Sunday, May 29, 2011

Planning A Budget So You Can Retire Comfortably

Many people forget during their retirement planning to plan for each and every expense that will arise during their retirement. This is exactly the reason the vast majority of Americans get to their retirement years and find they don't have enough money to retire on.

According to the Social security administration, 95% of people will not be able to retire comfortably. Unfortunately, this stat could have been alleviated by most people from some simple and thorough planning for the costs they

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Friday, May 27, 2011

Laramie is a great place to retire

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By ALEXANDRA COCKAR / lbedit11@laramieboomerang.com • Friday, May 27, 2011

Winter in Laramie is not for the weak of the heart, but there is more to being a retirement paradise than just weather. The fact that Laramie was recognized by the Money magazine as the top place for retirement illustrated that. Compared to other retirement towns and cities, Laramie scored high in categories that included state income tax, sales tax,

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Leap to Cheap

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by: Jeff Yeager | from: AARP The Magazine
July/August 2010 issue 



— Teru Onishi
Spending is out, simplicity's in. Why the
nation's thriftiest people are also the happiest.






"Sure, we could afford to spend more," Bruce Ostyn told me as he rinsed the plates from dinner in a shallow plastic dishpan. "But why would we? It wouldn't make us any happier."

Ostyn then headed to the patio to carefully redistribute the

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Older Workers - Options For Retirement Planing

For this discussion we will be taking about workers who are between 50 and 60 years of age who do not as of yet have any type of retirement plan. This isn't as far-fetched as that sounds.

In this day and age they are millions of people that have worked for a very long time that never gave a lot of thought for saving for retirement or didn't have the means to save properly.

Until 1974 there wasn't any IRA accounts available for the people and most retirement plans came from an employer. If

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Why Your Best Place to Retire Might be… 2 Places

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April 18, 2011 — Like most of our members you are probably working very hard on finding your best place to retire. Deciding whether your retirement destination will be where you live now, in the same community, or far away – there are so many possibilities it is hard to make a decision. This article is dedicated to another idea – that your best place to retire might be 2 places.

On the Plus Side – Avoiding

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Baby Boomer Retirement Profile: How an Army Couple Became The Snowbirding Innkeepers

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May 23, 2011 —
Note: This is the first in our series of retiree profiles. Our goal is to portray a variety of active baby boomer retirement lifestyles for our members. If you know a boomer retirement we should know about use the Contact Us link to let us know about it.

Kelly and Demaris Edwards wake up to a dream retirement every day. Picture a historic country inn perched high above the shores of Lake Erie. The sounds of the

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Retire to Prescott...four seasons at a mile high elevation

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Retire to Prescott, and enjoy the four seasons... Even though Prescott is only an hour and a half Phoenix, Phoenix elevation 1100 feet.

The fact that Prescott sits at 5200 feet, means snow in the winter and 15 to 20 degrees cooler in the summertime..Prescott was the initial capital of the Arizona territory in 1863... Phoenix became the capital in 1889... The initial attraction to Prescott...gold.
Prescott

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How Many Best Places To Retire Are There?

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You can find new lists each year for the best places to retire, then you have your top 10 best places to retire, then you have your top 100 best places to retire, then you have your best places to retire in the United States, best places to retire overseas, the list goes on and on.

How could there possibly be so many best places to retire?

Not everyone is looking for the same thing. Many people want to stay in their home

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10 Best States for Retirement

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by Richard Barrington | Money-Rates Columnist



"Best of" lists are usually based on subjective points. When choosing our 10 best and worst states to retire, we went with the objective. Earlier this week, MoneyRates.com published a list of the 10 worst states for retirement. This list was based on a combination of quantifiable factors including:

Economics (factoring in cost of living, unemployment, and average state and

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