The $8000 tax credit has NOT expired!! At least not for everyone.
While it has expired for most buyers, the credit still remains in effect for certain military personnel and foreign 
service employees deployed overseas for 90 days or more between January 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010. They can still claim the first time homebuyer $8000 tax credit if they sign a contract on or before April 30, 2011 and close on or before June 30, 2011. While this is a relatively small group, it is worth keeping in mind particularly for members of the military ending tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan among other places, as well as sailors returning from naval deployments across the globe.
What a nice, but small way to honor our current military members. During this Memorial Day weekend, please don’t forget to honor our past and present heroes that have sacrificed for us to have our freedom.
If you are a military service member, please contact the Charleston Relocation Experts Team if you would like more information about the tax credit.
“Best bang for your Buck” community in Hanahan, SC with all the bells and whistles ~
Hanahan, SC is located in Berkeley County and is best known for having excellent schools and strong community spirit. The bedroom community of Hanahan is less than 30 minutes from area beaches, lakes and historic Charleston. Hanahan is also located less than 10 minutes from the Charleston International Airport and is home to many top companies including FedEx Ground and Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center.
If you are looking for a neighborhood that encompasses convenience, good schools and low taxes for a 
moderate price, you might consider Tanner Plantation. Tanner Plantation is located off of North Rhett Road with easy access to I-526 via North Rhett Blvd and I-26 via NAD RD to Hwy 52.
Tanner Plantation has many subsections; however, the plantation is divided by different school zones. Many families choose Tanner Plantation for its schools so it’s important to verify schools prior to purchasing your home if this is an important factor. Tanner Plantation is zoned for Berkeley County School district, but the community is divided with half going to Hanahan Elementary School, Hanahan Middle School and Hanahan High School and the other half zoned to Goose Creek Primary, Seigefield Middle and Goose Creek, High.
There are some multifamily units in Tanner which currently start around $115,000 but it mostly consists of single family homes starting in the $170s. Outside of the highly sought after schools, amenities and convenience are the next most admired feature of Tanner Plantation. The entire community has access to Tanner Station and the convenient Bi-Lo shopping center located at the entrance to the community. You don’t have to leave the neighborhood to get groceries, or go to the gym. Some of the popular shops available are the East Shore Athletic Club, Carolina Crust (pizza), Aztec Tanning, Tanner Nails, Hibachi Grill, Tanner Drycleaners, Buccas Restaurant and more. Community amenities are 
located at the back of the Ibis Glade subsection. These amenities are only available to residents of the subsections Ibis Glade, Eagle Bluff and Edgewood Trace and include a clubhouse, community pool and playground. If amenities are important, you’ll want to make sure your search is exclusive in these subsections. Property values are slighter high in these 3 subsections due to the extra feature of these amenities. Most subsections also have sidewalks and you’ll notice residents walking pets, walking or running for exercise, and riding bicycles in the evenings and weekends.
Commuting is easy from Tanner Plantation with good access to I-526 and I-26. The mall is located 5 miles away as well as many other plaza shops with major anchor stores like Best Buy, WalMart, TJ Maxx, Old Navy and more. Wannamaker County Park is located less than 5 miles away on Hwy 78. This is a favorite summer favorite with the edition of the Splash Zone. I-526 makes a drive to the beach only 30 minutes. Downtown Charleston is only 20 minutes away so you can take advantage of history, charm, beauty and great restaurants and more. And for military families looking to live close to the Naval Weapons Station, this neighborhood is only minutes away from the base, commissary and recreation center.
Directions: From 526, take exit 19 (North Rhett). Turn left onto North Rhett Blvd. Follow N. Rhett down about 5 miles and turn into Tanner Plantation on the left.
Popular annual events include are just a hop over 526 to Daniel Island:
Daniel Island Fourth of July Parade! Dress up your bicycles, wagons in patriotic colors and decorations and join the fun.
The Family Circle Cup takes places each year and is hosted by stars like Serena Williams.
Park Day on Daniel Island celebrates outdoor living with food, activities, events for the whole family including live music and entertainment for kids, local seafood, arts and crafts, gardening activities and more.
If you are considering a move to Hanahan, SC or near the Naval Weapons Stations, SC, call or email us for more information. We would be honored to serve you in your real estate housing needs. We look forward to being your source of local information.
