Tag: property taxes

House model on wood table

As you know, I’m convinced that many of today’s workers are at risk of having insufficient resources in retirement.  The reason for this gloomy picture is a rapidly changing retirement landscape defined by a rising Social Security retirement age, a sharp decline in traditional pensions coupled with modest 401(k) balances, and longer life spans.  Yet,…

Stacking gold coins with growing interest value put in a wooden home model and bar and arrow graph

Extensive education, easy application process, and a reasonable interest rate are the keys to success. I am a great fan of thinking about the house as a retirement asset and about ways that people can access the equity in their home to support themselves in retirement.  The conventional approaches involve downsizing to a cheaper home,…