Doug Newman, SRES Broker
Founder, Family Home  Source

www.familyhomesource.com

Doug is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES®) dedicated to meeting the special needs of maturing adults and their families when selling, buying, relocating, or refinancing residential or investment properties. He's become intimately familiar with senior-specific lifestyle and housing issues and is prepared to offer his mature clientele the best available options and information to enable them to make positive life-changing decisions.

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Doug's SRES practice is designed around the concept of comprehensive transition management - A practice that offers homeowners and their families integrated planning and management of all support services necessary to facilitate a smooth, low-stress transition. Managed partner services include those offered by: elder law attorneys; financial and insurance advisors; property repair, decluttering, decorating and staging professionals; estate auctioneers; packing, moving and storage personnel; and senior care and placement experts specializing in all aspects of senior housing - from fully independent living arrangements to assisted care options. 

Additional Background Information

Doug is a former energy and environmental program manager, researcher and executive with 30+ years of experience designing strategic transition plans for organizations, agencies and communities. During a significant portion of his career he also pursued his sustained interest in real estate transactions both as a licensed agent and as an owner of residential income properties in Chicago. Doug now offers this experience and expertise to 50+ homeowners and their families as an SRES Real Estate Broker as they consider a transition to alternative senior housing. 

Doug holds two Masters Degrees in Urban and Regional Planning and Public Policy and Administration and served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the US Department of Justice and the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.