Tag: property tax deferral

Model house on a chalkboard with dollar signs

Recent study shows that most people don’t move; only 14 percent are “frequent movers.” As retirees live longer, spend more on medical care, and get less income replaced by Social Security, many may need to tap their home equity to be comfortable in retirement.  The most direct way to access home equity is downsizing, but…

Smiling old retirees in hat and casual clothes among green bushes and blue sky

Best way to look forward is to look back. A reporter recently asked me what retirement will look like in 50 years.  At first, I froze.  What insightful comments could I make about retirement communities on Mars?  But once I took a breath, the notion of looking back 50 years and then the 50 years…