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Your First Job in Retirement: It Has Nothing to Do With Money
Most people spend decades planning how to retire financially. Surprisingly few spend even an afternoon planning what they'll actually do once they get there. That's a mistake. Your first job in retirement isn't managing your investments—that's important, but not job #1. What's Your Most Important Job in Retirement? So just what is Job #1? The answer is a lot simpler…...
Top Retirement Towns
Bellevue is a growing and prosperous city of 151,854, people (2020 census) across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the second largest city center in Washington, often characterized as an "edge-city" to Seattle. The city's long-term development plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment Bellevue's northern portion. Bellevue has many different neighborhoods and…...
Petoskey is a beautiful little town on Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan, in the northern part of the state. The downtown is exceptionally pretty, situated on hills overlooking the Bay. There are interesting shops and restaurants plus a nice park. It is definitely a resort town and a place where snowbirds come for the summer. The population is just…...
Bethesda is one of the most affluent suburbs in the country, located just to the north of and bordering on Washington, D.C. The population is 60,000 and the median household income is over $135,000. Photo of An aerial view of National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, courtesy of Wikipedia and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (public domain);…...
Fairfield Bay is a resort town on Greers Ferry Lake in Arkansas. It is smaller than nearby resort and retirement areas like Bellavista and Hot Springs. It is described as a beautiful and there are things to do. There are two golf courses, a bowling alley, nice tennis courts, and and riding stables. The biggest attraction is the marina with…...
