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New: Community Explorer. Discover Your Perfect Community Quickly Based on Lifestyle, Amenities, and Unit Type.
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January 18, 2024 — It is hard to imagine anything better than finding a great lake town for retirement. Waking up to the sound of lapping waves, taking a dip or a boat ride out to drop a few lines, or looking at the sunset mirrored on the lake –…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
January 9, 2024 – People contemplating retirement often wonder what is the Maximum Social Security Benefit is 2024. That is the benefit received by high earners who have maximized their FICA payments for 35 years, and who waited until age 70 to collect. The answer is pretty impressive – the…
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Category: Active adult communities
By Larry GavrichJanuary 9, 2024 — Whether you and your significant other are looking for golf, or no golf, in your retirement community, the principles behind searching for a golf community home and a home in some other “planned development” is essentially the same. This became apparent to me…
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Category: General Retirement Issues
January 3, 2023 — The most read retirement articles of 2023 at Topretirements are always interesting to look at. That is because although we are often convinced a topic will hit a sweet spot for our Members, it doesn’t always work out that way. 10 Myths That…
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Category: Snowbirds
December 31, 2023 — There seems to be a lot of interest in an updated survey of what our Members think are the best snowbird pairing suggestions – a combination of where you would like to live in winter and summer, given the opportunity to live in two or more…
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Category: Active adult communities
Dec. 28, 2024 – Active communities with golf and Marinas have the two of the most popular amenities that retirees at Topretirements are interested in. Usually, people prefer one of those activities over the other. But some folks want to have the option of a community that has both a…
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Category: Uncategorized
December 12, 2023 – We are often asked about the pros and cons of 55+ communities vs. retiring in a traditional community. In fact just last week one of our Members criticized the usefulness of our new Community Explorer because of its concentration on 55+ and active adult communities, to…
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Category: Active adult communities
December 9, 2023 — Many thanks to our loyal visitors and Members who took the time to check out our new Community Explorer. Your comments and observations have been very helpful in tweaking it before we go live with it next week. Here is an update on…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
December 7, 2023 – Some people ask, am I required to take an RMD this year (Required Minimum Distribution) from my IRA or 401(k)? It is a good question because of recent changes in the law (SECURE 2.0). The actual answer depends on your age. If you were born in…
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Category: Active adult communities
December 5, 2023 — Announcing the Community Explorer. Finding the right retirement community – the one with right lifestyle in the right location, with the amenities you are interested in, plus the type of housing unit you want – is like finding a needle in a haystack. Announcing the Topretirements…
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