I was reading an advertorial titled “3 Homebuying Generations to Watch” in the spring issue of REALTOR Magazine last night.

 It described and outlined the needs of Millennial, Gen X and Baby Boomer homebuyers.

I am a Seniors Real Estate Specialist which focuses on the needs of seniors aged 50+, their specific housing issues and those of their children as they relate to the parent’s needs. These include downsizing from a family compound after the kids move out, retirement relocating, aging in place, housing plans after the death of a spouse, moving to assisted living, multi-generational living, and selling the house of a deceased parent, just to name a few.

Most of the so-called Seniors that I help with real estate needs are my age, late 50s/early 60s. We have a ton of energy, are focused on living long, traveling, and we don’t come close to sitting on our retirement rocking chairs on the front porch unless we’re just chilling after a day on the golf course.

Baby Boomers are my people and even as we have aged, I cannot think of many of us embracing the “Senior” moniker. Don’t call us Seniors, that’s our parent’s generation.

While I was talking with a writer from Coastal Living a few months back about retirement towns and retirement in general, the topic of Baby Boomers being call Seniors came up. We talked about my Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation and what it would be called if we replaced the name Seniors with something better fitting to this demographic. Since we got nowhere with ideas, she and I decided someone else should come up with a new name for us to embrace and we left it at that.

Searching for a new name to replace Seniors, my husband was in a conversation with a neighbor at our pool one day. The condo community where I live on Longboat Key in Florida is filled with retirees. The median age on Longboat Key is 71 years. We are younger and most of the friends we have made at the pool, are even older, like in their 80s and early 90s. So, my husband asked that since all the seniors in the community are so much older than he (my husband) is, what did they call people my husband’s age?  The answer was Junior Seniors. At what point you become a Senior Senior was up for debate. That depends, my husband was told, on the individual.

I’m not sure Junior Seniors as a demographic term will take off, but you never know. It still contains the classification name of Seniors. So, the search for a new name continues.

Let’s get back to the advertorial I read last night. The introduction to Baby Boomers reads “Don’t call them “senior citizens.” This is the “forever young” generation.”

Finally, a term I can embrace. The FOREVER YOUNG generation. A Baby Boomer turned Forever Younger. I wonder if the National Association of REALTORS will change the name of the SRES designation. I highly doubt it. There are still plenty of real Seniors (my mom’s generation), and some Baby Boomers enjoy the Senior label. I will always be a Seniors Real Estate Specialist, serving the 50+ population with housing needs. I am your SRES but just for today I will also be your Forever Young Real Estate Specialist.