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Wedged between the no-income-tax states of Florida and Tennessee, Georgia has loosened up its approach to taxation for seniors in recent years. Today, $65,000 of income (including from pensions and IRAs) is exempt from Georgia state income tax. Even without such a generous allowance, the Peach State would still be a magnet for retirees seeking a golf-oriented life. Whatever your geographic preference, two of the largest golf communities in the east -- Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee and The Landings near Savannah -- offer a total of 12 terrific golf courses and dozens of on-site activities for a mostly retiree populations. Whether you choose the ample coast of Georgia, including the golf rich areas of Sea Island, Brunswick and St. Marys, or the upstate mountain areas around Big Canoe and Lake Hartwell, you won't run out of options for your golf retirement.
Reynolds Plantation may have a buyer
At just an hour and a half, without traffic, from Atlanta, the beleaguered Reynolds Plantation was a magnet for that city’s business and professional people and their families before bad fiscal...
Putting on The Ritz: Reynolds lenders reject offers, want hotel included in package
The banks that now own and are trying to dispose of the bankrupt Reynolds Plantation in rural Georgia have rejected recent offers, including from Reynolds residents, according to a January 24 email...
Wish You Were Here: Savannah’s Landings hosts our first Discovery Weekend
The weather was near perfect earlier today on the Oak Ridge Golf Club at The Landings near Savannah, GA, during our first Home On The Course Discovery Weekend. The three couples who participated...
Reader reviews the famed Seaside golf course at the Cloisters Resort
by Elliot deBear On a recent visit to Georgia, I stayed at the Cloisters in the famed 5 Star Sea Island Resort. While very expensive, it lives up to its ratings in every way, especially with its...
You Voted. We Listened.
Announcing the First Home On The Course Discovery Weekend The Landings, Savannah, GA Over recent months, we have asked visitors to this site to indicate their personal preferences for the location...
Reynolds Rap: Residents nix over-priced offer of golf courses, other amenities
After a month of voting, residents at Reynolds Plantation have overwhelmingly turned down the offer by the Reynolds family to purchase the community’s amenities, including six golf courses, for $45...
Reynolds sales staff shoulder on…honestly
These may be uncertain days at Reynolds Plantation, where residents are considering a purchase of the golf courses and other amenities from the financially strapped Reynolds family. Bank of America...
Legendary Reynolds amenities up for sale
A seeming pillar of strength among the battered leisure residential golf market has announced it is being forced to sell its renowned amenities. Reynolds Plantation, under the name Linger Longer...
In rural Georgia, sale of golf course could hold key to adjacent community's future
I learned recently that one of the first golf communities I visited in 2006, shortly after I started Home On The Course, had suffered a setback. Cooper's Point in Shellman Bluff, GA, is adjacent to...
Not what “The Doctor” ordered; golf club owned by Julius Erving in foreclosure
Julius Erving was one of the most exciting athletes I have ever seen, and he deserves much of the credit for the merger of the American and National Basketball Associations in 1976. Known famously as...
Jekyll Island: Where millionaires once played, you can too
The Jekyll Island Club was built by millionaires as the core of their playground, but mere mortals can enjoy the croquet lawn and other amenities without being rich or famous. The list of former...
Jekyll Island: The good and bad of government run islandcare
The nation has spent the last few months debating – yet, again – the role of government in the lives of its citizens. I am listening to the final arguments about healthcare from Jekyll Island, GA,...