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April 10, 2025 — Many people in or near retirement got nervous last week as nearly every stock plummeted. Who knows where the market will ultimately go in the wake of Trump’s disrupting tariff moves, but the initial reaction was bad. The S&P 500 experienced a significant decline last week,…
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
April 10, 2025 — Want to retire to an affordable town that has all kinds of great things going for it? Realtor.com came up with a list last year with 10 towns that hit that sweet spot. These communities offer access to many of the things that retirees value…
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Category: Life Care or CCRC
April 12, 2025 — Steve S. asked us a question we know a lot of people have: “What Is the Best Way to research Independent Living housing and see ratings and costs?” The same question might apply to Assisted Living and Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs – or Life Care…
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Category: Active adult communities
April 15, 2025 — Many people are tempted by the prospect of living in an active adult or 55+ community. The built in social life, the amazing amenities, maintenance free lifestyle, clubs, and being able to live with your peers can be very appealing. But how can you identify communities…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
April 23, 2025 – More than state income taxes, those levied on your property can be one of the most problematic for retirees. That’s because they carry no direct relation to one’s ability to pay – you might have a valuable home,but little savings and income. Property taxes still have…
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Category: Life Care or CCRC
Note: This is part of a series on college town retirements. See Further Reading below for links to the other installments. Now updated, it originally appeared in 2014.April 2025 — Ask someone to name the most exciting years of their lives, and many will tell you it was when they were…
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