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The Most Affordable Places To Retire Near You

Everyone dreams of a comfortable retirement in a beautiful locale, where you can finally have the leisure to take in the scenery or setting around you. While you might happily accept higher costs in exchange for any number of nearby benefits when you’re still raising a family or working, living on a fixed income can make you focus on every dollar you spend. After all, your nest egg provides for the basics, helping you enjoy life without having to clock in five days a week. What you spend on housing or monthly electric bills is money you can’t spend on…

By Joel Anderson
on May 10, 2024
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10 Best Places in Texas for Couples To Live Only on Social Security

If you’re planning to retire in Texas and live off just Social Security checks, you may want to head for — or at least toward — the border.GOBankingRates has rounded up a top 10 list of Texas destinations that offer retired couples the highest livability on a Social Security-only budget. That’s about $3,580 a month, according to the Social Security Administration. Be Aware: 6 Changes Coming to Social Security in 2024 and Who Could Be Affected MostFor You: One Smart Way To Grow Your Retirement Savings in 2024Out of the 10 cities on our list, five are on or near the…
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4 Money Splurges You’ll Never Regret in Retirement

Not all money splurges during your retirement are created equal. For retirees lucky enough to occasionally spend a chunk of money they hadn’t planned on spending, out of funds that may have been earmarked for elsewhere, it’s worth considering the “possible regret” factor. It’s also worth remembering that “splurging” is not inherently bad and can be a significant joy-booster during retirement, experts say. “‘Splurging’ gets a bad connotation,” said Tim Miller, a financial advisor with Quaker Wealth Management. “You could view it as smart expenditures.” See Next: Cutting Expenses in Retirement: 6 Home Items to Stop BuyingRead More: One Smart…

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10 Steps To Prepare for Retirement

If your idea of the perfect retirement is to enjoy leisurely mornings, you’ll need to start preparing ahead of time. Retirement planning starts while you’re still working. No matter how old you are, now is the perfect time to create a savings plan to help you retire comfortably. Read More: The Surprising Way You Can Get Guaranteed Retirement Income for Life Let’s dig into the need-to-know, essential details for proper retirement planning. What Are the 10 Steps To Prepare for Retirement? To ease the process of planning for retirement, it’s a good idea to break it down into some basic…

By Vance Cariaga
on May 12, 2024

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5 Things To Do To Catch Up on Your Retirement Savings Fast

The long-term goal for any worker is to have enough money later in life to retire comfortably and not have to worry about running out of livable income. Retirement should be relaxing and not stressful, so having enough funding will take the fret out of financial decisions. If you feel like you might be falling behind and need to catch up on your retirement savings quickly there are several strategies you can employ to increase the amount of money you save each paycheck.  Check Out: Cutting Expenses in Retirement: 9 Things To Downsize (That Aren’t Your Home)Up Next: One Smart…
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How the Upper-Middle Class Can Retire Even Wealthier

You spend your working years building wealth and putting yourself in a position to live off a comfortable retirement income. However, once you reach age 65, it becomes less about growing your money and more about how to preserve it — in other words, how to avoid outliving your savings and investments. Instead of working longer, you could try saving smarter. Check Out: The Best Retirement Towns for the Middle Class in 2024 Learn More: 5 Subtly Genius Moves All Wealthy People Make With Their Money When retirement planning, you should focus on accumulating wealth over the years and imitating…

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4 Places To Retire Abroad Cheaper Than the US

Retiring overseas is a dream for many Americans, and there are numerous reasons it’s enticing for retirees to relocate for their golden years. Of course, wanderlust and the quest for adventure motivate many seniors to leap, but other factors — lower living costs — come into play.Check Out: 8 Things Boomers Should Sell Right Before RetiringRead Next: The Surprising Way You Can Get Guaranteed Retirement Income for LifeExperts revealed several countries that not only have big expat communities and similar retirement amenities to the U.S. but are significantly cheaper.

By Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy
on May 1, 2024
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Retiring Abroad? Here Are 3 Tax Implications for You To Know

Retiring overseas is a dream for many Americans, whether they are in search of new adventures, more exotic pastures or cheaper costs of living. Check Out: Retirement Living: These 3 States Are Too Expensive — Try These 3 InsteadTry This: One Smart Way To Grow Your Retirement Savings in 2024 And many of them are making the jump: USA Today reported that in 2022, there were 443,546 retired Americans receiving Social Security benefits while living abroad, according to the Social Security Administration — nearly double the amount from 1999 when 219,504 retired workers received Social Security benefits while living in…

10 Financial Risks and Rewards of Retiring Abroad

If your retirement dreams include making a home in a new land, you’re in good company. In the post-pandemic world, 12% of America now aspires to live abroad when they’re done working, according to the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey 2021. Read: Jaw-Dropping Stats About the State of Retirement in AmericaFind Out: The Average Retirement Age in Every State While that might sound like a pipe dream for people who feel like they’re not even prepared to retire where they are, a little can go a long way once you leave the States. Many parts of the world allow you to retire comfortably…
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Some Retired Couples Live Cheaply on Cruise Ships — Is It Worth It?

Saving for retirement has proven difficult for many Americans lately, with inflation and soaring rates leaving little to put aside. In turn, only four in 10 adults report that they currently have retirement savings and only 21% say they have a retirement strategy, according to a recent New York Life survey. So it comes as no surprise that some retirees are looking for creative ways to spend their money in their golden years — and to be able to stretch their dollars further. Find Out: Here’s the Cost To Retire Comfortably in Every State by AgeFor You: Do This To…

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15 Most Affordable Places To Retire Abroad

By John Csiszar
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7 Free Things To Do When You’re Retired

By Ashley Donohoe
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I’m a Real Estate Agent: 7 Places I’d Retire If I Had $1,000,000

By Jamela Adam
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25 Safest and Cheapest Cities To Retire in Florida

By Heather Taylor
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30 Cheap, Beautiful Places To Retire With Just $250K in Savings

By Jami Farkas
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10 Best (and Worst) Places To Retire If You Have No Savings

By Cameron Huddleston
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20 Best Small Towns Where You Can Retire on $3K a Month

By Jami Farkas
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Retiring Abroad: Top 3 Countries for Retirement Pensions

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Not Putting Enough Toward Retirement? Experts Say This Is the Magic Number

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Dave Ramsey: Take Social Security at Age 62, but Only If You Do This With Each Check

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6 Side Gigs That Can Help Boomers Quickly Catch Up on Retirement Savings

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