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About John Rakoci |
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| John graduated from high school in Pennsylvania and enlisted in the military during the Viet Nam conflict. He is a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and a member of the American Legion, Post 186 in Little River. While attending Edinboro University, he saw a girl in the homecoming court that caught his attention. Soon after, he and Patty were married and have celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary. John is the proud father of two beautiful daughters and has twin grandsons. During a career with the federal government John was active in conservation groups and enjoyed woodworking, remodeling, hunting, fishing, and boating. | He is Life Member of the National Rifle Association and taught Home Firearms Safety and Hunter Safety. He joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary and became an instructor of their boating safety classes and completed boat safety inspections at various ports and docks. In 1988 John was licensed by the US Coast Guard to operate passenger vessels carrying passengers and operated a charter fishing service on the Great Lakes. John also was a licensed guide in Ohio. The Atlantic Ocean and the beaches were like a magnet to John and his family. They made their first visit to Myrtle Beach in the 1970s and returned nearly every year, often more than once. Other beaches were also visited, but not one compared to those along the Grand Strand, especially Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach. Friendships were developed with the locals that continue today. During 1998 John and Patty sold the family home in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio. The Ohio home was to be the one they spent retirement in, but it was not to be. John always had an interest in real estate and the stock markets. Patty was never shocked to answer the phone and hear John say, “Hi Hon, we just bought (or sold) ______”. That call was never made about a stock, only real estate. John and Patty first bought a condo in North Myrtle Beach for the family to use for vacations. Just a few months after that purchase was made Patty received the call stating it had been sold and another purchased near by in North Myrtle Beach. At that point John decided that since visiting the area was so great, living here had to be better. John and Patty now have a home on a golf course in Little River. Patty has enjoyed decorating it but wonders when the call will come and she will be decorating another. John had been helping friends in Ohio and Pennsylvania find second homes and investment property along the Grand Strand for some time. He wanted to help more people bring their dream of a ‘place at the beach’ to reality. That prompted him to become licensed by both the North and South Carolina Real Estate Commissions. He has completed the requirements of a real estate ‘broker’. His experience and training has earned the coveted ABR (Accreditted Buyer Representative) designation. He has also been trained and certified in Cross Border transactions by RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) to assist Canadian clients with transactions in the US. Contact John to discuss your real estate needs in Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Little River, or the inland areas from Conway to Loris in South Carolina or Brunswick County in North Carolina.
Call John on his cell at (843) 655 7777
or email him at john@rakoci.com |
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