I've been writing a Greenville SC Blog off and on for a while now. I never really liked the term blogging. I thought of it as just writing about what I see, hear, experience and the things I like about Greenville SC. There seems to be quite a few Greenville South Carolina Blogs around. You know, everybody's got an opinion.... I just try and blog, I mean write about things I've experienced. And you know what's great? When I get a call from people who read and really enjoy and learn from my Greenville Blog, I mean writings. Quite a bit of stuff has been written here. A lot of it get's lost in the past pages so I thought I'd throw out a few of my favorite Greenville blogs...I mean writings for you. Hopefully they may bring a little insight into Greenville, the area and real estate. Enjoy! Keep those comments coming...and I'll keep my Greenville SC blog a'going!
Does Your BA Know The Area? Show Me The Comps! Are You Collateral Business? MLS Zones Explained
Should You Pay for Seller Updates? Can't Serve Two Masters No Repairs! Pick Your Attorney Greed
Don't Do It! O'Brother Are You Converted? Case Of The Missing Buyer Sellers Disclosure Tax Credit
Market Timing Are You The Experiment? Does It Snow?
January 2010 Blog and Updates
Great Economic News for Greenville.....again!
I'm going to pin this here at the top of my blog because once again Greenville and the surrounding area get's GREAT NEWS!
Proterra selects Greenville SC! It is the third large company to hit the
ICAR is considering a recent letter of intent they have received from another auto maker to locate at their facility.
There is a titanium plant under construction that already has orders to fulfill their first two years of production.
A battery manufacturing company is committed to ICAR.
A $30 million grant has been approved by the state to improve parks, walking trails and transportation and a bill has been submitted to
Folks, there are lots of great things happening here! Come see, call me for a tour today! 864-335-8490.
February 5, 2010:
Good morning! Getting an early start on the day. I hope you have a good one and stay dry, if you are in the Greenville area. I was telling my wife yesterday, man we've had the rain this winter, which is good. I'm just about ready for spring though.
On Fridays, I always like to take a look and see what's happening over the weekend in Greenville. As I mentioned Wicked is in town at the Peace center. I'm planning on going, I just need to get tickets. Larkins by the River is holding Dinner Receptions for the Friday and Saturday shows. An American Story is being performed by the Greenville Symphony at Center Stage. SC Arms Collectors Gun and Knife show is at the Carolina First Center. The Actors Nightmare and Stealing the Show are at the Greenville Little Theatre. GSO Spotlight series is at Center Stage too.
I've got a busy weekend working with first time homebuyers. Hope the rain let's off! :-) I'll buzz over to Weather Underground and see what it's going to be like. Gosh, we've got a 100% chance of rain through the day and 20% tomorrow. Could get a little snow too. We'll see.
So what's up in the world of Greenville South Carolina Real Estate this morning? I've got a home inspection at 9am this morning for a very nice couple. Usually my buyers like to be there for these. The termite inspector will be there too. I can't imagine we will find much wrong with this home, it appears to be in pristine condition. New roof too.
Thought I'd brighten your day with a flower since Valentines is on the way. I hope you have a wonderfuy day.
Don
February 3, 2010:
Good morning. I think spring is really going to break open so I wanted to keep track month to month sales in Greenville as compared to last year. Let's take a look at Greenville real estate sales in January. This is for Greenville County, single family, condo, townhomes priced $99,000 and above.
January 2010 January 2009
Sales 166 178
Average sold price $236,024 $227,562
Average days on The Market 106 88
Current Pending Transactions 238 no history
I think this will be interesting to follow. The most striking thing is days on the market. I doubt this kind of difference will hold true but we will see. My feel is it's a great time to buy if you can because homes are in fact sitting longer than they have regardless what the days on the market will come out to be. While I've got the MLS open. Oh by the way Joe Pitts at Greater Greenville Association of Realtors wants all realtors who have web sites not to use MLS, multiple listings in advertising. The reason is it can be misleading, because it can lead the public to believe that they are looking into the same system that we have access to.
Well folks, you are.....you just don't have all the information that we have available. I see plenty of realtors in fact advertising MLS access, even in their page names. Be aware, they are not supposed to do that and the search function and information is limited by what GGAR allows.
I'm trying to make a point though. I don't care where you are looking, my search, realtor.com, tax records, zillow (good for fun and that's about it), anywhere. You need an experieced guide to help you interpet the information. I can't tell you the number of times in my career that I've had people make bad assumptions about good property and good assumptions about bad property based on raw data.
Also, one more thing I noticed this morning while I was browsing the internet, don't login to see a property. I mean come on. I've written two or three blips on this. I saw a nice property on another realtor web site I wanted to look at and guess what I had to "register to see it". I mean just unbelievable, all that information is readly available. The only reason for login is to capture your information for "prospect" follow up. Folks, I don't want to be a prospect, don't know about you. That's why I allow access to my search function without any registration. I'm going to say it one more time, if you need my help....you will contact me. But I'm not going to bug you. That's why I quit doing news letters too and started a blog. None of us need more email. If you are interested in what I have to say, you'll bookmark this page and come back regularly, I mean it's all common sense....isn't it? Gonna be pretty today, she's a warming up!
February 2, 2010:
Good morning! I thought I'd write just a bit about our sales contract. As I've mentioned before I believe our sales contract is fairly simple, it really is if you compare it to let's say California. I have heard theirs is in excess of 30 pages.
And remember these are just opinions, I'm not a lawyer. Our current version of the sales contract allows for an "inspection" period. This inspection period allows the buyer to conduct things like the home inspection, termite inspection, radon inspection, appraisal, really anything they want to do to "inspect" the property.
The inspection period is agreed upon in the contract between the buyer and the seller and usually runs between 10 and 15 days. The buyer has the unilateral right to withdraw. Now folks, if you google unilateral you'll get some definitions like "done or untaken by one person or party" "obligation to do or forebear is imposeed on only one party" you know stuff like that. So I guess it means what I think it means. My buyer has the right to withdraw without the other sides agreement. But I'll tell you GGAR, that's the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors board did a funny thing on the last contract, actually it's been there they just put it in bold. "based on inspections" was put in bold print. So, in my opinion, what they are implying is that the buyer can withdraw but they must do inspections and then base their withdrawal and return of escrow on those inspections. I'll pass on this now to stay on subject.
Well, I've got a buyer from last year who still has his escrow tied up by the seller because the seller says the buyer didn't withdraw "based on inspections". I'm not going to get into it but just to say the seller has sour grapes. The seller suffered no harm on the little time the place was under contract and the place had been on the market a very long time. The seller will never get my buyers escrow, he just wants to make sure my buyer doesn't get it back. You know, to punish my buyer. Folks, life is just way to short for stuff like this. Get over it and move on, especially since no harm was done.
Just a few interesting tid bits from the world of real estate. Ya'll have a good one.
Downtown Baptist Steeple
February 1, 2010:
Good morning folks and welcome to February! I just looked at the temp. and it's a chilly 25 degrees outside. That's ok though because I believe we are supposed to get up to 49 today. I'm really glad the ice was not as bad as it could have been. My wife and I stayed in downtown Greenville at the Hampton on the River for an event Saturday night. There was a shuttle running up to the Westin Poinsett so we stayed warm and didn't slip. I got out a bit on Saturday afternoon and walked down to the bridge and snapped a few shots.
Thought I'd post up a few for you here. I've got a fairly busy day working with a couple of first time homebuyers! Hey don't wait too long to start looking if this is your first home. Time is running out and man $8,000 sure can come in handy!
Hampton Inn on The River
The Falls
Overlook Grill
Swimming on The River!
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