About Oconee County, SC

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Following is the most recent distressed property breakdown for Seneca, SC:

Pre-Foreclosures: 2 properties are in default

Auctions: 1 properties are up for auction

Bank-Owned: 41 properties are bank-owned

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I read this article today and almost fell out of my seat. It seems that the Oconee County Council this week approved entering into a partnership agreement with Westminster that will see a disc golf course build on about 18 acres adjacent to Chau Ram Park.

The new park would be the county’s third with the others being in Seneca and Walhalla. The Walhalla course even hosted the South Carolina State Junior Disc Golf Championship earlier in this year.

If you have never played disc golf, it is similar in concept to the normal golf but instead of a hole in the ground you are aiming for a basket suspended around a pole. Just as relaxing or stressful as the more popular form of golf.

Mark your calendars so you will not miss the 26th Annual “Chicken for Children” benefit. It helps raise money for the Collins Children’s Home and will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Seneca High School.

Five hundred tickets are still available. Plates include half a barbecued chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, potato chips, roll, pickle, cookies and iced tea or lemonade. Who can resist good food and a chance to help a great cause?

For more information, call (864) 882-0893.

The future ain't what it used to be. Yogi Berra

In these turbulent and changing economic times, it is too easy to sit back and wait for things to change. Earlier this week, I talked to a friend who has seen good times and bad. And bounced back from the bad to soar with the eagles. His philosophy? Nothing ventured nothing gained. He has taken chances based on much thought and deliberation, and made money. A lot of money.

It may be hard to imagine taking chances but in todays market, and with the economy like it is, there are chances of a lifetime out there. With the recent news of the huge new development in Oconee County, you might wonder why. It might seem scary or even stupid to you to take a chance. But if this unknown group of people are willing to take a chance, what does that tell you. The fact that they paid $10 million says they must know how to make money, and the fact they are not hesitating to take a chance reinforces what I said earlier: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Read what Upstate Alliance Director Hal Johnson said in this article. This man see the writing on the wall and knows that we must plan for the future. You have to spend money to make money. And nothing ventured, nothing gained. If we do not have the capability for businesses to locate here and succeed, they will just go somewhere else.

So even though the future is not what it used to be, today is the time to prepare for success in the future.

I had the great joy of visiting Oconee Station yesterday in Oconee County and would highly recommend visiting. The Station Cove Falls are a must see and are a short and easy walk from Oconee Station or an even shorter and easier walk from a smaller parking area just upn the road from the entrance at Oconee Station.

Mark Brian REALTOR Silver Star Real Estate 864-353-1253 Email