New Listing Hits Market @ King's Grant

18 Foot Point @ King's Grant Is Now For Sale

A few days ago, we had the pleasure of putting King's Grant's newest listing on Columbia's latest MLS Hotsheet. I'm sure glad about it, too, as all our other inventory in the neighborhood has sold.

As we've represented some great product in King's Grant this year, I'm not sure they've been on as popular of a street as Foot Point Rd. Further, 18 Foot Point is part of the stretch of lots that back up to the thick, wooded area of Fort Jackson.

"Foot Point" has many things to offer, including 5 or 6 big bedrooms, an open floor plan, and soaring ceilings. "Foot Point's" kitchen opens nicely into the great room, which flows into a large screened porch, which is perfect for entertaining.

As nice as many of the homes in King's Grant are, the two things that set this one apart are lot location and the oasis backyard... complete with a pool! I'm not sure of the percentage of homeowners that have a pool, but from experience I feel like the number is pretty low. In short, this is a pretty primo feature that's compounded exponentially given the privacy of the lot.

If you or anyone you know would like to know more about this stately King's Grant home, please call or email fjones@cbunited.com or amandaqpayne@live.com .

Come see!

Thank you!

Knowledge/Teamwork = Happy Friends

In the world of residential real estate sales, days like today are pretty tough to beat. It's not often when we get to watch a transaction come full circle, then, via networking, teamwork, and loyalty, loop around again.

Consider this. Our awesome friends and clients, pictured above (obviously), purchased a home from my team manager, Amy, and I a few years ago. Fast forwarding to 2011, a few weeks ago, we facilitated the listing and sale of the same Cannon St. (Shandon) home. Fast forward to today... Seth and Anna purchased a house Amanda and I listed, not too many blocks away.

Wait, there's more. Amanda and I listed and sold the same house a few months ago to a contractor/builder client, who with the help & vision from Anna, produced the polished home we closed on today. In Realtor speak, that's seven real estate "sides."

To be clear, I'm not typing to boast about the real estate transaction sides or the volume. The reason for this post is to illustrate how unreal the power that client loyalty, market knowledge/info, and teamwork can produce. If any of these three facets weren't present, Seth and Anna would still be looking for a house, and would therefore have missed the opportunity to sell theirs.

Congratulations to Seth and Anna Rose, Evan Wilson, Amanda, and Amy, all the way around. Today was a perfect microcosm of how buying and selling can work in today's real estate world.

P.S. Seth is the County Councilman for much of 29205. If you don't know him, or have his email or # on hand, give us a call and we'll get it to you. He wouldn't have it any other way!

P.S.S. In her time away from the pharmacy, Anna's taste and touch has transformed an otherwise great house, to magazine level. #Impressed

We're A Complete Starbucks Family :)

Starbucks is the best at a lot of things, including packaging nourishment to a milk-less home on the way to a little girl's school house.

Finley and I would like to thank the incredibly-skilled Garner's Ferry Rd. Starbucks Barrista for serving up this perfectly-chilled, tall, no shot, no room, no squirt, no sprinkle, double spun, classic, quin-double shot cup of milk.

While in the parking lot, Finley helped pour the contents in the pic above into an opaque pink & blue sippy-cup. The little things are the best things.

Thank you, Starbucks! :)

Foot Point @ King's Grant, Hits Market

Monday morning, we'll place another beautiful home on Columbia's MLS Hotsheet. The address is 18 Foot Point, and is sure to hit the market with fun anticipation.

If you haven't noticed, there haven't been a lot of $500,000+ product to hit Columbia's real estate market in the last few weeks. To be quite frank about it, I'm not sure why....but that's ok. That said, I'm proud to introduce another King's Grant home to Columbia's marketplace.

Oddly, for the first time in 4ish years, I'm out of King's Grant inventory. Your first reaction may be, "... Must be the ecomomy." I can understand this initial reaction. However, it's quite the contrary. Instead of typing the pharse, "Out of inventory," perhaps I should have typed "Sold Out!" :-)

I'm not sure about this, but 2011 may be my best year in the popular neighborhood. So far, we've recorded five "sides" in King's Grant. Not too shabby! Hopefully 18 Foot Point will be #6 and/or #7.

18 Foot Point is a well appointed, all brick home in "the back" of the neighborhood. I'll post more info (and pics) after it's listed, but some highlights of the property are: 1) Master down. 2) It backs up to Fort Jackson (major privacy). 3) Private pool. In short.... Yummy.

If you or anyone you know would like to take a peek @ the newest home for sale in King's Grant, please call or email fjones@cbunited.com or amandaqpayne@live.com .

Thank you!

Shandon Sales Have Really Cranked Up

All Three Sales/Pics Above Are Of Wilmot Ave., 29205
I'm not sure what's going on with this, but Amanda and I are going gang busters in Shandon right now. For instance, we were only a few hours away from having three homes on Wilmot Avenue Under Contract, simultaneously.

