30. Best Homes for Downsizing: Ranch, Condo, or Dream Home?

Thinking about your next move—but not ready for a senior living community? You're not alone. In this episode, we explore the most popular home types for active downsizers and how to choose the right fit for your lifestyle today and your future needs.

We break down ranch homes, condos, patio homes, dream homes, and the rising trend of second-home buying as a bridge to future retirement. You'll also learn how multi-generational new construction is reshaping the way families plan together.

Whether you're planning a bold lifestyle shift, looking to simplify, or want to unlock more freedom through intentional home choices, this episode will guide you through your options with clarity, compassion, and real-life insight.

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• The top 5 home styles downsizers love—and what to consider for each
• The “second home strategy” that blends vacation + future retirement
• What to look for in location, layout, and low-maintenance living
• How to future-proof your next home without giving up what you love
• Why more families are building new multi-generational homes together

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Jodi Rosko 0:01

Welcome back to another episode of the Downsizing Roadmap Podcast with your hosts Jody Roscoe and Heather Fisher. We're talking about all things downsizing, from our own experiences with clients to guest experts. Let's make downsizing easier, one conversation at a time.

Heather Fisher 0:17

Hi, welcome back to Downsizing Roadmap. We are talking today about how to choose your next move. The ranch, the condo, the dream home. There's a lot of options out there. So we're going to take a look at what some of those options are, the pros and cons, and how you know you can make the best decision for your family.

Jodi Rosko 0:39

Yep, I'm Jody Roscoe. And I'm Heather Fisher. So welcome back to talk to us. Yeah, I think this is a great topic because you know we talk about our five-step program, and step one is kind of being dreamy and thinking about what are we, where are we going to go. And this is exactly what we need to talk about of where we're going to go and what kind of options there are. You know, there's some inside-the-box options and there's some outside-the-box options that we can talk about.

Heather Fisher 1:04

So yeah, absolutely. And I think that a lot of times people think downsizing is that final step before a senior living community, something like that. And I think a lot of these options are just what we talk about all the time that planning your next stage. This could be, you know, when your kids go off to college and you're an empty nester for the first time. This can be, you know, so many stages. You're still working, but you're looking forward to retiring, you know, in the near future. And just that future planning with a dream instead of just settling for whatever comes your way.

Jodi Rosko 1:48

Right. I mean, it could be w you know, you're just gonna um right size your home. Um, you know, it doesn't have to even be bigger. Um some people do go bigger though, though. They want to, you know, get a house for their kids to come home to. Um so it is definitely just what are your next steps and what's that gonna look like. Yeah. Um if this house isn't working for you anymore for whatever reasons.

Heather Fisher 2:10

Yeah, definitely the episode about right sizing, which doesn't necessarily mean smaller, yeah. Just fitting your current lifestyle.

Jodi Rosko 2:18

Yeah, or it could be vacation, like you said, it could be something totally else. So yeah. So that's what we're gonna talk about today. So um most common types of um light homes that we have for this this life stage, um, the keys, features that you should be looking for, how to future proof without giving what you giving up the things that you love. Um, and then take a look at the rising trend of buying second homes or vacation homes for uh retirement use and doing that maybe earlier, maybe before you're even really ready to move from the home that you have now.

Heather Fisher 2:50

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 2:51

And um, you know, get yourself ready for that.

Heather Fisher 2:53

So Yeah, that one got really got my wheels turning on, you know, how can I fit that into plans? Um so we'll talk about that a little bit coming up. And and again, these decisions earlier can really set you up for that future that you want and perhaps being more ready to stay and age in place at that next home that you choose now versus you know finding yourself needing a a change when something changes.

Jodi Rosko 3:26

Yes. Okay. So um what what are we talking about? I mean, not necessarily retired, not and definitely, you know, I mean you could be going into um, you know, an independent live-in-place, but you could also just be um just having your kids come out of um high school or college and just being ready to change up things a little bit. So anywhere in that, in those, in those seasons of life, I think will work for us having a conversation about what this could look like.

Heather Fisher 3:54

Yeah, I love looking at it as being proactive, which is what we say in step one, be dreamy. You're being proactive instead of reactive to the things that may come along in those later in life stages.

