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For Sale By Owner Magazine - Myrtle Beach's Dominating FSBO Publication
by Discover Myrtle Beach

The real estate market continues to soar along the Grand Strand, not just in new construction, but with resale as well. Many people are taking advantage of the boom by buying or selling for investment or plain old relocation. One way sellers and buyers look for property is in the "For Sale by Owner" market, otherwise known as "FSBO" (pronounced FizzBo).

This growing trend has owners selling their home or property without representation of a real estate agent. By selling the property themselves, they eliminate the commissions given to real estate agents which produces more profit. Both the seller and buyer can reap the benefits of a "For Sale by Owner" property.

In the Grand Strand area, Mike & Janice Thivierge bring buyers and sellers together through For Sale by Owner Magazine Coastal South Carolina.

Coincidentally, For Sale by Owner Magazine of Coastal South Carolina is celebrating their 5th anniversary on October 21st.

The popular magazine features an average of 140 listings in any given month.

As an extra bonus, readers of the magazine and online browsers can search available properties through their website www.ForSaleByOwner-SC.com. Each listing in the magazine is listed on the website and offers an enhanced view of the property with more photos and a larger description.

We spoke with owner Mike Thivierge about the magazine and how it has evolved over the past five years.

"We started out with only 16 pages in our first edition", Thivierge said, "After 9 months we were up to 48 pages due to our advertising and promoting. Today we print 30,000 copies each month, which are distributed from Little River to Georgetown".

That's no small feat considering the amount of work that goes into each edition. Plus, each month FSBO of Coastal South Carolina hosts a Home Buying/Selling seminar for people interested in gaining an insight into how to sell their home on their own. At each seminar, FSBO of Coastal South Carolina provides an attorney and a mortgage company to help teach people how to sell their homes themselves through a Q&A session.

"Special rates are also given to buyers and sellers through FSBO too", Thivierge said, "These rates are given by mortgage companies and attorneys and can save a buyer or seller even more money."

Legal documents, like contracts, are also provided to FSBO customers. This helps get rid of the hassle of getting proper papers drawn up at closing.

For those who know Mike personally, they will tell you that he is quite the jokester. But clients will testify that when it comes to FSBO, there is no question that this is a seriously top-notch outfit that he and his wife, Janice, operate.

While on the topic of the Internet, FSBO of Coastal South Carolina heightens its presence with 21 domain names and websites which are either owned and operated by FSBO or one of their many affiliates, all of which display FSBO customer's listings.

Discover Myrtle Beach did its own investigation on the magazine's popularity along with that of similar publications. We've found that this magazine dominates the market quite easily on all fronts. The benefits we've found with this publication over other local FSBO publications are their professionalism, magazine information quality, distribution, Internet exposure, and advertising price. It's worth mentioning that dollar for dollar, FSBO of Coastal South Carolina offers more bang for the buck and is arguably one of the best investments a home seller can make.

For Sale By Owner Magazine of Coastal South Carolina
Contact Info: 843-650-9947
Website: www.ForSaleByOwner-SC.com
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