Bradford Village Retirement Community is unlike what most people think about when they think “independent senior living” or “retirement community.” This attractive neighborhood, consisting of 79 cottages, looks just like any other Edmond neighborhood built in the 1960s and 1970s, with sidewalks, driveways, porches, patios, and single family homes lining the streets off of North Boulevard and […]
What is a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)?
Continuing care communities with life-care contracts afford independent senior adults the ability to live on the same campus throughout their lives, moving through varying levels of care — as needed — until death. The Oklahoma City metro area is fortunate enough to have several beautiful and established Life Care communities! Although Continuing Care Communities offering “life care” […]
Tornado Drills and Longterm Housing Plans: A part of growing up and older
I always find it interesting when one of our elder clients says they have never even thought about where they would live if they couldn’t live in their own home anymore. Having been raised in Oklahoma, as students, we were always subjected to the mandatory “tornado drill” exercise to insure we all knew where to […]
What You Should Know about Real Estate and Technology
I was taught by a wise mentor early in my sales career to serve the client based on his or her needs, goals, and expectations. If a potential client’s needs, goals, and expectations did not match with me, my values, or my business model, then I had a decision to make as to whether I […]
Staying Put! 3 Keys for Mature Homeowners
Nationwide surveys indicate that when asked, between 80-90% of people over age 45 say they intend to reside in their own homes until they die. This is no surprise — why would anyone plan otherwise? Our homes represent a great number of things, with those below topping the list: The American Dream […]
Closing an Estate
After regrouping with a new box of Kleenex, a fresh cup of coffee, and a little break, I am now ready to finish up this series of posts describing the 4 reasons mature homeowners sell. This 4th type of sale is usually based upon the request of a family member, attorney, executor, power of attorney, […]
Selling Homes in the Midst of Crisis
In my psychology studies over the years, I have read multiple scientific research articles stating that the vast majority of us intend to live independently and in our own homes (current home) until we die. “Personally, if I had a dollar for every person who told me in my 20+ years in real estate that […]
Thinking Ahead: Preparing for future needs
As we age, we naturally experience changes in our personal health and our ability to live the way we did in our youth. It is when people realize that they need to start thinking about personal care needs for themselves or a spouse that they contact us for this type of move. For this group […]
Enjoying a New Lifestyle after Retirement
Individuals and/or couples in this group are most often empty-nesters, healthy active retirees, or “experienced” newlyweds seeking a certain type of lifestyle. The home in this case is only one component of a much larger picture. When looking to sell, these clients are usually transferring equity from one home to the next and can often […]
4 Reasons Mature Homeowners Sell
What we have found is that when “seniors” decide to move, they are usually doing so for one of four reasons. (For our definition of “senior” in this context, see What Makes a Homeowner, Home-buyer, or Home-seller a “Mature” One?) As real estate professionals, once we understand the primary motivations for a move, we can […]
