Upon graduating from the Citadel in 1992 (with a B.S. degree in Business, Marketing, and Finance), Gettys was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. Following three fruitful seasons as a professional pitcher in the Red Sox organization, Gettys returned to Charleston to focus on raising a family with his wife Cheryl and to make his mark as a business innovator. After several years of marketing success in the newspaper/publishing business, Gettys realized the unprecedented opportunities in the Real Estate industry, so he quickly earned his agent’s license and began testing his skills in the highly competitive Charleston Market. It took just three years for Gettys to prove himself as one of the area’s top new producers, so in 2004 he launched the Sandlapper Real Estate Group.From its foundation Gettys asserted that Sandlapper would transform “old school” real estate methods by revolutionizing the broker-agent relationship and delivering information technologies, client services, and public relations strategies brand new to the national industry. After two years of remarkable growth and success, Sandlapper was widely recognized as the region’s most innovative firm. For this, Gettys has pronounced a corporate ideal that has become Sandlapper’s highest mission; to enhance the overall value of South Carolina living while ultimately raising the national standing of our great state. In 2008, Gettys sold the assets of Sandlapper Real Estate Group LLC to Coldwell Banker United Realtors out of Austin, TX.Today he and Cheryl live on James Island where they raise two wonderful children, Garrett and Sadie. While Cheryl holds a nursing degree, she is an integral player on the Glaze team where she sets the highest standard for team play, equality, and excellence in community service. When Gettys and his fellow Sandlappers say “we are South Carolina,” it’s not a boast, it’s a commitment to serve the greater good, and his family and teammates are glad to follow his lead.Specialties: residential real estate and land development