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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Out With The Old? Some developers push dirt over re-sale homes
"People aren't stupid." That was what my wife said to me during a recent discussion about competition between a Walmart supermarket and the Whole Foods store across the street near our Connecticut...
Buying vs Renting Your Golf Home: Financials, flexibility tilt the decision
If I knew I was going to move from the next house I buy within a year or two, I'd strongly consider renting it. And if the rental was furnished in a way I could live with, all the better; I'd put my...
April Edition of Home On The Course (It's Free!) Almost Ready: Finest "Middle-Age" Golf Communities Featured
Many mature golf communities aren't getting older; they're getting better. And, relatively speaking, cheaper, for a number of reasons. In the April edition of Home On The Course, our free monthly...
For hidden value, peek under the carpeting
Active Rain is a web site frequented mostly by real estate agents but also by those interested in real estate issues. Occasionally, the site will publish an article targeted to those looking to...
Take this “best of” list with a grain of salt
NextAvenue.org, a web site sponsored by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), provides lots of helpful information for retirees and those contemplating their post-career lives. Helpful or not, the...
March Newsletter Features Value Plays, Homes at $120 per square foot and less
Everybody loves a bargain, and when it is a bargain on a six-figure item like a home, the sense of achievement in landing that bargain is sooooo much more satisfying. But how does one sniff out...
In and out: Oregon noses out Carolinas for net immigration
For the most part, the latest migration report from United Van Lines shows continuing emigration from high cost states in the northern half of the U.S. The moving company keeps track of its...
Don’t play your retirement golf in a cow pasture
I love those Direct TV ads that turn a guy depressed at the size of his cable bill into a hang glider who, through a series of causes and effects, gets his poor old father punched in the gut over a...
Interest rates, shminterest rates: Can a rise really trash the market?
I get a kick out of some real estate experts’ comments when the topic of potential interest rate rises comes up. “That will kill the real estate rally,” they shout. “Cash investors buying up...
The North bleeds baby boomers: Guess where they are all headed?
A map in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal depicting “senior migration” provides a stark reminder that baby boomers are moving south, predicting rises in real estate prices below the Mason-Dixon line and...
Do golf community condos offer investment potential?
In 2009, after the housing recession was in full swing, I traveled around the Orlando area with a real estate agent who specialized in significantly undervalued properties, typically those that had...
Owning vs renting a golf community home
The own vs. rent conundrum my wife and I confronted early in our marriage (33 years this coming year) is well behind us, what with both a primary home and a vacation home in our real estate...