Posts Tagged Dolan

  • Super Bowl Sunday is a special day... for real estate Super Bowl Sunday is a special day… for real estate

    For home builders and real estate sales people Super Bowl Sunday is a special day. But it’s probably not for the reason you’re thinking. By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Chances are that by the time you read this article, we will have crowned our new Super Bowl champion for this year. At this p...

  • Seniors, you can still take advantage of the Davenport Now tax rebate program.  Seniors, you can still take advantage of the Davenport Now tax rebate program.

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Thanks to Davenport Now, buyers of new homes can still receive $7,000, $9,000 or more in cash to offset the cost of their new home in Davenport. And depending on the price of the home purchased, that amount could even be more than that. You can elect to take the fun...

  • Live in a $250,000 Dan Dolan home for about $800 a month? Live in a $250,000 Dan Dolan home for about $800 a month?

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes I have to admit that my phone has been “ringing off the hook.” The calls relate to my recent Sunday ad in a number of area newspapers illustrating how seniors over the age of 62 can live in one of my new homes for about $800 a month in out-of-pocket costs. And w...

  • A “complaint” I thought I would never hear A “complaint” I thought I would never hear

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes ... But fortunately I have the solution Just when you think you heard it all, you realize you didn’t hear it all. Here’s what I mean. At one of my “Meet the Builder” sessions in Davenport recently, I met a recent buyer of a Dan Dolan home. In fact, she an...

  • Buyers offering more than the list price for an existing home? Buyers offering more than the list price for an existing home?

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes The discussions were particularly animated at a recent real estate meeting that I attended. For those of us old enough to remember the vintage, “Can you top this?” radio program, someone would mention an event, and another would “top it” with an even more ex...

  • “Mr. Dolan, why do you keep telling us to buy our senior housing now rather than later?” “Mr. Dolan, why do you keep telling us to buy our senior housing now rather than later?”

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes It’s nice to know that some of my senior friends are regular readers of my monthly column in this publication. At an open house a few weeks ago, one such regular reader asked me why I seem to repeat my “buy now” message so often, (Like I’m going to do again ...

  • That told me they were serious. But could I help? That told me they were serious. But could I help?

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes As the couple drove up to my open house I could see they were carrying a notebook. That told me they were serious. But could I help? This is what I told them. The woman greeted me first and indicated they wanted to downsize their living space with everything on ...

  • New retirees creating pressure on the senior housing market. New retirees creating pressure on the senior housing market.

    By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes In a recent article, I cited statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau that 10,000 retirees are joining the senior citizen ranks every day. In my mind, that creates an image of a huge never-ending parade of thousands of seniors coming down the street. With many of them...