About Us

With a combined 40+ years experience in the Charleston real estate market, the Mendicino ● Scott ● Spanos Team at Carolina One has excelled in their field by providing full service and a wealth of experience and knowledge to help make the process of buying or selling a property seamless for all their clients. Their abilities to negotiate on their clients' behalf, work overtime to find the right home or tap into their decades of marketing experience to sell a property are just a few of their strengths. Just read their client testimonials if you want to know what it would be like to work with them!

Mendicino ● Scott ● Spanos are also certified as Carolina One Relocation Specialists and love introducing the many different areas of Charleston to clients relocating here. They help match your needs and priorities to the numerous areas and neighborhoods throughout the Charleston metropolitan area.

They have enjoyed being in the Top 3% in annual sales in the Charleston MLS and are consistently listed on Carolina One’s top tiers of sales production.

Why Work with Us:

  • Experience to help guide through all scenarios

  • Work overtime to find the right properties

  • Manage the process for buyers and sellers to make it stress free and seamless

  • Relocation Experts

  • They've built a strong network of trusted lenders, insurers, inspectors, contractors and closing attorneys, all ready to help their clients as needed

  • They go above and beyond and always make their first priority

Meet the Realtors


Alicia Mendicino, Realtor

An area resident since 1975, Alicia has “grown up” with a unique market perspective. There is an abiding appreciation for the history and profound beauty of the low country, as well as an infectious enthusiasm for the Charleston of today. With a successful multi-year background in Charleston radio and television sales, marketing and management, Alicia brings a high level of expertise to her real estate practice.

Since her first year in the business, Alicia has been a multi-million dollar producer for Carolina One Real Estate. Not one to rest on her laurels, Alicia consistently continues to be an award-winning agent for Carolina One, including:

  • Recipient: Carolina One Lifetime Achievement Award (over $100,000,000 in total sales)

  • Lifetime Member - East Cooper Top Producers Club and current Vice President

  • Certified Residential Specialist Designation

  • Member Residential Real Estate Council

Alicia often volunteers with Habit for Humanity, Grow Foods and the Low Country Food Bank. She also enjoys good books, gardening, experimenting in the kitchen, traveling and the great outdoors. She lives in Mt. Pleasant with her husband and a couple of cats.


Tara Scott, Realtor

Twenty years ago, Tara decided to make the move to Charleston to join tech company Blackbaud in their corporate events business and marketing division.

Prior to the move, she had spent 10 years in sports sponsorship heading up Fortune 50 sponsorship programs primarily in motorsports.

She had family here, wanted to put roots down and had loved Charleston since she was a little girl spending summer vacations on Pawleys Island.

After Blackbaud, she headed up marketing for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. And since then, her entire family has moved to Charleston.

In 2016, she joined real estate superstar, Alicia Mendicino, at Carolina One Real Estate to create Mendicino Scott Group (now Mendicino ● Scott ● Spanos at Carolina One) and loves how the different aspects of her previous career experiences are married within real estate — relationship marketing, negotiations, data driven decisions, and more! Tara lives in Mt. Pleasant with her son.


Timme Spanos, Realtor

20 years ago Timme and her family fell in love with Charleston and decided to make it their home. They could have lived anywhere but decided to raise their 3 children here and build roots in Mt Pleasant. Those kiddos are grown adults now and are thankful they made the choice to stay.

During different moves throughout the country — Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Nashville, Tuscaloosa, Hartford, and Charleston she has meet many people and has had the pleasure of being part of many nonprofit organizations. Her oldest son has Autism and believes giving back to the community and advocating for individuals with special needs especially those without a voice is an honor and duty. Timme has a deep understanding and works well with families and individuals with special needs.

Timme works in both residential and commercial real estate allowing her to see the entire Charleston area sector as a whole and identify trends happening in the area. She works with clients across the Charleston area from Mt. Pleasant, Downtown, Goose Creek to Johns Island areas. Commercial real estate clients range from distilleries, therapy clinics to medical offices on both leases and building sale & purchase.

She brings the desire and expertise to help navigate, manage and anticipate outcomes and obstacles for each individual client being a defining asset to the Mendicino ● Scott ● Spanos team.

“Alicia was dedicated, patient, loyal, kind, informative, and worked extremely hard to help me get our properties sold. We could not have had any other agent who worked so hard to help us sell all 3 properties. She was truly a blessing to us!”

CHRIS STOCKER