I am Carol Rutgers and I would love to assist you. Whether you are in the research phase at the beginning of your real estate search or you know exactly what you are looking for, you will benefit from having a real estate professional by your side. I would be honored to put my real estate experience to work for you.

I specialize in assisting out-of-state buyers to find their dream home in the Lowcountry and helping sellers to stage and sell their houses, so they can move to their next place.
Educational Background:
+ Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®)
+ Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE®)
+ Accredited Staging Professional REALTOR®, ASP® Home Staging Designation (STAGE® Training Course)
+ Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR) Certified, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®
+ Real Estate Owned Specialist Training Course, American Real Estate University
+ Master of Education, Counseling Psychology and Guidance, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
+ Distinguished career at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey spanning 32 years
+ Award for Sustained Academic Excellence, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, 2007
+ Significant contributions and impact on both a state and national level with various cooperative education organizations

Associations:
+ Big 10 Rutgers Hilton Head Representative
+ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®
+ Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors, South Carolina
+ Hilton Head Island Multiple Listing Service
+ NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®, 2010-2014
+ Annual Keller Williams Red Day Participant
+ Resume Writing/Job Search Coach
+ Member, Chancel Choir and Wesley Ringers; Bluffton UMC
+ Board of Directors, Wesley Thrift Shop, Bound Brook, NJ, 2008-2013
+ Board, Student Cooperative Bookstore, New Brunswick, NJ, 1984-2007

Personal
+ Live in Sun City-Hilton Head, Riverbend Neighborhood. Carol grew up in Bridgewater, NJ and lived in Martinsville, NJ for 19 years.
+ Previously lived in Somerset, North Brunswick and New Brunswick (as Rutgers University Resident Director) for 21 years.
+ Married since 1994 to James Rutgers, Broker REALTOR/Real Estate Photographer, Keller Williams Realty
+ Step-sons, Christopher and Geoffrey, both married, one step-grandson and one step-granddaughter
+ Pets: Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier (Clay), Calico Cat (Gilly) and Goffin Cockatoo (Leonard)
+ Interests: Golf, RV Camping, Hiking, Photography, Gardening, and Baking