Nashville Realtor Rocks it in the Free World
Whether he's finding homes for high-profile buyers like Tennessee Titans GM, Mike Reinfeldt, or being handed awards, Nashville Realtor Gary Ashton has a knack for getting people's attention.
This year Ashton was inducted into the prestigious RE/MAX Chairman's Club in recognition of his team's 2007 sales which totaled nearly $20 million. The company's sales placed them among the top five RE/MAX Elite teams in Nashville, and top ten RE/MAX teams in Tennessee. But for Ashton, the numbers aren't that important.
"The recognition is great, but I think the general public doesn't care about the rankings. At the end of the day, people work with people because they like them."
Ashton believes that his people-first attitude is part of what's helped him attract a strong team. His company, the Ashton Real Estate Group, includes ten Realtors with past experience in everything from medicine to military. They partner with a large network of industry professionals in finance, insurance, and construction to provide full-service to clients. Ashton also sits on the advisory board for one of Tennessee's largest home building firms and maintains three websites focused on Nashville real estate. Gregarious and easy to approach, Gary Ashton is rarely found alone. This man's phone is always on.
Not surprisingly, all this socializing makes Ashton one of the easiest agents in Nashville to find. The Ashton Real Estate Group fields a ton of
client leads per day from referrals and Internet searches, with a large percentage of these ending in closed deals. "You have to be visible," says Ashton. "If you aren't, it's equivalent to having written the best song in the world, recording it in your bedroom and nobody hearing it."
While it might seem like a stretch to draw a line between music and real estate, for Ashton it's a natural comparison. It's no mistake that he's selling homes in America's Music Mecca and not Hoboken. Ashton's been making music since he was a a kid growing up in Leeds, England. He even gained a fair amount of success as a youngster when his band toured with 80s pop sensation Tears for
Fears. But all good things must come to an end. Eventually turning in his rock star status for family life and a suit and tie, Ashton dabbled in advertising, marketing and the Florida motel business before moving to Music City USA to try his hand at real estate.
While he readily admits that music will always be his first love, Ashton wouldn't trade his current career for the world. "I've made a lot of friends doing this and I plan to stay in the business a long long time." Besides, he still plays the occasional gig around town.
Gary Ashton and his team of Nashville Realtors is proud to work for you, learn more about The Ashton Group and let them be your guide to Nashville Real Estate. You can also check out his Condo's vs Loft's debate happening here right now on Squidoo, make your opinion known!
Need more information on Gary? Check out his Gary Ashton LinkedIn account for testimonials and more information or his brand new Gary Ashton Plaxo or Gary Ashton's Multiply account.
Nashville Information Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Don't Buy Nashville Real Estate!
- Gary's Photos
- Nashville Local Links
- Gary Ashton's Nashville Office
- Famous Nashville Real Estate
- Your Source For Nashville Information
- Pictures of Nashville
- Gary's Nashville Real Estate Information Links
- Nashville's Economy
- Books about Nashville on Amazon.com
- Nashville, more then just country music.
- Music City USA
- Gary Ashton Articles
- Nashville Club Life
- Nashville Real Estate Blogs and News
- Reader Feedback
Don't Buy Nashville Real Estate!
Because We've got a Good Thing Going on Here and We Want to Keep it to Ourselves.
But seriously, Nashville Tennessee is a great place to live. You don't have to be walking down music row to find great sounds coming from Nashville's highways and biways. Music is in every brick of every building here. It flows through town like the Cumberland River. It just is. Nashville is also a young vibrant city full of great schools and great people where the streets are safe and your neighbors know how to be friendly. Best of all, it's affordable to live here. Be sure to check out our Hendersonville listings, or click here to view more Nashville real estate.
Top 10 reasons to move to Nashville
- This is a world class city with a small town feel
- No income tax. Seriously. None.
- You can still buy a nice home for less than 200K
- Cost of living is about 10% lower than the national average
- Music - Nashville is a major recording center and hub for the music industry with four major record labels located here and over 20,000 residents making a music related living.
- Education: There are 7, yes 7, great universities in Nashville: Vanderbilt, Fisk, Tennessee State, Meharry Medical, American Baptist, Lipscomb and Belmont.
- Easy to visit the family! Tennessee is bordered by 8 states and half of all Americans live within 650 miles of Nashville.
- Genuine bona fide honky tonks
- Southern hospitality
- The Tennessee Titans. Ahem.
Gary's Photos
Pictures from various locations around Nashville
Nashville Local Links
Links for Nashville Webtravelers
Online there is many great websites and information available online. Here is a short frequently updated list of Nashville real estate news, community events, and business's.
