Overview
Creative strategies for your retirement years!
These days retirement is more a lifestyle transition than an end to work and activity. It can be a time to travel, volunteer, go back to school, start a new business venture, or simply say hasta la vista to the daily grind.
Unfortunately, not everyone has a company pension or profitable investment portfolio to support their dreams for retirement. For many, the main source of retirement dollars will be Social Security benefits.
Retirement on a Budget explains how to maximize your retirement income and enjoy your retirement years in comfort. John Howells, a nationally recognized retirement expert, provides current information on:
Β tapping equity
Β affordable retirement locations at home or abroad
Β qualifying for Medicare and Medicaid
Β finding fun and low-cost recreational and cultural opportunities
Β mobile home and RV living
Β trimming utility bills
Β thriving as a single
Synopsis
Retirement can be a time of growth, adventure, or complete and utter relaxation. Unfortunately, not everyone has a company pension or a profitable investment portfolio to help cushion the retirement years. For all too many, the main source of retirement dollars will be Social Security benefits. In Retirement on a Shoestring, John Howells, a nationally recognized expert on retirement living, explains how to maximize your retirement income and enjoy these years in comfort. With up-to-date information on topics such as quality housing, cultural/recreational offerings, affordability, medical care, real estate taxes, retiring in foreign countries, and availability and quality of senior services, this essential guide provides all the tools for enjoying an affordable, active, and safe retirement. Look inside for strategies on enjoying enriched retirement, getting everything you're entitled to, trimming utility bills, reducing the danger of crime, thriving as a single, living with dignity - without compromise and much more.