Senior Living

You And Your Home: Aging Gracefully Together

You And Your Home: Aging Gracefully Together

(ARA) – Aging gracefully is all about taking a proactive approach to your future well-being – you anticipate the inevitable changes and do what’s necessary to stay healthy and fit. The same principles are true for your home. You need to assess the necessary changes that must be made around your home to keep... »

Have An Empty Nest? Put Out The Welcome Mat For Guests

Have An Empty Nest? Put Out The Welcome Mat For Guests

(ARA) – When your youngest child packs up his room, loads all his belongings into the car, and drives away – to college, a new job or his first apartment – the quiet in the house can be unsettling at first. Then it hits you, your ‘empty nest’ is a remodeling opportunity. You now... »

Baby Boomers Putting Experience And Resources To Good Use As Entrepreneurs

Baby Boomers Putting Experience And Resources To Good Use As Entrepreneurs

(ARA) – A new career is often replacing the choice of retirement for many baby boomers, who have plenty of experience and resources to make entrepreneurship very successful. With baby boomers living healthier and longer lives, they are no longer following traditional retirement paths and instead are seeking second and third careers. There’s been... »

A Retirement Home That Helps Pay For Itself

A Retirement Home That Helps Pay For Itself

(ARA) – With today’s record low real estate prices and attractive mortgage rates, now may be a good time to think about investing in a second home that ultimately can be used as your permanent residence upon retirement. By taking a “buy-and-rent” approach before you’re ready to retire, your new home will actually have... »

Income Producing Properties

Income Producing Properties

Purchasing a real estate property for investment purposes has many things in common with purchasing a home for your private residential use. In fact, all purchases of real estate are investments. Recently, there has been a proliferation of tv shows which focus on making quick money ‘flipping’ properties, selling properties, as well as de-cluttering... »