Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
November 7, 2015 — In this installment of our “Dueling Retirement States” we compare and analyze retirement in the warm states that surround the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas are better known and appreciated by residents of the South, while Florida is popular with retirees from all…
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Published on November 7, 2015
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Category: Active adult communities
December 12, 2015 — Where do you stand on active adult communities – are you a person who can’t wait to move into one, or do they represent the type of place where you wouldn’t want to be caught dead? This article will address the question – is an active…
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Published on November 2, 2015
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
Update 1. See our new File and Suspend article that explains how the law affects this and other claiming issues for people of different ages. Update2 Nov, 3, 2015: The Budget Bill was approved by the Senate and then was signed by the President into law. October…
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Published on October 28, 2015
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
Note on Nov. 12: Final Medicare costs have been announced, which ended up slightly different than the preliminary predictions discussed in this article. See Final Medicare Part Premiums and Deductibles article. See also related article on how current Congressional bill ends the popular Social Security “File and Suspend”…
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Published on October 27, 2015
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
November 12 Update: Final Medicare Part B Premiums and Deductibles Announced October 27, 2015 — This is the open enrollment period for both Medicare and Obamacare. If you are retired and need health care before age 65, or you are 65 or over and eligible for Medicare, you…
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Published on October 26, 2015
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Category: Family and Retirement
October 21, 2105 — Many of us baby boomers are talking a lot about downsizing, in fact some of our most popular and commented upon articles are on that topic (see further reading below). But there is one aspect of downsizing that doesn’t get mentioned as often – your dog.
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Published on October 21, 2015
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Category: Retirement Planning
October 21, 2015 — Maybe the better question is, “Do you have a retirement plan”. According to Richard Russo in a recent MarketWatch Retirement Weekly article, having a plan greatly increases your chances of success. So if you don’t have one, now is a mighty good time to start.
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Published on October 20, 2015
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Category: Active adult communities
October 3, 2015 — The think we love the most about the 2015 list of the most popular active communities at Topretirements is that there are so many newcomers – 36 communities are new to it this year! It is great that there are so many new faces – even…
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Published on October 3, 2015
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
September 29, 2015 — Earlier this month we ran an article about starting your own business in retirement. This will continue the series, but this time we will concentrate on other ways to make extra money once you retire. With so many baby boomers concerned about their retirement finances (only…
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Published on September 28, 2015
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
September 21, 2015 — We thought this topic would be easy. Do some basic research, then come up with a list of the worst states for taxes on retirement. But after looking at the research we had to say – not so fast! There are so many considerations depending on…
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Published on September 23, 2015
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