Cottages at Feathers Chapel August Event Calendar

Clubhouse happenings this month:
--The bridge club meets every Monday and Friday at 1pm.
--Texas Hold'em Night, every Friday at 7pm
--There is a community breakfast every Wednesday at 9am.
--Game Nights will be held on Tuesday, August 5th and Tuesday, August 26th at 6:30pm.

Join us for a Texas Hoe-Down on Saturday, August 16th starting at 6pm!

August Birthdays:
Mary Hill Dail (8/5)
Jim Street (8/16)
Carol Ann Jerrigan (8/26)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

10 House-Selling Secrets

Great article on CNN - how to stage your house to sell quickly and for the price you want! Click here to view

An update from Cottages at Governors Landing

This development located in Knoxville is moving ahead by leaps and bounds - Senior Site Superintendent Angel Maddox has the following to report: "Our cul-de-sac road is now paved and we will be starting our curbing tomorrow!"

Glad to see the end of the gravel and clay! We will keep you updated as preparations for the grand opening ceremonies continue.

FIRECalc: A different kind of retirement calculator

From The Wall Street Journal, Nov 2002:
Online Calculators
Do the Math for You

By JONATHAN CLEMENTS
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

...
[W]ith Web sites, what I particularly look for are slick calculators that can help investors make smarter decisions. At the same time, I also favor instant gratification. Forget plugging in a litany of financial information. I want quick answers. On that score, check out ...

To gauge your strategy's likely success, [FIRECalc] looks at investment returns since 1871. But the calculator doesn't use average historical rates of return. Instead, it analyzes what would have happened if you retired in 1871, in 1872, in 1873 and so on. It then calculates how often your strategy would have panned out historically.

Click here to learn more and try it for yourself!