Michael Mark, CCIM

In 1986 I graduated from University of South Carolina with a degree in finance and took over the back office of my family’s furniture business. From 1986 through 2008 I was able to grow the business from an 11,000 square foot outdated downtown location to a 60,000 square foot furniture complex with FWDG as the anchor and additional rental space for complementary businesses. During this time, I leased and renovated our previous downtown location, today it is one of the premier restaurants in Beaufort.

I obtained my real estate license in 2003 to be an informed investor and placed it with Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners. I then proceeded to help other investors navigate the market and this evolved into a full time career.

In January 2008 I sold my furniture business and turned my full focus to real estate and started by helping both residential and commercial clients, this blossomed into a very strong following that has allowed me to stay as a top producing agent in the local marketplace.

My commercial real estate business in Beaufort has been growing and I am transitioning my focus to this segment, luckily with the team we have in place I will still be able to help my residential clients and insure they receive top block service. 

The redevelopment of outdated properties such as small mobile home parks in strategic locations and older commercial buildings in the core commercial districts have been a primary focus with additional work in site location for companies moving into the area, and sales of investment properties. I have been very pleased with the flow of clients seeking my services.

Over the past year I have worked towards obtaining the status of CCIM. I am pleased to say that in April I completed all classes and tests and have received the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designation.