You're shopping for value on the Grand Strand and someone told you foreclosures might be where the real deals are. Here's the honest picture. Foreclosures can deliver real value — but only for buyers who understand what they're actually getting into. Every year I watch a few buyers walk into …

You're getting ready to sell and now three agents want to sit down with you. Each one has a listing pitch. Each one has a suggested price. Each one has reasons you should pick them. Here's the honest reality. The listing agent you choose has more impact on your net …

Your buyer's inspection came back and their agent just sent over a repair request that's longer than you expected. Now you're staring at a list, wondering what to fix, what to credit, what to push back on, and how to keep the deal alive without giving up more than you …

Your listing hit the market last week and now you've got three offers on your kitchen counter. Here's the thing. Multiple-offer situations feel like a win, and they usually are — but only if you handle them well. Sellers who get emotional or greedy at this stage regularly leave money …

You're under contract on a condo, townhome, or subdivision home along the Grand Strand and your closing attorney just handed you a thick stack of HOA documents. Most buyers glance at them, sign the receipt, and move on. That's a mistake. The information in that stack is where post-closing surprises …

You're thinking about selling your home and wondering what you'll actually walk away with. The number you get at closing is not the sale price. It's the sale price minus a longer list of costs than most sellers expect. Here's a straight breakdown of what selling a home in South …

The 30 to 45 days between an accepted offer and the closing table can feel like a black box to first-time buyers and sellers. Papers get signed. Inspectors show up. Money moves. Somewhere in the middle, deals sometimes fall apart for reasons nobody explained clearly at the offer stage. After …

If you just closed on a home along the Grand Strand, congratulations — and pull up a chair, because your maintenance calendar is going to look different than the one you used in your last house. The coastal climate is hard on houses. Salt air, humidity, sandy soil, intense UV, …

First-time buyers shopping the Grand Strand walk in with the same questions every time, and most of the questions are the right ones. The trouble is the answers are different on the coast than they would be in an inland market. The homes are different. The insurance is different. The …

The price on the listing is the part buyers see first. The price of owning the home over the next ten years is the part that catches people off guard. I've sat at hundreds of closings along the Grand Strand, and the patterns I see in buyer surprise are consistent …