229 Sailing Club Drive
This beautiful 5 bed, 4.5 bath, 4,300sqft home is in Lake Carolina - Summerlin By the Lake
245 Gusty LaneThis total remolded home is ready for you. It boasts 3 bed, 2 baths and 1,200sqft.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
One of the Best Homes in Columbia!!!!
4635 Datura Rd
This is one of the best homes in Columbia. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Under Contract!!
We just put these two listings under contract.
Who ever says stuff isn't selling...they must be using someone else.
2404 Park StWe just put this home under contract with our own buyer. You know why? Because we cultivate our own leads, there is no time off on this team. If the phone rings it will be answered, because your home depends on it.
201 Evian PlaceIt took us 63 days to put this beauty under contract.
The average in the MLS right now is 104.
The reasons why were better than the aveage...
1) We price them correctly! (not to high, not to low)
2) We take awesome pictures! (you gotta have a good product)
3) Were aggressive! (we don't wait around on the phone to ring we make stuff happen).
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Houses of the Rich and Famous - Tech Addition.
From time to time we will put up houses of the rich and famous. Here is an article from Yahoo! about the famous Tech peoples homes. Click here for the article.
Americans are Downsizing, Thats a first!
Check out this article about how the average home size is shrinking and what builders are doing away with to increase "livablity" in a smaller space. Click here for the article.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Pumpkin Carving Contest 2010
The Winner of the 1st "A.R.T." Pumpkin Carving Contest
1st Runner Up
3rd Place
4th Place
Thanks to everyone who participated in our 1st Annual Contest. These are some really good carving jobs.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Just Listed 10.15.10
5418 Pinestraw Click Here to go to it's listing page.
175 Hulon Greene #10
Click Here for more info on this retirement condo.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
Check out this article about how the camera your Agent uses makes a difference in your home selling price. Of course, we use the best and it gets us the results. One disclaimer on this article is, it is based out of Long Island, New York. They said with lower end homes it doesn't matter what camera you use. However, they consider $300k their lower end, which is towards our higher end. Just take that into consideration when you look at their graph.
Here is the link.
Here is the link.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Amazing Celebrity Homes for Sale!
Now, I know these homes don't compare to homes here in our market. But I think its always fun to see what houses sell for in certian places. Click here to see some neat houses and some not so neat prices.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Agent Drop In (Aka You Can Come Too!)
Come one, come all, come see this incredible lake front home in Longcreek. We will be here (5 Tateswood Ct) until 1:30pm. But if you come bring your check books, because you are going to fall in love!) See you shortly. 
Click Here to See More of This Home.
10 Things Your Contractor Wont Tell You!
I read this article this morning on Yahoo! Take a look and if you ever need a recommendation of a good contractor let us know. Click Here to go to the article. Have a great day!
Monday, October 4, 2010
2511 Monroe - Just Sold
Just Sold! Go meet your new neighbors at 2511 Monroe Street in the heart of Shandon! Thanks to all of the neighbors for sending all of your friends and family members to look at it. It only took 62 days to sell it.
Things That Don't Add Value to Your Home!
Check out this article by Investopedia and carried on Yahoo! News. It has some useful hints. Click Here.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
An Amazing 1st Annual Pumpkin Pickin
Thanks to all of our amazing clients, friends, families and future clients for coming out today. We had an amazing turn out. We had a inflatable slide, Cromers popcorn, refreshments and ofcourse FREE PUMPKINS. Don't forget everyone to take pictures of your pumpkins once you carve them and either email it to us or post it on our facebook wall for a chance to win $50. The winner will be decided after Halloween. Thanks again everyone and we look forward to next year.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Under Contract!
We have great news. We just got our own listing under contract in Hampton Trace. 410 Hampton Trace Lane went under contract Friday 9.24.2010. Currenlty we sell about 15% of our own listings, compared to the 1% national REALTOR average. It just goes to prove, that if you market correctly, cultivate and scrub your leads in a proven system, you can move homes!
Pumpkin Picken' This Sunday!
Come out to Woodland Park this Sunday (10.3.2010) from 3pm - 5:30pm. We will have FREE* pumpkins, FREE jump castles, FREE Refreshments and FREE Socializing with your neighbors. We just want to thank all of our clients, friends and families for a great selling season. We could not have had another record breaking year with out them. So this is a little way to say thanks. See you then!!!!!
**(Limited Numbers Available)
**(Limited Numbers Available)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Just Listed 9.24.2010
Just Listed!
Get'em While They're HOTT!
(Click on Address to Go to Their Listing Page)
$250,000
$169,000
Monday, September 13, 2010
Just Sold
Just Sold Last Week!