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Best Neighborhood near the Naval Weapons Stations, Goose Creek, SC
If you are looking for a great neighborhood in Goose Creek, SC, this is one of the best! Liberty Hall Plantation 
was use to be a 18th century rice plantation. If you like history, check out Michael James Heitzler’s book, Goose Creek: A Definitive History : Planters, Politicians and Patriots for local history of the area. Development into a residential community began in 2004 by Centex Homes. There are 4 subsections within the neighborhood.
Waterford is the first section composed of townhomes ranging from 1365sqft-1700sqft with 2 and 3 bedrooms starting in price around $100K.
Fosters Creek subsection is modeled after downtown’s Charleston single homes with the most notable feature the large front porches and double side porches. Homes range from 1500sqft-2500sqft with prices starting in the $180s.
Brick Barn Pointe consists of 1 and 2 story homes with 1 car garages ranging from 1100sqft-1675sqft. Resale homes range in price from $135,000-$169,000.
Mulberry Park has larger floorplans with 2 car garages. There are 2 different styles of homes. The original floorplans are traditional and only available on resales. There is a newer style offered by Centex with starting build prices at $150,000 for 1600sqft up to $209,000 for 4500 sqft with 1.5-2 car garages.
Amenities are one of the most admired features of Liberty Hall Plantation. Many new communities do not have 
sidewalks. This is a neighborhood favorite as you’ll notice families walking pets, walking or running for exercise, and riding bicycles in the evenings and weekends. Head over to the park or to the well maintained amenity center which includes a large cabana, community pool, playground and volleyball court.
Liberty Hall Plantation is zoned for Berkeley County School district including: Goose Creek Primary School, Seigefield Middle School and Goose Creek High School.
Commuting is easy from Liberty Hall with good access to I-26 via Hwy 52 (aka Rivers Ave) or I-526 via North Rhett Blvd. The mall is located 6 miles away as well as many other plaza shops with major anchor stores like Best Buy, WalMart, TJ Maxx, Old Navy and more. Wannamaker County Park is located less than 5 miles away on Hwy 78. This is a favorite summer favorite with the edition of the Splash Zone. I-526 makes a drive to the beach only 30 minutes. Downtown Charleston is only 20 minutes away so you can take advantage of history, charm, beauty and great restaurants and more. And for military families looking to live close to the Naval Weapons Station, this neighborhood is only minutes away from the base, commissary and recreation center.
Directions: From I-26 take exit 205B onto Highway 78 east. Merge onto Highway 52 west towards Goose Creek/Moncks Corner. Pass the huge intersection at Highway 176 and at next traffic light turn right onto Liberty Hall Road. Turn left into Liberty Hall Plantation.
If you are considering a move to Goose Creek or near the Naval Weapons Stations, SC, call or email us for more information. We would be honored to serve you in your real estate housing needs. We look forward to being your source of local information.
Don’t miss out on tax deductions for homeowners!
1. Deduct 100% of your mortgage interest.This is easy to find on your 1098 you should have received from your bank.
2. Don’t forget your real estate taxes. Also easy to obtain from your tax assessor's office. Often, this info will also be on the 1098 you receive from your lender for your mortgage interest.
3. If you are a first time homebuyer or haven’t owned a home in 3 years and you purchased last year, you may qualify for the First Time Homebuyer $8000 tax credit.
4. If you owned a home but lived in it for 5 of the last 8 years, you may qualify for a $6500 Move Up Homeowner tax credit.
5. Don’t overlook home improvements. There is a $1500 credit available for energy saving home improvements.
Please investigate these options with your CPA and take advantage of these tax deductions.
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3 different listings-and it finally sells. What was the difference?
In just 79 days, this listing in Goose Creek, SC went UNDER CONTRACT after being on the market for 10 months between 2 other listings.
We listed the house about $2500 higher than where the last listing ended the price. How can this be?? Why would you increase the price of a house that isn't selling?
PRESENTATION! After reviewing the previous listings, we realized that the house was not marketable in its current condition given the new construction competition. While not all sellers can afford to make improvements to the property, this seller was happy to do so. He just needed to know what to do!!
