| Many families own vacation homes and in this | | | | older and lives in a large home that they can no |
| current real estate market are unable to sell | | | | longer maintain, but they do not wish to move |
| them. Still there may be a solution to this in the | | | | into a nursing home or assisted living facility, they |
| current downturn in the real estate market. Many | | | | might be more suited to moving into a vacation |
| folks that own these vacation homes know that | | | | home which the family owns. Additionally, many |
| they are upside down; in other words owe more | | | | vacation homes are in areas where there are lots |
| than they are worth and they can't sell them | | | | of services, which is something that older folks |
| even if they wanted to. | | | | need lots of. |
| Thus, the homes sit empty, unsold, and costing | | | | Not only will it help the local economy, but you will |
| their owners money. During an economic | | | | be killing two birds with one stone. Converting a |
| recession the owners of these homes may not | | | | vacation house into a home for an elderly |
| even be able to get out to them for the vacation | | | | individual or couple is not as hard as you might |
| that is long overdue. One concept is to convert | | | | think. And it doesn't take very much time. It also |
| your vacation home into a house for older | | | | solves a sealed problem of trying to sell a home |
| members of your family, especially if it is a | | | | at the bottom of the real estate market. Please |
| one-story house. | | | | consider all this. |
| For instance, if you have a family member that is | | | | |