Independent Living
Independent Living
Senior Travel
Why Choose
a Seniors
Real Estate
Specialist?
By Sandra Nardoci
For many seniors who may be thinking about selling
their current home, right-sizing or transitioning
lifestyles in the near future, just the thought of it can be
overwhelming. The equity in their current home is often
one of the largest assets they possess. Therefore one will
need to be diligent and prudent in protecting one of
their most cherished and valuable assets.
When looking for representation most of us would
like to be represented by a specialist, consequently
when selling your home you would want to consider a
Realtor who specializes in Senior Moves. A Seniors Real
Estate Specialist (SRES) is recognized by the National
Association of Realtors. In order to be recognized and
have use of the designation, the designee must have
completed special training, pay yearly dues and be
recognized as a Realtor member in good standing.
For anyone, selling a home is a major life changing
decision; the process can be very complicated and
stressful. Unlike other seller clients I represent many of
my senior clients have lived in their homes for decades.
They need to be gently and patiently guided through
today’s complex world of the Real Estate transaction.
As an SRES designee I’ve been trained to be sensitive
to my senior client’s needs. I’m able to carefully listen
and evaluate their individual needs in order to create a
successful action plan.
Today’s Real Estate transactions are complex; it takes
experience, hard work, communication and attention to
every detail. The goal is to sell your home for the most
amount of money, in the shortest amount of time with
the least amount of complication and stress. Look for an
experienced, honest and trusted Realtor who holds the
SRES designation. They will serve as a valuable resource
to you throughout the home selling and home buying
process. Choose carefully …Choose wisely… Choose a
Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES).
Sandra V. Nardoci is an Associate Broker/Seniors Real Estate Specialist
with Prudential Manor Homes Realtors, Albany, NY and has been
selling the Capital Region for over 22 years. She’s held the SRES
designation since 2004. For more i nformation you can reach her
at 518-366-Sold (7653) or email [email protected].
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Fun Tours
By Ed Finkle
What are you doing with those great Senior Moments?
The answer, hopefully, is traveling! Seniors have a
unique advantage over most people, having the ability to
experience all kinds of great trips, ranging in length from
one day to weeks at a time. Tours to casinos, beaches,
lobster festivals, Pennsylvania Dutch country and even
three weeks across the great southwest are all available
locally without getting on an airplane Yankee Trails
World Travel is a leading provider of some of the best
senior adventures in the entire area. With little or no
hassle and reasonable fares, Yankee Trails makes it easy
to enjoy hundreds of motor coach tour options, cruises
and escorted packages including round-trip airfare. From
European escapes to a lunch at a top-notch restaurant
right in the Mohawk Valley, Yankee Trails offers it all.
From Fall Foliage tours in Montreal to the Boston Pops
and from Major League Baseball, featuring the Red Sox,
Yankees or Mets, there’s something for everyone.
Seniors have unique advantages because they are not
restricted by time. There are many great tour options
that take place Monday through Friday, offering real
bargains to anyone available to travel at this time. One
of the great things about traveling with Yankee Trails
is their motor coach accommodations. Each of these
luxury vehicles features a restroom and video monitors
with DVD player. Some even come equipped with Wi-Fi!
Comfortable seats and the ability for the bus to “kneel”,
or lower itself for easy boarding, adds to an already
seamless traveling experience.
And for those seniors looking to ride the high seas on-board
a luxury cruise ship, this marketplace is loaded with bargains
and great adventures at very reasonable prices. With Yankee
Trails World Travel’s Cruise Express shuttle to New York,
New Jersey, Brooklyn, Boston and even Baltimore, you’ve
just found the one-stop-shop for yet another spectacular
vacation! The cruise companies throughout the Metro
New York area, Boston and even Baltimore regions have
thousands of staterooms to fill each week. Choose from
some of the leaders in the industry, including Norwegian
Cruise Line, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Cunard
and Celebrity Cruises featuring Canada/New England, the
Bahamas and Florida, and various Caribbean destinations,
just to name a few.
And let’s not forget about Hawaii, Las Vegas, Alaska and
Europe! Our friendly, experienced travel agents can make
all of your vacation arrangements, customized to your
liking, including round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations,
transfers, meals and more.
So, what are you waiting for?
Visit our website at www.yankeetrails.com for a
glimpse at all of our great motor coach tour options,
some of the fantastic escorted trips featuring round-trip
air and of course, a spectacular selection of cruise vacation
destinations! For an extra personal touch, give one of our
professional travel agents a call at 518-286-2400 and
let them design a once-in-a-lifetime vacation for you,
your family and your friends. Put them to work and let
them show you why we truly are the “People with the
right Connections.”
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