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Take Our Newest Poll – What Factors Affect Where You Will Retire?

Category: Retirement Planning

July 9, 2018 — We think one of the most interesting questions about retirement is where people decide to retire – and why. In this short poll we list a number of potential reasons why someone might prefer one area to another, and ask you to rank them in order…

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Published on July 8, 2018
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Countdown: Five Years to Retirement

Category: Checklists

July 10, 2018 — Think of your retirement as if it were a rocket poised for liftoff at Cape Canaveral. You, flight safety, are going through an elaborate countdown, ticking off countless items from exhaustive checklists. Only when everything is lined up properly is permission granted for your retirement launch!…

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Published on July 9, 2018
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When It Comes to Where to Retire, Climate and Weather Are Top Reasons

Category: Retirement Planning

July 16, 2018 — Thanks to the more than 750 members who took the time to contribute their valuable insights to last week’s “Where You’ll Live and Why” poll. We appreciate you sharing! As promised, here is our first detailed report on the summary for each question. Within the next…

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Published on July 16, 2018
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Our Online Social Security Application – Latest Update

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

(Updated October 3, 2018 – with an important new development) –July 18, 2018 — Back in May we reported on our experience of applying online for our Social Security retirement benefits. The plan was to have the application completed and accepted in time to start receiving benefits in August, 2018,…

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Published on July 17, 2018
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About Golf Course Living

Category: Active adult communities

July 23, 2018 — If you are like a lot of baby boomers your retirement dream might involve buying a home or condo in an active adult community with a golf course. It is easy to see the attraction – stroll over to the first tee anytime, gorgeous views, and…

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Published on July 22, 2018
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Where You’ll Retire – and Why: What You Said

Category: Retirement Planning

July 25, 2018 — Note: Last week we reported on the statistical results from our 12 question poll about where members want to retire, and why. (See” When It Comes to Where to Retire, Climate and Weather Rule“). This week we are reprinting a sampling from the hundreds of…

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Published on July 24, 2018
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The Retiring Nomads: So Many Roads to a Life of Adventure

Category: Adventurous retirement

July 27, 2018 — There are some folks who decide the best place to retire is — everywhere! That’s right, there are people how so love adventure and travel that they sell everything and go on the road. Some do it for a few years, while others hope to do…

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Published on July 26, 2018
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Think Taxes Are Best Reason to Choose a Place to Retire? Might Want to Rethink That

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

July 31, 2018 — Although “low taxes” was the third most important consideration for finding a place to retire in our recent Topretirements.com survey, we know there are a lot of baby boomers who have set moving to a low tax state as their most important goal. Although for some…

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Published on July 30, 2018
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