Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
In 1984, my wife and I moved to Connecticut from New York City. We bought a house in a nice neighborhood 12 miles outside of Hartford at a bargain price. Two years later, after some modest cosmetic...
The mostly brick homes in the North Shore Country Club are well tended to and reasonably priced. Many lots are available by owners. To the best of my knowledge, Picasso did not play golf. Let's face...
Whether a result of over speculation or beach erosion, it seems as if every other house is for sale on North Topsail Island. Life is imitating the U.S. housing market on the coast of North Carolina, and...
Financial risk is low when you buy into a stable, mature community like Champion Hills in Hendersonville, NC. But don't expect a windfall either. On March 20, I wrote here about one of our readers...
Something for everyone: The Landings at Skidaway Island, near Savannah, is a viable option for a golfer married to a non-golfer. The golf on the 4,500-acre community's six private courses is...
During my walk around Camp Lejeune's Gold Course on Saturday, I noticed just three houses, all on one street about a five-iron off to the right of the 17th hole. Perched above the New River, the...
I violated one of my principles of air flight yesterday: Never fly to a destination inside 16 hours drive by car. By the time you drive to your local airport, park your car, take the shuttle bus to the...
Consider you are out playing a round of golf. You dead-shank every other shot on the first eight holes and triple bogey every one of them. Then, from the fairway on the par 5 ninth, you shank yet...
The latest vacancy rate data from the U.S. Census Bureau are ugly. Nationwide, the rate rose to 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2007, up from 2.7% in the third quarter. In formerly hot markets, the...
During a recession in the late 1970s, I worked for the J.C. Penney Company in its corporate office in New York City. I was interviewing a buyer for underwear and socks for an article in the company...
We've read a lot in the last few months about how predatory loans have forced lower-middle-class owners (and poorer people) into foreclosure. The amounts these folks owe on their recently purchased...
I am currently working with four couples to identify the golf communities that will best suit their lifestyles in retirement. Their similarities are more striking than their differences. They run...