Charleston jurors deliberated five hours before awarding the money to Richard C. Davis, who created the show and appeared on its first season, The (Charleston) Post and Courier reported.

Davis, who runs the Trademark Properties Inc. real estate firm on James Island, sued after he said the cable network broke an oral agreement to split profits from the show.

A federal jury awarded a South Carolina real estate investor Richard C. Davis more than $4 million Wednesday in a dispute over profits from the reality television show “Flip This House.”

The union announced this morning would create one of the largest real estate firms in the Columbia area. The deal should be completed by Friday.

Combined, the two companies will have with roughly 550 local real estate agents and eight local offices, the firms said. Coldwell and Century 21 managed to find positions for employees at both firms, but will consolidate eight offices that are near each other.

Columbia-based Russell & Jeffcoat has 571 local agents at 15 Midlands offices, CEO Ron Roe said.
Coldwell Banker is headquartered in College Station, Texas, but its chief of operations Jeff Wheeler is based in Columbia. The firm has offices throughout the Southeast.

Century 21 is owned locally and run by Jimmy Derrick.

The American presidency is not only about great candidates. The best man (person) at the time, often doesn’t win the office. The key word here, is “timing.”

Eight years ago, George W. Bush decided to run for the highest office in the land. In 2000, South Carolina’s republican party chose the governor of Texas, over Senator McCain. We voted for the man we could see ourselves in a fishing boat with, rather than the former POW. In a heated battle, South Carolina was the springboard for George W. Bush, which set the stage that John McCain would never stand on.

Forward eight years later. Love him or despise him, President Bush is the biggest reason Sen. McCain didn’t win this election. Enter, Senator Obama.

As I go though my email and look at my Facebook page, I see all sorts of anti-Obama thoughts. That’s the problem in itself. McCain never had the masses FOR him. Many voters just were AGAINST Obama, which wasn’t enough.

If we’re happy with our eight years of Bush, then great. Having said this, if we really wanted Sen. McCain to be our president, it’s mirror time in South Carolina…eight years removed.