My New Book - Nextville
"The quest to find the perfect place takes on even more importance as you reach a certain stage in life. For some of us that stage is age fifty; for others it’s forty; and today for many of us it’s even younger. But I’ve found that the exact number makes no difference, because it’s defined by your mind-set more than by a figure. It’s the age when we each start to think, seriously think, about something more than today or tomorrow or even next year. It’s the age when we start to think about the rest of our lives.
But our generation is approaching the next stage in life differently. As it turns out, we’re just not the retiring types—never have been and never will be. We don’t even like to use the word. Retirement suggests that you’re on your way out, that your usefulness is over. But unlike our parents before us, we believe we’re just getting started at this age. It’s almost as though all of life before this was just a means to get us ready to go on to the next great thing. So instead of retiring, it’s more like graduating.
But graduating to what? And where? These are the two big questions for all of us, and as we answer them in the coming years, there’ll be another mass movement of people. Different people, different ages, different circumstances—but all with one thing in common: we need to find our next great place.”
“The happiest people [I have helped] were always those who had an immediate, visceral reaction to a place and trusted it. They’d arrive, look around, smell the air, and say, “This is for me.” And the funny thing is, when I’d asked them earlier to describe their ideal place, they’d described something totally different from the place they ended up falling in love with. That’s why smart real estate brokers often say, “Buyers are liars.” It’s not that buyers intend to mislead, but they’re often dead wrong when they try to predict where they’ll live or what they’ll choose. I feel that if you want to fi nd the place that really gets your juices going, you need to discover what inspires you. You need to get in touch with what makes you comfortable and uncomfortable. In short, you need to know yourself before you can find the right place.”
In Nextville I identify the top eight trends that are changing where (and how) boomers are retiring. I help you figure out what’s most important to you in your next place-whether it’s pursuing your passions, living green, finding community, living young in a city or college town, or even staying right in your old home town. I also deliver my signature “Barb’s Rules” on where and how to get the most out of the next great stage of our life. Let me help you make the smartest real estate choices today to ensure a secure, comfortable, and fabulously fun tomorrow.
Where to buy?
Nextville is available through your local book store or through these links.
