General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Our Cyber Monday Deal Has Free Written All Over It
...and it's for an unlimited time only Those are not misprints. Our services are free to those searching for a golf community home; and you can call on us anytime for assistance, not just on some...
Southeast Tax Climate for Business Not That Sunny
The Tax Foundation, which promotes pro-growth tax policies, is out with its ranking of the 50 states by how friendly they are to businesses (in terms of taxes). There are few surprises in terms of...
Living High on the House in Low Country
I am approaching my 200th golf community visit, but the most recent ones, just last weekend, were eye openers. From the golf course at Wexford Plantation on Hilton Head Island, I saw a collection of the...
Bargain homes and other golf community news
News from some of the golf communities we follow has crossed our desks in recent days. Here are the highlights: Tidy bargains; one on lake, one a cabin in the mountains We can’t pass up a bargain, and...
Most inexpensive homes in expensive golf communities
Keeping up with the Joneses is not easy, especially in golf communities where the median price of a home is $1 million or higher. But with a sharp eye and good timing, seekers of a golf community...
Planning to Work Part-Time in Retirement? Here are Best Places to Earn in Southeast
Some of us who are technically “retired” don’t want to stop working at the end of our careers. And, therefore, we continue to work, at least part-time, after we accept the retirement package from...
Defense of Golf, and Cost of Living vs "The Best" Place to Live in America
Every so often I read something that ticks me off, indirectly, about the attacks on golf's future (it's too expensive, it takes too long to play, golfers have other responsibilities on the weekend,...
Fall for Apples: Orchard Golf Best in Autumn
LINKS magazine is out with an email today about the best golf courses to play when autumn leaves start to take on some color. As always for LINKS, the accompanying photographs are lush and...
Bargain Golf in Simsbury, CT
Tower Ridge in Simsbury, CT, about 20 minutes from Hartford, is not a perfect golf course, but for the price of its green fees, it has enough good holes –- and a few excellent ones –- to make the...
Latest City Rankings Point Way South
Friends have been sending me links to articles this week that rank U.S. cities in terms of their housing prospects and friendliness. NASDAQ recently published a list of 11 “up and coming” housing markets....
The Best Golf Course You (Probably) Never Played
The huge, hulking castle of a clubhouse at St. Georges Hill Golf Club southwest of London offers no shelter from the storm. It began to rain just after our round, and it was impossible to find a dry...
Great Britain, great golf
The family and I are attending our niece's wedding in London next weekend and my wife and I decided to spend a few weeks surrounding the event in the British Isles. After a few days in London to...