What the NAR Real Estate Commission Settlement Means to You
Category: Real Estate Listings
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Published on April 8, 2024
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Moderator Flo and John Brady Meet at Last
Category: Work and Volunteering
April 6, 2024 — Flo Williamson has been a wonderful volunteer site moderator here at Topretirements for a very long time, at least since 2016. Yesterday, we finally met in person for at the Funky Rooster Coffee House and Wine Bar on Key West’s Caroline St. Just as I expected,…
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Published on April 6, 2024
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Skiing in Your 80’s – You Bet!
Category: Adventurous retirement
April 3, 2024 – When you were a lot younger, could you ever imagine someone in their 80’s, even 90’s, who was still skiing? Well get over that, because the slopes in some resorts have plenty of octogenarians gracefully coming down their trails. Some ski areas are welcoming them with…
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Published on April 3, 2024
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Which Town in the West Would You Choose?
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
April 2, 2024 — Following up on last week’s very successful article, “Brian Struggles to Find His Best Place to Retire“, we’ve created a similar scenario for a couple having a dilemma choosing a retirement location in the western half of the country. First we’ll lay out a hypothetical…
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Published on April 1, 2024
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Are You Prepared to Die?
Category: Family and Retirement
March 27, 2023 — If that is an unpleasant question, it certainly is. Less than half of Americans have discussed their end of life plans with a relative. The result of that inaction is incalculable trouble and work for those left behind. Like finding out that all your money is…
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Published on March 25, 2024
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Republican Study Group: Raise Social Security Retirement Age
Category: Social Security
March 25, 2024 — As the Presidential and congressional campaign races enter their final months, clarity is emerging on at least one issue. The influential Republican Study Group, which has more than 170 House GOP lawmakers including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, is advocating raising the age that people…
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Published on March 24, 2024
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Brian Struggles to Find His Best Place to Retire
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
March 24, 2024 — We recently had a request from longtime Member Brian, who is struggling to find his right place to retire. He misses our Retirement Ranger, which was an unfortunate casualty of last year’s site improvements. The Ranger was replaced by the Community Explorer, which helps Members…
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Published on March 23, 2024
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Home Prices and Insurance Fears Fueling Central Florida’s Population Growth: Highest in Country
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
March 21, 2024 — Four of Florida’s interior Metros are among the five fastest growth in the country.(#3 is Myrtle Beach, SC). The data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s population growth figures from 2022- 2023. We speculate that much of the reason for the growth…
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Published on March 20, 2024
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Yolande’s Site Visit to the Low Country’s Newest Active Communities
Category: Active adult communities
March 19, 2024 – Our faithful correspondent Yolande recently continued the pursuit of her perfect place to retire in South Carolina’s Low Country. She started her explorations in Charleston, then worked her way north, ending up in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area near the North Carolina Border. She visited some of…
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Published on March 18, 2024
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Best Ways to Minimize Taxes on Your Social Security Benefits
Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
March 12, 2024 — The vast majority of people for whom Social Security is their only source of income generally won’t pay any taxes on their benefits. But it might come as a surprise to others that their Social Security benefits could count as taxable income. People with enough revenue…
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Published on March 11, 2024
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