Jodi Rosko 4:08

And I think sometimes we are just so used to what we have, and we just don't spend any time thinking about what we could have. And we just kind of go along with it, and it might not be working, um, and then it might not be working a little more and even a little more, but you just kind of as you ease into that, you just kind of don't realize what things could be different. And so we're just saying stop and take a look and you know, yeah, give yourself some thought about what could be different. So common things that motivate people um are you know yard maintenance, like just the house is too big, the yard is too big, um, it's just too much to take care of. Um I think that we hear that a lot. Yes. Um, especially when you've had the kids doing some of those chores and now they're gone. Um so that's one one um common motivation. Um more freedom to travel or spend time um with each other or with your grandkids or near your kids if they've moved to another area. Um downsizing while you're still healthy and able to control this process. I know we always talk about that a lot. Make those choices while you are making those choices and you're the one to make them. You know?

Heather Fisher 5:19

Yeah. Yeah. It makes those choices easier later when you're dealing with a health issue or something else when you're prepared.

Jodi Rosko 5:29

And then some people just want to unlock their equity for experiences and not square footage, you know. Um, we've had such a rise in equity in our properties in the last five or six years, and you know, you can take that money and do something different with it. You know, go travel or you know, whatever that looks like, or buy the vacation home. You know, maybe you separate into two smaller homes, and you know, you have one here and one, you know, where it's warm and or whatever that looks like. Yeah.

Heather Fisher 5:55

So many options. I think that um we have a stat here that 64% of retirees said their ideal retirement involves moving to a different home, and over 50% say that they do plan to downsize. So I guess what our philosophy always is is if that's on the horizon, make those plans early and make a dream and enjoy the benefits that come with all of the things we were just talking about, transferring that equity, making life easier, less maintenance, less work, um, just more freedom to get up and go.

Jodi Rosko 6:33

Yeah. Yeah. The NAR has um a seller's home profile, and in there they talk about that 43% of buyers aged 55 to 74 have purchased purchased a single-level home. So some the stairs on some level are like, okay, we're done with that. 43% of those. And then 32% specifically cited that they wanted less maintenance as their top priority because bigger homes do take more effort. Takes more effort to clean, takes more effort to, you know, do the lawn usually and maintenance, and then even utilities and heating and all that stuff. It's not physical effort, but it's just it takes more.

Heather Fisher 7:07

Yeah, absolutely. And like you were saying earlier, the the more creeps up on you. Things that were easy to do. Or you enjoyed doing. Or you had more help because kids still lived at home.

Jodi Rosko 7:20

Or you didn't enjoy doing if somebody else did it.

Heather Fisher 7:22

Right, right. But you know, if you had chores for those kids and things, you know, suddenly it's all on your shoulders, and that's a different different way to be living. So should we talk about some of the different home types to consider and the pros and cons?

Jodi Rosko 7:39

Yeah, what people are usually picking when we're when we're the they're making these decisions. So number one, the absolute number one thing that people say is they want a ranch or, you know, a single-story home. So that they're not going either upstairs to the bedroom, sometimes downstairs to the laundry, you know, whatever that looks like, they want it all on one floor so that that's easy to take care of.

Heather Fisher 8:01

Yeah. And if that's a ranch that is in an established neighborhood, you might get, you know, the landscaping is already m in place, maybe a lot of perennials that don't take as much maintenance and starting from scratch. Um you know, if it's an existing home, you just have to weigh how much updates may or may not be required.

Jodi Rosko 8:27

Yeah. And how much land? I mean, different areas, you know, we have, you know, ranch homes that have little yards and we have ranch homes that have big yards in our area, and your area may be the same way. Um and so you you know, we don't want necessarily to have a smaller house on a half an acre that you still have to do a whole bunch of landscaping, or you love gardening and that's gonna be your thing that you do, and you know, you get the smaller house. So you have to just think about those things. What is it it really you're looking for? Do you want to spend time on the yard? Do you not want to spend time on the yard? The one story is great for um being able to stay for a really long time. And then, yes, a lot of them may need updates. And do you want to do that, or do you want to buy one that somebody has already bought and updated? Because those are options too.

Heather Fisher 9:12

Yeah, absolutely. Um so patio homes, that's another option a lot of people consider. And a patio home is typically a freestanding, you know, single-family dwelling, um, but then you have some of the amenities or uh services that come along similar to a condo. So you're paying you know an HOA fee and you know varies by community, but typically maybe snow removal on the driveways or lawn mowing are included, or um sometimes exterior maintenance of the home or or you know, the home itself, it really just depends. But you're kind of getting the condo lifestyle, but detached from the other units in the community.

Jodi Rosko 9:59

Yeah, and sometimes the community has more amenities like a pool or you know, things like maybe a clubhouse and fitness center. Yep.

