I want to take an actual ferry,Pawleys island is close but it not an actual island.Is bald head island the closest?

We live in Seattle & we moved there in August of 2009 & had to move back because the economy was so bad & I had to deal with the "Good ol’ boys club" there. I am a Real Estate Appraiser & she works in ER registration. We need to find good jobs because we want to be close to the beach. Murrels Inlet, Surfside, North Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island. We love the area & would love to raise a family there. I had to fall back on my turf management degree so we could survive while we were down there. No disrespect to anyone that lives in the area, but I felt that we were very over qualified for many of the open positions there & would NEVER receive a call back after submitting a resume’ Any suggestions?