Does it matter if the agent knows my neighborhood?

Working with an agent who actually knows a buyer's specific neighborhood matters a great deal in a region as varied as the Lowcountry, since Mount Pleasant, James Island and Summerville each have different pricing, school zones and buyer pools that a generic, regional approach can miss. An agent unfamiliar with a specific area may misprice a listing or miss comparable sales that a locally focused agent would catch immediately. Brian Beatty works a defined list of Lowcountry towns specifically so he can speak to each one with real, current data. Asking any candidate agent about their recent, local track record is a fair way to judge this before hiring them.