Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I am proud to say we have reached the seven-year mark at this blog site. Call it the seven-year itch, or call it keeping up with the times, but we are changing the furniture here at Golf Community...
Big jumps for Currahee, Spring Island, Cliffs at Keowee Vineyard and Daniel Island It was a very good year for golf courses in communities we follow closely. A total of 35 golf community courses...
A few days ago, I received a request for help in finding a golf home for a couple from Michigan. They filled out our Golf Home Questionnaire and indicated the following criteria for their search:...