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First Time Home Buyers in Greenville SC- Purchase Assistance

Hey First Time Home Buyers in Greenville SC!  Do you need help buying your first home?  Would you like an exclusive buyer's agent on your side?  A buyer's agent who has been in Greenville SC for over 30 years? A realtor who has helped scores of first time home buyers over the years purchase their first home? Yep, you guessed it, that' me! First time home buyers are one of my favorite buyers to work with because the process is so exciting for them and me.  These buyers also have so many questions and are so unfamiliar with the home buying process.  So, let me get you started with the basic process of buying your first home in the Greenville SC area. The first thing a first time home buyer will want to do is get an idea of exactly how …

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Luxury Homes for Sale in Greenville SC

There are lot of luxury homes for sale in the Greenville SC area.  And surprisingly they are selling at a faster pace that I thought possible!  You see folks, it just wasn't that way when I moved to Greenville 32 years ago.... Back then you had some luxury homes for sale in neighborhoods like Chanticleer, areas off Roper Mt. Rd or perhaps close to downtown Greenville just to mention a few.  But now luxurious homes seem to be all over the Greenville SC area. So what defines a luxury home in Greenville?  You know folks, it's all relative.  What a local might see as luxurious someone from out of the area might find simple.  I've got to pick a price so let's say anything above $500,000 would qualify as a luxury home.  And remember, you get a …

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155 Riverplace Condos in Downtown Greenville SC

Good morning folks and a very Happy New Year to you.  I hope yours is starting off well.  I just had a closing at 155 Riverplace Condos in Downtown Greenville SC with a super nice retired couple who had been living out of the country.  There are a lot of reasons why they chose 155 Riverplace Condos and I'd like to share some of them with you. I've been helping buyers purchase condos in 155 Riverplace in downtown Greenville SC for many years.  The reason is mainly because of location.  155 Riverplace is located close to guess where?  That's right Falls Park!  The condos are just a short hop, skip and a jump to the bridge and other attractions!  Now, let's take deeper look at 155 Riverplace. 155 Riverplace was built around 2005 and were …

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Real Estate Sales Update for Greenville SC Year to Date

Well we are over half way through the year and it's time for my real estate sales update for Greenville SC!  I meant to post this end of June but things have been so busy I let it slip by.  So how's the real estate market in Greenville?  Still on fire!  Yep, the first half of this year was my best and the same for many realtors in Greenville.  Let's take a look at sales year to date through July and make some comparisons with the same time frame for 2017. A few points: These stats come directly from the Greenville MLS. This is for Greenville County only.  This is for single family homes and townhomes/condos. Sold price $100,000 and up. Average days on market: Stayed practically the same at 47 days. Units sold: Up …

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Greenville SC Real Estate Forecast for 2018

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!  I normally recap the previous years sales but I thought I'd give you my Greenville SC Real Estate forecast for 2018 as my first post of the year.  Hold on to your britches... I recently had a nice fellow from Denver contact me regarding condos in downtown Greenville.  He was interested in buying and I sent him the current inventory.  His comment was that he was afraid at $300 /sq. ft. he would be buying at the top of the market.  Folks, I can't tell you how many years I've been hearing this, well I can... 17. $300 is not even close to the market right now for condos in Greenville that are selling $400+ per sq. ft.  So if you can find something at $250-$300 you might want to jump on it. So where is Real …

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Happy First Time Home Buyers in Greenville SC!

I love working with first time home buyers in Greenville SC.  Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy experienced buyers too but first time home buyers just need that extra special help because buying a home is new to them.  They need help understanding the Greenville real estate market, help knowing where to buy, help writing the offer, help negotiating the offer, help selecting inspectors, attorney and making repair requests. It's very rewarding when we have a succesful trip to closing and they get their keys to their very first home!!  I've had a number of very rewarding experiences with first time home buyers this year but recently I had a closing with a young couple that was very special. We looked at a number of homes in the Greenville area …

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Buyer Success Story on Horse Property in Anderson SC!

