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REALTY CHECK No hard times for high-end buyers Sales of $1M-plus Midstate homes jumped 13% in 2020, and 2019 was a record year. TENNESSEE TITANS Nothing comes P3 easy for this team Great off ense, not-so-great DAVIDSON • WILLIAMSON • RUTHERFORD • CHEATHAM WILSON SUMNER• ROBERTSON • MAURY • DICKSONdefense: • MONTGOMERY Will it be enough for Ledger another win against Ravens? P27 ‘One of the best 15 January 8-14, 2021 The power of information.NASHVILLE EDITION Vol. 47 | www.TNLedger.com Issue 2 people I think I’ve ever known’ FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 Former coach, teammates praise Vandy’s fi rst home- grown coach in 30 years Story by Tom Wood begins on page 2 BEHIND THE WHEEL Big noise from Bowling Green Th e new Corvette, its fi rst October 8 - 14, 2010 mid-engine off ering, is Photograph provided winning over critics. But is Law & Government it better than Porsche 911? 08/26/2010, 10C3303 Publicern Express, Inc, James T Collins Recordsvs Rogers Group Inc, Pltf(s): James T Collins, Hampshire Insurance Company, Western Express, Inc, Def Atty(s): Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Rogers Group Inc, Def Atty(s): Heather E John W Barringer, 08/30/2010, 10C3341 Hardt, 08/26/2010, 10C3308 Patricia McClarren vs Star Insurance Company, Westwood James A insideWells vs Jenco Construction & online Inc, Pltf(s): James A Church Of Christ, Wells, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Jenco Construction Inc, Def Atty(s): Def(s): Star Insurance Company, Westwood Church Of Christ, Def Jennifer S White, 08/25/2010, 10C3282 Atty(s): David John Deming, 08/30/2010, 10C3343 RealtyJessica CheckGrimwood ....................................... vs Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, Richard Dicaire vs Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs CommunityPltf(s): Jessica Calendar Grimwood, Pltf ..........................Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Intrepid USA Personnel Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Healthcare Services, Def Atty(s):TNLedger.com Clifford Wilson, 08/27/2010, Staffmark, Staffmark Investment LLC, P28 Newsmakers ..................................... Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs Personnel Judy R Lawson vs Nursing & Oneida, Pltf(s): Judy R Lawson, Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark Public PltfRecords Atty(s): David Harold Dunaway, Def(s): Nursing & Oneida, Def Investment LLC, Def Atty(s): Stephen B Morton, 08/26/2010, Public Notices and ForeclosuresJordan Sanders vs Dillons Welding Inc and Employers, Pltf(s): Jordan Sanders, Pltf Atty(s): Donald D Zuccarello, Def(s): Marketplace ....................................... ............................. 3 ............................... 17-26 4 12 6-11 27 Page 2 www.TNLedger.com JANUARY 8-14, 2021 Photograph provided Former MBA, Belmont and VU athlete Clark Lea leaves Notre Dame for alma mater. LEA’S CHARGE: ‘THE ONLY THING I’M INTERESTED IN IS WHAT IS TO BE’ very new coach – no matter the sport or level of Part of Lea’s optimism that he can achieve where so competition – knows all the right things to say many others failed is the fact that he played at Vanderbilt Homegrown when hired to take over a struggling program and and knows firsthand what the Commodores need to Eenergize fan support. succeed. A large component is Lea’s dynamic personality, It’s all about, to paraphrase: less rah-rah than confident and inspiring. coach looks for n Establishing a winning culture Finally, there’s his track record, learning first from n Putting together an electrifying offense to Nashville coaching legends and then working for some of complement a dominant defense the best minds in college football, including the past four success where so n Holding everyone accountable, starting with the years under Brian Kelly at Notre Dame, the last three as coaching staff Kelly’s defensive coordinator. n Assuring fans there’s no program in the country with The package sends a message of hope for long-suffering many have failed more potential, but it’s not going to happen overnight Vanderbilt fans. n Embracing the opportunity to compete at the “I think once it’s all said and done, if we’ve done our highest level in the best conference in the country. job and we’ve invested the way we should invest, there’s By Tom Wood New Vanderbilt head football coach Clark Lea knows no limit on what we can accomplish here. That’s why I his coach-speak as well as anyone. But listening to the took the job,” Lea says. 38-year-old Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt It has been 34 years since Vanderbilt hired one of product deliver his upbeat message seems somehow its own