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The people who get you to the closing table.

Every name here earned its place by doing right by our families: responsive, fair, and used to working with buyers who are 500 miles away. You are never obligated to use them, but you will always have someone to call.

Portrait — Cindy Ward, Loan Officer at Ascend Lending
Preferred lender

Start with a pre-approval.

Cindy is the first call on most of our purchases. Talk to her before you tour anything — knowing your number changes which houses are worth your Saturday.

Cindy WardLoan Officer · Ascend Lending

Cindy Ward was born and raised in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and moved to South Carolina in 2017. She values the Southern hospitality that defines the region, and can't imagine living anywhere else.

She has spent most of her professional life in the finance industry, and is passionate about turning the dream of homeownership into a reality. Buying, selling, refinancing or building — you have a lot riding on your loan specialist. Market conditions and mortgage programs change frequently, so it matters that the person handling yours gives quick, accurate answers.

She has the expertise and the knowledge to help you explore the financing options actually open to you. Her stated goal is that you make the right choice for you and your family, with mortgage service that exceeds what you expected of it.

LicenseNMLS #2089862 · Ascend Lending
Office611 Singletree Ct, Inman, SC 29349

Opens Cindy's secure application at Ascend Lending. You are applying with her, not with us: The Bedoya Team is a real estate brokerage and does not originate loans.

Real estate closing attorneys

Closings, in the right hands.

South Carolina requires an attorney to conduct your closing. These firms handle the title search, the closing and the recording, and can close by mail if you cannot be here.

Stewart James

Edwards Law, LLC · Greenville

Our first call for a closing. Title search, closing and recording; mail-away closings for buyers who cannot be in town.

Holliday Ingram

Law firm · Downtown Greenville

Residential and commercial closings and estate planning, from an office on Court Street.

Sallé Law Firm

Cameron Sallé · Greenville

Residential and commercial real estate closings, refinances and estate planning.

Mortgage lenders

A pre-approval you can actually rely on.

Beyond Cindy, compare two or three. Both of these work in Spanish as well as English, which matters at the moment a family is deciding what it can afford.

Alex Ferrando

Español
Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group · Greenville

Purchase, refinance and construction lending from the Halton Road branch, in English and Spanish.

Tom Glass

Español
Tom Glass Mortgages · NMLS 239377

VA, FHA, conventional and new-construction loans. Grew up in South America and works in English and Spanish.

Home inspectors

Reports that tell the truth without the theatrics.

Licensed, available the same week, and willing to get on the phone with you afterwards. In South Carolina the CL-100 termite letter is standard at closing; each of these can handle it.

Pro-Tech Inspections

Home inspection · Termite CL-100 & pest

Our preferred inspector. Full home inspection plus the CL-100 wood-infestation report in one visit, one report. Joins you live on video if you cannot attend.

Advantage Inspection Upstate

Inspections · Simpsonville

Home, new-construction and pre-listing inspections, with radon, termite, sewer-scope and pool add-ons.

HouseMaster of Greenville

Felix Mirando · Inspections

Home inspections with the CL-100 termite letter included.

Appraisers

A value that holds up.

On a financed purchase the lender orders the appraisal, so you rarely choose the appraiser. When you can, for a cash purchase, a valuation before you list, an estate or a private sale, this is who we call.

Chris White

Carolina Appraisal Partners · Certified Residential Appraiser

Our preferred appraiser. Residential appraisals in Greenville and Spartanburg counties. Appraising since 2004, a South Carolina appraiser since 2006, and he keeps his South Carolina broker's license too.

Home and auto insurance

Bound before closing, and the auto policy the DMV will ask for.

A new South Carolina resident needs an SC auto policy before registering a car here. An independent agency shops several carriers at once.

Andrew Mullinax

President · The Peoples Insurance, LLC

Independent agency that shops multiple carriers for home and auto. Get your SC auto policy here before your DMV visit.

Movers

Local and long-distance, with a real quote.

Interstate moves are quoted by weight and distance; book two to four weeks out in the busy season.

Swamp Rabbit Moving

Movers · Greenville

Licensed and insured. Local and interstate quotes, packing, and short-term storage.

The Bedoya Team at Real Broker, LLC receives no compensation for these referrals. Vendors are independent businesses and you are under no obligation to use them. In South Carolina, a licensed attorney must conduct your real estate closing.