Real estate notes for July 31

-- Ticket sales have begun for the 2011 Auldbrass Plantation Tour in Yemassee, which will be held November 5-6. Tickets are $85 per person; a picnic lunch at Tomotley Plantation costs $15 per person. Although Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than 1,000 projects during his career, Auldbrass is the only plantation. It's one of the largest and most complex projects he undertook, and he worked on it, off and on, from 1938 until his death in 1959. On Nov. 5 the Land Trust will host Eric Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright's grandson) at a lecture at the USCB Performing Arts Center in Beaufort. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 6 p.m.; the lecture starts at 7 p.m. Tickets for the lecture are $50 per person. Details: The Open Land Trust office at 843-521-2175 and www.openlandtrust.org -- Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates has launched the new OUR WORLD/Institute 2.0 platform for its sales agents nationwide, to provide clients with additional visibility for their property. This professional social media platform allows the company's agents to share information about listings with realtors from around the country for out-of-town buyers. Also, Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates sales agent Catherine Hemmi-Joyce has been named a volunteer court-appointed special advocate for Chatham County. CASA volunteers complete 40 hours of training, recommendations to judges and follows through with the child until advocacy issues have been resolved. --Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners were ranked number 45 among the Top 50 Coldwell Banker affiliate offices in North America for adjusted gross commission and number 48 for units sold for the second quarter of 2011. --Dataw Island will host a benefit dinner for Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse from 6:30-9:30 p.m. August 1 at the Dataw Island Clubhouse. Chefs from Breakwater Bar and Grill, Maggie's Pub & Eatery, Sultus River Grill, Southern Graces, The Tooting Egret and the Dataw Island Club will prepare signature dishes served with wine. The chefs will be available to discuss the wine and food. Tickets are $40 a person and the proceeds will go to CODA. Details: Anne Brown at 838-8428. --Damon Williams, Sun City Hilton Head's assistant executive director, has achieved his landscape industry certified manager certificate from the Professional Landcare Network. This certification covers all aspects of the landscaping industry, including strategic planning, leadership, marketing, financial management and production operations and horticulture. Williams is also a certified golf course superintendent through the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America. --Beaufort resident Nate Schoen was honored as one of the top "40 Under 40" home-building professionals in the U.S. The award was announced in the June 2011 issue of Professional Builder magazine. Schoen's company is Bridgewater Consulting & Custom Builder Management Solutions. --Weichert Realtors-Apex Realty in Beaufort received the "WREA Public Relations Silver Scoop Award" in recognition of the agency's awareness of the value of communication to the public through the media. Ten franchises from the Weichert Real Estate Affiliates (WREA) network earn this honor each year. Manager Carl Joye received the award at the Weichert Homecoming.