Heather Fisher 10:06

Um typically that's on a smaller lot. So um, you know, it's being mowed for you, but it's also not a lot of landscaping needed or you know, just by definition, the patio home, maybe.

Jodi Rosko 10:21

Yeah, and and this is a kind of a newer concept. Yeah um, so those homes are generally gonna be newer, you know, not necessarily new, but like, you know, not a hundred years old or fifty years old even. You know, those the the those concept that was a newer kind of concept of a patio home where people were saying, Hey, I like this concept, but I don't really want to be attached to to another property. Um, I want my own, you know, little space. And so that's what patio homes are great for. Um and usually they're gonna be a little bit newer, so maybe not in as much need of updating.

Heather Fisher 10:55

Yeah. And the consideration there would be the amount of the monthly fees in exchange for the amenities you're getting, are those ones you would use and um not be able to replicate in a different sort of in just a regular single family home.

Jodi Rosko 11:12

You know, what what is it that you know that's offering?

Heather Fisher 11:15

Right.

Jodi Rosko 11:16

Yeah.

Heather Fisher 11:16

Right.

Jodi Rosko 11:17

Um condo, uh similar same thing. So we have patio home, condo, and town home, and those are all actually really similar. So we're just kind of gonna go through what each of those are. But the condos usually means that they're attached to each other in some way. Um and so um here we have a lot of quads that are um they're just kind of like a giant ranch, honestly.

Heather Fisher 11:37

I think those quads are so nice because they really are designed in our area, they're designed very well where the garages sort of separate the common area walls so you're not hearing another, you know, another resident right through the wall in their day-to-day. Um and typically you know, there's an entrance to each one on each side of the building. So it still feels very much like someone is walking up to just your home. Yep. Not a bunch of doors right in a row. Yeah. Um, so I I think they're very nice and typically have um, you know, a little more square footage in a lot of them than, you know, a small apartment or something. So you can really make a comfortable space out of them and still feel very um much like it's a you know, not fully a single family home, but that it's your own really have to see the other. You aren't seeing your neighbors five feet away um in that style.

Jodi Rosko 12:42

Yeah, and that's just one layout of condos. There are all kinds of layout of condos. I mean, we also have condos that are, you know, like almost like apartment buildings that have like a main door, and then you go inside and then there's doors and then up the stairs and doors. So when you're out looking for condos, you'll have to pay attention to what that looks like. And you know, do you want a first floor one that actually has a second floor above you, or do you want one that's just your own, you know, kind of ranch style connected? Yeah. Um, so and it's in the same boat as um patio homes regarding how much their condo fee is, what the amenities are, do they have a pool, you know, what's being taken care of. Condos, um, the outside is normally taken care of because they since they attach, you know, it the whole building has one roof. So you know, that roof is gonna be in your condo fee and it's all gonna be replaced at one time. So um, yeah, so the cons on condos, I think, depending on how they're built and how well they're built, are some shared walls where you might hear some people or um things like that. But the pluses I think are also um, you know, you could go and travel and leave that for a while and nobody, you know, nothing's gonna mess with it because there are people in the same building as you are, and the building of the outsides being taken care of and all of that. So that's a nice turnkey um kind of property to have if you think you might want to have a vacation property somewhere else.

Heather Fisher 14:06

Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And a townhome, like you said, very similar. Typically, a town home is two stories. Um so that's a factor to weigh as to whether that's your choice currently, but it may, you know, the trade-off may be the location where they're where they are or what's available in your area. Um but typically that would be the only difference um between the townhome and the condo is um the stairs.

Jodi Rosko 14:37

Yeah, yeah. Yep. So um and I think when you're really thinking long term, stairs just might not be the right choice. Um so think on that. But um and people are like, I'm great now. I'm like, of course you are, and you win it, we want to stay great, and that's fine. But just giving yourself those kind of outs if you ever need them, yeah, so you don't have to move if you don't want to.

Heather Fisher 15:00

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 15:02

Um so not then not necessarily smaller. I think those are all the smaller options. You know, you're gonna go down to a ranch, smaller ranch. There are big ranches, but a smaller ranch, uh, patio, condo, townhome, something like that. But um number five is uh like a dream home or a forever home, right? So um not necessarily small smaller, just maybe smarter. Maybe it's a big ranch. Um maybe it's um you do a custom build and you get, you know, everything you've wanted. Maybe you do want more land in a pool so the grandkids come, you know, who who knows what that looks like.

