Here are a few Articles about The Caretaker Gazette:
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO:
Vacation Boom: House-Sitting for a Change:
Business is booming in an unusual area of accommodation: house sitting.
Companies that match homeowners and house-sitters have seen business grow by 30
to 50 percent a year for the past few years ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6923808
THE
NEW YORK TIMES: Your House: Maintaining A 2nd Home From Afar: The good
thing about a vacation home is that it's always there when you need it.
The bad thing is that you're not always there. Any time you leave a
property vacant for an extended period of time, you're going to run
into problems, said Gary Dunn, publisher of The Caretaker Gazette, a
bimonthly newsletter for property owners and the people they hire to
care for the property ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E6DC1430F93BA3575BC0A96F958260 TIME MAGAZINE: Workplace:
Paradise How's this for a job offer: Live rent-free for the summer on 64-acre
Seguin Island off the coast of Maine. And for a small stipend, give tours of
the historic lighthouse, work at the small store and museum attached to the
lighthouse, and keep a daily log of the sunset, sunrise and tides ...
FOR THE FULL
STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1090926,00.html
THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: Housesitters:
Here's the key: Trust. Michelle Bales wears two hats. A courtroom clerk in the
San Diego Superior Court by day and a housesitter on weekends and nights; she
said she came by her second career right out of college ... FOR THE FULL
STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060730/news_lz1h30sitter.html
FORBES MAGAZINE:
Real Estate: Dream Digs, No $ Down: Chicago - Thomas Cooper, 49, spent nine
long years as a sales representative--eight of those spent servicing 7-Eleven
convenience stores and other shops in and around Detroit. But traffic,
competition and lazy store personnel got to him, and 12 years ago he made a
change. In Cooper's last job he drew a salary to live in a 7,800-square-foot
house on 40 acres in semi-rural Iowa. The job: caretaking ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK
HERE: http://www.forbes.com/careers/2005/08/22/caretaker-homes-employment-cx_el_0822caretaker.html
AARP MAGAZINE:
Follow Your Dreams (for Next to Nothing) - Imagine staying in some of the
loveliest locations on earth—and all you have to do is feed the cats ...
FOR THE FULL
STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.aarpmagazine.org/travel/freeloaders.html
THE FINANCIAL
TIMES: Sitting in style - Imagine staying in a stunning Italian villa, a
charmingly crumbling Irish rectory or perhaps a roomy Mexican hacienda without spending
a cent. Apart from feeding the cats and watering a few plants, it is totally
free ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6b037166-8b9c-11db-a61f-0000779e2340.html
GRAND TIMES: Living
the Good Life, Rent-Free: CARETAKERS & HOUSESITTERS The property caretaking
field is growing and retirees are in demand as caretakers and
housesitters. Many people now own
multiple homes and properties throughout the world. They often require the services of a
housesitter or caretaker to look after their properties. In many cases,
property owners are seeking "mature" or "retired" singles
and couples to fill these positions ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.grandtimes.com/Living_the_Good_Life.html
THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL: Leaving Corporate Life For Your Own Business: THE PROBLEM: Leaving the
corporate grind, but still earning a living. Gary Dunn knew he lived an
enviable life, marketing financial products at Scudder Investments, commuting
to his Park Avenue office from his home in Connecticut ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK
HERE: http://startup.wsj.com/columnists/casestudy/20041110-casestudy.html WHOLE EARTH REVIEW:
periodical reviews: The Caretaker Gazette - Winter, 1994: You can try out
country living without making a lifetime commitment, by becoming a caretaker. A
surprising number of these positions are available - in nature retreats, small
farms, and even national parks. Caretakers can migrate, spending their winters
snowed in at ski resorts and their summers at summer camps. Some jobs are paid;
the majority offer free rent, free time, and a taste of "the good life ...
FOR THE FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_n84/ai_15958214
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