As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 615 Carter Lane #A-4, a Condo across the street from Coastal Carolina University!!!

Around Carolina Village

Trying to find a perfect rental investment opportunity? Or are you looking for that perfect affordable home centered between Conway, Carolina Forest, Socastee and Myrtle Beach? Well, whatever you’re looking for, you’ve found it!

New tile floors in Kitchen and Bath. Ceiling fans in both Bedrooms. LOTS of closets! Air handler less than 3 years old. Newly painted; new baseboards and doors. New vanity and wiring at Bathroom.

Short walk or bike ride from Coastal Carolina University! Across the street from the CCU practice field!

For more info, go to the 615 Carter Lane #E-5 Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the info you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 615 Carter Lane #E-5, a Condo across the street from Coastal Carolina University!!!

Around Carolina Village

Looking for that perfect affordable home centered between Conway, Carolina Forest, Socastee and Myrtle Beach? Or are you trying to find a perfect rental investment opportunity? Well, whatever you’re looking for, you’ve found it!

Ceiling fans in both Bedrooms. LOTS of closets! New air handler and compressor. Newly painted; new baseboards and doors. New vanity and wiring at Bathroom.

Short walk or bike ride from Coastal Carolina University! Across the street from the CCU practice field!

Interior pictures are of vacant unit with identical layout.

For more info, go to the 615 Carter Lane #E-5 Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the info you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 4726 Harvest Drive, a Lakefront Homesite in Waterford Plantation at Carolina Forest!!!

Around the Homesite

Waterford Amenities

Beautiful lakefront homesite located in the much sought-after Waterford Plantation. No Time Limit to Build! Feed the ducks or fish from your very own backyard!

Come join the family of happy homeowners and enjoy the neighborhood Jr. Olympic sized pool, volleyball, basketball or tennis courts, playground, or fitness center.

Located in Carolina Forest, just around the corner from schools, shopping, dining, medical offices, golf, and all that Myrtle Beach has to offer.

Get the Myrtle Beach address without paying city taxes!

For more info, go to the 4726 Harvest Drive Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the info you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings, services and other information from their Myrtle Beach Real Estate Website.

Today, we showcase one of their Real Estate Services, which is their Seller Representation Service:

Selling Myrtle Beach Real Estate

Do you have Real Estate in the Myrtle Beach area that you want to sell? Are you looking for a listing agent that can sell your house as quickly as possible, for as high a value as possible?

At Cohen & Associates, we don’t just list your property. We sell your property!

It is crucial that your Myrtle Beach Real Estate Listing Agent have an aggressive marketing campaign for selling your property. Unfortunately, many Agents come from the “put on the lockbox and hope for the best” school of real estate, and in this market, that simply doesn’t cut it!

We believe that the following things will sell your property: a competitive and reasonable asking price, an aggressive real estate listing marketing campaign and a solid negotiating team. Cohen & Associates can provide these services to you!

We also believe in actually being at your showings whenever possible. Most real estate agents have no problem with letting the prospective buyers and their agents look through your listing on their own, without any input from someone who has an interest specifically in selling your property.

Here is a preview of the marketing campaign that we provide to our sellers:

• MLS - First and foremost, the biggest source of transactions in through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). We will list your property on the MLS, with all fields filled out (this is crucial, since agents search based on what is on your listing, and since most agents don’t fill everything out, their listings don’t come up in the searches very often). We also have links to a Narrated Video Tour.      

• Narrated Video Tour – Cohen & Associates Real Estate is the only real estate company in the Grand Strand Area that offers Narrated Video Tours for all of our listings. These tours are professionally filmed, with professional voice talent and high-level production values. It has quickly become our most successful means of selling properties. Click Here for a Sample!      

• REALTOR.com – All of our listings go on REALTOR.com, the most popular real estate related website. We have a link to our Myrtle Beach Real Estate Narrated Video Tour on this listing as well.      

• Aggressive Online Marketing Campaign – Over 80% of Real Estate Buyers start their search for real estate online. Considering almost all of our homebuyers come from out of town, it is imperative that your listing be available for viewing all over the Internet. Here is a sampling of the websites your real estate listing will be available on:      
  • Google Housing Search – Google is the most popular website on earth. Their Housing Search is one of the broadest-used searches on the internet, and your property will be listed there with all the information, including a link to the Narrated Video Tour.      