Heather Fisher 15:37

But I think there's a lot of of people that um you know, they they maybe had their first home way back when, when they were single or just married, and they had their first home, and then you kind of move to the f the family home, but when you're buying it, it's usually, you know, one or two kids are there, more kids coming, and you're you're buying that because of the needs of the kids. And you then stay because they're in their neighborhood with their friends and the school and all of that. And it wasn't it wasn't your dream home for your adult lifestyle. It was your home that worked best for your family. And so you've had all these years where your income might have grown or your assets, and you've you know maybe paid off a good portion of that family home or fully paid it off, and now's the opportunity instead of staying there just because it worked for the number of kids you had or that that lifestyle of the younger family, like now's your time to get dreamy and really look at what amenities would I choose just now and and for the future. And what we're saying on this one is if you're doing that, just look, you know, 20 years ahead and see how you can integrate some things that you might not have thought of that you'll need later so that you can stay in that dream home longer.

Jodi Rosko 17:14

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and so it might be it might not be bigger or smaller, it might be bigger or it might be the same size, just a different configuration, and maybe it has, like you said, different amenities. It has, you know, a pool or it's in an area that's you know something that you just wanted to.

Heather Fisher 17:31

Just the convenience of maybe, you know, a bigger, more luxurious bathroom, or you know, more pampering yourself with choices.

Jodi Rosko 17:40

Gourmet kitchen if you cook or whatever that looks like.

Heather Fisher 17:43

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So one strategy that we have um touched on briefly earlier, but can be a really amazing thing to consider if you're, you know, that younger thinking about downsizing in the future but not sure it's right for you, is the second home strategy. And this is a fantastic idea, I think, where you know, if you have that dream of, well, someday I want to retire to the beach or to the lake, or um, you know, I would love to live somewhere warmer, or even a location close to kids or other family, but you're not quite ready to make that full-time move. You're still working, you haven't retired yet, you're still have a lot of commitments where you are now. This is an ideal win-win. Um, and it's basically buying a second home, whether that's a condo in the new location or any of the homes we talked about, but buying it with the plan of it will work for you if you wanted to full-time make that your home when you're ready. And so you get to enjoy it on weekends or for a few weeks or months a year as a vacation home. Um, and you could potentially rent it out when you're not there, get some income to help pay it off or to, you know, use that income for whatever, and then it's there waiting for you because you've made those choices when you bought it so that it will work for you if that's your future forever home.

Jodi Rosko 19:31

And you're building that equity now while you're working. So five years from now, that house is gonna cost more money than it costs now.

Heather Fisher 19:37

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 19:38

And some areas um you might have you might actually price yourself out of that area by the time that you're ready, if it's five years or ten years from now when you're ready to, you know, buy in that area, it might just be so much more expensive than it is now, especially for you know certain vacation areas that are specific and things like that. So um you will get the benefit while you're you know have it because it won't be rented all of the time. Um so you could potentially spend you know weekends there or you know, learning.

Heather Fisher 20:13

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 20:15

Yeah. If you wanted to take Christmas and always be there, you do that. And then um, you know, you can learn the area, learn the community, build relationships in that in that space um while you're still working and it's paying itself off and potentially, you know, rent it for passive income. Yeah, amazing opportunity that I definitely know people who are doing this, so that's yeah, yeah.

Heather Fisher 20:41

Yeah, and you know, a great way to attract your adult kids to come visit you. Yeah, put your nice little bit.

Jodi Rosko 20:48

Yeah, ask them where they want to go.

Heather Fisher 20:52

Yeah. So um I I think that that is definitely something we should all consider. Um, and then if you're looking to buy any of these types of homes, there's three L's that you should look at um to decide what works for you. And this is very specific to what each of our needs are. Um so the three L's we can talk about each of them are location, layout, and lifestyle.

Jodi Rosko 21:21

Okay.

Heather Fisher 21:22

So location is thinking about where that perfect home is located. Is it, you know, and that is what you're looking for. Maybe it's you want to be more um central to shopping and restaurants and walking distance to, you know, coffee or your church or any of those things. Maybe the location is centered about your proximity to your family and who is gonna be there to help help you and also who you you know, just being close to grandkids, um, other family. Maybe it is, you know, you're doing this because you want to travel and see the world, so you're picking something that's easy to get to the airport. And I mean, there's a lot to consider and all of that can help narrow down where the location should be. Um also whether you're looking, depending on where you're coming from, are you looking for something with more peace and quiet and you're looking to get out of a neighborhood, or are you looking for more social and active location, um, you know, the perfect home in the wrong location doesn't work.

