One thing we’ve see over and over again is that Downtown Greenville is growing. What started a few years ago as a small section of neat-to-walk-and-eat-at areas on Main Street eventually became all (or at least most of) Main Street. Then the walkable/eatable sections started taking over the side streets that branch off of Main Street. And […]
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Free $100 Amazon gift card giveaway!
Now that The Greenville Movement blog is up and running, we want to get the word out to as many people as possible! So we are going to have a drawing a giveaway, and one lucky person is going to win $100 in Amazon bucks to do, well, whatever they want to do on Amazon. Here’s how […]
Global Warming and SC – a bizarre cocktail for desirable real estate.
Earlier this evening when I got home, I found that my daughter was playing outside. I realized that I hadn’t gotten any exercise or time in the sun (let alone time with my daughter), so I did what most parents would do – I put on shorts, a short-sleeve shirt, and went out to play with her. […]
Dunean – a part of Greenville on the rise
If you’re like me and curious about up-and-coming areas of the Upstate, you’ll be curious to know what under-appreciated parts of the Upstate are poised for transformation in the near future. Enter the small area near Downtown Greenville known simply as Dunean. Dunean started as a military encampment during the Spanish-American War and ended up as […]
7 Weird but Wonderful Ways to Assess a House
When you’re looking at houses, it can be easy to look for the obvious. Does it have a big yard? Check. Master suite? Check. Upgraded kitchen? Check. But it’s the not-so-obvious things that can have the biggest impact or reveal the biggest red flags. As such, I’ve come up with seven ways of assessing a house that […]
The future of Greenville (and the Upstate)
So you may not realize this, but Greenville is in the center of a “megaregion” that experts frequently call “Char-lanta” – the corridor between and including Charlotte and Atlanta (many models also include Raleigh Durham and Birmingham). If you want to geek out on what what megaregions are, head over to Wikipedia. But I’ll save you some […]
8 things about kitchen cabinets you (probably) didn’t know
As a real estate investor, I’ve done a few kitchen remodels over the years. Here are some of the tips I wished I had known earlier. The most finicky cabinets are the corner ones. You would think by now that we would have a ton of corner cabinet options, but most of those options are on […]