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About the Author:  Ted Symanski and his wife Peggy, from Hope, NJ, began their search for an area to retire to five years ago. After many visits to many areas and many communities, they happily selected Ocean Ridge Plantation in … Continue reading →

Source: Doug Terhune President of Carolina Plantations With 15,000 Baby Boomers retiring every day, there must be a lot of Allied and Mayflower moving trucks backing up to homes in Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, DC, central NJ and Long Island! … Continue reading →

Source: Doug Terhune President of Carolina Plantations With 15,000 Baby Boomers retiring every day, there must be a lot of Allied and Mayflower moving trucks backing up to homes in Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, DC, central NJ and Long Island! … Continue reading →

The obvious would be the Master Bedroom, Kitchen and Great Room. We are not talking about those directly, but rather areas that are often overlooked when purchasing/designing your home. Master Bathroom Shower As we age, not many of us will … Continue reading →

Would you ever purchase stock in a company that you have never researched?  Have you ever considered traveling to another part of the country and writing a major check to someone you just met two days earlier? In the early … Continue reading →

When most women walk through a home that they are considering purchasing, they are attempting to picture themselves living in this home. She is moving in her furniture, be it old or what she has dreamed of purchasing on a … Continue reading →

When you decide to take your first step to retiring, I would recommend that you sit down and type up a list of available resources to help you along the way. And always keep in mind that in order to … Continue reading →

This retirement handbook is being written during a Buyer’s Market, so bear with me while I share with you one of the hardest parts of my job. Sitting down with clients and saying straight to their faces “in this market, … Continue reading →

You’ve just spent 30 of the last 52 weekends doing endless chores around the home getting your home for sale and you are in the hole $17,568, give or take $5,000.  You retire in 5 months, 4 days and 3 … Continue reading →

If you are considering a move to an area where you will likely move into a Community (synonymous with Subdivision) or Plantation (generally a gated community with Golf, Tennis, Fitness…), then knowing the language of these idyllic locations is imperative. … Continue reading →