Welcome to Edisto Beach, SC
One of the Last Great Family Beaches! 
This site is full of information on homes for sale on Edisto Beach and Walterboro, SC and great Edisto Island real estate agents. You can find other information on my blog!
Edisto is NOT Hilton Head or Myrtle Beach -- it is a great, quiet beach that you remember from childhood -- and a beach where homes are still affordable. Edisto Island is a small barrier island about halfway between Charleston and Beaufort, SC with wonderful crabbing, fishing, shrimping and lazy days on the beach. Edisto Beach was purchased from the Edistow Indians, for some cloth, hatchets, beads and other goods, by the Earl of Shaftsbury in 1674. Originally Edisto produced rice and indigo as its major crops, but it was Sea Island Cotton that put Edisto Island on the map. Since the cotton industry was such a large part of the commerce of the Island many Plantation owners built spectacular homes there. The cotton industry started to die out at the end of the Civil War and Islanders turned to farming, shirmping and fishing. These days tourism is a large part of the industry on Edisto Island. Edisto Island is now a great summer spot for families and also a wonderful community for year round living. Edisto has plenty to keep the whole family busy both during the winter months and in the heat of the summer. Everyone can find something to enjoy on this sea island treasure.  |  | | Beautiful, unspoiled Edisto Beach, SC--the perfect playground! | |
Edisto Beach and Edisto Island have given families good times and great memories since the 1930’s. It's a place where families come to play. Whether you like relaxing on an un-crowded beach, walking the nature trails in Edisto Beach and State Park, kayaking, biking, sun bathing, shelling, fishing, boating, visiting the beautiful SC ACE Basin or exploring historic Edisto Island there’s always something to do for every member of the family. An Interesting NEW YORK TIMES Article on Edisto Beach (old, but still relevant and largely accurate) An Out-of-the-Way Isle In South Carolina
By HENRY LEIFERMANN
The New York Times
April 3, 1994 While strolling along the surf line at Edisto Beach, S.C., looking for shark's teeth in the sand and thinking about a bowl of seafood gumbo at Bobo Lee's beach cafe, I was surprised by the sight of three little shrimp trawlers. CLICK HERE to read this entire article and others on my About Edisto Beach and Walterboro page!  Edisto Resturant Named America's Best BBQ
Article by Jane and Michael Stern
Published by Concierge.com Is there any food that better conveys summer than barbecue? After all, no cuisine is more easygoing, begging to be eaten with a wipe-your-hands-on-your-shorts brio—and nothing tastes as good when the heat of July sweeps in. And while we're all for cooking in the backyard, a quest for America's best barbecue makes a heck of a good excuse to get out and explore our country's little towns and back-road byways. Compare those succulent spareribs from Leon's in Chicago with the whole-hog barbecue in North Carolina's Skylight Inn (pictured), while planning a trip to Memphis for barbecue spaghetti (you read that right). Here are our picks for some of the best, representing smoke-pit passions from coast to coast. It'll make you glad to be American. EDISTO ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA About an hour southwest of Charleston, Edisto Island seems barely connected to the mainland. Lying among a series of tangled waterways, it has no traffic lights, and beachside residents are required to turn off all outdoor lamps and to be quiet after dark so sea turtles can come ashore and lay their eggs in peace. The buffet line at Po Pigs Bo-B-Q (named for proprietor Robert Bobo Lee) is also proudly primitive, harking back to the old Carolina ritual of a pig pickin'—where everything is laid out, "from the beard to the tail" (barbe à queue). All of the meat is cut and pulled from slow-smoked hogs, and you'll find dark meat, light meat, pork cracklin's made from the skin, even pig innard hash to ladle over white rice. Decorate the pork with any of four different barbecue sauces—including a uniquely South Carolinian mustard sauce—and side it with a panoply of true-South vegetables such as turnip greens and squash casserole, plus hush puppies. True to classic pig pickin' hours, Po Pigs is open only on weekends.
|
First Time Buyers >Your Principal Residence
The Federal Tax Code allows married taxpayers to exclude from capital gains taxes up to $500,000 in profits from selling a home (singles can exclude $250,000). In order to qualify for this exemption, you must prove that that the home has been your principal residence for at least two out of the last five years. The establishment of the home as a principal residence depends on the facts of each homeowner's circumstance. Here are two cases to consider.
Homeowner A has lived at 25 Pine Drive for 12 years. Although he stays at his vacation cottage in another town for up to three months out of each year (sometimes more), 25 Pine Drive is his principal residence, where he lives most of the time. When he sells the home, Homeowner A (filing as a single individual) can keep up to $250,000 in tax-free profit.
Homeowner B buys 108 Maple Street, intending to live there. He rents it out while waiting to sell his current home, where he has lived for six years. His principal residence sells at the end of two years. Homeowner B moves into his new house, lives there for three months, and then decides to travel. After a six-month trip, he regrets buying 108 Maple Street and sells it. Even though he has owned the house on Maple Street for over two years, it won't qualify as "owner-occupied", because he only lived in it for a few months. Thus Homeowner B is not eligible to claim the tax exemption when he sells the house on Maple Street.
Consult your tax advisor for advice about your particular circumstance.
|
|
| Q |
What has a tremendous impact on the U.S. economy, comprising between $10-$15 trillion of the nation's wealth?
|
| A |
Real Estate--it goes through cycles, but still has a long-term record of strong investment return. |
 See More Real Estate Trivia > |
|
NUMBER1EXPERT®
© Homes Media Solutions™, a division of Dominion Enterprises and/or its clients.
All rights reserved. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
|
- NUMBER1EXPERT™ 
