depends on the demographics.If its a retirement neighborhood, lots of elderly people some may find it a tripping hazard or a pain for walkers, wheel chairs etc...Down here in south Florida many older folks would not buy two story homes because of having to trek up and down, and we have lots of older folks.Sometimes the elevation difference can be partially minimized visually by using creative threshold transition pieces.

He bought it as a retirement plan and he is getting ready to start retiring.

Saying that from a servicing and administration point of view.You can now make unlimited numbers of transfers from any type of deferred retirement plan to say an SDIRA, so long as you don't touch the money.

My properties are virtually our entire retirement, I can't sell off what the higher education system thinks they should get of my worth to educate my kids.  

It really depends on if your clients are coming here to retire or if they are coming to the NW for a new job and if they want to be close to a certain area.

Turned out she was a retired seeing eye dog.

I spent 15 years in the technology industry before I was lucky enough (in my opinion, people under-estimate the role of luck when it comes to success) to be able to "retire" from that industry; in that time I had 2 mentors, and I owe much of my career and business success to them.

You could advertise on base bulletin boards and Homeaway.com.Use satellite TV.I am retired Navy and I can see a need for this when people are transitioning to this new location.John

Moreover, if you want a supplant/supplement and or redirect your retirement strategies then you will have tertiary approach.

A colleague of mine has a small portfolio of rentals on the lower end, where his goal is to accumulate some more and finance them with a 15 yr mortgage so that by the time he retires he'll have them all free and clear to generate a decent cash flow.