Retiring in Style
Site work has begun on Touchmark at Emerald Lake, a 400-home project that’s expected to be completed in 2023, just in time for people around 53ish to make plans to move in.
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The criteria for evaluating a second home typically involve a mix of culture, get-away-from-it-all outdoor activities and water – liquid or flakey. We typically look for places that juxtapose our urban lifestyle to facilitate an unwinding. That’s gone. When evaluating a second home purchase, act like a retiree. People seeking a primary residence in retirement…
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While Texas was in the top 20 in a recent Bankrate.com ranking of best states for retirees, crime and culture kept it from hitting the top 15. The Lone Star state was ranked 17th in the study, which looked at 11 public and private datasets that impacted the life of a retiree, in five categories:…
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For each year of his presidency, President Obama spent the holidays on the same stretch of Kailua beach, near the Marine base at Kaneohe. Rumors continue to swirl on which home exactly the president is in. Partly for security reasons and partly because several of the homes in the area have changed hands during his…
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If we’re lucky, we age. If we’re not, we either die early or equally tragically, become old. What’s the difference between aging and getting old? It’s the difference between continuing to lead your personal definition of an active and engaging life versus always finding one more change to bitch about while counting out your remaining…
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