  • YouTube – All of our Narrated Video Tours are uploaded on YouTube, the most popular video site on earth.
    
    
  • Video Syndication – Through YouTube, our Narrated Video Tours are syndicated to several other sites, AOL Video and Google Video.      

  • Craigslist – Craigslist is the world’s most popular online classifieds website, and Cohen & Associates is at the forefront of this new medium of selling real estate listings.      

  • Postlets – Postlets is a REALTOR-only listing syndication service, that puts your listing on over a dozen different real estate listing websites.      

  • Map-Based Real Estate Sites – We place your listing on several map-based real estate listing sites, including Zillow, Trulia and RealAdo. These are sites where people select on a map the areas where they would like to see real estate that is available for sale.      

  • Real Estate Blogs – Your listing will be placed on “This Market’s a Beach!”, the official real estate blog of Cohen& Associates Real Estate. It is one of the most popular regionally-based blogs in the area, and the content is automatically syndicated to several other blogs and sites on the internet.      

  • Social Networking Sites – Your listing will also be advertised on Social Networking Sites, like Clipmarks, Digg, Del.icio.us and Mag.nol.ia. Not sure what any of that means? Email us for more info!

AND MUCH MORE!

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As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings, services and other information from their Myrtle Beach Real Estate Website.

Today, we showcase one of their Real Estate Services, which is their Buyer Representation Service:

Buying Myrtle Beach Real Estate

Buying Myrtle Beach Real Estate can be quite a complicated process, whether you are buying a home to live in permanently, a vacation property, a property to put up for rental or an investment property. This is especially true for someone who is from out of town.

It’s difficult enough determining the price range that works for your budget, deciding between a Single Family Home or a Condo/Townhouse, finding the right neighborhood and location for your needs, and things like that. But what about securing your financing and making sure you are getting the right loan package at the best rate? Or finding the right attorney to represent you in the closing process?

Securing inspections to make sure the home is structurally sound and free of destructive pests like termites? Making sure that the title to the property is clear of liens? Not to mention the negotiation process…are you getting this property for the right price? What’s the going price for Myrtle Beach Real Estate?

The list goes on and on. Now more than ever, you need solid, honest and professional representation when buying property in Myrtle Beach. And Cohen & Associates is just the company to represent you! We have been helping people buy Real Estate in Myrtle Beach for over 16 years, and we’ve built a reputation in the area that we are very proud of!

Let’s be honest. There are literally hundreds of real estate companies in the Grand Strand Area, and at least a few of them are very good at what they do. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in business. So why Cohen & Associates, you ask?

Unlike most other companies, we have a passion for what we do. It’s more than just dollars and cents. At the end of the day, and when the numbers have all been worked out, it’s about helping someone find exactly what they have been looking for, helping them get it at the best possible terms, making the purchase as smooth and painless as possible and being honest and transparent throughout the entire process. That “Golden Rule” way of doing business is how Cohen & Associates does our job.

Here is a breakdown of the services we provide to our buyers:

• If you haven’t already done so, we can help you determine the best type of property (condo, house, townhome, land, etc.), the right size, location, features and price for your needs.
• Once we’ve gotten that information, we do an exhaustive search, both on the MLS and through other means, for properties matching the criteria that has been determined, and working with you to identify properties that are worth seeing. Click here if you’d like to search the MLS for yourself first.
• We will schedule and conduct showings of the properties, and help you to compare the properties you’ve seen. Sometimes, when you are looking at properties, they can all start to “merge” together and it can be difficult to distinguish them from each other. We list out the different comments you make about each property, and the features you liked (and didn’t like) to help you keep them straight.
• We help you figure out the best offer and negotiation strategies to get the property for the best possible price.
• If you will be getting a loan to make this purchase, and haven’t already secured your financing, we can help you find the right lender for your needs.
• We can also help you find the right closing attorney to represent you in the closing process.
• This part is the most crucial: without good representation, the closing process can be a nerve-wracking, hair-pulling experience. There are inspections, title searches, last-minute requests for information, potential breakdowns in communication and a host of other things that, with our representation, can be seen through to a successful closing. Cohen & Associates will work with your attorney and lender, as well as the closing team of the sellers, to make this process as smooth as possible.

