Retirement Tips

For most people saving for retirement, our retirement savings account, whether it’s in a 401k account or an Individual Retirement Account or IRA, is our biggest or second biggest asset, next to our home. And unlike the equity in our home, the money in our 401k account or IRA is exactly that – our […]

Retirement investing isn’t just about stocks and mutual funds. It’s about spending your money wisely in all areas. Yesterday we talked about making your bathtub more accessible and adding a stair lift to help with climbing stairs. Today we’ll discuss some other practical changes you might consider to make your home better […]

Let’s say you’re a few years from retirement. You’ve decided you don’t want to move out of state. You don’t want to move to a smaller home. In fact, like nearly one-half of all those who retire, you don’t plan to move at all, now or later. Instead you plan to […]

A little over fifty years ago developers began building the first retirement communities in Florida and Arizona. Both Florida and Arizona offered the mild winters retirees wanted, especially those from the Snow Belt, and they also offered plenty of cheap undeveloped land for the developers.
New retirement communities are still being developed in Florida and […]

It is admittedly extra trouble to test drive a new area by renting there first. Maybe you’re sure you know you’ll like the area because you’ve been there on vacation several times or on business trips. But there’s nothing like investing 12 months in finding out what an area is like to live […]