New Columbia, SC Real Estate Website

BuyAColumbiaHome.com

Mel Coker's newest web domain to reach out to Home Buyers and Relocation prospects:
BuyAColumbiaHome.com

Please take a quick look at my 5 page website.  Thank you.

Screen Shot of Mel Coker's New Website

Mel Coker
Columbia, SC Real Estate
RE/MAX Metro Associates
Irmo, SC
(803) 223-6214

Columbia, SC - The Center of Popularity!

South Carolina is a GREAT place to live!

Just recently...  GREAT recognition for South Carolina and the Greater Columbia area.

MYRTLE BEACH - only 3 hours from Columbia - named one of the TOP BOARDWALKS in the United States and a top travel destination on TripAdvisor.
CHARLESTON - only 2 hours from Columbia - TOP CITY in the WORLD TO VISIT by Conde Nast Magazine!  And, consistently rated by TripAdvisor as a top travel destination.
LAKE MURRAY - named one of the TOP TEN lakes in the United States for boating and living.  Click Here to learn more about Lake Murray.  Only 15-30 minutes outside Columbia.
RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDEN - consistently named as one of the TOP ZOO's in America and located just outside of downtown Columbia.
CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK - Yes!  A National Park just outside of Columbia, SC and named by Travel + Leisure as one of America's Most Underrated National Parks.
COLUMBIA - A great place to live whether you're at Lake Murray or in downtown Columbia,  Irmo, Lexington, Chapin, West Columbia or Northeast Columbia.   We have a reasonable cost of living and friendly people. 
And, recently Kiplinger's magazine named Columbia one of the TOP TEN PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES TO LIVE.
SOUTH CAROLINA - named by Kiplinger Magazine as one of the TEN MOST TAX-FRIENDLY STATES FOR RETIREES!

OK... what are you waiting on?  Reasonable home prices, reasonable cost of living and

taxes, friendly people, great weather and fun things to do await YOU in Columbia, South Carolina.  Call Mel Coker for answers to your questions or for listings of homes that match your home search criteria.

Mel Coker
RE/MAX Metro Associates
Office:  (803) 223-6214
Cell: (803) 318-2207
Internet  |  email  |  FACEBOOK  |  Columbia  |  Lake Murray

Tax Benefits For Senior Citizens in South Carolina

I found an interesting document online that explains TAX BENEFITS (and more) AVAILABLE TO SENIOR CITIZENS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

South Carolina is a GREAT place to call home and live in retirement.  One benefit is especially for homeowners in South Carolina:
At AGE 65,
Homestead Tax Exemption – first $50,000 of the fair market value of a house or mobile home owned by a state resident of at least one year is exempt from municipal, county, school, and special assessment real property taxes. Exemptions provided to surviving spouses who are 50 or older and anyone who is legally blind or has a permanent disability, regardless of age. Apply at county auditor’s office on or before July 16. (Code 12-37-250)


CLICK HERE for the link to the document:

Retired and ready to move to South Carolina?  Already in South Carolina and want to
sell or buy a home?   Call Mel Coker, your Seniors Real Estate Specialist serving Columbia, Lake Murray, Chapin, Irmo, Lexington and Northeast Columbia.

Mel Coker
RE/MAX Metro Associates
(803) 223-6214
www.MelCoker.remaxagent.com
email:  melcoker@remax.net
  

Back From Vacation in Mexico (again)

We're back from our 13 night vacation in Mexico - 7 nights in Cancun and 6 nights in

Playa del Carmen.  We had a wonderful time.  But, it's time to get back to selling real estate and blogging again.  Some interesting articles will follow soon.

Here is a link to some pictures from the fun in Mexico:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111756218960143808289/CancunPlayaDelCarmenJuneJuly2013?authuser=0&feat=directlink


Mel Coker
RE/MAX Metro Associates
www.MelCoker.remaxagent.com

First Time Home Buyer - Columbia, SC

NOW is the time to BUY a home!

Why pay rent (almost like throwing money away) when you can BUY a home? Congratulations to David for closing today on his first home today! (in the photo Tom Anderson, closing attorney; Delaine Law of Mortgage Options; David Ray, first-time home buyer). Photo by Mel Coker, David's Buyer's Agent.

Ready to BUY your first home?  Call Mel Coker at (803) 318-2007
Mel Coker is at RE/MAX Metro Associates.
Columbia MLS Search



Tom Anderson, Delaine Law and David Ray

 

May is National Grilling Month

May is National Barbeque (GRILLING) Month

To celebrate, I will give away 2 grilling kits!

To be eligible…

· LIKE my FACEBOOK business page

  or if you have already done this, just “LIKE” this post.

· Live in Richland, Lexington or Newberry county

· One entry per person  |  Retail value app. $35

Contest runs from this FACEBOOK post thru May 31  |  Winners announced on this page on or about June 1

MY FACEBOOK Business Page:

www.Facebook.com/columbia.lakemurray 

What MOVES You?

500 Closings!

Yesterday, I closed my 500th transaction during my 15 years in real estate!

Thank you to my buyer client, Joe Hodges, for purchasing an investment property in the Chapin area.  This was his 4th real estate closing with me and my 500th closing overall since I entered the real estate business in 1998.  Joe received an appropriate gift at closing for being number 500.  It was a pleasure to close this transaction with my recommended closing attorney, H. Thomas Anderson.   I don't have exact numbers on this, but, I'm sure he has closed at least 1/2 of these 500 transactions.

Mel Coker, Joe Hodges, Tom Anderson at Closing

The sales volume for these 500 transactions is $83.4 Million.    As the chart below shows, the highest number of closed transactions has been in the following areas: St. Andrews/Irmo/Chapin, Lexington and Northeast Columbia and Lake Murray waterfront.

When you're ready to BUY or SELL in Greater Columbia, contact MEL COKER.  Mention "500 closings BLOG" and when you close with Mel Coker as your Realtor, you will receive a $250 LOWES GIFT CARD at closing (offer expires 12/31/2013).

Mel Coker
RE/MAX Metro Associates
Columbia, South Carolina
(803) 223-6214
Internet - Columbia Real Estate