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I should probably begin with a fair warning that reading this post may lead to involuntary mouthwatering and a sudden urge to lick your fingers. Now that the legal stuff is out of the way, let’s get cooking. I hope you're hungry, Hilton Head.   Now let’s be clear that you can’t rank these restaurants anymore than you could pick your favorite child (not that I’ve tried that sort of thing). The bottom line is they all do what they do and do it well. And what they do, ladies and gentlemen, is the best BBQ in South Carolina.  

Queue the ‘Cue

Although my good friends and online marketing team at Dakno Marketing (in Raleigh, NC) might disagree, everyone knows that South Carolina is the birthplace of BBQ. Settle down Tennessee and Georgia, this…

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It is the most exciting tournament that Hilton Head Island sees all year! 

The RBC Heritage Classic Golf Tournament Presented by Boeing is coming to Hilton Head Island and it’s sure to be quite the event for golf enthusiasts to watch!

Hilton Head Island has long been known as a world-class destination for golf and has hosted some of the greatest names in the game.

The 411 on the RBC Heritage Classic

This is a huge PGA tournament that is played in Sea Pines. The tournament will be held from April 14th to the 20th.

Currently, residents can buy several different ticket packages to ensure they’re getting the most out of their tournament experience, including:

  • Doc’s BBQ Club 15: $375
  • Clubhouse Ticket Pack: $250
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2013 was a bit of a disappointment for Hilton Head Island oceanfront home sales. Throughout the year, 14 oceanfront homes were sold at a median sale price of $2,037,500. In only three of the last ten years have there been more oceanfront homes sold in the Hilton Head area. The peak year was in 2007 when 22 oceanfront homes were sold. Surprisingly, while total home sales in the Hilton Head area in 2013 were the highest EVER with 2,730 sales, oceanfront home sales actually dipped to 14 from 18 sales in 2012.

Hilton Head Oceanfront Home Sales Over the Past 10 Years

To demonstrate the relative success of oceanfront homes in the Hilton Head Island real estate market over the past 10 years, I've provided a graph below comparing the number of home…

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 Hilton Head Home Sales Pace  The race is heating up in Hilton Head Real Estate! Will 2013 turn out to be the best year for Hilton Head home sales in all of Hilton Head real estate history?

While it is impossible to say for certain, all of the expert Realtors at Hilton Head Real Estate Search feel that the time is ripe to break past records. Right now, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort Multiple Listing Service's (MLS) best year in home sales was 2005; however, the first six months of 2013 are only 14 sales away from topping the 2005 numbers. Currently, the Hilton Head Island area MLS is experiencing its best year in 8 years and the current pace of home sales have us confident that we will, indeed, either end up the year as the best year in the…

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While real estate in much of the country languished, sales in the Hilton Head Island and Bluffton MLS have surged above 2008 and 2009 levels for 10 months straight. Through October 2010 total sales surpassed 2009 by 26%.

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Further evidence of this "charged up" market is that Beaufort County, home to Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, was the hottest market in South Carolina for the 10th straight month as well.

Last In, First Out

For decades local Realtors have observed that the Hilton Head area is the "last one to go into a recession and the first one out." The data above certainly supports this observation. A National Association of Realtors truism is "all real estate is local". What's true in Chicago, NYC, Las Vegas or Atlanta is not necessarily true…

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For the 1st time in the history of tracking Baby Boomer's preferences, the Carolinas have become the #1 retirement destination of Boomers, according to newly released “2010 Baby Boomer Survey” conducted by Del Webb, America’s largest builder of active adult communities.

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Though Florida and Arizona remain top contenders, the Carolinas have emerged as the preferred destination for retirement. Both younger and older Baby Boomers ranked either South or North Carolina first as their favored location in retirement – with the other Carolina ranking as their second choice.

There is a huge wave coming. This year in America there are 3300 people per day turning 65. Next year the Boomer Wave triples this number: 10,000 people per day turning 65! If you can beat…

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