About 55places
You’ve come to the right place.
At 55places, we can help you find the next place you’ll love to call home. 55places.com is a trusted online resource for finding the perfect place to discover what’s next. You know what you want out of life, and we understand that you need the help of a knowledgeable, resourceful advocate to help you get there. By providing relevant, insightful, and authentic content, 55places can empower you to make the right move.
We are with you every step of the way.
Total transparency is our number one priority—right from the beginning. We share every detail with our visitors, letting them know what they can expect from us and the entire process. While there may be the occasional unexpected turn, 55places paves the way from here to home with all of the best information, reliable content, and on-the-ground insight to help visitors find the perfect next place.
We are committed to:
- creating reliable website content, ensuring that readers receive authentic information
- delivering the best possible experience, both online and in person
- providing visitors exactly what they need—when and where they need it
Discover what makes 55places different.
A leading authority in the real estate industry, 55places makes your home search more approachable and more enjoyable—from the start, where our online experience makes visitors feel at home, to the end, when they actually are.
Our People
Every 55places real estate agent is hand selected based on their knowledge and expertise of the communities they represent. Our experts connect visitors with places that fit their needs and lifestyles, offering informed answers to every question and helping them find exactly what they’re looking for.
By exploring new opportunities for growth while staying connected to what matters, our visitors build meaningful relationships in their communities, which brings greater purpose to the work 55places does. We take each visitor’s perfect next place very seriously; in fact, only 2% of real estate agents who apply to our program are accepted, and the number of satisfied visitors today speaks volumes to this unique approach.
Our Values
55places didn’t grow into a national network of industry-best real estate experts without first aligning on the guiding principles that define our culture and determine how we work. While some things change, others remain the same—and our values are among those steadfast things that will always stay central to our character as both a company and an advocate.
Transparent
We believe transparency is essential for building trust and fostering strong relationships with our customers, employees, and partners.
Authentic
When partnering with 55places to find what’s next, the experience is real—rooted in a genuine desire to hear visitors’ needs and deliver the ideal outcome.
Trusted
55places real estate experts have decades of experience. A proven track record, combined with open, honest communication, creates a sense of trust and deeper connection.
Expert
We bring out the best in every community, meaning we work with the most knowledgeable partners, who offer deep insights for making the right decisions.
Our Story
In 2003, 55places CEO Bill Ness was working as a sales leader for an active adult community developer when he started noticing patterns in the types of questions his clients were asking. Realizing that there was no national, independent resource that could provide real answers, he started 55places in 2007, which indexed every active adult community in the Chicago area then quickly scaled to become a proprietary platform with national reach.
Bill was joined in 2011 by COO Danny Goodman, and together they toured the country, personally visiting more than 1,000 communities and meeting with homebuilders and residents. Growing into the trusted and respected real estate destination it is today, 55places has built an unrivaled network of industry-leading experts, with tens of millions of visitors each year to its website. 55places has helped thousands of visitors find communities that speak to who they are and offer them opportunities to be exactly who they want to be.
Discover what’s next.
We are a complete and trusted resource for many home seekers in the market today. We reflect new and better approaches to living, serving as a model of excellence in transforming our industry. We see shifting priorities and preferences, with an eye toward a return to the essentials—sense of community, connection, place, purpose, security, and self.
Thinking about the past, we see how far we’ve come. Thinking about the future, we can’t help but be excited by the incredible innovations taking place and the possibilities that lie ahead. From our roots as a real estate website, we’ve grown into the place that visitors think of first when looking for their perfect next place.
