If you are looking for an easy-to-care for plant for your home or office consider the crassula ovata — or as it’s more commonly called, jade.

While jade plants are considered to be symbols of good luck, you won’t need luck to learn how to care and maintain your jade plant.

KEEP YOUR GREEN THUMB READY AS TEMPERATURES DIP 

BY BARRY K AUFMAN If recent real estate trends are any indication, there are quite a few of you out there who are spending your first fall in the Lowcountry. As such, you probably have quite a few questions about planting a fall garden here in hardiness Zone 8. The good news is, you’ve started at just the right time.

REAL ESTATE SEES SHIFTS, REBALANCING AND PENT-UP DEMAND

BY DEAN ROWLAND 

“People see the news and it’s all doom and gloom, right, but it’s really not the case at all,” said Rick Saba, of COAST Real Estate Professionals brokered by eXp Realty.

COLLINS GROUP REALTY NAMED NO. 1 IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Collins Group Realty was named one of America’s most productive sales teams as a part of RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s Best Real Estate Professionals, a ranking report produced by RealTrends and Tom Ferry International. The team was ranked the number No. 1 large team in South Carolina for the second year in a row, by sales volume. The real estate group is also ranked the No. 36 large team in the nation, by volume. RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals ranks over 18,500 residential real estate professionals solely based on their excellence in real estate sales during calendar year 2021.

TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HELP KEEP YOUR PROPERTY SECURE

BY DEAN ROWLAND

There’s no place like home, especially when watching the nightly news. Local TV coverage peeks around the neighborhood corner to show shootings, lootings, robberies, law enforcement/civilian showdowns and home invasions.

Leading real estate professionals who produce the highest results year over year share the same characteristics that sets them apart: passion, dedication, personal integrity, professional skills, years of experience and a strong team behind them.

NEW BUILD ON GREEN HERON ROAD PART OF FAMILY TRADITION

BY DEAN ROWLAND | PHOTOS BY ROB KAUFMAN

In a way, what Paul Bailey Builders on Hilton Head has done is replicate the Boardwalk and Park Place spaces in the Monopoly board game.

They have built or remodeled seven homes on Green Heron Road in Sea Pines during the past 33 years, a prime stretch of land from North Sea Pines Drive to the ocean. It’s real estate gold.

AVOID DECEPTION IN THE AFTERMATH OF A HURRICANE

BY NINA GREENPLATE

No one wants to be on the receiving end of deliberate deception, but unfortunately it happens.

Scammers strike when emotions are high, and what better time than after a natural disaster like a hurricane, where both property and people can be damage victims.

CENTURY 21 DIAMOND REALTY ADDS AGENT

Yessica Fortes has joined Century 21 Diamond Realty as an agent. She is originally from Uruguay, South America, and moved to the Lowcountry at age 12. Fortes has a degree in business management and hospitality.

THE LOWCOUNTRY PREPS FOR ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON

BY HILTON HEAD MONTHLY

The Lowcountry is prepping for Atlantic hurricane season, which runs until Nov. 30, with the heaviest months usually in August through October.

Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast that we will see between 14 and 21 named storms this year. They say three to six of those storms could be major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher with winds of 111 mph or higher.