The Benjamine Rucker House, an 1832 Greek Revival home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The Benjamine Rucker House (1832), Murfreesboro. Photo: rossograph, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Local Market

A college town outgrowing its old boundaries

Murfreesboro is the Rutherford County seat and one of the fastest-growing mid-size cities in the country, driven in large part by Middle Tennessee State University and steady industrial and logistics growth along the I-24 corridor. The historic downtown square and its surrounding older neighborhoods sit within a few miles of large new subdivisions pushing outward toward Blackman and the Rutherford/Cannon county line — two very different comparable pools inside the same city limits.

Student-adjacent rental density near campus, established mid-century neighborhoods closer to downtown, and new-construction subdivisions on the growth edge each need their own comparable approach, which is where a locally familiar appraiser matters more than a national AVM ever will.

County & courtsRutherford County Circuit & Chancery Courts, Murfreesboro (Rutherford County Judicial Building)
Common assignmentsResidential valuation, estate & date-of-death, divorce, litigation
Report format1004 (SFR), 1073 (condo/PUD), 1025 (2–4 unit)
Turnaround5–7 business days standard
Fee$500–$2,000, flat fee quoted before engagement
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Residential, estate, and litigation appraisal work

The most common reasons clients in Murfreesboro reach out.

Residential valuation

Estate & litigation

Every report is inspected, researched, and signed by Joseph Difilippo, Tennessee Certified Residential Appraiser No. 6159, with no appraisal management company in between. About the appraiser →

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