Most real estate advisors have never poured a foundation or funded a deal. John Clanton builds, finances and manages Middle Tennessee real estate every day — so his counsel is grounded in what actually works.
John Clanton consults for investors and homeowners who want more than opinions. Because he is a custom-home builder, a licensed loan officer, a private lender and the owner of King Rentals, his guidance is stress-tested against real budgets, real financing and real tenants.
The result is strategy you can actually execute: acquisition targets that pencil, developments that get built, and portfolios structured to compound. When John advises a move, he can also help you build, fund and manage it.
From your first acquisition to a mature portfolio and its eventual exit — clear thinking at each decision point.
Define your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, then build a real estate plan — buy-and-hold, flip, build-to-rent or a blend — designed to reach them.
Underwrite deals with an operator's eye — true costs, realistic rents, financing structure and margin of safety — so you buy right, not just buy.
Turn land and lots into income. John scopes construction, budgets and rental yield to make ground-up and build-to-rent projects genuinely pencil.
Scale deliberately — recycling equity, sequencing acquisitions and using financing and management to compound returns without overextending.
Where demand is heading in Nashville and its surrounding counties — submarket trends, rent dynamics and where value is quietly being created.
Know your endgame before you enter. Refinance, sell, 1031 or hold — we map the exit that best protects your gains and your next move.
Engagements are structured and outcome-driven — you leave every session knowing your next concrete move.
A candid conversation about your goals, capital, timeline and appetite — so John understands where you're starting from.
A working session where we pressure-test opportunities, run the numbers and align on the approach that fits your objectives.
A written game plan — targets, budgets, financing structure and milestones — with clear priorities and the sequence to execute them.
Stay in John's corner as deals come up — and tap his building, lending and management teams to execute when the time is right.
A plan is only as good as your ability to act on it. Working with John means the roadmap and the resources live under one roof — construction, private capital, mortgage financing and property management, all coordinated toward your goal.
"I came to John with two rentals and a vague plan to 'buy more.' He built me a real acquisition roadmap, underwrote the next three deals, then financed and built one of them. That's the difference — he doesn't just tell you what to do, he can do it with you."
Bring John your goal, your deal or your portfolio. You'll get a direct, numbers-first conversation with someone who builds, finances and manages Middle Tennessee real estate for a living.