Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
June 23, 2024 — Once you retire there are oh so many different types of communities to live in. We count at least 10, and that doesn’t include just living in a traditional neighborhood in town or the suburbs. To help illustrate the various choices we are proposing a fun little…
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Published on June 23, 2024
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
June 17, 2024 — Brian, a long time visitor to Topretirements.com, had a problem. Retired in Beaufort, SC, golf and boating held no allure for him, and he felt stuck in the wrong place. The area was getting expensive too. Family members were urging him to move, but with conflicting…
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Published on June 17, 2024
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Category: Home Owners Associations
June 14, 2024 — If you ask someone why they won’t live in an active adult or 55+ community, a top reason will be that they don’t want to live under a controlling and arbitrary Home Owners Association (HOA, sometimes called Property Owners Associations). A new statute signed into law…
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Published on June 14, 2024
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
June 11, 2024 — Websites looking for clicks love to opine on the best, or worst, reasons to retire here and there. Sometimes their logic is good, other times it’s….iffy. To try to set the record straight on such topic, the worst reasons to retire in Florida, we have updated…
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Published on June 10, 2024
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Category: Estate Planning
June 8, 2024 — A significant portion of older adults have not completed essential estate planning documents. In fact according to one survey, only about 55% of people over 55 have a will. Beyond creating an estate plan, there are a number of other tactics that you can take to…
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Published on June 7, 2024
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Category: Adventurous retirement
June 2, 2024 — Like cruising on the great blue yonder? There’s at least one product that can help you live that dream in retirement – year round! Villa Vie Residences is offering multi-year cruises on one of the residential cruise ship company’s boats. The Odyssey is scheduled to depart from…
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Published on June 2, 2024
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
May 31, 2024 — It is a sad state of affairs, but the reality is that politics are driving the decisions some people make about where to live in retirement. The NY Times wrote an article on the subject, “Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have…
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Published on May 29, 2024
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Category: Retirement Planning
May 29, 2024 – The decade leading up to retirement is crucial for laying the groundwork for a secure and fulfilling retirement. The steps you take in this phase are more important and more complex than you might realize, so spending time and effort now will have have a big…
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Published on May 28, 2024
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Category: Social Security
May 23, 2024 — Thanks to all for taking last week’s poll on your Social Security income. There was a good response with over 200 folks answering the question. The results were not unexpected for the Topretirements community, which is probably doing better than the general population. About two-thirds are…
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Published on May 22, 2024
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
May 21, 2024 – When we ask people what they want in a place to retire, living near the beach is often their #1 desire. They like the idea of being close enough to the beach so they can walk, bike, or take a short drive to relax in the…
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Published on May 20, 2024
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