Posts Tagged ‘private community’

Take the stress out of selling, don’t make easily avoidable mistakes! Selling your home can be stressful and you may wonder whether you’re going to get all the money you desire and deserve. It can be so easy to lose money you could have held onto if you do not prepare for selling your home…

How much savings will allow you to retire in comfort? Retirement desires differ per individual. Do you want to golf every day? Travel the world? Shack up on Lake Tahoe? “People who have a retirement savings goal – even if that goal is a product of back-of-the-envelope-calculations – are vastly more likely to retire comfortably than…

Turn your home into a show-stopper and sell it this winter! There are steps to be taken before listing a home at any point throughout the year. However, before winter there are additional things that need to be taken care of, especially after a drought summer and going into this potentially very wet winter (fingers…

Retiring can be exciting and nerve-wracking… keep it happy! You have waited for retirement for so many years, but sometimes it is not the easiest transition for everyone. There are so many variables and moving parts, even if it’s just adjusting to life with more free time, that making sure you remain happy can seem…

After retirement it is important to make your retirement funds last. There is a new type of annuity called a Quality Longevity Annuity Contract, or QLAC (pronounced “cue-lack”). This type of annuity allows you to put away money now and save the payments for retirement. If you invest your money in a longevity annuity that…

In Parc Forêt at Montrêux, our sloped lots are perfect for our walkout floor plans! In any real estate market there are oddly shaped lots that some builders and architects just don’t know what to do with. This is where the creatives get to play. Oddly shaped or steeply sloped lots are a goldmine for the…

When going to an open house, it can be easy to get caught up in the perfect staging: stay focused. Open houses with their pristine and exact staging can be an exciting and over-whelming process for those looking to purchase a new home. From perfectly scrunched pillows to expertly trimmed landscaping, it is important to…

From Speith to McIlroy, this young generation of golfers is taking the sport in a positive direction. In the years when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson reigned supreme, brute force and powerful drives were the name of the game, but now, with Jordan Speith, Rory McIlroy and a collection of amateurs, the game is changing. Maneuvering…

Kids moving out can be tough, but renovating their room into a beautiful new space can make it all worth while. As the child of parents that had re-purposed my bedroom the second I left for college, I have never quite understood the want to keep your childhood bedroom the way it was. So by all…

Location, location, location? Here in Montrêux, we are lucky enough to live in a welcoming community surrounded by beauty, but cannot forget other things to consider when moving to a new home and especially a new area. The View Are the views out your windows things you want to look at for as long as you…