Home is where the heart is, as the saying goes—which is exactly as it should be, believes Southern Visions sales associate Stephanie Couch. For the Couch family, a small farm near Gilbert is their own heartland. But rural or urban, near Lake Murray or near the capital downtown, the midlands is a region where anyone can make a home of the heart.

Growing up in Greenville, Stephanie graduated from North Greenville University and became a licensed r...