to helm the Commodores’ football program, different. that being Watson Brown (1986-90), now a sports talk “As my feet hit the ground running … I’m looking show co-host. Since Brown’s ouster, Vanderbilt has been to be the best possible version of Vanderbilt, and I don’t through seven head coaches from various backgrounds – think any of us know what that can be right now. But the most successful being James Franklin (24-15), who I’m interested in finding out,” says Lea, who Dec. 14 was departed for Penn State in 2013 – and Bobby Johnson announced as Vanderbilt’s 29th head coach. Lea held his (29-66), the 2008 SEC coach of the year. introductory Vanderbilt news conference Dec. 20. LEA >> PAGE 13 JANUARY 8-14, 2021 www.TNLedger.com Page 3 $10M condo being readied for market Happier new year $1M-plus sales up whopping Start 2021 off 13% over record 2019 totals strong with these Th e Greater Nashville Realtors will money moves likely announce next week that 2020 was After the train wreck that was 2020, another record year you might well question whether it’s for real estate sales in worth trying to plan anything. But RICHARD COURTNEY Middle Tennessee. As knocking off a few fi nancial tasks early REALTY the pandemic grew in the year can better prepare you for CHECK from speculation to whatever 2021 has in store. reality, Nashville realty 900 20th Avenue South LIZ followed the same WESTON File tax return ASAP approximately $10,000. By adding 34%, Ledger PERSONAL curve, even in the upper-end market. FINANCE Filing your tax return early typically With homes priced at $1 million or or $3,400, the taxes are $13,400, still less means getting your refund sooner. Not more still considered luxury homes, than what those relocating here are paying The power of only that, it could thwart refund-stealing Nashville continues to fi nd luxury buyers back home, as the saying goes. information. identity thieves. Also, if you were owed a stimulus check in in record numbers. Th ere were 608 If the average person relocating here 2020 but didn’t get one, or should have gotten more, you can sales of $1 million or more in Davidson makes $100,000 , that person would make Published weekly by claim the missing money on your return. Westview Newspaper, LLC County in 2020, Realtracs reports. Th at an additional $10,000 in savings by not If you owe the IRS, it’s better to know sooner rather than paying state income tax, not to mention marks a 13% increase compared to 2019 222 Second Ave. N. Suite 101 later. You’ll have more time to fi nd the money or arrange a luxury sales. Th ere were 537 such sales in the bevy of other taxes that are levied Nashville, TN 37201 payment plan. upon them in their other states. (615) 254-5522 2019. FAX: (615) 254-5525 Also, unemployment checks are generally taxable. Many Th e answer to the question is “no,” the It doesn’t stop there. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m people who received last year’s extended jobless benefi ts may In 2019, the most expensive single- Middle Tennessee real estate market is not face a larger-than-expected tax bill this year, tax experts say. family home sold for $5.25 million. In slowing. Prices are not falling. President & Chairman Peter Schutt Check your withholding 2020, there were two sales between $5 Sale of the Week Publisher & CEO Once your 2020 tax return is prepared, you can use that million and $6 million and three between Eric Barnes Th e condominium known as the and your fi rst pay stub from 2021 to see if you’re on track $6 million and $7 million. Th ere also was Associate Publisher Adelicia at 900 20th Avenue South & Executive Editor with tax withholding. A good tax withholding calculator can one of $7 million-plus and another of $8 is a Ray Hensler creation named for Lyle Graves help you determine how to adjust the amounts taken from million-plus. [email protected] Adelicia Franklin Acklen Cheatham, each paycheck. Th en, contact your employer if you need to Th e most expensive condominium in Planning Editor who built Belmont Mansion. Th e Cindy Smith make changes. 2019 was a unit in the Icon (600 12th [email protected] high-rise condo was built during the If you’re self-employed, you may need to make estimated Avenue South) that sold for $3.3 million. Contributors period when the real estate market was quarterly payments. You could consult a tax professional to In 2020, a penthouse in the 505 (505 Chip Cirillo teetering and completed in 2007 as the Sheila Burke fi nd out how much those should be. Church Street) went for $4.5 million. world crashed into the Great Recession. Kathy Carlson Hollie Deese Adjust retirement savings Next week, the primo unit in 505 will hit Th e cynics, skeptics and critics wrote Tim Ghianni the market at $10 million.