2. Marinas and equestrian centers are nice, but if you are not a boater or horse rider, you may wind up subsidizing those who are.
3. Real estate agents know how to sell a house. Many don't know squat about golfing communities.
4. A comfortable retirement can be ruined by traffic problems. Just ask all those folks from Florida who are moving to the Carolinas.
5. A golf course that is "open year round" isn't necessarily playable year round.
6. A home outside a golf course community might be a better deal, and provide better golf.
7. What's more important to you? Access to Nordstrom or access to Goodhealth Memorial Hospital? Good restaurants or a regional airport? You will make at least one lifestyle tradeoff in your choice of a place to live.
8. If you are a member of multiple courses, you won't play half of them more than a few times. But you'll pay for the privilege.
9. You can spend $1,200 for a weekend touring a few communities you've heard or read about. Or you can spend $39 to get the in-depth scoop on dozens of them every year...before you visit.
10. Only one source provides objective, unbiased information about golf communities. And it costs just $39 a year.
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