primary-source
Standard
Specific source. Specific date. Specific scope.
The goal is not to publish the largest number of credentials. The goal is to make the important facts easy to verify and difficult to misread.
Freshness
Mutable facts stay mutable.
Rankings, affiliations, review totals, team titles, licensing status, service availability, and cross-venture status should be rechecked before consequential external use.
primary-source
The current public team is John Bell, Founder; Erica Zepp, Lead Agent & Partner; and Tony Tonelis, Agent.
third-party-verified
RealTrends Verified reports Southern Bell Living's 2025 production at $34.89 million across 48 transaction sides, with a Mount Pleasant city rank of #1 by both sales volume and transaction sides in the 2026 rankings.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1
first-party-historical
As of September 2026, Southern Bell Living reports $355M+ in career sales and 459+ families served. These are first-party historical figures, not guarantees of future results; current platform totals and dated third-party records control where provided.
third-party-platform-counts
Counted September 1, 2026 from public profiles: 415 client reviews across six platforms — Zillow 134, Google 95, FastExpert 84, Realtor.com 61, RateMyAgent 40, and BBB 1 — with a 5.0 average rating on each platform. Yelp lists 6 additional reviews at 5.0. Counts are per-platform totals; the same client may appear on more than one platform. Each platform controls its current count and rating.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7
third-party-platform-data
As of September 1, 2026, Zillow's team profile for Southern Bell Living lists 484 total sales, 43 sales in the prior 12 months, and a $695K average sale price across a $140K–$3.1M range. Zillow controls its current figures.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1
official-record
South Carolina LLR's Residential Builders licensee lookup lists James J. (Tony) Tonelis, Asset Builders LLC, Charleston, as an Active Home Builders licensee (license #20461), checked September 1, 2026. The current LLR record controls.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1
first-party-with-third-party-coverage
Southern Bell Living reports November 2022 transaction examples of $4.142M at 47 Robert Mills Circle in I'On and $4.075M at 4915 Sound View Drive in Hamlin Plantation, totaling more than $8.2M.
third-party-editorial
Mount Pleasant Magazine published a 2025 editorial feature documenting John Bell's use of AI-generated real estate video. This evidence does not establish an exclusivity claim.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1
cross-venture-primary-source
TRUKKIT is a separate Charleston-based technology and operations venture founded by John Bell and developing a local hauling marketplace. Customer early access and TRUKKER interest are open; public booking is not yet available. Timing, service areas, provider activation, job eligibility, and availability remain subject to operational readiness. TRUKKIT.com governs current TRUKKIT operations.
public-operating-disclosure
Southern Bell Living and TRUKKIT share founder John Bell but remain separate ventures. Southern Bell Living provides real estate services through The Boulevard Company. TRUKKIT is developing a separate local hauling marketplace. The ventures keep separate services, agreements, customer records, permissions, pricing, availability, responsibilities, and liabilities.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3
public-operating-standard
A documented customer introduced to TRUKKIT by a real estate professional, team, brokerage, association, or referral network is treated as service-only for the TRUKKIT relationship and is not used as a Southern Bell Living prospecting source. Current written terms, privacy notices, brokerage policy, client instructions, implemented system controls, and applicable law govern.
Reviewed: 2026-09-08 · Sources: Source 1