My Mother's And Elder Sister's New Real Estate Purchases

Song:  Flight Of The Imagination

Group:  Future World Music

My mother had just signed a purchase contract for another home she will use as another

rental in Reno.

The below pictures of my mother's home and one my elder sister will buy are of the 

as of yet incomplete models. 

Their homes will be just down the street...

and they have also, yet to be built.

This model home in the below picture has a three car garage...

but right now, they are going to use it as a sales office.

However, the same elevations are the ones they had purchased.

This home just below is the same model as my mother's.

I had been taking her around to see new homes...

but these new ones are the best in Reno for the money.

They have an excellent location near the gateway to California...

yet only 10 minutes to downtown Reno...

and there are mountain views everywhere.

My elder sisters house will be just two doors down from my mother's investment home.

My sister will be moving in her house...

while my mother will be renting her's out.

She is thinking of renting it out to corporations for their executives.

On this day...

I had taken my wife to see my mother's and elder sister's new purchases.

She also loved both of the houses.

Just to the right a little ways...

both houses are going to be built.  

These mountains in the above and below pictures will be their view from the backyard.

Another set of mountains will be their view from the front.

This is a picture of her front door from the inside.

What I had especially liked about this model was its high ceilings...

open layout...

and the amount of windows...

which makes it very well lit from natural lighting.

It gives a sense of great expanse and freedom inside.

It also takes advantage of the views.

My mother's house is a one story 3 bedroom 3 full bath home.

This is a picture of one of the bedrooms.

This is a picture of the living room.

The cabinets pictured are an option my mother did not buy.

This is a picture of the living room looking out onto the backyard covered porch.

The large sliding doors pictured is another option my mother did not get.

However, large picture windows will be in its place.

This is a picture of the dining room.

This is a picture of the covered backyard porch.

It is perfect to view the mountains.

The kitchen comes with stainless steel appliances.

I had not taken enough photos of the kitchen.

It also has a lot of appliances to my right...

and a very large walk in pantry.

This is a picture of the master bedroom.

It is larger than in this picture...

as I could not get it all in the photo.

The master bath is also large.

It will come with a shower and a large soaking tub...

a double sink...

and a separate toilet room.

This is a picture of the laundry room.

This is of the master bedroom walk in closet.

We then walked out the front door to see my sister's model.

This same model is my elder sister's home.

My sister's husband especially liked the upper balcony.

He will take photos of the summer sunset from there.

During winter...

he will take sunset pictures from the backyard.

Theirs will be a 4 bedroom 3 full bath home.

The upstairs two bedrooms will be for when their sons visit.

As only my sister and her husband will be living here...

her husband will convert the extra downstairs bedroom...

into his game room.

He has a large custom pool table...

and he wants to buy a pinball machine  :)

This is their dining room, living room, and kitchen areas.

My elder sister still has to pick out the color and options for her home.

This is their pantry.

My sister is going to get the outdoor back covered patio fireplace option.

They plan to spend many a day and night just looking out at the mountains from theirs.

This will be their master bedroom.

The master bed room has a his and her set of walk in closets.

This is one of the bedrooms.

This is one of the upstairs bedrooms.

And this is the covered upstairs porch.

My mother's model of her home is on the left...

my elder sister's model of her house is just next to it.

These houses have the great outdoors at their door step...

yet, they are just 10 minutes away from a major hospital...

and they are about the same time away from my mother's home in the mountains.

My sister will be less than an hour from Lake Tahoe and many major ski resorts...

less than half an hour from Donner Lake...

and about twenty minutes from Boca and Stampede reservoirs.

I had seen this development just a short time ago...

and I knew that it would be a great investment for my mother...

and a great place for my elder sister to live.

I got both of them to see the models.

Both of them were sold on the idea within minutes.

Great location...

great views...

great homes.

You cannot go wrong with these winning combinations.

My mother bought her's in the first phase of development...

and my sister's will be built in the second phase.

There will be a total of 18 phases...

and the price goes up with each phase.

Within 3 years...

just from the phase equity alone...

they will go up over $100,000.00.

As this is also one of the most desirable areas to live in Reno...

their value will also increase beyond this amount.

More and more Californians are moving to Reno to retire.

Reno is in the top 40 best places to live in the US.

It is much higher in standings if you just consider 

it in the retirement category.

Living well in your retirement years depends heavily upon proper prior planning.

You must always consider the basics when buying real estate.

Again...bought early...

a great location...

great views...

and great homes...

equals...

a great investment...

because...

if you would want to live there...

so would many others.

This is all part of aging and living well.