The seller listened to our recommendations, repainted a very red dining room, staged the property, had a deep clean and did some landscaping. The cost equaled about 1% of the listing price for the improvements.
And viola! In 79 days, we had two 2nd showings and 3 offers and 1 ratified contract.
So what was the difference?! The presentation. See for yourself in 2 example photos showing the difference between the occupied house, vacant house and staged house.
Next time you have a listing, please consider staging to make a difference in the sale of your home!
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Charleston SC Top Relocation Team of Realtors serving military familes at Charleston AFB, Naval Weapons Station (NNPTC) & Coast Guard. Call or email to get started on your American Dream!
Michele is a CSP Elite instructor who focuses on helping sellers and realtors understand the importance of home staging in today's market. Michele teaches "Protecting Your Clients Equity through Home Staging." Realtors can earn their CSP Elite designation and learn how to sell listings faster and for more money through the use of this marketing tool. Call or email to schedule your office's class to increase the bottom line for both you and the seller.
Experience counts! In this tough market, you'll want to work with an agent that has experience. In the last 4 years, Michele Reneau and the CRE Team has helped over over 190 families achieve their American Dream. You want this kind of experience working for YOU!!! The CRE team does not view themselves as a salespersons, but as Real Estate Advisors. "Our job as a seller's agent is to help find a marketing solution to get your home sold by bringing you the most buyers. As a buyer's agent, our job is find a home that suit your needs." Even though it is a buyer's market, this may not always be easy to do. Michele Reneau is a Certified Residential Specialist. She ranks in the TOP 4% of the nation's top real estate agents and in the top 1% of her local market based on her experience. Her extensive knowledge of the field is your advantage. All CRE team members are Accredited Buyer's Representatives. We work with buyers to identify needs and can help you avoid the pitfalls of buying and even with new construction. Our knowledge and experience is coupled with a savvy investor's nose. Michele and Laura are have been part of military families and proudly supports the local service men and women and their families. Visit www.CharlestonRelocationExperts.com to start searching for your home. We are also excited about Boeing's expansion of their facilities in Charleston. We are proud to be approved by your 3rd party company as your Boeing Charleston Relocation Specialists.
The CRE team specialize in residential real estate in the Greater Charleston area, military relocations, and corporate relocations. This includes Charleston County, Dorchester County, and Berkeley County. We work with buyers and sellers to help them achieve their homeownership goals. The CRE Team specializes in working with military buyers and sellers transferring in and out of the Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston Naval Weapons Station and Coast Guard base.
"We love to work with first time home buyers, move up buyers, retirement homes and investors." Michele Reneau bought her first home at the age of 24. She remembers the highs and lows of being a first time homebuyer and loves making this dream come true for others. In less than 10 years, since her first home, Michele now owns 5 investment properties including single family homes and a multi family dwelling. She has a knack for seeing value in older homes or homes that need a little TLC. Since Michele has lived in the area for over 25 years, she knows the area very well. Buyers unfamiliar with the area simply share what is most imporant (interstate access, shopping, things to do) and she can put you in the right direction.
The Charleston Relocation Experts TEAM not only specializes in helping buyers, but Michele also has a unique marketing plan that helps sellers. Michele's average list to sale ratio is 98.7% with an average days on market of 70 days. Sellers that take the CRE Team's suggestions to prepare their property and price it right have enormous success even in the changing market. Call Michele to get started on your real estate dream.
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Michele,
I want to personally thank you for your stellar professionalism and never ending work ethic. From the first moment that we sat down at our dining room table to discuss the sale of our home, Bill and I knew that we were in the BEST hands with you. If our home was to sell in this tough market, we were confident that you would be the one that could make that happen. We were very eager to get the house sold and move on to our next chapter. We had an agent prior to hiring you and the differences are astounding to say the least. Unlike our first agent, you did everything imaginable to prepare for our meeting and the sale, you were armed with amazing facts, figures and statistics. We had everything possible that we would need to make educated decisions and come up with strategic plans that would make our home stand out to all the potential buyers and realtors. You were always there with updates, advice, feedback, ideas and the list could go on and on. We slept very well at night knowing that everything that could be done was being done. We truly think of you as a "God-send". We will be forever grateful. Our future is so BRIGHT and you have played a HUGE role in that. I wished everyone would be as blessed as us in finding you.
