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John McAllister Realty Consulting
420 Aiken Hunt Circle - Columbia, SC 29223 - Office 803-788-7168 - Fax 803-699-1270

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2006

John A. McAllister, Jr. appears in Men's Health,
Best Life Magazine, August Issue

Columbia, SC- John A. McAllister, Jr., ALC was quoted in an article, "The Keys to Paradise" in the August 2006 issue of Men's Health, Best Life Magazine. The article offers a methodical approach to saving and a strategy for cutting costs in order to enable an individual to go from no home to owning a second home in five years. View the article on line by visiting: www.bestlifeonline.com McAllister is REALTORS® Land Institute President Elect. The REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI) is an affiliate of the over 1.2 million-member National Association of REALTORS®. It is the only branch of the REALTOR® family focused on land consulting and brokerage. McAllister was designated by The RLI Board of Governors and is one of only seven Accredited Land Consultants (ALC) practicing in South Carolina. He is a member of the South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia Chapters of RLI. In recognition of his leadership the South Carolina REALTORS® Land Institute awarded him the 2001 Thad S. Cwik Leadership Award and 2002 Land REALTOR of South Carolina. In April, The Citadel School of Business awarded him the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Leadership Award and inducted him into The Citadel Business Hall of Fame.

McAllister, originally from Mount Carmel, South Carolina served as Southeastern Federal Power Administrator from 1988-1995. He recently retired from The South Carolina National Guard with 24 years of Commissioned Service. He serves as Broker in Charge. He has over 29 years experience in the real estate profession, and is licensed to practice real estate in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. His practice is focused on five specialized areas: (1) plantations and timberland, (2) undeveloped tracts of land, (3) transitional and development land, (4) subdivision and wholesaling of lots and (5) site selection and assemblage of land parcels. Through strategic alliances with business partners with offices in Chicago, Denver, Houston, and New York, Mr. McAllister has access to resources to consult on over 72 classes of real property. He is a graduate of The Citadel. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program of Professional Management Education at the Kenan-Flager School of Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is a graduate of the program for Senior Managers in Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

McAllister is a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He is married to The Honorable Carolyn Matthews, Administrative Law Judge. They have three daughters and live in Columbia, South Carolina.

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