Your Charleston,SC Real Estate Resource!
Findyourcharlestonhome.com was created as a service to assist those on both sides of a Real Estate transaction in the Greater Charleston, SC area. It is our mission to provide useful information to buyers, sellers, FSBOs, investors, etc. to help them with their Real Estate needs. We understand that people early in the process seek information and answers, and not sales pitches. We strive to be a helpful resource in getting information, and hope that by providing answers we can earn your real estate and mortgage business. We are certainly willing to try.
Jeff McIlhenny: This site was created by Jeff, licensed Realtor® and Broker in the state of South Carolina. He began in the real estate industry as a loan originator in 2004, then becoming a licensed agent in January 2006. He worked with Weichert Realtors until November of 2009, when he opened his own company, Beacon Brokers Realty.
The Realtor and Broker Designations:
All Realtors are Real Estate Agents, but not all Real Estate Agents are Realtors! Realtor is an agent that has joined the National Association of Realtors, and adheres to their strict code of ethics.
Broker is a real estate agent with at least 3 years of experience and completes an additional 60 hours of classroom time, covering topics such as real property law; agency, federal, and state laws; regulations; pricing of real property; contracts;finance; math; and closing statements.
Of those that take the SC Pre License Course:
60% will take the state exam (60 of 100)
80% will pass the exam (48 out of 60)
80% of those who pass will go into real estate (38 of 48)
40% will leave real estate within the first year (leaving 15)
An additional 30% will leave within the next 2 years, or 70% attrition rate in 3 years--
That leaves 27 agents from the original 100! Of those--
10% will have a designation of some sort, and only
3% will become a Broker--1 person of the original 100!
Point: This transaction is the most inportant and largest financial transaction of your life. Don't just settle for "any agent", use a real professional!
Be sure to bookmark this site for future reference and check out our affiliate sites for more information regarding the purchase, sale, and financing of Real Estate in the greater Charleston, SC area:
www.expiredcharlestonhomes.com www.chasmilitaryhomes.com
www.holycityfsbo.com www.ourfirstcharlestonhome.com
You can contact me at: Jeff McIlhenny
843-452-2953
jeffm@beaconsc.com
Beacon Brokers Realty, Mt Pleasant, SC 29466
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 May 2010 )
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BUXTON, N.C. -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard. 