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Here are some famous Nashville landmarks.
- Ryman Auditorium: The acoustically divine "Mother Church of Country Music" that was home to the Grande Ole Opry for over 30 years. Initially known as the The Union Gospel Tabernacle, the building was built by rowdy riverboat captain Thomas Green Ryman in 1892. Ryman, who came to Nashville to cause trouble during the services of Reverend Sam Jones, ended up joining the flock and financing the building.
- Belle Meade Plantation: The Belle Meade plantation was originally a 5400 acre equestrian estate famous for breeding Kentuky Derby winners. Most of the acreage was sold at the turn of the century and developed into Belle Meade Park, one of Nashville's wealthiest suburbs.
- The Parthenon: This amazing structure is a full-sized tribute to the ancient Greek original. Good thing too, because the original won't last forever. A centerpiece for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897, it's now been added to the national register of historic places and is home to the Nashville Art Museum.
- The Hermitage: Former ante-bellum plantation home of Andrew Jackson. Jackson's story is a classic rags to riches tale in which a penniless orphan makes good through land speculation and politics, eventually building his own opulent Greek Revival home and becoming the country's 7th president. Little known fact: Andrew Jackson once killed a man over a horse bet.
Your Source For Nashville Information
Nashville has been long known for its love of country music and as the Capital of Tennessee. Although being smaller in population then Memphis, Nashville is still a major hub for many business's and industries.
Pictures of Nashville
Photos from in and around the Nashville area.
Gary's Nashville Real Estate Information Links
Links to sites and blogs on Nashville Real Estate
Here is some of my online content for Nashville Real Estate, please check it out and let me know what you think is useful!
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Nashville's Economy
The Signature Tower will start construction in 2009, it will be the seventh largest sky scraper in the United States. One of the largest sky scrapers located outside of Chicago or New York, the building will stand 1000 feet above ground.
Nashville features a strong health care industry, which injects $18.3 billion / year into the local economy.
Nissan North America moved its corporate headquarters to Nashville, with its permanent headquarters to be Franklin TN. Nissan also operates the largest North American manufacturing plant in Smyrna TN.
Books about Nashville on Amazon.com
Books on Nashville's history and present day Nashville.
Nashville, more then just country music.
Whether doing business in Nashville, or just passing through, there is more to Nashville then the music.
Music City USA
Some interesting facts:
- Nashville was first originally called Fort Nashborough and was founded in 1779, the town was named after an American Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash.
- Nashville Film festival takes place yearly during the first week of April.
- Nashville has the United States largest population of Kurdish people (11,000).
- Was nick named "Music City, USA" by a radio announcer in the 1950's.
- Nashville is host to the GMA (Christian and Gospel) music awards as well as the CMA (Country) music awards.
- Centennial Park features a full scale replica of the original Greek Parthenon, and WIFI internet free of charge.
- Estimated population around 613,856 in 2006, over the 13 surrounding counties the combined total is 1,486,695.
- First major city in the US to form a metropolitan government.
- Nashville often has long springs and autumns, making these seasons especially long for allergy sufferers.
- Nashville has more then 700 churches.
- Johnny Cash
- Bettie Page
- Jimi Hendrix
- Willie Nelson
- Shania Twain
- Hank Williams
- Al Gore
- Donna Summer
- Oprah Winfrey
- Jesse James
If that wasn't enough, here is a list of our Top 10 Most Famous Nashvillian's
Gary Ashton Articles
Home Improvement and Real Estate Articles
Gary Ashtons articles about home improvements and Real Estate marketing.
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Cause when the sun goes down the fun begins.
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Night Life in 37205
- Ryman Auditorium (Nashville)

- "I went to Bill Maher here Saturday, and the show was great. Of course, it was great because Maher is hilarious, not because of anything the Ryman did...." more
- Belcourt Theatre (Nashville)

- "Where else can you get a beer at a movie theater? And for cheap, too. I don't know how they do it. Other theaters take note: they manage to show great films..." more
- The Hermitage Hotel (Nashville)

- "Older hotel completely remodeled and in top shape. Beautiful lobby and especially the ceiling, from times past. . Rooms were very well furnished - jacuzzi..." more
- The Station Inn (Nashville)

- "The Station Inn is down in the "gulch" area of downtown Nashville, surrounded by yuppie high-rises, but it's holdin' its head up high, thank you very much...." more
- Robert's Western World (Nashville)

- "Home of the "Recession Buster: a fried bologna sandwich (sounds gross... but was actually delicious), a mound of sweet potato fries, a Moon Pie, and a PBR...." more

















