Abe Safa came to Myrtle Beach in 1988 for college and never left.

What started as a four-year stay turned into a lifetime of watching the Grand Strand grow from a sleepy summer destination into one of the most dynamic coastal markets in the Southeast. Abe has lived through every boom, every correction, and every shift in this market — and that depth of local knowledge is something no transplant agent can replicate. When he gives a seller advice a...