better neighborhoods. When I compare schools that have residents from apartments to schools that don't, I usually see a significant difference in graduation rates, test scores, and scholarships. Parents that care will more to neighborhoods with good schools, driving up the resale value.
Talk to your local authorities about zoning for apartments. If you are not careful, you will wake up one day to find a 500 unit apartment complex in your school zone. It's all downhill after that. Just my opinion, but I plan to live in an area with no apartments.
This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Keller Williams Realty. Providing Nashville real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Williamson county, and the middle Tennessee area.
