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The nice thing about living in a small town, the old saying goes, is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, you can be sure that someone else does. But that may not stay true for long in the fastest-growing small towns in America. Retirees are swelling some communities quickly, like The Villages, a […]

Before it was a top tourist and retirement destination, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, was made up of 24 cotton, rice, sugar cane and indigo plantations. Skillful planning has helped develop the land into one of the most exclusive resort and residential communities in the Southeast. The island offers residents and visitors world-class golf, water […]

If you already own a house, you probably have a pretty good idea about the rights, responsibilities, and financial obligations of homeownership. And if your experience as a homeowner has been a generally positive one, you might have toyed with the idea of buying a second piece of property. Why should you consider buying a […]

Not long ago, Frank Kwok moved from a 900-square-foot townhouse on the North Shore of Oahu “because we wanted our own home with a yard and everything.” So he bought a 2,500-square-foot home in what he calls the “bustling suburb” of Kapolei, not far from Honolulu. He kept the tiny townhouse in the beach town […]