Baby Boomers

Inventions that changed the world

Yes, Baby Boomers have changed the world and many of their inventions have advanced technology. I get so tired lately of reading article after article about Boomers' lack of preparation for retirement, about their lack of savings and need to work long into their 60s and 70s. That may all be true, but let's also recognize that many of our [...]

Learn to Search - Free Webinar for Boomers

Do You Click?

Do you know how to find the information you need while surfing the Internet? When you get an email newsletter with interesting information do you know how to recognize links and how to click through to find the "rest of the story" or to "Read More"? I received an email newsletter that I subscribe to the other day and right [...]

Yes some Boomers are becoming Seniors

Early in my Real Estate career, I decided to specialize and work with Baby Boomers planning for and getting ready for retirement. My reason? Well, I thought I would enjoy spending time helping people my own age make a choice they would be very happy with. During my previous lives, and yes I had several, I was relocated often and it is not [...]

Coastal Delaware Sales up 20% compared to 2009!

I'm a news junkie and CNBC, CNN or NPR is always my background. I get really angry when I hear the talking heads spout the doom and gloom with such certainty. What real estate market are they talking about? Not the local market here in Coastal Delaware. All real estate is local! I am so busy I cannot keep up with all of the new people [...]

Coastal Delaware welcomes Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers are moving to Coastal Delaware and the locals couldn't be happier. When I talk to local business owners in Lewes or Rehoboth Beach, in Milton or Georgetown or Bridgeville, they realize how lucky they are to see so many new people moving to the area at this time in their [...]

Boomers not Retiring

The tip of the baby boom iceberg has just started melting into retirement. As tends to be the case with this generation, they are not content to do retirement the old-fashioned way. Boomers are healthier and more active than retirees of the past, and they have a lot more in mind than just sitting on their front porches in rocking [...]

Age-Restricted for you or not?

Boomers planning to relocate have some big decisions to make. What kind of community do they want to live in and where? There's lots written about active adult communities and you get the idea that everyone has worked their entire life to move to one of these communities designed for the perfect retirement. But ask yourself what it is you [...]

Universal Design doesn't have to scream "Old People Live Here!"

Five years ago, the White House Conference on Aging was held, as were state conferences and mini-conferences that were sponsored by various organizations like the National Association of Home Builders and AARP. This only happens every 10 years and the focus of this decades conference was on [...]

Will your new home in Delaware age as well as you will?

Every home purchase today usually involves a Home Inspection. Before going to settlement, its a good idea to make sure that the home is in good operating condition and that it will stay that way for a reasonable period of [...]

Boomers living longer in Coastal Delaware

Baby Boomers are one hot media topic these days. In one publication you read that we Boomers are different than our parents generation - and then another story concludes we may approach things differently but, in the end, we are about the [...]

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