My Upstate Home is an independent boutique brokerage built on three pillars: Humanity. Transparency. Kindness.

You’ll never feel rushed, pressured, or left in the dark. We provide highly personalized service, direct communication, and honest guidance—always built around what is best for you.

To create the experience people deserve but don’t always get: real transparency, expert strategy, and genuine care. My goal was to build a place where clients are treated like family, and where agents are supported in an ethical, transparent, and empowering environment.

TREE (Truth in Real Estate for Everyone) is a transparency framework I created to give buyers and sellers a clearer understanding of where their money goes in a transaction—beyond the total commission number. TREE is about honesty, clarity, and empowering consumers with information that helps them make the best decisions for themselves.

It means we prioritize people over profit, clarity over confusion, and compassion over pressure. You will always know exactly what’s happening, why it’s happening, and where your money is going.

Each area offers its own lifestyle: The Upstate of South Carolina has many mini markets. A few examples are below.

• Greenville City: Vibrant, walkable, artsy, upscale dining, strong job market.
• Seneca: Close to Lake Keowee, slower pace, medical hub, charming downtown.
• Clemson: College-town energy, investment appeal, strong rental demand.
• Anderson: Spacious, suburban, excellent strength and value.
• Lake Region: Lake living, boating lifestyle, outdoor enthusiasm

We start with your lifestyle preferences—waterfront, walkability, schools, acreage, golf, medical proximity, commute needs—and match it to the neighborhood that best fits your goals.

It depends on price, location, and condition. Quality, price position, and market timing matter. Schedule a meeting to get an individualized, full market analysis or your home and/or the mini market you are considering buying in.

Inspections, appraisal, attorney closing fees (SC is an attorney-close state), earnest money, and certain HOA or membership fees depending on the community.

Yes. We provide virtual tours, local guidance, community comparisons, and full-service support from anywhere.

We evaluate comparable sales, current competition, condition, upgrades, unique features, and market momentum. Pricing is a strategy—not a guess.

We can provide you with the average days on market for any target neighborhood and community. Days on market vary based on location, waterfront, seasonality, buyer demand and much more.

You don’t need a full remodel. Focus on:

• fresh paint
• curb appeal
• decluttering
• small repairs
• professional cleaning

These changes create emotional appeal and maximize value.

Critical. In the luxury market, you are not just selling the home—you’re selling the lifestyle. High-end marketing is key.

Cinematic videos, lifestyle videos, targeted digital ads, high-end photography, agent-to-agent networking, curated copywriting, and lifestyle positioning designed to attract top-tier buyers.

We analyze feedback, adjust strategy, refresh the marketing, reposition if needed, and address anything blocking the sale. Our communication is proactive and honest at every step.

Yes. Duke Energy regulates Lake Keowee docks. Permits require review, and certain lots are pre-approved or restricted. We help you assess your lot’s dock status.

Level lots bring a premium—often hundreds of thousands—because they offer easy access to the water. Steeper lots typically cost less but can offer beautiful views.

Crescent: Non-gated, neighborhood amenities, excellent value. The Reserve/The Cliffs: Gated, luxury amenities, membership requirements, upscale lifestyle.

Water depth, views, lot slope, cove vs. main channel, dock type, privacy, and neighborhood lifestyle.

Commissions are 100% negotiable and typically divided between the listing brokerage and buyer’s brokerage. In most cases, what sellers see as one number is split multiple ways.

Structures vary depending on the agreement and the market. We explain every option clearly.

Because typically and historically, customers and clients only see the total fee, not how much goes to the agent vs. brokerage vs. corporate/franchise/affiliate fees, marketing, insurance, overhead, taxes, etc.

We outline every fee, split, cost, and marketing expense up front. No surprises. No hidden corporation, franchise or affiliate fees. No NDAs.

Yes. Lake Keowee is one of the most desirable luxury lake markets in Upstate South Carolina, especially for buyers who want waterfront living, boating access, mountain views, privacy, and a relaxed resort-style setting.

At My Upstate Home, we help buyers compare more than just the home itself. We look at shoreline setting, water access, dock potential, neighborhood amenities, long-term value, and how well the property fits your lifestyle.

Waterfront homes on Lake Keowee require a closer look than a typical residential purchase. We guide you through the unique factors that shape each property, including how the lot sits on the water, access to the lake, dock options, views, terrain, and any community guidelines that could influence your experience. This helps you see how the property will function day to day, not just how it looks on paper.

Lake Keowee is home to several well-known communities, each offering a different lifestyle and set of amenities. Some neighborhoods focus on golf and resort-style living, while others emphasize privacy, natural surroundings, or easy lake access.

We help buyers compare communities based on factors like amenities, location, home styles, HOA structure, and overall feel so they can find the area that best fits how they want to live.

Yes. Many Lake Keowee buyers are relocating, purchasing a second home, or shopping from a distance. My Upstate Home can help you narrow your search, tour properties virtually when needed, coordinate local professionals, explain the buying process, and keep the transaction organized from offer to closing.

We focus on clear communication so you can make confident decisions even when you are not local.

We outline every fee, split, cost, and marketing expense up front. No surprises. No hidden corporation, franchise or affiliate fees. No NDAs.

Lake Keowee offers a range of luxury and lifestyle-driven properties, including waterfront estates, lake-access homes, gated community homes, new construction, custom homes, second homes, vacation properties, and investment-minded purchases.

The right fit depends on how you plan to use the property, whether that means full-time living, weekend getaways, boating, entertaining, rental potential, or long-term ownership.

A Lake Keowee home’s value depends on more than recent sales alone. We look at waterfront quality, dock access, views, lot usability, community amenities, home condition, updates, buyer demand, and competing listings.

My Upstate Home provides market analysis and pricing guidance designed to help sellers understand where their property fits in the current Lake Keowee luxury market.

Before listing, we recommend preparing the home so buyers can immediately understand its lifestyle value. That may include improving curb appeal, highlighting lake views, refreshing outdoor spaces, organizing dock and waterfront details, completing strategic repairs, and creating a pricing and marketing plan. For luxury and waterfront homes, presentation matters because buyers are often comparing the full experience, not just the structure.

Timing depends on pricing, condition, location, waterfront features, buyer demand, and how the home is positioned. Some well-prepared homes attract strong interest quickly, while highly specialized luxury properties may take longer because they appeal to a more selective buyer pool.

We help sellers set realistic expectations and adjust the strategy when the market is sending a clear signal.

Yes. Lake Keowee is a strong fit for buyers who want a second home, vacation property, or lake lifestyle retreat. Boating, fishing, golf, hiking, outdoor recreation, and waterfront living are major reasons buyers are drawn to the area.

We help clients think through practical details as well, including maintenance, community rules, travel distance, rental goals, and how often they plan to use the home.

It can be, but the right property matters. Investors and second-home buyers should look closely at location, waterfront appeal, condition, carrying costs, rental rules, neighborhood restrictions, maintenance needs, and resale potential.

My Upstate Home helps buyers evaluate both lifestyle value and investment considerations so they can make decisions with clarity instead of guesswork.