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Are There Big Differences in West Coast vs. East Coast 55+ Communities?

Category: Active adult communities

August 2, 2017 — Last week we reported that for the first time ever, 2 towns in the Western part of the U.S. came out at the top of our “100 Most Popular Places to Retire List for 2017“. We found that to be pretty big news, particularly since:…

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Published on August 2, 2017
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An Architectural Gem, And Everything You Might Want in a Place to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

August 8, 2017 — Would this checklist for a great place to retire work for you? – All public buildings have world class modern architecture – Triple check! – Plenty of parks and open spaces – double check! – Community-minded town with extremely active library, senior center,…

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Published on August 8, 2017
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Latest Survey: Do You Plan on Selling Your Home, Downsize, and Move?

Category: Retirement Planning

August 14, 2017 — Whenever baby boomers get together there is always one guaranteed topic of conversation – what are your retirement plans? Here is your chance to share your plans (and actions!) and compare them with what others in the Topretirements.com community are thinking about. Our latest survey is…

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Published on August 14, 2017
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The Mysteries of Decluttering from Lucy Burdette

Category: Home and Garden

The Mystery of Decluttering…Recipes @LucyBurdette August 16, 2017 By LUCY BURDETTE… Over the past 4 to 6 weeks, I’ve been involved in what one might call “productive procrastination.” This means using the inspiration about cleaning stuff out of my house that I found here to actually…

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Published on August 16, 2017
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Retirement Planning: Our Members Are on the Move!

Category: Retirement Planning

August 23, 2017 — There is one very clear conclusion from our latest Member survey, “Selling Your Home and Retirement Planning” – our Members overwhelmingly plan on moving to a different home when they retire. And, they plan on moving on in much greater numbers than does the general population.

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Published on August 23, 2017
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Retired Men’s Greatest Health Risk? We Bet You Can’t Guess It

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

August 26, 2017 — As men hit middle age and then go into retirement there is one persistent health risk that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Isolation, new studies show, can cause all kinds of serious health and psychological problems. The harm caused by isolation is happening to men…

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Published on August 26, 2017
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Don’t Get Hurt by the Latest Scam – Phony Federal Reserve Accounts

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

August 28, 2017 — From June to mid-August 15, nearly 107,000 payments for more than $100 million were attempted by people trying to use the latest financial scam. Unfortunately for those who tried, all of the payments were nullified. In this “too good to be true” flim flam people are…

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Published on August 28, 2017
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Gary and Pat: These Former Educators Give a Master’s Class on Retirement Planning

Category: Retirement Planning

Editor’s note. This is another in our continuing series of articles exploring actual people’s retirement stories. Thanks so much to Gary and Pat for sharing theirs. See bottom of article for more baby boomer retirement articles. September 1, 2017 — When it comes to planning out a retirement and then…

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Published on August 31, 2017
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