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Real Estate Companies offer customized services to help with every aspect of moving and downsizing. Agents can evaluate the home's condition and market value, help clients prioritize repairs and locate qualified professionals, recommend trusted moving companies and help sort through belongings.

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Title: Maintaining a Great Friendship

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: Maintaining relationships and social contact has always been extremely important to Lee Hughlett, so it is no surprise that she found a friend in the process of selling her home. Over the years, the mother of three worked a variety of jobs from retail to human resources. One she truly enjoyed...

Tag: Real-Life Story

Title: Musical and Life Partners

Preview: It was their mutual passion for Old Time music - the traditional music of Southern Appalachia - that brought William and Frances "Fritzi" Wisdom together at a square dance one evening. Bill, who plays Southern Appalachian banjo and Fritzi, the mountain fiddle, met with their instruments and h...

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Title: Creating a Warm and Inviting Home

Preview: Frances Jansen is no stranger to making transitions. During World War II, she moved from rural Kansas to Washington D.C. to work for the government in 1943. Years later, after her husband was transferred to Iran for his career, Frances joined him when their youngest son graduated high school. ...

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Title: The Right Moves

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: No matter one's age, moving and downsizing are two of life's most arduous processes. Just ask Carmen Cullen and Marion Goldstein: these two caring and active women, as well as their loved ones, knew that a transition was necessary. However, what they also realized was enlisting the help of Char...

Tag: Real-Life Story

Title: Two Volunteers Find the Help They Need

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: "I guess it's in the DNA," Diane Boynton said with a laugh. "We just keep on teaching." As a former first grade teacher, Diane, and her husband John currently volunteer for a local's school's mentoring program. While John spent 20 years setting up pension plans for corporations and moved on ...

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Title: A Shoulder to Lean On

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: Linda Loope's hard working mother, Hilda, never wanted anyone to worry about her. Born in Montgomery County, Hilda grew up during the Depression, during which her family often changed locations. Throughout her husband's 42 years with the Norfolk and Western Railroad, their family experienc...

Tag: Real-Life Story

Title: The Sandwich Generation

By: Guide to Retirement Living Staff

Preview: Unlike many of her peers, Linda Blossom knew just where to turn when her mother, Gladys Tulloch, needed help with the transition from her family home to a retirement community. Thanks to a support group that her employer, Freddie Mac, provided, Linda recognized herself as a part of the Sandwich ...

Tag: Real-Life Story

Title: Taking the Packing out of Moving

Preview: Russell and Katherine Tearney knew they wanted to move, but they had no idea how they were going to complete the task-until they found a moving coordinator. Dr. Russell Tearney and his wife, Katherine, met while attending Virginia Union University in Richmond. The couple has spent their whole...

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Title: Helping His Peers Make the Move

Preview: For most of his 40 year career, Clyde Grimm's name was on the door placard. He was a partner in several different architecture firms before retiring from Grimm and Parker. This father of two and grandfather of five looked forward to retiring, but not for the standard reasons. Clyde had no ...

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Title: A Family Style Retirement

By: Christy Pagans

Preview: In 1954, Mr. Warner graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While employed by the IRS, he was one of 100 agents to be chosen to attend the first Internal Revenue Service School at the University of Michigan. In 1956, he opened his accounting practice in Woodstown. ...

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Title: How To Utilize Real Estate Services

By: Guide to Retirement Living Staff

Preview: Real Estate Agents who specialize in working with seniors can offer much more than assistance with buying and selling a home. They can offer information and advice on topics ranging from estate planning to retirement living options. Many of these specially trained realtors have been working wit...

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