A much needed boost for all of Coastal Carolina!

A bigger passenger terminal at Myrtle Beach International Airport was cleared for takeoff Tuesday after Horry County Council voted in favor of a $130 million project that would expand the terminal from seven to 12 gates.

“If I had some fireworks, I’d be lighting them right now,” said County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland after the council voted 10-1 in favor of the third and final reading of the airport project.

One of 3 possible expansions

Myrtle Beach International Airport
The Myrtle Beach International Airport is a full-service facility that serves as the gateway to the Grand Strand. The Myrtle Beach International Airport is owned by the County of Horry and operated by the Department of Airports.  The airport, as directed by County Council, is developing a program to increase passenger terminal capacity on the east side of the airport.

Terminal Capacity Enhancement Program (TCEP) Goals
• to produce an enhanced commercial aviation facility, based on stakeholder input, in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.
• To adequately provide for both Myrtle Beach residents’ air travel needs and the “product” sales role for tourism that supports and strengthens the local economy.

The perfect second home starts with the perfect location… Myrtle Beach, SC – Clear water, miles of sandy beaches, green golf courses, tons of nightlife, amazing restaurants, and countless other activities put Myrtle Beach right in the middle of Location, Location, Location…  Add unmatched hospitality to the mix and it is easy to see why Myrtle Beach is a top vacation destination.

Resort life, Legends Golf Community, offers all at that is expected of a Coastal Lifestyle! 

Perfect Second Home in Myrtle Beach, SC

1300 acres of recreation and relaxation – 3 onsite golf courses, 30 acre lighted driving range, jogging/biking trails, 4 pools, 2 hot tubs, 2 restaurants, tennis courts, and an Owners Amenity center make you feel as if you are living in Tropical Paradise! 

Situated perfectly in the middle of this Coastal Paradise is 4499-A Girvan Drive – A three bedroom, three baths, 2 car garage townhome with all the features of home.  This spacious town homes 3 bedrooms are comprised of two master suites (one downstairs, one upstairs) and a 1st floor guest bedroom.  This bedroom setup is perfect for those looking to split the cost of ownership with another couple or individual. 

 

4498-A Girvan Drive - Myrtle Beach, SC - The Perfect Second Home from jason ellis on Vimeo.

The Facts
1925 Heated Square Feet
2842 Under roof
3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms
2 car garage
List Price $339,900

Features
Corian counter tops
Screen Porch, Patio, Balcony
Eat-in Kitchen
Walk-in Closest

The number one reason to own a second home is for the enjoyment it brings. While the financial implications need to be considered, the main goal is for your second home to be fun, relaxing, and enjoyable. 

Enjoyment
A second home offers a getaway from the stresses of everyday life, giving you an opportunity to recharge, relax, and gain perspective. Whether it is playing golf, relaxing on the beach, playing tennis or whatever makes you happy your second home should be considered your R&R headquarters.

Retirement
Real Estate is an investment in your future. Your favorite location might be a lot more expensive in 5-10 years when you plan on retiring. There are great values in the Myrtle Beach market and if you are not ready for a home or condo you can always buy a homesite and build your custom home when you are ready.  

Investment

• Diversification: With the instability of the stock market real estate offers a chance to diversify into a non-aggressive investment.
• Appreciation: Despite all the negative Media reports and some short term loss of value, Home Values long-term have and will continue to rise.
• Rental Income: Renting your second home can often offset Home Owners Dues (HOA Fees), Insurance, Taxes, and sometimes depending on the desirability of the property even help with the mortgage.
• Taxes and Mortgages: Cost associated with second home ownership often provides tax right offs during ownership or when you sell the property. Please consult with your accountant if this is the main reason you are purchasing a second home.

Don’t be overly optimistic on rental income… Your vacation home will not pay for itself immediately and in perpetuity. A vacation home can be a great engine for your money, but it takes careful planning, good advice, and guidance. Do not buy a second home on the assumption that it will pay for itself.  

