There are two facts that most people do not know. First, flooding is the number one natural disaster in the United States; even properties not near water can be susceptible to flooding. Second, losses due to floods are not covered by your homeowner’s insurance policy. The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) puts out “flood maps” [...]
Finding Homeowners Insurance in Florida
You may have heard that both State Farm and Nationwide Insurance have either decided to completely exit the Florida homeowners insurance business (State Farm) or greatly reduce the amount of policies they have (Nationwide). If you are going to be retiring in Florida anytime soon, this article should be helpful. I cover this topic in [...]
Nationwide Drops Florida Homeowner’s Policies
Nationwide Insurance announced last week that they are dropping 60,000 homeowners insurance policies across the state. This leave them with just over 200,000 policies. The move follows the announcement by State Farm earlier in the year that they would not be renewing any of their homeowners policies in Florida, and would not be writing new [...]
TopRetirements.com Releases “100 Best Retirement Towns”
There are several websites such as this one where you can find information on certain communities in specific states that you are interested in moving to. But very few websites cover the broad topic of the best places to retire. My friends at TopRetirements.com have released their book “100 Best Retirement Towns” for those wanting [...]
Florida Solar Energy Powered Homes
Hoping to go “off the grid” and save on your electric bills after you retire and move to Florida? Well that is getting easier as several Florida home builders are offering the option of solar powered home packages. The increase in the amount of builders offering this option is due to the increase in state [...]
Ginn Reunion Resort Review
An example of a Resort and Club community is Reunion Resort and Club, located in Orlando. Reunion Resort and Club is being developed by the Ginn Company. The Ginn Company is a developer that you will definitely be hearing more about in the near future. They have several projects under development in Florida, the Carolinas, [...]
Venetian Bay – New Smyrna Beach, FL
Venetian Bay is a community in New Smyrna Beach developed by The Johnson Group, a long time local developer. Venetian Bay is not a 55+ active adult community, but you will find that the homes and amenities available there will appeal to boomers looking for a community in Florida. Amenities at Venetian Bay include parks [...]
Grand Haven – Palm Coast, FL
Grand Haven in Palm Coast is one of the east coast’s finest golf communities. Grand Haven sits on over 1,400 acres along Florida’s Intracoastal waterway. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the gated Grand Haven community is the Jack Nicklaus designed golf course. Combine this with award winning homes by some of the areas best home [...]
Crane Lakes – Port Orange, FL
Crane Lakes is a 55+ manufactured home community in Port Orange Florida, just minutes from Daytona Beach. Crane Lakes is one of the nicer manufactured home communities in the area, and some of these homes go for over $200,000. Standing inside some of them you would never know it was a manufactured home.There are currently [...]
Halifax Plantation – Ormond Beach, FL
Halifax Plantation is located in historic town of Ormond Beach off of Old Dixie Highway, one of the most beautiful stretches of roadway in the state of Florida. Halifax Plantation is a little over 10 years old and has over 1,000 homes, townhomes and condos. Boomers will find every amenity imaginable to create the retirement [...]
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