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Making Your Home Work For You
Many seniors struggle financially during retirement and face money-related stress. If you are in a situation where you have left your career behind and need money, you have several options for boosting your retirement income. In the attached article, Maurie…
The Importance of Budgeting in Retirement Years
There are many steps one can take in preparation for retirement life, not the least of which is a failure to adequately plan for a financial structure that will accommodate their situation. Whether you’re retiring early or planning to defer as…
Planning for Early Retirement
According to data compiled by the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute, retirement is on the minds of all working Americans, with an overwhelming number of workers choosing to retire early. However, for the most, the prospect of retiring at an early…
Less Time to Recover Financially from Divorce the Closer You are to Retirement
America is facing what’s being called the “gray divorce epidemic.” According to Pew research, the American divorce rate has actually declined for every other age demographic except the divorce rate among U.S. adults ages 50 and older. The divorce rate for…
Working While Retired
Retirement life is different for everyone. Social Security is here to secure today and tomorrow, whether you sail into the sunset or decide to continue working. Some of our rules allow you to receive Social Security retirement or survivor benefits…
Common mistakes can torpedo your retirement
The best laid plans, as they say, can often go awry. And sometimes, people actually don’t even worry about retirement until they’re standing at its doorstep. Well don’t lose heart – there are things you can do, and mistakes you can…
A Health Savings Account: Your retirement savings “loop hole”
So what would be retirement savings utopia? How about an account that you can contributed pre-tax money to, that grows and accumulates tax free dollars, and that you can withdraw money from tax free? Well, that’s exactly what you get…
Seniors 65 and still on ACA plan need to enroll in Medicare
It may come as a surprise to some 65 year old seniors, but if you’re still on a subsidized ACA (Obamacare) plan you need to switch and enroll in Medicare Part B. And you only have until the end of September…
How to avoid unhappiness in retirement
The results of a new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute reveal that today’s seniors are becoming increasingly unhappy in their retirement. Although a majority of retirees are still enjoying their golden years, the percentage of those who describe…
Social Security Disability: Delay times need fixing
At a time when the Social Security Administration has been cutting back on employees, the number of disability applications has been rising and as a result there is a huge backlog of applications pending a decision. While about 2/3rds of disability applications are…