The time has never been better to purchase real estate if you are thinking of a second home, primary residence, or looking to diversify your investments please contact me.  There is tremendous value in the Myrtle Beach Real Estate market – Now is the time!

 403 Pincrest Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

3 bedroom - 3 bath -  2 car garage - Screen porch

403 Pinecrest Drive - Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 The Dunes Club

This is home has been completly renovated - New carpet, tile, cabniets, counter tops, paint and much more. Sitting on a large private homesite this home has mature landscaping and beautiful curb appeal.  The Dunes Club is a highly sought after community in Myrtle Beach.  This is a great entry level home in a presitgous neighborhood.  It would also be an ideal second home as it is a short walk to the beach and an even quicker golf cart ride to the World Class Dunes Golf Club.

The Dunes Golf and Beach Club is very historic and has tons of amenities - Inclucing Ocean side pool w/ snack bar, World Class Golf, and an awesome tennis center. 

 
The Dunes Club - Move in Condition from jason ellis on Vimeo.

In 1992, Robert Trent Jones oversaw an extensive renovation of the golf course. The course greens were replaced with Penn Links bentgrass greens for smoother playablility. The contours of six holes were modified to make the course more player friendly. The most extensive renovations were the relocation of the 11th green and building a new tee box for hole #8.

In April 2000, the Dunes Golf and Beach Club began a $6 million project to renovate the clubhouse, the driving range and the golf course to accommodate its growing membership. The project was completed in Spring 2001. The renovations to the clubhouse included the addition of the turn restaurant (Waterloo), new guest men’s and ladies locker rooms, larger private locker rooms and private lounges and larger banquet facilities. The décor of the clubhouse changed from a casual beach club style to a more traditional country club atmosphere with elegant mahogany furnishings and richer color schemes. 

Please call or e-mail fro more information on this distinctive real estate opportunity.

843.222.2672 - jason@jasontellis.com

Legends Real Estate has just brokered another Golf Course home between two private individuals. This former model home at Legends Resort was in picture perfect shape and had an awesome view of the Parkland #4 golf home. 

4416 Parkland Drive - Myrtle Beach - SC - 29579

Legends Golf Course Home

The Facts
3 bedroom 2.5 bath 
Study, Bonus Room, Screen Porch
2 Car Garage
2554 Heated Square feet
Closing Date 11/11/08
Purchase Price $500,000
Cash Closing 

Features
Open Split bedroom floor plan
Hardwood, Granite, Walk-in Closet
Fireplace, tons of storage
Over-sized garage
Large Golf Course homesite
Transferable Golf Membership 

The Builder
Muirfield Homes - Post Office Box 3202 - Pawleys Island, SC 29585
800-473-1367 - Jenny Banta - jenny@muirfieldhomes.com
www.MuirfieldHomes.com

The Development
There’s no place quite like Legends.  Everywhere you look it’s easy to see that Legends has created an extraordinary environment.  Within our 1300 scenic acres, we have master-planned a superb selection of real estate opportunities to complement the beauty of the land and grandeur of the golf courses.With 3 award-winning golf courses, a stunning Scottish clubhouse, an Old World pub, a 30-acre lighted practice facility, 3 pools, 2 hot tubs, tennis courts, walking/biking trail, and two restaurants, Legends has truly first class amenities in place.

Real Estate Opportunities

PARKLAND – Private residential enclaves of beautifully designed custom homes.  Depending on your time frame you may elect to build your dream home, purchase an existing home, or simply buy the homesite.

GLENEAGLES – Designed for permanent or second home living, Gleneagles brings a new standard of spaciousness and year round living comfort to condominiums and townhomes.  6 floor plans to choose from.

Sago Plantation at Legends is the newest natural gas community in Myrtle Beach… Beautiful Palm Tree themed street-scapes w/ rolled curb and gutters, underground utilities including clean natural gas, awesome Owners amenities center w/ large workout room – huge pool – spa – BBQ area – and all the other amenities that are demanded of a Coastal Lifestyle.

