I started in real estate by accident really. I had taken a job at Dick’s Pawn Shop in Surfside Beach after working as a bank teller in Litchfield.  It was 1989, the money was good in the accounting department.  BUT, occasionally the job would require me to work in the cash checking office.  It is there [...]

A property is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it on the open market.  Faced with so many choices a buyer can name a price before any emotional attachment is formed with the new home.  Price is the first attraction that any buyer has to a property.  Without knowing what the home [...]

The real estate industry is changing drastically.  Homeowners are now walking away from their homes that are now valued at roughly 25% below appraised values.  Short sales is an alternative to foreclosure, but prior permission from the lending institution is required after submitted hardship request.