Jodi Rosko 22:38

Yeah, I mean, some people have areas that they've gone to for vacationing for years and they've always said, oh gosh, you know, we would love to settle down here, you know, later. And just you can do that sooner than later. You do have to kind of look at the local regulations if you're thinking about um, you know, renting it out, just making sure that that's a possibility. Some areas have different rules about renting out or not renting out, so that's something to think about. And even if you can't do it as, you know, some kind of a vacation rental, you could potentially do it as a short-term rental, like even six months out of the year or you know, something like that. Um so you just you do want to make sure that the local area allow allows that. Um but yeah, so location, um, just kind of picking whether it's a place you've always gone or if it's a place you think you want to go. I mean, that would just be fun in the next couple years to just go vacation at different places and be like, is this the place? Is this the place? You know, go visit them and you know, look at real estate a little bit and you know, see if there's if that's a place you want to be.

Heather Fisher 23:43

Yeah, absolutely.

Jodi Rosko 23:46

Then layout. Um when you look at the layout, you know, is the is the primary bedroom on the main floor? Um, is it easy and accessible for bathrooms? Um is are the laundry and the kitchen on the main floor? What kind of storage is there in the house? Those kind of things. I mean, maybe you won't need storage because you've done such an amazing job downsizing all of your things. Um but you may, you know, you may need a little bit, but what does that layout look like and is that gonna work for you later down the road? You know, not just necessarily does it work as a vacation uh rental.

Heather Fisher 25:09

Yeah. Laundry seems like such a small thing too, and we've met several clients recently that when you add the steps plus carrying a laundry basket up and down the steps, that can be such a factor on why the home doesn't work at all. Yeah. So definitely something to consider.

Jodi Rosko 25:31

Yeah. So and then ask yourself what you're gonna do in that house when you end up living there. Are you gonna wanna have guests? Do you need guest rooms? Do you want it to be a split, you know, layout so that your room's on one side and the guest rooms are on the other side? You know, what do you want that to look like? Are you still gonna want a garden or do you want a yard? Um, do you do you need space to work from home and do hobbies? Um, what do those hobbies look like? Maybe you need an extra, you know, shed to you know, do woodworking or you know, something like that, or maybe it's just a uh your a a hobby room or whatever. But you know, start thinking about what you're gonna do in those spaces. Do you want an active social community? There are plenty of communities that have clubhouses and pools that are active with their people that live there and they do all kinds of things together, or you more solitude and you just kind of uh you know want to be soaking up that area yourself and not necessarily doing that. So get this is all about that first step of being dreamy, honestly. Like just all of that, like what could my life look like? What would I want it to look like if it, you know, if I had all the choices, what would that be? And just start making lists for yourself and write down what those things are, and that picture will eventually all come into into place together.

Heather Fisher 26:49

Yeah, absolutely. And talking about being dreamy and and doing all of that, if if you're at the point where it's like, I am just gonna build the home that works for me, um, you know, there's a lot of ways if you're if you're future looking now that you can incorporate a lot of things that will serve you well later in ways that are very, you know, invisible and beautiful and part of the home without having to come back and you know make changes and add things. So um if you are choosing a a new construction community or looking to to custom build, don't forget about um you know putting in no steps, even if it's a ranch, we talked about this before, there can be two or three steps to get into it.

Jodi Rosko 27:44

Yeah. Which you don't ever even think about until you can't, you know, do it, or somebody that you want to come be with you can't do it. Yeah. You know, your mom or your dad or whatever can't get up those two steps is really hard. And you got I think once until you've had that happen, which I have had that happen, um until you've had that happen, you don't realize you don't even think about that you even have steps, or you don't have a handrail, or you don't have this, or you don't have that. Um because we just, you know, we just pop around the house and don't think about it. But um a couple steps can can be a barrier to entry.

Heather Fisher 28:20

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 28:20

Um so a no-step entry, lever style doors, door handles, zero entry um showers.

Heather Fisher 28:29

Yeah.

Jodi Rosko 28:29

Which are beautiful. It doesn't even feel like we're not saying, you know, make a place that's ready to have somebody who, you know, needs a lot of help if that's not where you're at. But those things can just be incorporated into the design of the house beautifully and then can work later if you need to.

Heather Fisher 28:48

Yeah, and I think that um a lot of builders are taking pieces of this into account and naturally uh incorporating them into floor plans that we don't see in older homes that were built, you know, quite uh, you know, 40, 50 years ago, um, the wider doorways, and it doesn't have to be every doorway, um, but having you know that three-foot-wide path where someone could get into the primary bedroom and bathroom and through the main living spaces can make a world of difference if someone needs that later on, um, and other doorways can be smaller, it doesn't need to be the whole house, but think about what that would look like to live somewhere if you needed that. Um, and then of course, incorporating a lot of smart technology. Um, there are tools to just make living in your home easier. And that's easier now and later.

