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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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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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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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
August 15, 2017 — If you are receiving Social Security or you plan on relying on it for your retirement, this news is important. If no action is taken, your benefits will take a big haircut in just 17 years. Every year the Social Security Trustees prepare an annual…
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Published on August 15, 2017
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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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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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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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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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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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