Selling Your Home in Little River, SC

This page is general information, not legal, tax, or insurance advice. Fees, forms, and rules change, so please confirm what applies to you with your closing attorney and your tax professional. I am a real estate professional, and my part is pricing, marketing, and getting your house sold.

Buyers who will live in the house ask what the tax will be for them, and the honest answer is that it will not match your bill if you have been paying the 6 percent rate on a second home. On Horry County's 2026 levies, a legal residence in unincorporated county carries about 91.9 mills on a 4 percent assessment, while a second home or rental carries about 201.0 mills on 6 percent. Buyers also ask about the flood zone, any elevation certificate, flood premiums, and wind and hail coverage. If you rent it out, have your rental history ready, and know that a buyer will ask whether the county hospitality fee and state taxes have been filed.

I price against sales in Little River and the nearby Grand Strand, never high and hoping. Then every home gets the full launch before it hits the MLS: professional drone photography, a video walkthrough, a dedicated single-property website, and a targeted paid social campaign. The drone shows the Intracoastal Waterway and the marsh better than a listing photo can. The IRS lets you exclude up to $250,000 of gain on your main home, or $500,000 on a joint return, if you owned and lived in it for two of the five years before the sale; a second home or rental follows different rules. Start with what your Little River home is worth, then call me and let's get this sold.