The fact is, the vast majority of sellers are willing to take less money than they are asking for. That’s why it’s called an asking price. But how much less? One question we get a lot is “why not just offer them a really low amount?” In our experience, that will backfire more often than not. Most sellers will respond to an insultingly-low offer by locking their jaws and refusing to negotiate. On the other hand, there are some sellers who are more than willing to take FAR less than what they’re asking, just to get out from under their home. Maybe they are about to be foreclosed on, or they need to move for work or personal reasons and just want to get out from under the property. But how can you tell which is the case?

Well, Cohen & Associates has years of experience in figuring this out. There are many subtle clues, from the wording on the MLS listing, to the history of changes in the asking price, to the way that the seller’s agent speaks about the property, that we use to help determine how motivated (or in some cases, how desperate) the seller is to sell the real estate.

Based on that, we work with you to determine the best strategy to get the terms you want. Ask for much less than asking price to get a lower price? Ask for closer to the asking price, but ask them to pay your closing and loan costs? Offer them a respectable amount and say it’s your bottom line? Let Cohen & Associates help you figure out the right path to take.

For more information, or for any questions you may have about Myrtle Beach Real Estate, Contact Cohen & Associates today!

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As a service  to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings, services and other information from their Myrtle Beach Real Estate Website.

Today, we showcase one of their Real Estate Services, which is their Rental Management Service:

Myrtle Beach Rental Management Services

Want to make some well-deserved money from your home, condo or townhouse? Not willing to sell at today’s prices?

We don’t blame you. In fact, our recommendation to people who do not NEED to sell right now is to wait a while until things get a little more favorable to sellers.

That’s all fine and good, but what if you need to make some income from the property? If you’re not living there, and you’re not selling it, it’s just sitting there.

Well, Cohen & Associates has just the plan for you! The residential rental market in the Myrtle Beach Area is VERY STRONG!

This is good for several reasons: first, it shows that people are still moving here, but they just aren’t quite ready to buy. Maybe they need to sell a property elsewhere first, or they’re getting their credit in order to get the best financing terms possible. Or maybe they’re just waiting for prices to “hit bottom” so they can get the best deal possible.

In the meantime, they need somewhere to live. Why not make some money from that reality?

Cohen & Associates has had a 100% success rate of finding tenants for the rentals that we manage. Go ahead, Click Here check out the Rentals Section of our For Sale & Rent page. We’ll wait here.

What did you see? That’s right, they’re all rented. For most of those properties, we secured good tenants within a week or so of putting it up for rent! That’s money in YOUR pocket!

You may have considered putting your property up for rent in the past, but it just seemed like too much of a hassle. Finding a tenant, making sure they could afford the rent before agreeing to let them in, collecting the rent, dealing with maintenance and repair issues, etc. With Cohen & Associates, you put us to work and wait for the money to roll in! It’s THAT easy!

Here is a breakdown of the services we provide throughout the rental management process:

• Advertising of Property to Secure Tenant:
  • We advertise your Real Estate for Rent on CohenMyrtleBeach.com, Google Housing Search, Craigslist, Postlets, and nearly 30 other sites.
  • We Show your property and screen prospective tenants.
  • We collect information, credit score and rental applications of prospective tenants.
  • We act as liaison between you and the tenant and write up the rental agreement according to the terms you specify.
• Collection of Rent and Maintenance of Property:
  • We collect and hold the security deposit. We can also collect and disperse rent, if you choose.
  • We collect rent prior to the 5th of each month, and collect late fees, if any.
  • We instruct the tenant to let us know of any maintenance needs in the home (appliances, electrical, etc.)
  • We conduct regularly scheduled inspections of the home to make sure that everything is in order.
  • In the case of maintenance needs, we tell you about the need, set up the professional to come out and take a look at it, and then have the quotes sent to you. It is required that you approve all work that is to be done, and after that we coordinate getting the professionals back in to do the needed work.
  • In the case of non-payment of rent or any other ongoing violation of the rental agreement, we work with you through eviction process. Thankfully, we have only had to do this one time in all the years we’ve been managing rentals.
• Transition from one Tenant to next Tenant, or back to Landlord:
  • Once the lease is up, if the tenant or you choose not to renew, we begin the process again of marketing the home and securing a new lease.
  • We coordinate the transition from the old tenant to the new tenant.
  • If you choose not to rent the home anymore, then we coordinate the transition from the old tenant back to you.
• These transitions include:
  • Bringing in professionals to determine if any work needs to be done.
  • Making sure that all of your household belongings remain in the home.
  • Making sure that all of the tenants’ belongings go with them.
  • Helping you determine how much, if any, of the tenants’ security deposit needs to be retained to pay for any unexpected repairs.
  • Upon your instruction, releasing the security deposit (or remainder of the deposit, if any) to the tenant. 

