I was born in Bristol and I've lived in this area my whole life. Piney Flats is a quiet community and I buy houses and land all through this part of Sullivan County.
Piney Flats isn’t a city. It’s a stretch of Sullivan County along 11E between Johnson City and Bristol, with Boone Lake on one side and the Tri-Cities airport a few minutes up the road. Rocky Mount, the old log house where Tennessee got started as a territory, sits right here. People pick Piney Flats because it’s close to everything without being in the middle of anything.
The houses reflect that. Along the highway and the older roads it’s brick ranches from the ’60s and ’70s on big lots. Back toward the lake it’s cabins and split-levels that grew as the family did. Out on the farm roads it’s old two-stories on acreage, and a lot of singlewides and doublewides set on their own land with a well and a septic. And in the last twenty years, new subdivisions have filled in the pastures between all of it.
The newer houses sell fine on the open market. It’s the older ones that get stuck. A ranch with the original panel and galvanized water lines. A cabin with a foundation that was never meant to hold a second story. A doublewide that a bank won’t lend on because of the way it was tied down. A farmhouse where the well test comes back wrong. Every one of those is a deal that falls apart at the inspection, and every time it does, you’re another two months into taxes, insurance, and mowing.
I buy the house the bank won’t. No appraisal, no inspection report, no repair list. I walk it, I figure out what it’ll take, and I give you a real number, usually inside a day. Then I fix it right and put a family in it.
I get more mobile-home calls from Piney Flats than almost anywhere. Here’s how I look at them: I’m usually buying the land, the well, the septic, and the power drop. If the home is in good shape, that’s a bonus. If it’s a teardown, that’s fine too — the lot and the utilities are the value. Either way I can make you an offer, and I’m not going to make you haul it off first.
Sullivan — even though your mail might come from Johnson City and your kids might go to school in Washington County. It matters for one reason: if you’ve inherited a Piney Flats property, the estate runs through the Sullivan County courthouse in Blountville, ten minutes away. I’ve bought houses out of estates there before and I know what the title company will ask for.
Both sides of 11E, the lake roads off Highway 37 and Piney Flats Road, the Rocky Mount area, and out toward Bluff City and the airport. I was born in Bristol and I live in Kingsport, so this is a short drive. Call or text me at (423) 408-2036, tell me what you’ve got, and I’ll come look at it.
Mobile homes on land, old ranches on the highway, inherited farmhouses — here’s what usually brings Piney Flats sellers to me. If yours is different, call anyway.
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The bank won’t lend on it? I will buy it. I price the land and the utilities first, then the home. Teardown or move-in ready, I can make you an offer.
I know the difference between a lake-road cabin and a highway-frontage ranch, and what each one’s worth. My number comes from being here, not from a database.
’60s panel, galvanized lines, block foundation, crawlspace nobody’s been under in twenty years. That’s the house I buy and fix. Sell it as it sits.
No lender means no appraisal, no repair demand, and no deal falling apart three days before closing. What I offer is what you get, less anything you still owe.
If the estate is in Sullivan County court, I’ll close when the paperwork allows and not one day before you’re ready. Leave what you don’t want in the house.
No sign on the highway, no listing, no showings. We meet, I look, we close at a local title company. That’s the whole thing.
Here’s exactly what happens from your first call to cash in your hands.
Takes five minutes. Tell me about the house and your situation — no judgment, no pressure at all.
I’ll schedule a quick walkthrough at your convenience — or sometimes I can make an offer based on photos alone.
A fair, no-obligation offer in writing. Take it, leave it, or ask questions — totally up to you.
We close at a local title company. You get paid at closing — check or direct deposit, as soon as title clears.
Tell me about the property — house, doublewide, acreage, whatever it is. I’ll come out, walk it with you, and give you a straight number the same day if I can.
Call Kenny: (423) 408-2036Or visit tnthomebuyers.net · “Real People. Real Offers. Real Help.”
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Singlewide or doublewide on its own land — I’m usually buying the land and the septic. Even teardowns.
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Call or text me at (423) 408-2036. Piney Flats is a quick trip down 11E from Kingsport, so I can usually see the place within a day or two and get you a written offer right after. No lender, no appraisal — once title clears, we close at a local title company.
Yes. Old ranches on the highway, lake-road cabins, and mobile homes the bank won’t lend on are the bulk of what I buy in Piney Flats. I price the land and the utilities as well as the house, and you don’t fix or clean out anything.
I’m Kenny Thacker. I was born in Bristol and I live in Kingsport, and TNT is me — not a franchise or a call center. Call or text (423) 408-2036 and you get me back, usually the same day.
Usually about a week once title is clear. Most of the wait is the title company, not me. If you need more time to move, we set the closing date around you.
Piney Flats is in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It sits between Bluff City and Gray (Washington County) in the eastern part of Sullivan County. We buy houses throughout both Sullivan County and Washington County, so regardless of which side of the county line your property falls on, we can help.
Fill this out and I'll call you back within a few hours, usually same day. No obligation, no pushy sales calls. Just a real conversation about what I can do for your house in Piney Flats.
Not ready for a formal offer? Text me a couple of photos of the house at (423) 408-2036 and I’ll give you a rough number. No form, no obligation.