
Charleston, underwritten.
The city. The property. The numbers behind your next move.
Revenue model, a call to the city, an insurance quote, the five-year exit. If a deal only works when you hope it appreciates, it doesn't work.
Identify, analyze, then execute. Numbers first, plain English, honest about the catch.
The screen, the eight questions I ask the city before any offer, and the mistakes I watch buyers make.
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Today I bring the same underwriting discipline to investors, high-W2 earners and 1031 exchangers buying in Charleston, South Carolina — every purchase evaluated as an investment, not just a transaction.
If a property grossed $150,000 last year, I need to see a list price of $1.5 million or less. Ten times gross revenue, or under, is worth diving into. You're not buying a house, you're buying a revenue stream.
Zoning, occupancy and permits verified at the source — the city's own records — never from a listing. The MLS is a starting point, not the deal.
A broker quote plugged into the model before anything is signed. On the coast, insurance is a structural variable, not a closing detail.
Then we go deeper: the revenue model, management and utilities, leverage, the five-year exit. If it only works when you hope it appreciates, it doesn't work.
vacation rental portfolio — acquisitions background
about how many people move to the greater Charleston area every day, by the latest count
occupancy on one deal, after a call to the city. Advertised at 16, grandfathered at 22.
say fifty active homes in the overlay: maybe six or seven meet the short-term rental requirements
Charleston, SC 29403 · 4 bd · 2 ba · 2,011 sq ft · two turnkey units, steps from Hampton Park
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The 10-minute screening method, the city call playbook, and the eight mistakes I watch buyers make.
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How high-income earners use short-term rentals, cost segregation and material participation — explained plainly, to take to your CPA.
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