Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
FindYourSpot.com and BestPlaces.net purport to help you find the retirement or second-home location that best suits your preferences. These are good resources as far as they go, which is to say they go...
We reported in yesterday's post about the vibe at the Live South show in Greenwich, CT (the show ends at 5 p.m. today, Sunday). Here are a few additional notes we took during our tour of the show:...
On a large buffet table, everything looks good if you are hungry. But you just don’t have the time or stomach to taste everything. You take a piece of this, a piece of that and move on. So it is...
We have done a quick survey of a few homes for sale in some of the best golf communities nationwide. For an apples-to-apples comparison, we looked at houses of about 2,500 to 3,000 square feet with...
“If hordes of inexperienced [real estate] agents are scrapping for business…that can only lead to a ‘race to the bottom in fees.’” -- Christopher Galler, SVP of Minnesota Assn. of Realtors, Wall...
According to Dr. Warren Bland, one of the most-quoted authorities on retirement destinations, some cities have more “romantic” qualities than others. In an article in the Feb. 2 issue of “Retirement...
Here's where they are playing golf today, and where they are not: You are playing today if you live in… Panama City, FL Partly sunny, Hi 64 degrees Savannah, GA Partly cloudy, 60 Aiken, SC Mostly...
"We're seeing people who have worked their whole lives in Connecticut and earned a lot of money taking their pension plans and their savings [to the South]." -- Ron van Winkle, Economist for the City...
The housing market is no great shakes anywhere at the moment, and those who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for prices to moderate in retirement friendly places like Florida and the rest of...
Just as I was checking out of a bed and breakfast in Wilmington, NC, recently after a research trip that included enjoyable rounds of golf at Porter's Neck and the Nicklaus course at Landfall, the...
More than 150 golf clubs across the land, including my own Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, CT, have signed on to the Private Club Network, making these otherwise private clubs accessible to each...
Like virtually eveyone else, I'll watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night, if for no other reason than to be sure it will truly be over (in the way the Transylvanian townspeople needed to be absolutely...