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What You Need to Know About Your HOA: 5 Things

Category: Active adult communities

January 4, 2020 — When people hear about Home Owners Associations (HOA) there is generally one of two reactions. Either they loathe them, citing high costs and restrictive rules, or they tolerate them as a necessary evil. They have no super fans. Also called Community Associations, HOAs govern critical aspects…

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Published on January 4, 2022
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Retiring on a Shoestring – And Loving It

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

January 5, 2022 — With inflation going up and just about everything getting more expensive, retirement is getting even more difficult than ever. So the beginning of the year seems like a great time to come up with some ideas to help everyone spread their income a little further, possibly…

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Published on January 5, 2022
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20 Most Captivating Places to Retire for 2022

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 12, 2022 — Every year we have fun coming up with a list of the very “Best Places to Retire“. This list is meant to highlight retirement towns that represent exceptionally great places to retire, as measured by Member and visitor interest at Topretirements. As wonderful as these towns…

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Published on January 11, 2022
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Jobs Without Benefits Help Retirees Bridge the Gap

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

January 16, 2022 — A significant number of workers underestimate their financial needs in retirement, and that includes calculating how much they will receive from Social Security. As a result they often retire too early and start taking their Social Security before they maximize their benefit. The end result is…

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Published on January 15, 2022
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A New Gig for Retirees – Become a YouTube Star

Category: Adventurous retirement

January 19, 2022 — Bob Wells’ story seems like the perfect companion piece to our recent article on non-career jobs filling the vacuum for people in their early 60s. This baby boomer used to work at a Safeway, then fell on hard times. Living in his van, he discovered that…

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Published on January 19, 2022
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Unique Communities Where Learning And Staying Busy Are a Priority

Category: Active adult communities

January 22, 2022 — Each year many of us make new year’s resolutions that we have every intention of keeping, at  least for a couple of weeks. Many of those resolutions may involve health, fitness, learning, and keeping up with the technology that surrounds us.  Fortunately, there are many communities…

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Published on January 22, 2022
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10 More Unusual (and Really Great) Places to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 26, 2022 — A while back one of our Members asked if we could come up with a list of more unusual places to retire. As he reminded us, not everyone is looking to retire in a place that is famous, or where there are warm winters and gentle…

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Published on January 25, 2022
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