Lowcountry Homes, Lowcountry Living

November.  Prelude to the Holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa,Rosh Hashanah, New Year's Day - a season of endings, a time for reflection and new beginnings.   As real estate agents and business owners, we always seem to take these last weeks of the year to look back and reflect ...

It's Election Day today, and our local area is electing city council and public works commissioner. My candidates are essentially unopposed, so I confess, I'm probably not going to vote today.  It's funny, I feel a little bit quilty about NOT voting in a November election! Why is that?  Please al...

Know Your Home Buyer Breed I’ve owned a few canines in my time, and been owned by a few as well!  Frequently, as I’m working with Buyers, I can’t help but think how much like some of my beloved canine friends they are.   The Chihuahua – Yes, you knew this was going to be one!  This is the Buyer w...

The Final Walkthrough before Closing on Your New Home   You and your agent have completed the home shopping process, and home inspection, the never-ending mortgage application and nerve-wracking approval process, and now THE BIG DAY is just around the corner.  But before you relax and breathe a b...

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!  DELINQUENT TAX SALE DATES FOR CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER and BERKELEY COUNTY, SC     The frost is on the pumpkin, the clocks have fallen back, there’s a bit of a chill in the air, and a grand amount of planning, plotting and bargain-hunting is going on.  Folks are makin...

  HOW TO BUY A BANK OWNED HOME   Buying a bank-owned home can be a great deal financially, or an incredible fiasco, if you haven’t done your homework!  I know, I know!  Everyone is saying you can get great homes for pennies on the dollar, and no worries about short sale delays, or last minute dis...

  “When the Student is ready, the Master will appear.”  I couldn’t help but be reminded of this proverb as I considered the Sensei / Grasshopper Challenge.  What a great opportunity to learn more about blogging and localism, and to help out one of my favorite local businesses - Pup-in-the-Tub, th...

More than 5 million pets will be lost in the USA this year alone, according to pet industry experts. If you are a resident of Charleston, Dorchester, or Berkeley County, and this happens to you, be prepared to act quickly to find your beloved companion and get him back home as quickly as possible...

Want your beloved companion to be the coolest dog on the block this summer?  Then make “Pup in the Tub” on Ashley-Phosphate Road your first stop! Owners Lilli and Phillip Thompson are the BEST DOG GROOMERS in NORTH CHARLESTON, and their team of professional pet groomers are ready to pamper your s...

  Instructions:  Play YouTube Video as you read the blog.  Start now.   In today's real estate market, I am Yente the Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof.  It’s not my style to be Center Stage, but more a facilitator, matching clients with their ideal of home – something “wonderful and interesti...