Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30 every single year. Peak activity typically hits mid-August through October. If you own a home along the Grand Strand — whether you're in Coquina Harbour or an inland pocket well away from the coast — the annual preparation ritual matters. Homeowners …

Your HVAC just went out during the hottest week of the summer and now you're staring at contractor quotes that vary by thousands of dollars for what looks like the same work. Or you're a new coastal SC homeowner trying to establish relationships with the right service providers before an …

You spend fall through spring on the Grand Strand and then head north for summer. Or your primary home is up north and you use your Grand Strand place from November through March. Either way, your home sits empty for months at a time — and how you prepare it …

You've decided you want to build rather than buy an existing home, and now you're shopping land near Conway. Here's the honest reality. Buying land to build is one of the most rewarding real estate paths in this market and one of the most likely to go wrong if you …

You want a home in the Conway area with actual acreage — not a "large lot" that's really a quarter acre, but real land. A yard your dog can run in. Room for a garden that actually feeds you. Space for a workshop, a chicken coop, or an RV pad. …

You're buying your first South Carolina home and someone told you the property tax structure works differently here than most other states. They're right. South Carolina has one of the more unusual property tax systems in the country, and if you don't understand it before closing, you can leave real …

If you're shopping rural homes in Horry County — Aynor, Loris, Galivants Ferry, the deeper pockets of Longs, or the back roads off Highway 905 — most of what you tour will run on well water rather than city water. That's normal and works fine for the vast majority of …

I've sat through hundreds of home inspections along the Grand Strand, and the same problems keep coming up. Some are universal homeowner issues, but most are tied to the climate, the soil, and the salt air that buyers from other parts of the country aren't used to dealing with. After …

If you've shopped a home anywhere from Little River down through Garden City, your loan officer has probably already used the words "wind and hail" with you, and you may not have known exactly what that meant. After three decades of writing offers along the Grand Strand, I can tell …

What Insurance Documents Should I Provide to Buyers When Selling in Myrtle Beach?

When you sell a home in the Myrtle Beach area, insurance is one of the topics that will come up early and often during the transaction. Buyers, lenders, and insurance agents all need specific information about …