Best to you always,
Shara and Bill Pisowicz
Indigo on the Ashley
July 2008
Michele was the best real estate agent ever! I would recommend her to anyone I know. Thank you Michele for all of your hard work and dedication. It's very obvious that you love your work!!
Laura, US Coast Guard, Goose Creek, SC
Michele did a terrific job! She sold our property in what I'm sure is record time for that rural area and she did it all via phone/fax. I will strongly recommend her to any of my friends and family in the Charleston area.
Art, Ohio
Thank you Michelle for the work you did so very well to sell my parent's home in Summerville, SC. We couldn't have found anyone better for this job!!
You handled everything so excellently and did such a great job taking care of things locally with my parents while working with me out of state.
We are so happy that the home was sold in such a relatively short time for this market and at a price and terms that was a win-win for everyone.
You stayed on top of everything for us and gave THE BEST customer service. Your knowledge, experience, organization and flare for getting everything
to come together made this effortless and painless for us....just what we needed!! Thanks!
Ellen T
Apex, NC
June 2008
Michele was God sent. We had been looking for a house for so long and had dealth with so many agencies and no one would help us and within a month's time, Michele had found my family a home and we love it!
Chris & Monica, Hanahan, SC
We would like to say Thank You for all of your help with our homebuying process. You made things simple and not as stressful as we believe it could have been. You were a great help! Once again, Thank you very much.
Kim and Richard, Ladson, SC
"Michele Reneau made my first home buying experience much smoother than I expected. I couldn't believe how helpful she was."
Jimmy, US Navy, Charleston
Michele Reneau was outstanding! When I came to Charleston, I interviewed several agents and I instantly knew that Michele was knowledgeable, professional, and detailed. This was important because I knew I was going to be out of state in military training for 8 weeks. From the time we found the perfect house, Michele took care of all the issues that came up while I was out of the state in training, including handling the home inspection and repairs that were necessary. She made it easy and stress free. She really works for you and I will definitely use her again.
Justin, US Coast Guard, Goose Creek
"Michele Reneau is excellent! She did a great job of keeping us informed, and providing leads for additional properties. She's top-notch and I'll continue to seek her advice and representation on real estate transactions."
Charles, Real Estate Investor, Charlotte, NC
"We couldn't have asked for a better agent than Michele Reneau. She was great! She kept us updated with email messages and phone calls and was patient in helping us find the perfect home. Closing was a breeze!"
Nancy and Tom, Goose Creek
We have to admit that we didn't have a great experience with our first real estate agent. This was going to be our first home and we really needed someone to be patient with us and explain all the details. Michele Reneau was wonderful. From the beginning, she explained everything in detail and we always knew what to expect. She really cared about what we wanted and needed and gave great, trustworthy service. We couldn't have done it without her and are so grateful to have met her.
Nathan & Liz , North Charleston, SC
We were given Michele Reneau's name by a friend that raved about her. We knew we were interested in buying a new construction home. We thought, what's the big deal and why do we need an agent to buy a brand new home. Well, this was out first home purchase and our friend recommended we have a buyer's agent. We visited several new home neighborhoods and when we finally settled on one, we had no idea what we were in for. We had decided on buying new construction not knowing all of the unnecessary hassles that can come with it. Michele informed us every step on the way on what to expect. She explained the importance of an inspection even on new homes. She was right! While the builder corrected the items, we might now have found out about them until it was too late. We are so thankful we had her on OUR team!
Kevin and Grace, Summerville, SC
When my wife and I put our house up for sale, never would we have imagined it to be stress free. Michele Reneau and her staff were the best we ever dealt with (this being our 3rd move.) She was more professional and personable than any other realtor we ever met. Anything we needed she provided. Moving can be a lot of stress, and in our case, two children under the age of 3 and a puppy isn't expected to be the pleasant experience that it was. When you can rely on a person as much as we relied on her it makes selling (and I assume buying) a pleasure. My wife and I moved to Charlotte and if we could have used her to purchase our home there we would have. If you need a realtor, and you want the best, someone you don't have to second guess, call Michele Reneau.
Barry & Clarisse, Goose Creek, SC
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