Real Estate Connections | with Mary Foerster

About Real Estate Connections | with Mary Foerster

For people in the second half of life - and the families who love them. Should you stay in your home, renovate it for aging in place, or sell and downsize? How do you help aging parents move when they are not ready? What should your family do with an inherited house? Can you afford senior living, and where do you even begin? Real Estate Connections with Mary Foerster explores the real estate, financial, and family decisions that often come with retirement, caregiving, aging parents, and major life transitions. Through conversations with trusted professionals and knowledgeable guests, Mary explores: Downsizing before or during retirement Aging in place safely and comfortably Helping aging parents move Senior housing and assisted living options Multigenerational homes and family living arrangements Accessory dwelling units and in-law apartments Accessible home design and renovations Buying and selling a home later in life Using home equity during retirement Inherited homes and family properties Estate sales, decluttering, and organizing belongings Managing disagreements between siblings Retirement and financial planning Mortgages, taxes, trusts, wills, and estate planning Long-term care and caregiving expenses Real estate investing and creative financing Finding trustworthy real estate and financial professionals Mary also addresses the emotional side of leaving a longtime home, accepting help, sorting through decades of memories, and preparing for an unfamiliar next chapter. These decisions are rarely only about square footage or property values. They affect independence, finances, relationships, identity, and peace of mind. Whether you are planning your next chapter, helping your parents stay safely at home, preparing for a move, researching senior living options, or managing an inherited property, this podcast will help you understand which questions to ask and which professionals may be able to help. Because in real estate and in life, relationships open doors.

Publisher

Mary Foerster

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2026

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Designing Your Next Chapter: Where Real Estate Connections Goes From Here

   Eight months ago, Mary Foerster launched Real Estate Connections with a pretty clear idea of what the show would be. She expected conversations about real estate, lending, moving, downsizing, and the practical decisions people face as they get older. Then the guests started changing the conversation. In this episode, Mary invites Julie DeLucca-Collins, one of the people who helped Mary create the podcast, to take an honest look at what Real Estate Connections has become and where it might be ...

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Moving After 50: 10 Moves, Family Changes, and Finding the Right Forever Home

   How do you choose a forever home when life keeps changing? In this episode of Real Estate Connections, Mary Foerster talks with her longtime friend Mark Lightner, General Manager of Arthur Murray Studios, about an extraordinary series of moves that eventually brought Mark and his wife Nancy to a waterfront home in Vermont. Mark has spent much of his life moving for family, career, opportunity, lifestyle, and changing needs. Years ago, Mark and Nancy thought they had found their retirement hom...

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   What Matters After 50? Housing, Money, Family, Community, and What Comes Next

   What does real estate really mean in the second half of life? In this solo episode of Real Estate Connections, Mary Foerster looks back at five recent conversations that, on the surface, seem almost completely unrelated. She talked with architect Seth Clarke of Bensonwood about offsite construction and creating homes around the way people actually want to live. She talked with family divorce strategist Kim Korven about gray divorce and what happens when people approaching retirement suddenly ...

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5.0 / 5

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Spotify

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