Fast forward one week, two of the three homes pictured above have Closed, with the top pic (the cedar-shake house) ready for inspections Friday afternoon.

Today we had the pleasure of closing 4243 Wilmot Ave. (the one with the red door). After battling through some issues with the closing/occupation date, our Seller worked hard to 'make it happen.' After all was said and done, the property is in pristine condition, and ready for the new happy owner.

Since the beginning of 2011, Amanda and I have really racked it up in Shandon, almost oddly so. Our action on Wilmot Ave. has become a fun micro illustration of our 'Shandon run.'

As many of you know, in real estate, "You're only as good as your last sale." This said, it's up to us to keep this roll going in the popular 29205 neighborhood.

Sales numbers notwithstanding, we love Shandon, and all it has to offer. Looking forward, we're determined to keep the pressure up, and keep our buyers and sellers churning the best we know how.

Thank you to all Shandon'istas, and a special 'Shout Out' to WILMOT AVENUE!

O-Fensive E-Fence...Now On D-Fence.

While I haven't had too much time for the news this week, I feel compelled to type on something that caught my ear this morning on "Morning Joe, and kept popping up throughout the day.

What's the big whoop, you ask? Herman Cain's idea/joke to put a fence between the Texas - Mexican border.

Let me be clear. I don't pretend to be any expert regarding immigration, or border control. Further, I don't pretend to be a fence expert, either.

Disclaimers disclosed,... I'm not sure what the big deal is.

The other day, at a campaign stop in Tennessee, Cain said, “We’re going to have a real fence. 20 feet high with barbed wire. Electrified. With a sign on the other side that says, ‘It can kill you!’ ”

If it's the "...kill you," part, I can understand how that may be pretty rough talk. But let's think about this. If the sign says it, in English and Spanish, whether true or not, shouldn't it be taken seriously, and therefore the point? I mean, is the stupid fence supposed to keep folks out or not? If no, should we just erect a picket fence? If this is the case, will an illegal alien build the fence, and whitewash it, too? I mean, really....

Since all the hubub of an apparently slow news week, Mr. Cain has attempted to spin his fence thoughts as, "a joke."

Bu-dump, bump, for Mr. Cain...on both ends. Instead of saying, "It was a joke," Mr. Cain probably should have said something more on the lines of, "I'm sorry for the way that came out. I just want to build a strong and effective fence."

I mean really, is a fence supposed to properly work, or not? I can see where the sign should read, "DANGER" or, "KEEP OUT," or, "COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY." Further thinking on the subject, but given our litigious society an, "It Can Kill You" sign, protects the U.S. on the front end from someone, or another government from filing suit against the United States. Kidding here, but wouldn't that be the ultimate disclaimer...??

Again, I'm certainly not weighing in on any immigration issue. I'm simply putting a thought out there whereby if someone builds a fence, should it work as intended, or should it just be a symbolic diplomatic gesture?

Really and trully, how effective is this plan, anyway? All folks have to do is put a heavy rock on the gas pedal of a massive bulldozer to wreak havoc on any fence. Or, further, just set up a 20' "A" ladder, and take a nice hop to 'freedom.' Further still, for convenience sake, why not just roll up a nice shiny 22' escalator...?

In short, C'mon Man...

USC Can Still Do It. Lattimore Would...

Gamecocks Can Rally Around Loss of Superstar
Around 2:30ish, while I was holding an Open House @ my listing on Kilbourne Rd., a visitor shared the news about Marcus Lattimore being lost for the remainder of USC's football season. My first reaction was, "Holy crap. Wow, the air just let out of this city." Second reaction: "I wonder how he's taking it." While I didn't mean anything terrible by the order of my thoughts, I felt a little guilty about it.

That said, given the statement from Lattimore's family, I think the young man's going to be OK. I also think the Gamecocks still have a chance to grab the precious SEC East title. Now that the Gamecocks have gotten this far, and lost to Auburn anyway, USC still continues to hold its own future, with only UGA nipping at our heels. Given that UT and UF are having down years, and the Gators forced to play under the Sandstorm @ Williams-Brice, USC can pick up the needed "W's." We'll see.

I have no idea where the pic above derived. My best guess is it's from the running back's days in high school. I chose it because it's a good illustration of what's to come for USC's young hero. Further, it's a pretty good illustration that major college sports isn't just showing up, putting on a slick Under Armour uniform, and running really fast while 84,000 fans chant your name. It's hard work, and crazy preparation. Marcus Lattimore is about to go through major preparation, and I just felt like the pic shows he's up for it.

I don't mean to post this for negative purposes. Quite the contrary, in fact. Carolina football has major athletic talent, and can slick & power through this setback, if they decide to.

Either way, we'll be @ Williams-Brice...or a parking lot near by.