General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Deep in the Heart of Taxes: The best tax situation for you
I read an interesting and accurate comment earlier today by a contributor to a discussion forum at TopRetirements.com. She wrote: “We are also looking at…South Carolina. The property in SC appears...
Bad at golf prognostication; pretty good at golf communities, thankfully
For those faithful and close readers of this blog site, you will recall that last week I made the not-so-bold prediction that Tiger Woods would likely win the Masters (he wuz robbed!) and the much...
Random Thoughts on a Spring Day
I took the dog outside our Connecticut home this morning for his constitutional and noticed the daffodils are just about to burst forth, always confirmation that Spring is indeed here and that, soon...
Market updates, Twitter style
Everyone’s busy these days, it seems, and none more so than real estate agents in the southeast who help customers buy and sell golf homes and property. Most are reporting their highest sales...
Good Show: Another good year for golf?
Data tells us that golf had a good year in 2012. My eyes tell me it is off to a good start in 2013. According to the National Golf Foundation, half of the rounds lost during the first 11 years since the...
Bull Run: Housing experts predict double-digit rise in Florida prices for 2013
The National Association of Home Builders issued its monthly report on new home construction this morning, and the figure for new construction rose its highest level since June 2008. John Burns was...
Data and anecdotes point to North/South migration, sellers market in South
As a real estate agent who benefits indirectly from more and more baby boomers searching for golf homes in the southern U.S., I could certainly be accused of self-interest in asserting repeatedly that...
The traps golf home seekers fall into, plus some million-dollar babies
The last major financial decision many of us will ever make is the purchase of the home in which we will retire and spend most of our “golden years.” We want to avoid all hazards of the search and,...
Best or Most Popular: Top Retirement Towns Comprise Top Golf Communities
We are not big fans of best places to live rankings, especially those that are the results of fan voting. Call us a bit orthodox, but we think Major League Baseball ruined its All-Star game by...
The Infinite Number of Monkeys and Infinite Number of Typewriters Theory of Golf
The lure of golf and golfing communities. Statistically, my round of 51 is just a matter of time. It's my potential (if not my destiny). by Toby Tobin Golf is a game of perpetually unrealized...
Perfect Storm: March may be best time to sell...and buy
Spring is a notoriously good time to list a home for sale. Temperatures are warming, the crocuses are starting to push up through the damp ground, and folks who might buy your house are thinking...
IT’S ALIVE, IT’S ALIVE: Golf’s comeback big story in 2012
Golf, the game that many left for dead during the recession, made a gigantic comeback last year helped, in part, by extremely agreeable weather in the North, some weeding out of golf clubs that were...