Plantation Lakes - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dec. 20, 2014

Lease-Option: a Myrtle Beach Rental Investment Owner’s Alternative

12-10-leaseSuppose your Realtor® helped you land a prime Myrtle Beach rental investment property—and you’ve been more than content with the result. Your longtime tenant proved to be conscientious and dependable, with resulting passive income that has been quietly building your bank account with very little oversight from you. In short, …

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Dec. 18, 2014

What Improvements Add the Most Real Estate Value?

12-10-valuebooster“The best real estate value in Myrtle Beach!” is certainly a little bit over-the-top when it’s used in a listing, but in truth, that’s pretty much what most prospective homebuyers in every price range actually hope to find. For homeowners planning to list their own Myrtle Beach homes, it’s good …

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Dec. 16, 2014

Energy Prices Drop; Myrtle Beach Homeowners Cheer

12-10-gasJust about the last thing Myrtle Beach homeowners expect is for the price of something we use every day to drop precipitously. It isn’t just that we’ve grown skeptical about the way official inflation numbers are formulated (although we have). It’s simply that when it can cost more than a …

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Dec. 14, 2014

The Holidays: Once-a-Year Opportunity for Selling a Myrtle Beach Home

12-3-holidayI’m always a little surprised that more people don’t take advantage of the holiday season to sell their Myrtle Beach home. The spring selling season may be the most popular, but there are a host of reasons why, for a home that is already market-ready, you might think twice about …

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Dec. 3, 2014

Snap Quiz: Myrtle Beach Home Décor—by Decade!

11-26-quizFirst of all, a Spoiler Alert: It’s not fair to peek down where the answers are! Now that we’re clear on that, this is a quiz that will tell you how “Decade Sensitive” you are when it comes to Myrtle Beach home décor. It took a little browsing around to …

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Nov. 29, 2014

Tips for Long Distance House Hunting

11-19-househuntingYou got the big promotion at work, but there's one catch: you have to move across the country. Myrtle Beach homeowners may have mastered Myrtle Beach house hunting, but doing it in a location that requires travel can be a logistical nightmare—especially when the distance in question is more than …

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Nov. 27, 2014

Real Estate Markets Register Steady Improvement

11-19-marketupdateMyrtle Beach real estate observers got some background information last month that seemed to confirm much of what we’ve been seeing for a while now. Mid-term election politicking is now safely behind us (for a brief while, at least), but in the run-up to the elections, this was a comprehensive …

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Nov. 25, 2014

When Sellers Won’t Negotiate: 3 Tips for Myrtle Beach Home Buyers

11-19-negotiationPart of the art of listing a Myrtle Beach home for sale is to highlight features that will catch eyes in a wide assortment of different groups of prospective buyers. It’s “the more, the merrier”—and very often the ultimate buyer winds up being unlike the typical prospect you would have …

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Nov. 24, 2014

Myrtle Beach Realtors® Recognize Changing Marketplace

11-19-marketplaceWhen I think of the term ‘marketplace,’ the first mental image that comes to mind is of a local farmer’s stand or of one of those community farmers’ markets where you get the old-fashioned experience of picking through the offerings of local farmers and bakers. The goods may not be …

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Nov. 22, 2014

Your Myrtle Beach Empty Nest is a Void…Until You Fill It!

11-12-emptynestYou’ve watched as your little ones grew from stumbling toddlers into young adulthood… and now out into the world on their own. It’s been a slow transition—but it’s also sped past in the blink of an eye! The bumpy economy may yet prompt some extended Myrtle Beach home stays in …

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