every property owner on every lake in South Carolina with their
address and phone numbers and the
amount of land they own (waterfront only)

pbryant70,

State records only list addresses of property owners. So, after we
find every lake in the state, which is hundreds, we have to search for
every parcel number, create a spreadsheet and finally, locate every
phone number?

Impossible as you have asked it. Even if a Researcher was to get all
the information possible, this question would take an incredible
amount of time. I estimate that a consultant or research company would
charge in excess of $10,000.00 for this information.

That's an FYI...

To give you an example of just how daunting this task is, I went to
the State web site to locate a list of all the counties --which would
have real property records:

South Carolina Counties
http://www.sccounties.org/counties/counties.htm

FOr each county, one would have to locate the county real property
records, and believe me, they don't all use the same names or mapping
system.

Oconee County
http://www.oconeesc.com/

Check this out:

Oconee County, Recorder's Index Advanced Search Page
http://www.oconeesc.com/resolution/indexing/idx_advanced_name_search.asp
MAIN PAGE: http://www.oconeesc.com/resolution/default.asp

Then, after determining (concurrently), which of the hundreds of lakes
are IN that county, one would have to somehow determine for this (and
every) county exactly HOW this information could be extracted. Find
parcel numbers for each lot that touches water, in each county for
every lake. --Note there is no way to tell from the search page what
addresses or named property owners own land that touch water.

Check this out:

South Carolina Large Lakes
http://www.southcarolinalakes.net/lglakesmap.htm
..."The size of these major lakes range from 7,000 acres to 110,000
acres.  The largest lake in South Carolina is Lake Marion which is a
Santee Cooper lake.  There are major lakes within driving distance to
just about any major city or town in the state. ..." There are tens of
thousands of properties that border these largest lakes alone, not
even getting into the smaller ones.
You didn't even mention rivers, and I am afraid to ask, but I'll tell
you there are several major rivers as well.

Did you click on that state link above and see how many counties there
are? Look again.

I am a PRO at city, county, and state records of any kind, in any
state of the US. This is one of my areas of searching expertise. This
project is simply NOT do-able. You need to call a consulting firm and
be prepared to shell out 5 figures.

What you have paid for here is 50 cents to learn that you are not
going to get this cheap.

Sorry, I just want you to understand what you are asking. We are
researchers, but we don't perform miracles.

What you have paid for here is 50 cents to learn that you are not
going to get this for free, OR $200.00, even with the maximum tip of
$200.00, not a chance.

Pbryant70,
Quite often questioners come here with the simply expressed question
about "all" of something, but then settle for a much more limited
number that satisfies their actual, practical need.  (e.g., who needs
"all" the gaydating websites, 50 or 100 will do.)
Perhaps this is also applicable to your question, i.e., maybe you can
limited it to named lakes and forego the telephone numbers, which can
easily be found on the web (not too tedious if they are in one area). 
IF this would be a solution for you, posting individual questions for
each lake or those in one county might get a better response, since a
Researcher would not have to provide information for all the lakes to
post a complete answer.
Good luck, Myoarin

Thanks myoarin, I was too shocked by the request to think about
mentioning that. But even a single county that had as little as 20
miles of shoreline would be a daunting task. Many times phone numbers
are NOT available.

I work for my brother in the Real Estate industry, I farm for raw land
in which my brother eventually gets listings on. I search public
records for this type of thing on a daily basis. For instance, my
brother finds raw land and gets the seller together with the
developer, and a new subdivision is born. After public meetings and
such, utilities and roads are installed, then I find nearby land on
which my brother may wish to place directional "plat signs" like this:

NEW DEVELOPMENT
FOXGLOVE MEADOWS
PRESALES AVAILABLE
PRICED MID $500's
TURN RIGHT 100 FT
OR CALL: XYZ REALTOR 
(425) 555-1234

I usually get 15-20 possibilities for him, 4-5 across from the plat,
6-7 from each of the 2 nearest major highways. I am only able to track
down the phone numbers of about half the folks, --if my brother can't
get permission to place signs on one of those, a lttter to the
remaining landowners is next, or, find the second roung of
possibilities.

My point is that it takes about 3-4 hours to locate the exact records
that the asker wants for these signs. --For about 15-20 names. And I
don't have to deal with finding lakes, determining which county they
are in.

After I slept on it, it occurred to me how this could be done --a BIT
easier, but I'm not giving away any trade real estate searching
secrets for free. It would still be an incredible amount of work, but
would be a way to view lakes and parcel numbers at the same time.  If
I was to do this alone, it would take several months.

One county per qiestion is still a daunting task.  I live in King
County Washington, there are several hundred lakes. One lake alone
(Lake Washington) is 23 miles long with several hundred homes, if not
over a thousand homes that border the lake itself. One lake. And there
are hundreds of lakes in my county.

Anyway, thanks again myoarin, I should have mentioned that.

You might also want to mention that, according to policy, Google
Answers doesn't provide information on private individuals.

Oh well, just me trying be helpful.
Thanks, Cynthia, for the long, informative comment; at least I learned something.
I keep wondering why PBryant could want all those lakefront owners,
but that's his/her business.  And, of course, Paf is right.
Take care, Myoarin

LOL, --I missed it, totally, but pafalafa is indeed 100% correct, we
are not allowed to provide contact information about private
individuals.

Gee paf, I could've saved a heart attack while extrapolating how to
get all that information by the end of 2006, --by stating the obvious.