Category: Retirement Planning
August 23, 2017 — There is one very clear conclusion from our latest Member survey, “Selling Your Home and Retirement Planning” – our Members overwhelmingly plan on moving to a different home when they retire. And, they plan on moving on in much greater numbers than does the general population.
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Published on August 23, 2017
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Category: Home and Garden
The Mystery of Decluttering…Recipes @LucyBurdette August 16, 2017 By LUCY BURDETTE… Over the past 4 to 6 weeks, I’ve been involved in what one might call “productive procrastination.” This means using the inspiration about cleaning stuff out of my house that I found here to actually…
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Published on August 16, 2017
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
August 15, 2017 — If you are receiving Social Security or you plan on relying on it for your retirement, this news is important. If no action is taken, your benefits will take a big haircut in just 17 years. Every year the Social Security Trustees prepare an annual…
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Published on August 15, 2017
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Category: Retirement Planning
August 14, 2017 — Whenever baby boomers get together there is always one guaranteed topic of conversation – what are your retirement plans? Here is your chance to share your plans (and actions!) and compare them with what others in the Topretirements.com community are thinking about. Our latest survey is…
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Published on August 14, 2017
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
August 8, 2017 — Would this checklist for a great place to retire work for you? – All public buildings have world class modern architecture – Triple check! – Plenty of parks and open spaces – double check! – Community-minded town with extremely active library, senior center,…
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Published on August 8, 2017
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Category: Active adult communities
August 2, 2017 — Last week we reported that for the first time ever, 2 towns in the Western part of the U.S. came out at the top of our “100 Most Popular Places to Retire List for 2017“. We found that to be pretty big news, particularly since:…
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Published on August 2, 2017
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Category: Retirement Planning
July 31, 2017 — Just like the childless doctor that gives parenting advice, almost every “expert” has a few things to learn once they actually experience what they have been advising on. Retirement experts are no different. We recently read a great article by Paul Brown, who co-authored several books…
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Published on July 30, 2017
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
July 27, 2017 – For the first time since Topretirements began running our annual list of America’s 100 most popular places to retire we have a winner from the west. In fact, we have two. Green Valley, Arizona took over the top spot from last year’s winner, Sarasota, Florida. Hitting…
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Published on July 26, 2017
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
July 17 — In this article we will highlight our experiences and impressions from a recent trip to the Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater area. We hope you find it useful. All 3 cities on gigantic Tampa Bay are located on Florida’s West Coast, about half way down from…
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Published on July 17, 2017
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
July 11, 2017 — In this installment of our “Dueling Retirement States” we compare and analyze retirement in the states that we will call the mid-South: Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. See Further Reading at bottom for links to the other regional comparisons in our series, such as The Carolinas,…
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Published on July 11, 2017
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