Grand Strand Art Celebrated with Exhibitions

Grand Strand Art Celebrated with Exhibitions

Art lovers needn’t travel far this spring to enjoy fine art and gain an appreciation for natural beauty. The events at two local Myrtle Beach venues allow even the most discerning of art lovers a chance to do both throughout the month of May. The Franklin G Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum hosts the 15th Annual [...]

Turning Foreclosures into Rentals

Turning Foreclosures into Rentals

Before the housing crisis, real estate investment often involved buying homes inexpensively, repairing and remodeling them, and then selling them at a much higher cost, also known as “flipping” houses.  With home values relatively low right now, this strategy is no longer as viable as it once was.  Renting houses, however, is a very different [...]

KingOne Properties' Award Winning Real Estate Agents

KingOne Properties’ Award Winning Real Estate Agents

                          KingOne Properties held their annual awards banquet Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Dunes Club. Michael King, President, presented the following awards: The King’s Throne Award went to Brandon Brookshire for Top Sales Professional The King’s Throne Crown Award went to Mark [...]

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival

Lovers of indie films covet the annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival’s screenings of experimental, short, animated, feature, documentary, music video and “anything goes” films lasting anywhere up to 200 minutes to content that “must be legal.” The 7th annual fest that begins April 20 and ends April 28, 2012 provides exposure and an outlet [...]

Myrtle Beach's 3rd Annual Coastal Uncorked Food, Wine & Spirits Festival

Myrtle Beach’s 3rd Annual Coastal Uncorked Food, Wine & Spirits Festival

People come from all over the region to the Grand Strand to partake of the local, regional and national spirits and wines presented at Myrtle Beach’s 3rd Annual Coastal Uncorked Food, Wine & Spirits Festival. The festivities begin April 22 and end April 29, 2012. Throughout Festival week, local participating restaurants located around the Grand Strand will feature [...]

Housing Market Showing Signs of Stabilization - Pending Sales Of Existing Homes at 2 Year High

Housing Market Showing Signs of Stabilization – Pending Sales Of Existing Homes at 2 Year High

As the economy begins to show improvement, the housing market is also showing signs of stabilization. With a pickup in the job market, increased incomes, and mortgage rates at low levels, the residential real estate market is showing signs of improvement. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales demonstrated an increase of [...]

Myrtle Beach Day Trips

Myrtle Beach Day Trips

Living on the Grand Strand, it might be a stretch to think that you might ever want to get away with from its beautiful beaches and long list of available attractions. However, day trip ideas and opportunities abound! Pull out your map, align your compass and let your spirit lead you to your next day trip [...]

Trends Indicate Market Low Reached, Rebound Underway

Trends Indicate Market Low Reached, Rebound Underway

Myrtle Beach is not only one of the Ten Hottest Vacation real estate markets but is also the place that thousands of new residents decide to call home each year.  What’s not to love about the Grand Strand area’s relaxed lifestyle complete with 60 miles of great beaches, world renowned golf courses, fabulous shopping and dining,  fun attractions, and endless [...]

24th Annual Run To The Sun Car Show - Myrtle Beach

24th Annual Run To The Sun Car Show – Myrtle Beach

Muscle car lovers, rev up your nostalgic engines and get ready to cruise the Grand Strand’s Ocean Boulevard for the biggest car show in the South. Myrtle Beach teams up with the Pee Dee Street Rodders for the 24th Annual Run to the Sun car show March 15th through the 17th. This is no run-of-the-mill, [...]

Myrtle Beach - Looking Ahead In 2012

Myrtle Beach – Looking Ahead In 2012

Over the past decade, the Myrtle Beach community has grown over 35 percent and with an average of 15 million visitors annually, it continues to evolve and expand into one of the fastest growing, family-friendly, vacation destinations in the United States.  Always forward thinking, Myrtle Beach developers are thinking ahead as we watch a “new” Myrtle [...]

5 Fast Credit Score Fixes

5 Fast Credit Score Fixes

In today’s economy it can be difficult to maintain a good credit score, let alone a terrific one. Yet for home buyers, your credit score is a critical factor to obtaining the best rates for loans or insurance – simply put, the better your credit, the better your rate. Use these 5 fast fixes to help [...]