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Buying your home ( 3rd step)
When you choose a home, we will represent your best interest in negotiations and follow up. Using our South Carolina Contract, your agent will prepare all the paperwork per your instructions and explain your rights and obligations to you. (Please keep in mind your realtor is not an attorney and his/her explanations are not legal [...]
3 steps to owning a home in Charleston SC (cont.,)
Shopping for your Home Now you have decided what you would like in your new home, and the price you will feel comfortable paying for your new home it’s time to get started looking. Using the MLS data base and other sources your agent will research houses that are available for sale. Together you will [...]
3 Steps to Owning a Home inCharleston SC.
When buying a home there are many details involved, whether you want to buy in Charleston County, Dorchester County or Berkley our job as Realtors is to handle those details for you. I know you will have many questions on what to expect, when you buy a house. The following is a guideline I created that [...]
The value of Educating our Buyers and Sellers
I know in todays market we all know it is top priority to educate our Buyers and Sellers. So I thought I would take just a moment to share some thoughts. As we place ourselves in the seller or Buyer’s shoes we have to acknowledge they may be confused a little frustrated and possibly scared. The [...]
Take your business to the next level with Carolina One
Carolina one offers many opportunities for our agents to grow. Our business model is a consumer and agent driven product. We provide full service and our agents consistently list more and consequently sell more properties than agents with other companies. Carolina One signs are everywhere and as a result our agents are quite often able to [...]
Flood Insurance
The following information came from the FEMA concerning the expired National Flood Insurance Program Congress Abandons Critical Housing Programs – Again Once again, Congress left town without reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Section 502 Rural Housing programs. The NFIP is now expired. The Section 502 Rural Housing program has exhausted its [...]
When Buying A Home in Charleston
Buying When buying a home you are faced with many decisions and many questions. We are here to help you on your journey of buying a home. Are you ready to purchase a home? Locating the perfect home is not always easy and obtaining a mortgage loan can be a frustrating process. Although, once you [...]
Educating our clients
With our MLS listing inventory being in the 9000 to 10000 range our challenge in today’s market is how to help our sellers get their houses sold. Our first priority is to educate our sellers on what is really happening in the market place. Of course they do have an idea; although, we have to [...]
Recognize one person a day.
Michael Staver, founder of the Staver Group, an executive training company, says that acknowledging failure, then moving on, can help keep one’s passions from dying. Michael Staver who is a national speaker and coach, sent me the following email concerning recognizing one person everyday, I thought it was a good idea, not just for our [...]
MLS AREA statistics for the first quarter of the year
The MLS Residential Activity report shows Current # of listings in the each area, current # number of closed sales in each area, Median Sales Price, Average Sales Price and List price to Sale Price ratio in each area of Charleston. It also shows the average days on the market which is a little misleading as it records [...]
