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Housing Options

Are you moving?

You’re weighing all the housing options. You’re thinking long and hard about whether to move out of your place and into a new one. You’ve gone through questionnaires and self-quizzes to help you decide whether to move or not.

And it’s done. You’ve made the big decision to move

Now you have some immediate practical questions to address:

How can I maximize the selling price for my place?

Luckily, there is a relatively new service called Home Staging, that helps you get top dollar when you sell. Home Stagers are not Real Estate Agents, although they usually work hand in hand.

See how this innovative service helps you get top dollar when you sell

Do real estate agents help people find housing for this transition stage?

In some towns and cities, new courses are springing up for Real Estate Agents. These courses train them to help the fifty plus crowd make the transition to new housing styles.

Royal LePage has certified real estate planners who have training to help us make the transition. Their planners answer many of our questions about the kind of place that would be suitable, renovations, tax, legal, and financial issues.

What are the right housing options for you?

What kind of place should I look for? What is the right situation for me? What types of places are in the running? What is the right choice for me?

  • a condominium, maybe in Costa Rica, on the beach, or in your own neighborhood? (See more details here)
  • an apartment,
  • a two-storey house,
  • a bungalow
  • a retirement home,
  • community,an active adult community
  • an interesting new option some of your friends are talking about called Co-Housing
Some people even move to a boat. No more short sailing trips, they're planning to spend the first freedom years sailing down the coast or even around the world.

The big lesson here is that if we really want to design our own retirement, part of the design is researching all the living arrangements that are available.

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