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Do ya'll know what a Lowcountry Boil is?

01-11-10
Chris and Maria Skrip~843-252-4218~Beaufort Foreclosures
Chris and Maria Skrip~843-252-4218~Beaufort Foreclosures: Real Estate Brokerage in Beaufort, SC
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Recipe: 2 teaspoons of Old Bay per quart of water
12 red new potatoes
6 (4-inch) smoked sausage link sausage
6 ears corn
3 pounds (or a little more) fresh local South Carolina Shrimp, unpeeled

Fill a large pot with enough water to cover all of the ingredients. Add the Old Bay and bring to a boil. Adjust the Old Bay to suit your taste. When the water boils, add the potatoes and sausage. Cook on medium heat for 20 minutes. Add corn and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Add shrimp and cook for no more than 3 minutes. Drain and serve on newspaper.

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Bluffton, SC News Tidbits--from Sun City Hilton Head

11-09-09
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional: Real Estate Agent in Bluffton, SC
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Sun City Author Publishes New Book

Arnold Rosen of Sun City Hilton Head has published a book, "Before It's Too Late: Our Aging Veterans Tell Their Stories." It includes 185 photographs and illustrations. You'll be able to read first-hand accounts of historic battles.The book features 47 profiles of local veterans World War II and Vietnam. You can see excerpts from the book by going to Rosen's website

Sun City Lagoons Repaired

Sun City Hilton Head Lagoon at Sun RisePulte Homes has made good on its promise to Sun City residents and has made repairs and dredged several lagoons that act as stormwater-retention ponds. The lagoons are located in these Sun City Neighborhoods: Aster Fields, Basket Walk,

Murray Hill and Water Lily Cove neighborhoods. Lagoons function as filters and keep pollutants from rainwater from reaching nearby rivers, streams and marshes.

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What Tax Credits Will Mean To Bluffton-Hilton Head SC Home Buyers

11-06-09
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional: Real Estate Agent in Bluffton, SC
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Tax Cuts and Tax Credits are good things! Especially for Local real estate market in the Bluffton, SC and Hillton Head Island area.

The House of representatives did a good thing--extending the first-time home buyer credit and, in addition extending tax credit of $6500 to move-up buyers. The President signed the bill today.

To Qualify

  • Applicants must have a purchase agreement in force by April 30th, 2010 and Close by June 30th 2010
  • Annual Incomes must be below $125000 for individuals an $15000 for those how file their taxes jointly
  • The Home must be a PRIMARY residence--vacation homes and investment properties are excluded
  • Applicants may purchase homes with values up to $800,000
How advantageous is this for Hilton Head, Island Real Estate?

Well, this program is better than nothing. But, it would have been good for our law makers to consider areas of the country--like Hilton Head--with its larger inventories of vacation homes and investment properties--

While home sales will pick up nationally, sales of vacation homes remain depressed. That said, now is a great time to buy--that's what Warren Buffet does.

Bluffton Benefits
Home builders should be jumping for joy. Newer Planned unit developments have been pretty quiet. This should be a shot in the arm for them and good medicine for the Bluffton economy.


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Home Buyers: Why Work With Our Team?

11-04-09
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional
John March, Broker/Realtor Certified Short Sale Professional: Real Estate Agent in Bluffton, SC
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Looking for a home in Bluffton, Sun City or Hilton Head South Carolina?

Here are ten reasons why you should let us help you:

We will:

1. Provide a complete explanation of the home buying process along with a clear explanation of the South Carolina law regulating real estate agent representation, as well as the pros and cons of each type of representation

2. Provide thorough information of the current real estate market conditions.

3. Assist you in narrowing your search for the best neighborhood and then the best home with the best value in your budget range.

4. Clearly write your offer to purchase and correctly express your intentions.

5. Present your offer to purchase in a professional manner, communicating it in a most favorable way.

6. Detailed review of all offers, helping you negotiate and prepare counter offers, and presenting counter offers in a most favorable way.

7. Direct you to reputable local sources of financing of your next home.

8. Coordinate the closing of your purchase with other Realtors, lenders, inspectors,

appraisers, attorneys, escrow officers, and title insurance companies and be in attendance at your closing to review closing statements for accuracy.

9. To keep you informed on the step-by-step progress of the home-buying process

10. Provide after-sale follow-up to assure your total satisfaction.

Team of Buyer's Agents Who Specialize in Neighborhoods Saves You Time & Stress

There are over 76 Planned Unit developments in our area. If you don't begin your search right, you'll become overwhelmed and waste a lot of time and money. You want to start your search by getting a good feel for the area, the neighborhood and then homes in your price range. That's why you'll appreciate our mature agents who specialize in particular neighborhoods.

Please give me a call, I'd be happy to chat with you about low country real estate.

Cell: 843-368-9146

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Bluffton, SC Successful Short Sale!

08-30-09
Susan Jacobsen
Susan Jacobsen: Real Estate Agent in Hilton Head Island, SC
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This short sale saga began over a year ago and has finally come to a successful conclusion. Our market in Hilton Head and Bluffton, SC has always been enticing to investors. The allure of the coast appeals to baby boomers - and developers alike. My owner had purchased raw land in a new development in Bluffton. Created by one of our pre-eminent developers, Hampton Lake was, is, and will be one of the premier communities in Bluffton. My owner was successful in purchasing the site during one of the initial lotteries - obviously the desirability was strong in 2005.

After listing the homesite for him in late 2007 with the initial intent of building a spec home for a potential purchaser, our market for homesites - and new construction markedly slowed. By early 2008, we retained the site on the market but removed the aspect of building a home for a purchaser and continued to lower Lucky chinese catthe price on the homesite until finally receiving an offer in May of this year. By this time, it was well into a short sale scenario since it was listed at less than half of what my seller had paid and much less than what he owed on his mortgage.

After subitting the appropriate short sale package, myriads of paperwork, calling weekly, updating financial information, receiving and sending on the credentials of the buyer (this was a cash sale), and learning to recite the loan account number by memory, we received approval from the lender at the end of last week.

Our closing date is set for mid-September, the seller is ecstatic since he will avoid foreclosure and the buyer has paid $179,000 for a homesite that initially sold for $369,000.

Moral of the story for buyers and Realtors relative to short sales - perserverance and stamina and you can get tremendous deals!

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