Coastal Georgia – Active Adult Living, Golf, Marina, Gated and Retirement Communities

With the Baby Boomer generation beginning to retire there has been a recent surge in home building to meet their retirement expectations and lifestyle. Although many nearing retirement tend to look at Coastal Florida communities or Arizona golf communities, there are equal or better retirement lifestyles in lesser advertised Georgia.

Georgia is the least developed coastal state on the eastern coast. Large developers realized this a few years ago and have started developing golf, marina, and gated communities to attract active adults nearing, or in their retirement years. Unfortunately many retiring baby boomers still look towards the better known Florida and Arizona communities, not realizing they could get more home for their money by searching out Coastal Georgia homes for sale in their price bracket.

In addition to getting more home for their money, coastal Georgia offers a variety of benefits you would expect to enjoy during retirement years. Especially in Camden County which is located in Georgia’s most southeastern corner. Camden borders the Atlantic to the east and Florida to the south. The main cities in Camden County are Kingsland, Georgia and St. Marys, Georgia; both offer homes or communities designed for the active adult lifestyle.

For your retirement years imagine living in a community that rests along Georgia’s marsh-hemmed coastline, midway between the famed Golden Isles of Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. This ideal location offers quiet intimacy while keeping an array of pleasures close at hand. Whether golfing the variety of scenic golf courses within 30 minutes of your home, boating the inter-coastal waterway, walking the beaches or touring small town charms offered by Kingsland, St. Marys and the Golden Isles…or taking a short drive to the up-tempo attractions, culture and sports of metropolitan Jacksonville, Florida (less than 45 minutes), it is an ideal location for the active adult. Coastal Georgia offers its residents an ideal blend of quiet intimacy and vibrant recreation.

Tour St. Marys, Georgia’s historic downtown (believed to be the second oldest city in the country) or visit Cumberland Island National Seashore which boasts wild horses, wild boars, camping, secluded beaches, and the historic Baptist church in which John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette were married. In the opposite direction you can take a short drive to the west to visit Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp; a National Wildlife Refuge which covers nearly half a million acres and is known for its gators, trembling earth, and mirror-like waters.

With so much to offer in this under publicized area we fully expect our quiet corner of Georgia to become one of the retirement communities of choice over the next few years. We also believe retirees that buy or build their retirement home in our area during the economic slowdown get the added benefit of choice location and pricing. If you are considering a retirement home in coastal Georgia review my profile to see how you can put my expertise to work, affording you an opportunity to find the right home and location for your goals.



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Find Your Real Estate Niche!

Having a niche or target market in your real estate practice benefits the Georgia home buyer / seller and the Georgia real estate professional. This is especially true when you market your real estate services online.

For example: When a buyer is researching homes for sale in Georgia they typically use search phrases that apply directly to their goals. Search terms like NSB Kings Bay Relocation or Kings Bay Area Homes provide results for a site sponsored by a former Navy service member that has made various military transfers and now serves the community as a real estate agent in the Kings Bay community.

Home buyers looking specifically for Kingsland GA Homes will find them on a site tailored for the Kingsland real estate market, just as a buyer looking at neighboring St. Marys GA Homes will find them on a site tailored for the St. Marys real estate market. Home buyers can also find free access to the Georgia Multiple Listing Service by searching for MLS access where they can search all of the area homes.

Home owner’s that are looking to sell their home are more inclined to use someone they know or are referred to, but an agent that specializes in listing Georgia homes for sale can be found easily with a simple search. Home seller’s can also find companies or real estate brokerages like DitY Realty that specialize in Flat Fee MLS listings for Georgia home sellers which contrasts the traditional 6-7% commission structure.

My last example is Traci Nelson’s website. I know Traci personally and she loves working with people that are heading towards retirement. Her site, St. Marys Retirement Living is designed for people that are moving to the area as a second home, vacation home, or as a retirement home. Traci focuses on learning about gated communities, golf communities, low maintenance communities, etc. All from the retirees point of view. Her clients love her and many become adoptive or surrogate parents / grandparents to her.

Because buyers and sellers search the web to accomplish a specific real estate goal, make sure your website describes your specialization in that niche. This will provide them the confidence to work with you as a “specialist”. It will also allow you to focus your marketing dollars on a target and become more proficient than your competition. The point is that “if your marketing speaks to everyone it impacts and attracts no one!”

Make sure you love your niche and be specific enough to be the expert. Just don’t get so specific that you are only targeting igloo buyers with three legged spotted dogs that answer to the name lucky…chances are that you will capture that individual as a client but then you’ll have served 100% of your client base very FAST and then be out of business!

Share your experience…what niche are you filling or have you used?
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Are You "Haunting" Open Houses?

Do you find yourself getting that urge to drop-into Open Houses, even when you’re busy? You’re not alone. Many homeowners visit open houses to get design ideas, or to see how their home compares in the neighborhood.

Buy if you find yourself attracted to Open Houses frequently, you might want to ask yourself “why”. You might find that even though you are happy with your current home, you might be subconsciously searching for your dream home. Perhaps you want a bigger yard…a quieter street…a gourmet kitchen, etc.

Whatever the reason, if you are looking at homes for sale in the Kingsland or St. Marys, Georgia area, I can help. Gas prices have come down significantly, but with the increased quality in web searches you can search Kingsland or St. Marys, Georgia homes from a quality site without driving all around town. Of course the only down side is that you lose the fun of personally touring other peoples homes.




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Can life get any better?

Life getting better or worse is all a matter of perspective. If you ask the average real estate agent they will tell you they’d like to see more sales and increased income. In contrast, if you ask the “above average” real estate agent you may find a different opinion (slow markets drive bad agents out of the profession).

The big question for potential buyers is “Can life get any better?” With interest rates dropping to the levels we saw during the 2005 boom (solidly below 6%) mixed with the fact that prices have dropped considerably – I am of the opinion that buying a home now is as good as it gets!

If you are in the market to buy a Kingsland or St. Marys Georgia Home remember to “Just Call Paul!”



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