For Central Ohio adults 55 and older

Where less house leads to more life and peace of mind.

If your longtime home has quietly become too much house, you have more options than anyone has told you. I help you make the move with a plan, not a guess.

Tom Eroshevich · REALTOR® · SRES® · SRS® · CPA (Inactive) · Dublin · Powell · Plain City · Jerome Village

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Why has no one ever told us this?

The question I hear most across the kitchen table. There are tools that change the whole picture, and almost no one mentions them. My work is making sure you hear about them in time.

The path, at a glance

Strategy
Session

Preparation

Rightsize

List &
Sell

Retirewise

The truth nobody leads with

True downsizing is mostly a myth now.

Most people assume the plan is simple. Sell the big house, downsize to a smaller ranch or condo, and pay cash. In Central Ohio, that math worked 15 years ago, but now it is broken. The smaller ranch or condo costs nearly as much as the home they are selling, sometimes more. They want what every downsizer wants: low maintenance, neighborhood amenities, walkability, and to stay near their kids and grandkids. In Central Ohio, that means premium corridors like Dublin, Powell, Plain City, and Jerome Village. The median home price in Dublin has climbed to between $560,000 and $640,000. And it gets harder: the newer, low-maintenance homes in active 55 plus lifestyle communities carry a premium, with building or buying in these neighborhoods easily starting in the $500,000s to $650,000s. The math that worked for our parents does not add up anymore.

That is not your fault, and it is not the end of the story. There are tools that close that gap, and almost no one tells you they exist. I do, before you have to ask.

You are not crazy. The math really did change.

Get the Downsizing Myth Guide

Who I built this for

You may be doing this alone for the first time.

You are clear about what you want. You are just quietly unsure about the part nobody has explained. If a few of these sound like your life right now, you are exactly who I serve.

The house holds decades of memories, and letting go of it feels bigger than a sale.

You are sitting on real equity, but you are honestly not sure how far it stretches.

You want to be closer to your kids and grandkids, with less to maintain and more freedom.

Everyone has handed you a piece of advice. No one has handed you a plan.

That is the work I am built for.

How I see it

I see the big picture.

My background is in public accounting. Every engagement, every client, was looked at as a whole, never in isolation. A move at this stage of life is the same. It touches everything. So we look at how the house, the money, the care, and the legacy all connect, and bring in the right licensed professionals at the right time. That is the essence of why Next Chapter Group was created.

Strip away the titles and the tools, and that is who I am. A protector.

The houseThe equityThe moneyThe careThe legacy

The Next Chapter Blueprint

How we work together.

Five phases, one plan, shaped to your situation. We move at your pace, and the order flexes to fit your life. Tap any phase to see what happens inside it.

Phase 1

Strategy Session

It starts here. We get clear on what more life looks like before a single box is packed.

Phase 2

Preparation

The most important step when listing. We ready the home and your belongings, with care.

Phase 3

Rightsize

We land you in the right-fit home, with location and lifestyle in alignment.

Phase 4

List & Sell

We turn your home into the fuel for what is next.

Phase 5

Retirewise

We protect the life you unlocked, with the right experts at the table.

Phases 3 and 4 often trade places. For buyers with the equity to move first, we rightsize into the new home before we sell. Less house becomes more life, and the color warms as the plan does.

Read this first

The Downsizing Myth, and your way through it.

A short, honest guide that says what no one else will. You will see why the smaller, simpler house now costs nearly what you are selling, what that means for your equity and your future care, and the little-known ways people are still making the move work. If it lands for you, the last page shows you how to build your own Next Chapter Blueprint, a personalized roadmap from the house you are leaving to the life you are moving toward.

Free, and yours to keep. A quiet read for your kitchen table, with no pressure and no decisions until you are ready.

Get the Downsizing Myth Guide

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Why I do this

It got personal.

This past winter I connected my own mom and mother-in-law with my estate planning attorney, just to help get their affairs in order. Both of them had a long-term-care gap nobody had ever pointed out, and a tool existed that could close it. They were blown away.

“Why has no one ever told us this?”

That question stuck with me. It was the same thing I had been hearing from the widows and couples across my own kitchen table for years. So I built a practice around seeing the whole board, and telling you the truth.

Read my full story

What clients say

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A skilled master professional with the heart of a caring friend.

Tom is skilled, smart, and ever patient, kind and positive. He figures out what clients want when they aren't even sure, remembers the details, and turns them into suggestions that truly fit. A master negotiator who makes brilliant recommendations while letting you make your own decisions. If you need a realtor, call on Tom.

Connie EmeryNext Chapter Group client

For a worried son or daughter

Are you worried about a parent alone in a big home?

If you can see the move coming and you dread bringing it up, you are not alone, and it is not yours to carry by yourself. I wrote a short letter for you, with a gentle way to start the conversation, without making her feel pushed.

Get the family letter

Let’s talk it through

No pressure. Just a plan.

Book a free, quiet strategy session. We will look at where you are, where you want to be, and the real path between the two. You will leave knowing your options, whether or not you ever list with me.

Book my strategy session Call 614 361 4307

Or email me directly at [email protected]