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TENNIS ANYONE?
Living here I’ve always taken advantage and enjoyed the beautiful beaches, the fantastic food and all the other things Charleston has to offer. I’ve always been a fan of the game of tennis and last weekend I had one of best experiences ever in Charleston. I attended the Family Circle Cup tournament during the day and that [...]
1. Create deals, don’t wait for them.
Steve authors a monthly informational presentation for top professionals titled “Keeping Current Matters.” The following is an article from his monthly newsletter Over the last 18 months, the real estate industry has almost become dependent on government’s help. We hope that programs like the tax credit or the Fed’s purchase of mortgage-backed- securities will be [...]
Are you smarter than a First year Realtor.Business Meeting 3/25/2010
In our meeting today we played “Are you Smarter than a First Year Realtor” idea of course taking from the TV show “Are you smarter than a fifth grader.” It was fun and informative. We had the following three subjects, with nine questions. Listing Contract 1st year •Listing Contract 3rd year •Listing Contract 5th year [...]
The Benefits of Pre-approval
Why do you want me to get pre-approved before I find a house I want to buy? This a question asked many times by buyers. So I thought I would take a moment to answer. When a borrower applies for a mortgage before finding a house, and receives a written commitment from a lender to [...]
Information Required for loan application
It can be confusing when you’re going for a loan application to know what information your loan originator will require so I thought I would share with you some of the information you will be asked for. First Personal Information: Names of buyers as you would like them to appear on the deed. Social Security numbers [...]
How Financing effects the List Price to Sales Price
At our Business meeting on February 24th I shared with our team that there had been 864 sales closed in our Charleston Multiple Listing Service in the first seven weeks of the year. So the question was, “Could anyone guess how many were FHA Sales. (Goverment Lending).” A great deal of numbers were thrown out, [...]
Results of Auction in Riverland Terrace Charleston SC.
Auctions have become very popular across the country, although they have been slow in becoming an alternate to regular marketing of a home here in Charleston. In this economy it is something to consider. An absolute auction is when there is no reserve and the sale goes to the highest bidder. There is also a reserve [...]
The Remodeling of a home in Fort Johnson Estates
Fort Johnson Estates is an older neighborhood, the lots are larger, has some wonderful large oak trees scattered through the neighborhood, however, don’t be mislead in thinking that because the homes look very traditional you will find outdated properties, many of the homes have been remodeled inside. below is my photo blog of one of [...]
659 Fairspring
Lovely home in Schieveling Plantation Open floor plan with soaring ceilings, gas logs never used, in the family room. One of the most popular floor plans in Schieveling. Plus the best value. A one story home with soaring vaulted ceilings in the family room where entertaining your guest in this open floor plan is so [...]
Why Carolina one? (continued)
One of the great things about our office on James Island is the sharing of information, the pictures above are of Dan Mengedoht sharing his knowledge on a point presentation about using technology to become more productive. In today’s market we have to be fully educated on the statistics on the market place so our [...]
