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Why Betty Loved Living the Mobile Lifestyle in Retirement

Category: Adventurous retirement

September 23, 2016 — By Betty Fitterman Note: This is a 6 part series that Betty Fitterman was kind enough to contribute way back at Topretirements’ beginning. To see the other 5 parts see the links at the bottom of this article. While millions of baby boomers are starting…

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Published on September 22, 2016
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10 Best Places to Retire in South Carolina

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

September 20, 2016 — So maybe you have been thinking about retiring in The Palmetto State – but wondering where are the best places to retire in South Carolina. Here is our 10 Best Places list, formed from 10 years of experience in evaluating places to retire across the world.

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Published on September 19, 2016
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3 More Retirement Planning Case Studies: Vic, Karen, and George

Category: Retirement Planning

Sept 3, 2016 — Today’s installment is Part 2 our series with 3 more Topretirements Members and their retirement planning stories. It is interesting how everyone has a different approach, experiences, goals, and results. You can find links to Part 1 and Part in the “Further Reading” section at end…

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Published on September 2, 2016
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Digital Legacy – Or Digital Mess – What Will You Leave Your Loved Ones?

Category: Estate Planning

August 31, 2016 — Consider this unpleasant scenario: You go to bed tonight and don’t wake up. Instead, you go on to your greater reward, leaving a saddened spouse, family, and friends. They, on the other hand, are about to find out how well you prepared for this event. While…

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Published on August 30, 2016
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Case Study: How Robert and Jan Planned Their Retirement

Category: Retirement Planning

August 30, 2016 — One of our longstanding Members, Robert M, suggested that we interview our early subscribers who are still members and see how Topretirements and its community have helped them over the years. This is his and his wife Jan’s retirement planning story – which is still going…

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Published on August 29, 2016
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The Infinite Possibilities of Volunteering: Tell Us About Your Experiences

Category: Work and Volunteering

August 23, 2016 — One of the often overlooked challenges of retirement is how you will stay busy and engaged over time. You might think that you’ll be happy just by kicking back and relaxing, but that is not generally how humans are built. In that regard we are a…

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Published on August 22, 2016
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How Topretirements Got Started – An Interview on JungleRedWriters

Category: General Retirement Issues

August 16, 2018 – 10 years ago this month Topretirements.com came out of the ether and appeared on the world wide web. It didn’t look like much, but there was some pretty good (if limited) information. Since that time we’ve had several redesigns and make overs, and the new content…

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Published on August 18, 2016
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10 Prettiest Retirement Towns

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

August 17, 2016 — Note: We are pleased that MarketWatch published a version of this story on their site with beautiful photos – “10 Prettiest Places to Retire“. Talk about job for King Solomon, how could anyone judge the 10 prettiest retirement towns in America? There are just…

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Published on August 16, 2016
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