With your lot purchase at Sago Plantation the developer pays your initiation fee to the award winning Legends Golf Course.  This comprehensive membership covers the family’s green fees, access to the 30 acre lighted drive range, merchandise discount in Pro Shop, and guest privileges. 

Our preferred builders at Sago Plantation are moving Green w/ energy Efficient Heating and Air conditioning with sealed ducts, Low E windows, Sensor lighting (aka ghost lighting), reflective roofing, blown cellulose insulation, and many more energy and Eco friendly materials.

You may ask yourself “How will going Green benefit me?”  This is a great question and it is about much more than “saving the spotted owl syndrome”.  When you “Go Green” you will realize the DIRECT benefits of a Green Home or lifestyle.  

1. Increased comfort and Environmental Quality – With energy efficient heating and cooling not only is the air quality better but it is more evenly distributed combined with the reflective roofing and Low E widows it maintains whatever temperature you are looking for.

2. Lower Operating cost and More durable – With these systems in place your utility bills will be lower and do to the effeminacy the systems last longer and are low maintenance

Please see my older post about Thinking Green is you are in a home or looking at a buying per-existing home that is not Green.

First things first – For those of you that are new to blog’s and blogging here is a brief description of what a “blog” is; Blog (a contraction of the term “Web log”) is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, one which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs.[1]With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning — that of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.

Like most people that are addicted to the internet if you spend enough time online you see most anything the good, the bad, and sometimes the really bad.  However, I love to read about real estate – The trends, what’s new, new marketing ideas, and new laws; just anything to do with real estate.  In my “web surfing” I have come across many, many blogs on real estate and I was astonished on the content of some of these Blog’s. I would go through them and 75% of the “posts” in the blog had NOTHING to do with Real Estate.  Now some people may read this content, but I started thinking “If I was looking for an agent to sell my property or some advice on buying a piece of property would I filter thorough a blog filled with food recipes, pictures of animals, and other nonsensical posts?”  Well knowing how short my patience and attention span can be I knew the answer was NO! 

That is when I decided it was time to start my own blog… And I said to myself whatever I do I am going to keep my post about Real Estate.  So I called my website designer, Michael Hasty with Inkhaus Creative, and said “I want a Blog” Michael then replied “I told you two years ago that you needed a Blog”.  So hat in hand I went to his office and proceeded to explain what my idea of a blog would be.  As always he took my idea and made it 50 times better with the creation of www.MyrtleBeachHomeBlog.com – Michael used his web design skills and created my blog in Word Press…  And the rest is history – Now it has not been easy I have struggled through a lot of my post and found it difficult to sometimes find stuff to write about but every post on my site has something to do with Real Estate.  Sometimes I may cheat a little and post a new listing that I have, post an interesting article on real estate that I read, or even take a portion of an older post and re-blog it – But it is about Real Estate.  

In my blog www.MyrtleBeachHomeBlog.com you will find information on all facets of Myrtle Beach Real Estate; Green Building, Why now is a good time to Buy in Myrtle Beach, Tax Laws, 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges, Golf Course Living, and the list goes on.  Please don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter on the right had side of the page – I send a twice monthly news letter with great information on new properties for sale, discounted room rates in Myrtle Beach, Realtor promotions, and other valuable information.

Feel Free to call or e-mail with any of your real estate needs – 843-222-2672 – Jason@jasontellis.com

Leading the pack in Green Building in Myrtle Beach… One of the large components of green building is natural gas.  SCG&E and Sago Plantation have teamed up to become Myrtle Beach’s newest natural gas community.

Natural Gas affords you many “Green” options and benefits.  