In short, there is NOTHING we don’t do in managing your property!

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As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 118 Preserve Court, a 3BR/2BA Cul-de-Sac Home on the Largest Lot in the Preserve at Little River!!!

Around the Outside

Inside the Home

Need a great home, on a huge private corner cul-de-sac lot, at an amazing price? Look no further! This well-kept 3BR/2BA in The Preserve at Little River has a large 2-car garage, vaulted ceilings, a rear patio and a fully-wired storage building in the back!

Nestled on a wooded lot, almost 1/3 of an acre! Very private in the back! Comes with a home warranty! The garage has retractable screening, so it can be used as a large screened porch if you desire!

Just 3 miles from the Ocean, and a few minutes from everything the Grand Strand has to offer! Why pay City property taxes? Live in Little River instead!

For more info, go to the 118 Preserve Court Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the info you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 4600 Seaview Street, a Raised Beach Mansion for Rent in North Myrtle Beach!!

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Watch the Ocean from your Bedrooms, Porch or Sun Room in this gorgeous custom-built 5BR, 4.5BA Raised Beach Mansion in Windy Hill! Far too many features to list! Three Master Suites! Just ONE BLOCK from the beach!

Newly remodeled! New paint, new carpet, 2 new BRs and BAs with wet bar on 3rd floor! Plenty of room in this beautiful home!

Large rooms, workshop, office, outside shower, golf cart parking, front and rear porches, covered party area…..THIS HOME HAS TO BE SEEN!

NO SMOKERS!

For more info, go to the 4600 Seaview Street Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the info you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: Lot 204, a 3/4 acre golf lot in Wild Wing Plantation!!

Video Tour of the Lot

Neighborhood designed with YOU in mind if you:

Love Golf (27 holes and 5 driving range/putting and chipping greens, club house with pro shop, pub and grille),

Fish or Boat (180 acres of lakes, nearly 14 miles of shoreline, on-site boat storage, day dock with ramp, dock at Owner’s Club),

Work out (fitness center for adults, playground for kids, and over-sized sidewalks along the lighted, tree-lined streets),

Swim (3 pools, a splash zone, a water slide and a sand shore beach ),

Like Basketball and Tennis.

All this yet only 10 minutes from the Beach! 5 minutes from the Hard Rock Park! No time limit to build! Bring your own Builder!

For more info, go to the Lot 204 Wild Wing Plantation Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the information you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!

As a service to one of our clients, Cohen & Associates Real Estate, we showcase their listings on numerous online venues, including our blog.

Here is the latest one: 3412 Labrador Court, a 5BR/3BA Cul-de-Sac Home in Waterford Plantation!!

1st Video: Around the Outside 

2nd Video: Inside the Home 

3rd Video: Waterford Plantation

Looking for a huge home on a huge piece of land? You’ve found it! This spacious 5BR/3.5BA is situated on over 1/3 of an acre on a quiet cul-de-sac in Waterford Plantation! Tall ceilings and crown molding throughout!

Giant 18′x14′ Master Bed has a tray ceiling and a walk-in closet! Garden tub, walk-in shower and double vanity in Master Bath! Gigantic screen porch and patio overlooking the large backyard! Oversized side entry two-car garage, as well as a long driveway with parking for 8 vehicles! Huge 2nd-floor flex room can serve as 5th Bedroom!

Amenities at Waterford include jr. Olympic swimming pool, fitness center, cabana, children’s playground, basketball court, two tennis courts, volleyball court, nature trails, fishing lakes and sidewalks throughout the community!

Live in Myrtle Beach without paying the City property taxes!!

For more info, go to the 3412 Labrador Court Tour or call Cohen & Associates Real Estate at 1-800-232-7998.

Go to CohenMyrtleBeach.com for all the information you want about Myrtle Beach Real Estate!