Jodi Rosko 29:45

It's just it's just nice.

Heather Fisher 29:46

Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So talking about um, you know, options with new construction specifically, or finding one of these exists, but it seems there's a whole trend on um multi-generational living. So I think that that is an option we should talk about. Yeah. Um, that is when you are um, you know, perhaps combining resources with that adult child and their family, or one or the other is deciding to make that investment. Um, but really it I've noticed um, you know, a lot of builders are offering options on plans like this specifically for multi-generations to live together. And sometimes that is an attached but completely separate, you know, unit, we'll say, um, you know, with maybe just a connecting door when you need to access or want to access each other's spaces. And sometimes it's just a very comfortable, you know, mother-in-law suite is what it would be called, um, with the shared common areas. So lots of different ways to make that work for your family. Um, but that is sometimes a way to overcome some of the financial pieces, um, to just combine that, you know, two households into one in ways that would work for both people. Um, it definitely gives you that proximity both ways to, you know, help with grandkids or to be home, you know, when kids are home, or you know, lots of things that I think used to happen years ago when families were living in very close proximity to different generations and then we kind of spread out all over the country in families, and I think there's a little bit of a return maybe there's a lot of people.

Jodi Rosko 31:46

We're definitely seeing that. We're definitely seeing a return to that where people are saying, Hey, we need a place for you know, my mom or my parents to live, um, or you know, and we're gonna put our monies together and we're gonna buy a bigger house, and that'll give us that option, you know, for all of us to to to have that. And yeah, I think having like an their own little um suite or area, like two separate houses basically, you know, all in under one roof usually, but two separate kitchens and you know, areas that they can't.

Heather Fisher 32:24

But so many options there that um people are starting to consider consider, and it's a really great, great way to, you know, be close enough but still have your independence and just know um that someone's there for you and you're there for someone else.

Jodi Rosko 32:41

Yeah, and and we're and usually when we're talking about this with people, um, it's the parents not always, you know, needing a whole bunch of help. It's just, you know, they might want to be at their vacation home, you know, six months out of the year and they, you know, need a place to the to stay in the you know, the off season of that. And um the you know, having being able to get the kids off the bus is super useful and having your parent, you know, grandparents in your life is really an amazing gift. And so, you know, there's just so many pluses that can happen around it.

Heather Fisher 33:16

Yeah, I think it's um a a way people are sharing their resources or that gener generational wealth as well. Um you know, sharing it now versus this is yours later. Um, you know, if you have that ability to put that financial stake into that house, if you're also helping your adult kid and their family as well, um, that can be a great, great thing that people like to do.

Jodi Rosko 33:46

Well, and giving them that gift now instead of, you know, when you've gone when you're gone. Yeah. You know, just giving that earlier and and letting them reap the benefit of that and your you know yourself being there.

Heather Fisher 33:58

Yeah, and you're reaping the benefit of being so close and having that that family dynamic all together. Yep, yeah.

Jodi Rosko 34:06

So all kinds of all kinds of options um when when we're talking about where could we go next, right? So um what from the ranch home to the condo to the multi-generational home to the dream home, you know, to the vacation home. There are just so many things that you can think about and different ways that you can um plan out what might be coming next. So I guess what we're saying is start dreaming, you know.

Heather Fisher 34:31

Be dreamy and be creative and then let us know how we can help turn that into what you're looking for. Um, you know, as real estate agents, this is what we do, and have a whole network of agents all over, you know, the country that can help you take that dream into which option ticks those boxes, and um, you know, you have more options than you think. Yeah. Absolutely.

Jodi Rosko 34:58

Yeah, yeah. So um reach out to us at downsizingroadmap.com if you need an agent or if you're in our area, we can help you. Um and you know, start thinking about all of those things that you can do, and we will definitely help you find the right home that fits whatever that dream is that you're trying to create.

Heather Fisher 35:16

Yeah, absolutely. Thanks, Jody. We'll see you guys next time. See you next time. Thanks for joining us on the Downsizing Roadmap Podcast. If you found this episode helpful, be sure to subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with someone who might need a little downsizing inspiration. Have questions or ideas for future episodes, reach out to us on our website, www.downsizingroadmap.com. Until next time, let's keep simplifying and moving forward.