8 Quinby Place - Hampton Woods
10 Kensington Court - Hampton Woods
608 Dulaney Bend - Berkley Lake CarolinaMonday, August 16, 2010
10 Risky Home Improvements
Here is an article that I read on Yahoo! Finance. It has some good points, if your thinking of doing some upgrades to your home. Click Here to read the article.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
You Thought Your Floors Were Uneven!
Check out the Bioscleave House.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/garden/20080403_DESTINY_FEATURE/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/garden/20080403_DESTINY_FEATURE/index.html
Segway Tour of Austin Tx.
In March, while at our Prudential National Convention, we took at Segway tour of Austin, Tx. If you have never been on a Segway before it is cool, cool invention. It really shows how advanced our society is coming. We are trying to figure out a way to show clients properties on Segways with out killing anyone or getting sued. jk.
Lane Quinn (Mary Lane's Mom), Andrea Reynolds, Matt Reynolds (Andrea's Husband), Erin Quinn (Mary Lane's Sister), Brad Allen, Mary-Lane Sloan
Just Sold 5.10 - 5.14.2010
What a great week. We have closed on 5 properties this week. That puts our total count for the year around 35 properties. Not a bad start to a great year. Check out the houses we sold.
621 Chimney Hill - Andrea Reynolds
Sold with Buyers Representation
442 Hampton Trace Lane - Andrea Reynolds
Our listing that we sold in 7 days.
442 Hampton Trace Lane - Jenny Burden
Sold with Buyers Representation
219 Plantation Parkway - Mary Lane Sloan
Sold with Buyers Representation
A Prudential Listing
2351 Wesley - Mary Lane Sloan
Sold with Buyers Representation
A Prudential Listing
528 Chimney Hill Coming to the Market
Check out this great new house that is going on the market tomorrow. Check back tomorrow to see the price and all the details. (Click on the picture to be taken to it's album.)
Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Unfair Tax!
Wonder what everyone is talk about with the point of sale tax? Here is a website that is run by the SC REALTORS Association, http://www.itsjustnotfair.org/.
In the website they discuss the issues and how it is hurting our economy. Take look when you get a second.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
We don't list houses, We sell them!
"We don't list houses, We sell them!" That's one of the many motto's of our team. If we can sell your home without our sign ever hitting the ground we are just as happy as if 100 people drive by and see it. Why you ask? Because it's not about us its about getting you top dollar in the fastest possible time frame. Let me explain.
Listing a house is what lazy agents do. They fill out the paper work, they put a sign in the yard, they put a lock box on and they put it on the MLS and they pray. (If you have been reading our blog for a bit its the Five "P" approach) They expect someone will come along and buy it. They know the home may be over priced, they know the wall paper in the half bath is horrible and the mauve carpet and mirrored ceiling in the master are putrid. But they figure "it is what
Listing a house is what lazy agents do. They fill out the paper work, they put a sign in the yard, they put a lock box on and they put it on the MLS and they pray. (If you have been reading our blog for a bit its the Five "P" approach) They expect someone will come along and buy it. They know the home may be over priced, they know the wall paper in the half bath is horrible and the mauve carpet and mirrored ceiling in the master are putrid. But they figure "it is what it is" and the house will sell eventually. (Yeah with several price reductions)
Selling a home is what we do. It's not easy to tell a new mother to take down all the pictures of her child on the fridge, or that mural your grandmother painted in the dining room is awful, or that your house smells like cat and dog, or that the house is not decorated very well. But you know what? It's the hard stuff that sells homes. Of course both the "listing" house and the "selling" house will go on the MLS and REALTOR.com, but one person can only buy one house and who's do you think will win? The mirrored ceiling or the clean, bright, well decorated one?
It's the little hard stuff that makes a difference and fortunately we are well prepared to hurt your feelings in a good way. Why? Because you want your home sold, not listed!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The Five "P"s
This "ain't" your Daddy's or Grand Daddy's real estate market anymore. Days are long gone from when the "old school" agents marketing plan would work. You don't know about the Five P's? Maybe your last REALTOR used it and you just didn't know there was anything else. When an old school agent would list a house they would follow the Five P's... Put in the MLS, Put on a lock box, Put a sign in the ground, Place an Ad in the newspaper, and pray it would sell.
We wish selling a home was that easy. We have a 65 item check list just to get it on the MLS and associated websites. Your home would: go on over 25 websites (REALTOR.com, Trulia, Google, You Tube, etc); get a virtual tour; get staged; get over 50 photos taken; a custom marketing plan for 6 months. It takes us a full week to prepare for it to go on the MLS. I guess you can call our marketing plan "The 500 P's".
We wish selling a home was that easy. We have a 65 item check list just to get it on the MLS and associated websites. Your home would: go on over 25 websites (REALTOR.com, Trulia, Google, You Tube, etc); get a virtual tour; get staged; get over 50 photos taken; a custom marketing plan for 6 months. It takes us a full week to prepare for it to go on the MLS. I guess you can call our marketing plan "The 500 P's".
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