Rename them the real estate Boomer generation: A comprehensive new demographic study reveals that the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 have a passion for owning real estate unlike any in the nation’s history.Consider these findings:

– Ninety-six percent of all Baby Boomers believe that owning a home is a very smart financial investment, and nearly 4 out of 5 of them now own homes. One in 4 Boomers owns other forms of real estate besides a primary home — including one or more vacation or seasonal retreats, acreage or income-earning property.

Q: Recently, all the tenants in our building received a notice from the management office indicating that we are now going to be billed monthly for water as part of the landlord’s efforts to assist in “global conservation of water.”The notice said each rental unit’s “pro rata share of the bill will be calculated from a predetermined formula based on the number of occupants in your apartment, using a weighted occupant count.”