Why should I use a local Folly Beach agent for a tax appeal?

A Folly Beach agent who tracks the barrier island market closely can pull truly comparable sales for a tax appeal, which matters because Folly Beach pricing does not move the same way as the wider Charleston market. An agent unfamiliar with the island might pull comparables from the mainland that a county assessor will not accept as equivalent evidence. Brian Beatty covers Folly Beach as one of his regular Lowcountry towns, so his comparable sales data reflects actual recent activity on the island itself. That local specificity is what makes an appeal's evidence hold up.