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Retirement is expensive. Here’s what to do about it
MarketWatch ^ | 03/17/2018 | Mitch Tuchman

Posted on 03/17/2018 6:41:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/17/2018 6:41:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

thanx for the link


2 posted on 03/17/2018 6:45:12 AM PDT by thinden
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve been retired over 25 years and my net worth has increased. So there!


3 posted on 03/17/2018 6:46:42 AM PDT by Don Corleone
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To: SeekAndFind
Leave the country, move south to Belize where it's beautiful all the time. Others I know are moving to Spain, southern Italy and other very cheap places to live in Europe. Amazingly they say their hard earned retirement dollars go much further there.

One thing is for certain: DO NOT MOVE TO CALIFORNIA OR ILLINOIS!

4 posted on 03/17/2018 6:47:10 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SeekAndFind

You don’t own your house. The government lets you use it while it confiscates 3% each year in what is called the “property tax.” After 33 years it has taken the full value of your house. You get to pay insurance and upkeep.

The amount is disguised in what they call the “mill rate.” Most of the public never converts the “mill rate” to percent.


5 posted on 03/17/2018 6:47:36 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam is an open-ended declaration of war against non-Muslims. - Henri Boulad)
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To: SeekAndFind
Solution: Become a Democrap politician and enrich yourself through crime as Democraps are above the law. The higher in office you are the better.

Hi my name is Hillary Clinton. I've never held a job that's paid me more than $180,000 before taxes, and I rarely work at all, yet I am worth $45 million dollars today

6 posted on 03/17/2018 6:48:37 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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Solution: Become a Democrap politician and enrich yourself through crime as Democraps are above the law. The higher in office you are the better.

Hi my name is Hillary Clinton. I've never held a job that's paid me more than $180,000 before taxes, and I rarely work at all, yet I am worth $45 million dollars today

7 posted on 03/17/2018 6:49:25 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: usconservative

No need to move out of country,lots of affordable living if you know where to look.


8 posted on 03/17/2018 6:51:44 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Don Corleone

Curious are you just investing or do you run a hobby business to help with deductions or something?


9 posted on 03/17/2018 6:54:15 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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RE: Leave the country, move south to Belize where it’s beautiful all the time.

How’s peace and order there? How’s medical care?


10 posted on 03/17/2018 6:54:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: I want the USA back

Not every state county/city assesses a 3% property tax.

Do you rent? You pay property tax.

Personally my property tax rate is about 1/2 of 1% — if I lived down the road in the city rather than the county it would be 1%.


11 posted on 03/17/2018 6:54:50 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

We could always sell out and go live on the streets of San Francisco. Buy a good pup tent, a few MRE’s and live for free.


12 posted on 03/17/2018 6:55:29 AM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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First rule of retirement: Don’t retire with debt and above all, don’t go into debt in retirement.


13 posted on 03/17/2018 6:57:40 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

And that’s the shameful truth.


14 posted on 03/17/2018 6:58:43 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (truth will trump their lies)
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This speaks of investing. Invest what? Most folks I know have nothing left to invest when they are working for a living. Certainly can’t invest anything out of S.S. So where does that leave one? It leaves one with a lot less than $750K to supplement your income.


15 posted on 03/17/2018 6:59:07 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: I want the USA back

You don’t own your house. The government lets you use it while it confiscates 3% each year in what is called the “property tax.” After 33 years it has taken the full value of your house. You get to pay insurance and upkeep.


I have heard that argument for years. I call BS!

Property tax is a fact of life. You are paying property tax even if you are renting. The owner simply passes it on to you the renter, along with maintenance, and insurance.

Owning my home has always been part of my retirement plan.

I paid off a 30 year mortgage in 20 years. I then put the mortgage payment in my IRA and savings.

Prop 13 in California limits my property tax. I pay roughly $100 a month for property tax. I could not rent an apartment for that. If I sold my home today it would go for roughly three times what I paid for it.

One of the major expense for anyone today is housing. Owning a home without a mortgage puts you well ahead of the game.

I have been retired for ten years and only now that I am 70 will I have to begin drawing on my 401K. Owning my home allowed me to live on SS and my savings.


16 posted on 03/17/2018 7:06:49 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Mouton

Very very wise advice.


17 posted on 03/17/2018 7:06:50 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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We’re planning a drastic downsizing and will be moving to a lower-tax county.

That in itself will save us a bundle as far as upkeep, property tax, and utilities.


18 posted on 03/17/2018 7:09:10 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (truth will trump their lies)
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RE: It leaves one with a lot less than $750K to supplement your income.

Don’t you have an IRA or a 401K to supplement your SS?


19 posted on 03/17/2018 7:13:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Best course of action - go to work for the FBI for a few years and get a pension worth $1.8 million at age 50. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3640356/posts


20 posted on 03/17/2018 7:16:16 AM PDT by PAR35
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