Master Accredited Senior Agency: Senior Housing Market
Channel: Colleen DePodesta
Date: 2017-10-02

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Video Credit: 
Colleen DePodesta
Sales Representative
Re/Max Escarpment Realty Inc. Brokerage South Burlington

Master Accredited Senior Agency and the Senior Housing Market with Barry Lebow. Any senior or family can have an agent list and sell the house, period. What do you do with 40 years of accumulation?

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If someone is late 60's or early 70's there's no reason they can't live another 30 years. That's an awful lot of money at $5000 a month. It's going to double with Millennial Life Expectancy now at 120.

If you're listening to this anywhere in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, you're looking at extremely high expenses per month. There's a difference between warehousing adults and giving them a quality of life.

Master ASA. 
There are two levels. First you must become an ASA. You work with Seniors because you like to. You do it because you care. 

You're moving people and changing their lifestyle. It's emotional but the satisfaction level is phenomenal. Barry discusses Curriculum with both mandatory and elective courses and access to a large network of like minded people and support systems. In many cases, the largest part of our business. 

Essential Conversations. Training to help deal with the difficult discussions.

A practical example of a typical family who's lived in a home for 30 to 40 years. Where to start. In a lot of cases we're dealing with the estate or Mom and Dad have already made their move and the family is handling the house sale. 

The word easy is not applicable but as a Master Accredited Senior Agent you ease the process.

Let's talk siblings. Even if we have siblings who love each other they still may have different view points when it comes to Mom and Dad. We have to deal with the loss. 

There may be a strong connection for the siblings to the family home where they grew up as kids. The Dining Set. One of the things families tend to feel the most attachment to because of fond memories of family gatherings. 

Unfortunately nobody wants your Hard Rock Maple dining room set or the hutch that goes with it. 

We have an aging population. In Burlington the median age is 42 and one third of the population is 55 or older. These people are online and on social media for extended mobility and extended family through Skype and FaceTime. 

Not all families are the Cleavers from Leave it to Beaver.

Let's talk about the Elephant in the Room. Dementia. The parent might see signs that something is happening but may try to disguise it to protect their kids or because of the fear of loss of independence. The kids don't want to see that the parent is having issues. It hurts.

An example of a Senior in distress where there was a very real threat of Self Harm. If it's a matter of Safety or Quality of Life, those things must be addressed. She ended up happy at the end because she was safe in a better place. It's so rewarding to see them actually happy and calling it home.

The involvement here is greater but the satisfaction level is so much nicer.

Burlington Waterfront Life.
Come to play. Decide to stay.
Burlington's kinda like that.

Burlington remains number one mid-sized city in all of Canada which has recently recognized as a Global Luxury Sales Leader. It's no wonder with all of it's fantastic Waterfront events like the Sound of Music Festival and Canada's Largest Ribfest.

Video Credit: 
Colleen DePodesta, Sales Representative
Re/Max Escarpment Realty Inc. Brokerage South Burlington
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