Posts Tagged Senior Housing

  • Seniors, you can still take advantage of the Davenport Now tax rebate program. Seniors, you can still take advantage of the Davenport Now tax rebate program.

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Thanks to Davenport Now, buyers of new homes can still receive $7,000, $9,000 or more in cash to offset the cost of their new home in Davenport. And depending on the price of the home purchased, that amount could even be more than that. You can elect to take the fun...

  • A Story of Perception: Two people seeing the same thing and having two completely opposite perceptions

    This month’s column authored by: Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village I have a ten year old boy at home. When we go for walks in the park, Adam will say, “Wow! Those people are really old!” To him, all he is seeing is elderly people walking together. In my response I tell ...

  • “Mr. Dolan, why do you keep telling us to buy our senior housing now rather than later?” “Mr. Dolan, why do you keep telling us to buy our senior housing now rather than later?”

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes It’s nice to know that some of my senior friends are regular readers of my monthly column in this publication. At an open house a few weeks ago, one such regular reader asked me why I seem to repeat my “buy now” message so often, (Like I’m going to do again ...

  • On the Go With Joe Hutter On the Go With Joe Hutter

    Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter The Quad-City area is having more and more programs for seniors. On April 4 in Bettendorf, there is the Senior Expo at the Waterfront Convention Center, with much information available for seniors. On April 18, Senior Voice is having...

  • New retirees creating pressure on the senior housing market. New retirees creating pressure on the senior housing market.

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes In a recent article, I cited statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau that 10,000 retirees are joining the senior citizen ranks every day. In my mind, that creates an image of a huge never-ending parade of thousands of seniors coming down the street. With many of them...

  • Is this a good time to sell my current home and look for new senior housing? Is this a good time to sell my current home and look for new senior housing?

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes In my weekend open house visits with seniors who are thinking about moving into new housing, the issue of “when is it a good time to sell my existing home,” is of paramount interest. With good reason. Most of us look to the equity in our existing home to provi...

  • “Is December a good month to select my new senior housing?” “Is December a good month to select my new senior housing?”

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes At a recent open house at Glengevlin, our latest housing development in Bettendorf, a sweet senior lady asked me the question above. She wants to sell her current home and build her senior “dream home” in Glengevlin so she can move in next spring. “I’m a Bet...

  • We knew it would happen in senior housing, but we didn’t know exactly when. Now it happened. We knew it would happen in senior housing, but we didn’t know exactly when. Now it happened.

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Sometimes when I say something repeatedly to my children, I get the feeling they either turn me off or they seem to adopt a “who cares” attitude and seem to disregard what I’m saying. In recent months, in this column, I have found myself repeating a future sce...

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