Good morning everyone!  Wanted to share a buyer success story in the Anderson area.  I had a very nice couple contact me about 8 or 9 months ago wanting horse property in the Upstate.  They were living and keeping their horses on a rental property in Anderson. They decided it was time to buy and asked me to help them locate a horse property.  There was one in particular in the Campobello area that they really liked so we met there one afternoon and scoped out the property.  Nice property, pretty and well kept home.  But I felt like it was on the high side and did a pricing analysis for them.  We wanted to make an offer but I got the feeling from the listing agent that we were going to be too far apart. We spent months looking and waiting …

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Year End Real Estate Sales for Greenville SC

Good morning folks and a Very Happy New!  I want to fill you in on year end real estate sales for Greenville SC in 2016.  2016 was my best year since I've been a realtor.  Well let's get to it! Sales figures are for the entire Greenville SC MLS and I'll be comparing 2016 to 2017 for single family residential properties $100,000 and up. Total Sales 2016: 10,779 up 12.2% Average Days on The Market 2016: 61 down 21% Average Sold Price 2016: $231,612 up less than 1% Sales Volume for 2016: $2,496,546,691 up 13.2% So, what does this mean?  The big thing I'd look at is total sales volume for the Greenville MLS.  13.2% is strong and this has been growing for a number of consecutive years.  Average sold price is slightly up but you have to …

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More Great Homes and Homebuyers in Greenville SC!

Well I finally got a day off and remembered I hadn't updated my real estate blog in a while!  Have I been busy?  Are you kidding me?  More and more buyers in the market in Greenville and hey I'm an exclusive buyer's agent and that's what I do. With articles like this one from the Chicago Trib appearing, no wonder I'm busy.  As a matter of fact, I just finished up with a very nice couple who are originally from Chicago.  I find mid-westerners to be so nice.  We toured some great homes for sale in the Greenville area and they are returning home and considering an offer! I'd like to take a minute to write about some wonderful buyers I've worked with over the past few months and the homes they bought! I'll start off with a first time …

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Condo Mania in Downtown Greenville SC!

Yep, that's what I said, condos in downtown Greenville South Carolina are on fire...  Why you ask?  Well, everybody wants to be in downtown Greenville and condos are the way to go.  Now I know there are a lot of apartment choices but why go that way if you can afford to buy?  I've currently got 4 condos under contract in the downtown Greenville area.  I thought I'd write a little bit about the different locations.  Enjoy! 220 Riverplace Flats You better hurry, the is the last place to buy directly on the river.  And what a place, I mean man what luxurious downtown condo living.  Folks, everything is top notch here.  I've got one on the fifth floor under contract with a great couple who have been renting downtown for over a year now.  These …

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First Time Home Buyer’s are Buying in Greenville SC!

Good morning!  Hey, I've had a great year so far and a lot of that success has come from helping first time home buyers in the Greenville Market!  I just had a closing yesterday with a young couple getting married in a couple of months.  It's so rewarding to see the transaction through between offer and closing. And hey folks, there is a lot that goes on in that time frame.  Of course we first have to find a home, then decide on our offer price, then there are decisions to be made. Financing Attorney Inspections Then, just understanding how the contract works and how issues should be handled.  First time home buyers need a lot of help and I'm there to help them.  I just helped the couple below and they are tickled pink about …

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How Many Realtors in Greenville SC are There?

So, how many realtors are there in Greenville SC?  Folks, it boggles the mind...My office is in downtown Greenville and I'm just around the corner from the Wyatt Institute of Real Estate... where I studied for my license 15 years ago. What amazes me is every time I go by there the parking lot is full and so is the street. Hey, you know, I get it.  The real estate market is on fire in Greenville South Carolina, but seriously how many realtors can it support?  I wrote a post about this years ago but now it's just out of control.  I'm going to pop over to the Greenville MLS and search the membership.  Ya'll go grab a cup of coffee... Ok, I'm back, drum roll please..... There are 4,659 on the roster!!! Say what! 4,659!!!  Folks, if I …

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The Crazy State of Real Estate in Greenville SC

Good morning folks!  Well, I've been telling you for years and you wouldn't listen.  Just kidding, most of you did but a few always wanted to try and time the market. You know, always guessing as to if it was the "right time to buy". Hey guess, what, it's the perfect storm now....Before I get into it, let me congratulate a couple of recent buyers who just closed on some homes in areas that are particularly difficult to buy in now. I closed one yesterday with some first time buyers in Overbrook.   I closed another about 7 months ago in Overbrook too.  Now why in the world is Overbrook so difficult to buy in?  Hey, don't let the cat out of the bag, IT'S 5 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE!  And for the most part, it's pretty reasonable.  …

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New Real Estate Contract for Greater Greenville Assoc. of Realtors!

