They're putting in Solar power at my senior mobile home park.

[Mr.Bill]

18. We never dreamed of living in a mobile home park,

senior or otherwise. Medical issues kind of forced us into an early retirement with less income than we had planned on. My main advice would be to try and meet your close neighbors before you buy. Living close to others is different than regular housing. It would not be fun if you had bad neighbors. We have been fortunate so far and have great neighbors. We all look out for each other. My wife and I just walked the whole street and gave little bags of Christmas cookies to everyone that my wife had just baked. You have no idea how that brightens up the day for someone in their 80s that doesn't get out much. I also feel safer here than anywhere I have ever lived.

That brings up something else I never thought of. I thought of senior housing as boring and sedentary, but the fact is the housing here turns over rather quickly, which when you think about it makes sense given the age of the people. There are 14 spaces on my street and there have been five deaths in the five years I've been here. That brings up the issue of the management. We've had the same manager here for about 8 years and they are very particular on who they let move in here. When my next door neighbor passed away, three months later our manager, who has a real estate sales license and is usually the seller, didn't say "I sold the place next to you", she said "I found you a great new neighbor". That's the kind of manager you want. Avoid a place that has had a high turnover in management recently.