Foothills Real Estate Investors Association | Real Estate investing in the Upstate of South Carolina

“The myth before was that to be warm you had to have heating. Our goal is to create a warm house without energy demand,” said Wolfgang Hasper, an engineer at the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt. “This is not about wearing thick pullovers, turning the thermostat down and putting up with drafts. It’s about being comfortable […]

You’ve come to know many of us through the Foothills meetings over the years. Well, now trust us with your auto repair! Converse Motors is now open in the beautifully historic Converse Mill. We can do any sort of troubleshooting and repair for your vehicle. Plus, we are offering sales of dependable vehicles. Here’s what […]

Upcoming meeting:
THURSDAY August 21 at
Foothills REIA’s new office!
280 S. Pine Street
Downtown Spartanburg

 We’re talking $Green$ Building and how it will put green $$$ in your pocket through real estate, and more! New vendors will be displaying products to use on your building projects that will save all of us time AND money, help our tenants […]

The Foothills REIA  will focus on how we as investor’s can take advantage of the changing real estate market. As many of you know we are in an emerging market here in Spartanburg as well in a major shift towards Energy Efficient, Green,  or what some call Sustainable building practices.
Our local experts will […]

Our market is adjusting and is now showing signs of stabilizing itself. Real estate always has been and will still continue to be a great investment, even in the midst of this market fall. It is leveling itself and will probably need yet some more leveling to be done, but with the news released today […]

I’ve been involved with real estate literally since I was a baby! My grandfather was a Master Carpenter who lived his entire life on the same street on Cape Cod. I remember riding around town as a 6 year old and him pointing out the house he put the dormer on, or the house he […]

Green Buildings Introduction
The design, construction, and maintenance of buildings has a tremendous impact on our environment and our natural resources. There are more than 76 million residential buildings and nearly 5 million commercial buildings in the U.S. today. These buildings together use one-third of all the energy consumed in the U.S., and two-thirds of all […]