Hilton Head Island · Bluffton · Beaufort
Southern roots, Lowcountry expertise.
My great-grandmother was from Memphis and my parents retired to Hilton Head. I moved here in 2022, bought in Moss Creek, and now sell the community I live in — $10.2M closed at a $784,000 average.
- Closed volume
- $10.2MClosed volume
- Average sale price
- $784,000Average sale price
- Of that closed in 2026
- 52.3%Of that closed in 2026
- Where I live
- Moss CreekWhere I live
I’ve been licensed in South Carolina since September 2021, after roughly three decades in client-facing sales and service. $5.33M of my $10.2M career volume closed in 2026 alone, across 6 transactions — in a year that isn’t over.
Why me
Roughly seven in ten buyers here are moving from somewhere else.
I was one of them. My family is from Kansas City, my great-grandmother was from Memphis, and my parents retired to Hilton Head — so the South is in the family, even though this island isn’t where I grew up. When COVID closed the yoga-retreat business I ran between Lake Tahoe and Tulum, I moved here, bought a house in Moss Creek in July 2022, and built a practice from inside the gates rather than outside them.
I’m also a certified life coach, which sounds tangential until you’re three weeks into a relocation and need someone who can keep the decision straight in your head.
More about meOn camera
A minute with me, on the island
“You're not buying a house here. You're buying a POA, a master deed, and a view.”
Melissa Redd, REALTOR®
What the listing portals won’t tell you
Three things I learned the hard way
- 01
Read the POA's finances before you read the listing
Know the Property Owners Association rules and finances inside and out before you buy. Moss Creek and Colleton River have completely different boards, reserve funds, debt levels, insurance coverage and planned capital projects — two gated communities fifteen minutes apart, structured nothing alike. Ask your agent to get you the annual meeting minutes and the latest budget. If they can't, that tells you something too.
- 02
The master deed decides how you get to live there
Get a copy of the master deed and understand the rules and restrictions before you're committed. Are short-term rentals allowed? What are the pet rules? Motorcycles, RVs, boats? What does the landscaping requirement actually oblige you to do? Can you put a fence in your own backyard? These are the details that decide whether a community fits your life, and they vary enormously from gate to gate.
- 03
If you plan to change the house, learn the review process first
Adding a garage, a pool, a second story, an outdoor Carolina room — all of it runs through architectural review. How many people sit on that board? How often do they meet? How quickly can you realistically get from idea to permit to finished work? Buyers who plan a renovation and discover the review timeline afterwards are the ones who end up frustrated.
Where I have actually closed
Guides only for the communities I can back
3 of my sales cleared $1M, all in Sea Pines — 59.4% of career volume.
Moss CreekBlufftonI live here. My office window looks over the marsh and the 18th hole of the South course.Melissa lives here6 closings · $3.01M
Sea PinesHilton Head IslandMy highest-value work. Three closings here, every one above $1.5 million.Closed transactions here3 closings · $6.05M
Hilton Head Investment CondosHilton Head IslandColigny and Folly Field — two closings, and five of the twenty-one questions I'm asked most.Closed transactions here2 closings · $485K
Sun City Hilton HeadBlufftonOne closing, and a great many homes toured.Closed transactions here1 closing · $445K
BeaufortBeaufortOne closing, and the area I know best outside Hilton Head and Bluffton.Closed transactions here1 closing · $195K
Also toured and researched: Hampton Hall, Hampton Lake, Colleton River, Hilton Head Plantation, Palmetto Dunes, The Crescent. I know these communities and I’ll walk you through them — I just haven’t closed in them yet, so there’s no guide here pretending otherwise.
On camera
Walk the properties
I film my own community tours, home walkthroughs and market explainers — a new one most weeks.
The Lowcountry
What you’re really buying
Deepwater marinas, tidal marsh, live oaks, and communities that each run themselves a little differently.
Listings
Homes I’ve represented
Full photography and my own notes on each. MLS search isn’t on this site — syndicated listing pages are near-identical across every agent site in the market, so I’d rather use the space on homes I can actually tell you something about. For a full search, my eXp profile carries the feed.
Video consulting
Book a free 45-minute video call with me
Roughly seven in ten buyers here are moving from somewhere else, and most of them start the process from a few states away. A video call is the closest thing to walking the island together before you get on a plane. Share your screen with the listings you’ve saved and I’ll tell you what the photos aren’t showing you — which side of the gate that is, what the POA is carrying, what the regime fee covers, whether the short-term rental you’re counting on is even permitted in that community.
45 minutes, no charge, no obligation to list or buy with me. If the answer at the end is “wait a year,” that’s the answer you’ll get.
How it works
- 1Send me a note with two or three times that work for you, and what you want to cover.
- 2I reply with a video link and a confirmation — usually the same day.
- 3We talk for 45 minutes. Bring the listings, bring the questions.
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