| My Shameless Commercial: The 10 Brutal Truths about Searching for a Golf Course Community |
| Friday, 20 July 2007 | |
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1. Every golf community is paradise...if you believe the marketing materials. 2. Marinas and equestrian centers are nice, but if you are not a boater or horse rider, you may wind up subsidizing those who are. 3. Real estate agents know how to sell a house. Many don't know squat about golfing communities. 4. A comfortable retirement can be ruined by traffic problems. Just ask all those folks from Florida who are moving to the Carolinas. 5. A golf course that is "open year round" isn't necessarily playable year round. 6. A home outside a golf course community might be a better deal, and provide better golf. 7. What's more important to you? Access to Nordstrom or access to Goodhealth Memorial Hospital? Good restaurants or a regional airport? You will make at least one lifestyle tradeoff in your choice of a place to live. 8. If you are a member of multiple courses, you won't play half of them more than a few times. But you'll pay for the privilege. 9. You can spend $1,200 for a weekend touring a few communities you've heard or read about. Or you can spend $39 to get the in-depth scoop on dozens of them every year...before you visit. 10. Only one source provides objective, unbiased information about golf communities. And it costs just $39 a year. The HomeOnTheCourse Community Guide. The next issue will be ready August 1, featuring the communities and golf courses of Williamsburg, VA; 14 pages loaded with information, observations and our exclusive golf course ratings. Don't miss another issue. Subscribe now. Signing up is easy, safe and secure. It may be the best $39 you have ever spent. As a bonus for subscribing, we will send you one of eight previously published reports, a $15 value. Choose among communities in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Act now; click here. Comments (0)
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