55+ Retirement Community Blog

Homes for Rent in 55+ Communities On 55CommunityGuide.com we are noticing a strong demand for homes for rent in 55+ communities. This demand is coming from people who will be buying in a 55+ community but for a number of reasons want to rent a house in the particular 55+ community which they have...

Homes for Rent in 55+ CommunitiesOn 55CommunityGuide.com we are noticing a strong demand for homes for rent in 55+ communities. This demand is coming from people who will be buying in a 55+ community but for a number of reasons want to rent a house in the particular 55+ community which they have ...

How Many Blogs Can A Blogger Blog? That title bets for a joke, but I am in a sincere and grateful mood, so will leave that for another time. So a year with Active Rain taught me a lot of things about blogging. I did a few months of blogging every day in the monthly challenges, participated in blo...

Speechless Sunday - Walking Trail in 55+ Community   This is a shot I took during my visit to Sun City Carolina Lakes week before last. It is a trail in the 1500 acre community that does down along the bottom land on the Catawba River. The trail was cool and lush on a hot Summer day and I realize...

Jobs for Baby Boomers Retirement is not what it used to be. These days when people retired, they still want to be actively engaged. Many retirees still want to be around people and have a challenge, just not to the degree they once did with their full time demanding job. They want and need a reti...

Explore Del Webb Community Visits Del Webb and other developers of active adult communities have a program whereby you can visit the community for between 2 and 5 days, staying in a villa and having full access to the clubhouse and amenities. You can sample the community and get a feel what it wo...

      Wordless Wednesday Retirement Media Hat   So I am thinking since I am going to a few conventions and doing a few retirement community reviews, it would be nice to have a hat with the name of my company Retirement Media, so people would know us and maybe remember us.  Just reordered the cap ...

     Speechless Sunday - Food Tour   This is our happy group at the last stop on the Roswell (GA) Food Tour last week.  We had the best time. The lady in the middle is Mariel and she did a wonderful job as our guide. We stopped at five different places sampling great food and sipping wine or beer...

Those Awkward Moments - Coming Face to Face with a Monster Responding to this month's challenge of telling about some awkward moments we have had in our real estate career, there probably are several but one stands out. I have always been, I hate to say scared, but uncomfortable with big dogs, es...

Helping Seniors with their Real Estate Needs: why it's right for me By Lottie Kendall Helping your own parents as they age can really open your eyes to the difficulties one encounters as they age. Lottie used that experience, helping her own mother, to help others as well as you can see in this m...