1. Reliability of hot water and log heat even if the electricity is out
2. Gas heating that’s up to 25 degrees warmer than electric
3. Gas water heaters supply a seemingly endless supply of hot water
4. Supplies hot water twice as fast
5. Homes with natural gas are more comfortable
6. People who love to cook prefer cooking with natural gas
7. Gas logs provide instant warmth - no more messy wood
8. Easy outdoor grilling with no propane tanks to refill
9. Dries clothes three times faster
10. Four percent higher home resale values (according to SCE&G)

Water Heating
Easy economic savings can accrue from instantaneous or the “on-demand” type of water heaters. In contrast to the traditional method of keeping 40 to 80 gallons of hot water at-the-ready in an insulated tank, “on-demand” heaters produce hot water only when it is needed. Since hot water is generally required for less than a few hours each day instead of 24, owners and occupants can easily benefit from high efficiency modern designs that provide hot water on demand. Less fuel is required for a given volume and temperature of water, with corresponding cost savings and pollution savings. Some manufacturers claim 50% savings when compared to conventional hot water tanks.  Tank-less hot water systems using clean natural gas is one of the biggest trends in Green Building.

High performance windows
Windows, more than any other standard building item, have seen a significant increase in performance resulting from new technologies such as “low-E” glass coatings and gas-filled windows. These improvements make higher costs palatable, or even economic, when the rest of the home’s heating system is adjusted accordingly.

If the windows are a part of an overall energy strategy that greatly reduces the demand on the heating system, the savings gained in going to a smaller furnace can offset the added cost of the windows, and the on-going energy savings will pay back that extra cost more quickly. However, the most frequent selling point for these high-performance windows is the added comfort over a standard window.

Please call or e-mail today for more information on Green building at Sago Plantation at Legends.

With the every expanding internet Homeowners and potential Homeowners are better educated about green products than ever before.  If your home is already built or you are looking at a pre-owned home there are plenty of ways to practice a Green Lifestyle!

Appliances – Conserve energy by buying appliances with an Energy Star rating and by adding timers and automated thermostats to control usage.

Lighting – Switch to fluorescent light bulbs and try to add natural light if possible with additional windows or sky lights.  Compact fluorescent light bulbs use up to 75% less energy and last up to 10 times longer.  Installing sensors that turning lighting on and off in frequently used rooms can dramatically reduce energy costs. 

Flooring, Paints, Wallpaper – Ask for products that are made from rapidly renewable resources, products that are from natural fibers, and water based paints.  Make sure you choose pains that contain low or no volatile organic compounds (VOC).  VOC’s are released from wet paint and form ground-level ozone pollution.

Water – Don’t let water run while brushing teeth or washing your face.  Water efficiency is increasingly important, especially in drought stricken areas.  The daily per capita indoor use of water in most home tops 64 gallons.  Water conservation methods can reduce usage to less than 45 gallons.

Recycle, Waste, Reclaim – Reuse materials, like brick, stone, glass, tile, or metal in innovative ways.  Old wood can be treated and used for many things.  Eliminate or reduce waste by choosing biodegradable products or products that you can recycle. 

Bath tissue – If every US home replaced one roll of 1000 sheet bath tissue with 100% recycled rolls, it would save 373,000 trees, 1.4 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 155 gallons of water.

Buy Locally – Buy locally grown produce and other products and materials whenever possible to reduce additional energy required in transportation. 

Longevity – Consider the lifecycle of everything before you purchase it, choosing materials that have long life, can be reused, or recycled when the item wears out will greatly reduce waste.

Many of you know who Donald Trump is from the TV show The Apprentace… Many of you know that he has made (and lost) a lot of money…  However, his staple has been Real Estate.  This is how he made his wealth the first time and how he got it back the second time after several bad business moves (not real estate).  In the video clip below you will hear what countless people have been saying! NOW IS THE TIME FOR REAL ESTATE!  The markets have not been in the favor of the buyer like the currnet market is now!

Don’t wait till it swings back to the Sellers favor! Don’t wait till it’s too late! Don’t be one of those people who say “I should have bought back when”. Now is the time for Real Estate! Click on picture below to play the video!

Donald Trump on Real Estate

Like him or not — This is the best advice you will hear on Real Estate — There are truly some GREAT Deals in the Myrtle Beach Real Estate market right now — Please call or e-mail for further information!