Jim & Maria's Blog

I just saw on the local news that South Carolina Electric and Gas has been targeted by scammers.  Well, not them directly, but their customers. According to the report, several SCE&G customers in Charleston and Aiken received a phone call from a man who identified himself as a company employee c...

As of February 10th, South Carolina had some new D.U.I laws go into effect.  The penalties are much bigger and the loopholes to get out of charges are much smaller. First time offenders with a .08 to .10 blood alcohol level will face a $400 fine and 48 hours of jail or community service.  A .10 ...

Looks like we'll have a few more jobs in the Charleston area in a few months.  Now that's good news. The jobs I'm referring to are coming to the Mount Pleasant area.  The first one will be a new restaurant.  The old TBonz on the frontage road at Johnnie Dodds and Anna Knapp will soon reopen as L...

As I've mentioned before, my sister is a teacher.  And so she usually has some pretty comical things to share. This is just one of the nuggets I've gotten from her recently.  It's from a second grade teacher. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell.  So I always...

More and more each day I run across exactly what Lenn mentions. I hope that the agents making these claims just don't know what they are doing and I hope that they are not intentionally trying to harm one of their own. I encourage us all to take Lynn's advice and report the offenders to help put...

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We attend a large, multi-site church that is based right here in Charleston.  The main campus for Seacoast is in Mount Pleasant, but there are several other campuses throughout Charleston, the rest of South Carolina, and even a few in North Carolina and Georgia. This year the team at the Mount P...

I have to say that I think I stumbled across the best closing gift out there, a Personal Chef. Some great friends of mine, Enan and Jenn, are Personal Chefs and they run a web based service that allows anyone the ability to afford a personal chef.  click her to check out their menu Imagine your c...

 A few weeks ago the town of Summerville decided that they were going to institute new regulations on garage sales. But wait!  Aren't garage sales just people trying to make a few extra bucks, clearing out the clutter, or even for fund raising?  If that's true, then why in the world would any go...

    ***************************************** We proudly serve and sell real estate in and around all of Charleston, SC.  If you are thinking about purchasing or selling your home in Charleston, Johns Island, James Island, Folly Beach, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, West Ashley, Mount Pleasant,...