Good morning everyone.  Hope you made it through the snow if you are East coast!  Wanted to let you know that a new real estate sales contract will be put in place and be used by the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors effective Feb. 1.  What does this mean for you the buyer? Personally, I like the current contract, it's only 6 pages and simple.  It's been in place for quite sometime now and was recently updated last fall, to what I thought was an excellent real estate sales contract.  Now we are going to be changing to the South Carolina contract.  I can only speculate why and won't call any names but I know for a fact a number of the big listers in Greenville nearly had a hissy fit over the last version of the contract.  I …

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More reasons to get an Exclusive Buyers Agent in Greenville!

Good morning folks!  Hey, I just had an interesting experience and wanted to write about the importance of having and exclusive buyer's agent on your side (once again).  There are plenty of realtors in Greenville but a buyer's agent just may keep you out of sticky situations. Had a very nice couple I met a couple of weeks ago and we looked at two homes.  They really liked one so we made an offer.  We went back and forth a couple of times and finally the seller verbally agreed to a price.  My buyers were pretty happy because they really liked the home and I thought it was a great floor plan in exactly the area they wanted to be in. Well, I had my people initial the price change on the contract and sent it to the listing agent to get …

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More Happy Buyers!

Good morning folks and a Happy Friday to you!  With the year winding down I was just sitting here thinking how blessed I am.  It's been a good year, my best year yet!  Helping all those nice folks who are relocating to the Greenville area!  I've got 6 under contract right now and everything is moving smoothly. But beyond that I'm thankful that I'm healthy, I have a wonderful family.  And I have a profession I love! Just closed two transactions with some great people.  A first time home buyer and a couple from Hungary!  They were kind enough to share reviews at my Zillow page.  Please check it out. I also have a number of buyers visiting now trying to find that right property, from horse property to downtown condos!  Hey, I have to …

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Greenville and the Upstate are Horse Country!

Greenville and the Upstate area up to Tryon is quickly becoming horse country.  That right folks.  I'm getting more and more calls to find horse property in the Greenville area.  With the opening of The Tryon International Equestrian Center horse properties are becoming hot.  And, by the way I recently had a success story with a great couple looking for a working horse farm in the Greenville area!  Rick and Yulia had been watching my Horse Farms page for a couple of years and finally decided to make the move to the area.  Rick and I met to look at a farm on the southeast side of Greenville and hit it off immediately.  After a few more trips out and quite a bit of analysis he decided on a beautiful place in Inman.  Now this horse farm had …

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Success with Greenville First Time Home Buyers!

Good morning all!  Hey, I've had quite a few closings with first time home buyers in the Greenville SC area lately and wanted to share a few reviews with you here, Don Wessel Zillow Reviews!  (Last 3 are first time home buyers). I tell ya, I so enjoy working with first time home buyers.  Being a buyer's agent it gives me great pleasure helping them purchase their first home in the Greenville area.  Actually I helped one nice fellow buy over in Boiling Springs!  I think he is very happy! So, why do first time home buyers need help?  Well, this is all new to them.  I'm their guide.  As their buyer's agent, I show them the homes, I pull the comps and assist with the offer, I help them negotiate a fair price, I guide them through the …

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Zillow, The Good, Bad and The Ugly…

Good morning everyone!  Hey, I've got a question for you.  Have you ever heard of a company named Zillow?  Are you familiar with their web site?  Have you ever used Zillow's website to look for real estate? I guess these are just rhetorical questions at best and silly at worst.  Maybe I should say, "if you have never heard of Zillow then please remove your fingers from the keyboard and smack yourself in the forehead?"  If you actually smacked yourself, please email me now.  I doubt I will receive any emails.... sigh..... So, why am I blogging about Zillow this morning?  I've actually wanted to for some time but a couple of things that have recently happened prompted me to do so.  Here goes. I'm currently working with a very nice …

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New Yorkers Love Greenville SC Real Estate Taxes!

Good morning folks, and very happy Monday to you!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Hey, you know, I had a very nice family in from the New York area last week.  The gentleman was a COO for a Hedge Fund and works on Madison Ave.  He and his wife and son were visiting the area.  Why, well it's Greenville South Carolina of course! He is thinking about retiring and he's just tired of the cold winters, the traffic, the cost of living and all that goes with that area.  I've actually helped a number of people buy from the New York area.  Anywho, we got to talking about taxes... and you know what he pays in real estate taxes on his home?  Oh, come on guess.  Really, guess... Ok, I'll tell you... $36,0000 a year!  Ok, I'm getting up off the floor …

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