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Where can you go for information or help specifically designed for Senior Adults? A great resource I've come across is 9News Senior Source.

This web site is being redesigned to help Senior Adults (including empty-nesters, Baby Boomers, retirees, and older adults). Seniors need a Realtor^® who is trustworthy and is concerned about his clients' needs on all levels.

If you know of someone who is thinking of moving (whether they are a Senior Adult or that Senior's children or grandchildren) forward this information to them.  Point them also to this page: Seniors Face Housing Choices for some ideas of the factors involved in deciding what to do with their home.

A broker in my office who handles a lot of bank owned properties sent out a warning. Some crooks take information from a public site that accesses the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and use it to scam people looking for a house to rent.

Information about one of her listings showed up as a rental property on Craigslist. A woman called in to the office and said that “she had sent in a rental application complete with her social security number and paid deposit and rent money and wanted access to her new home.”

Banks never rent out the homes they have taken in foreclosure. Some banks have had to evict scammed “tenants” who thought they had legitimately rented a property.

The woman who called evidently didn’t check it out thoroughly. She lost her deposit and rent money, and now her identity has also been stolen. Even more, she didn’t have a place to move to.

If you know people who want to rent a property, pass this along. It may save them some serious hassles.