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.

Retirement on a Shoestring (Choose Retirement Series)

JOHN HOWELLS

Globe Pequot

Finding the ideal home base for your retirement years is a crucial decision. It is also a decision that can be confusing if you know you want to move but aren't sure where to look, or what to look for. In this well-researched and completely revised and updated guide, retirement guru John Howells gives the best advice not only on where to relocate in your retirement years, but why you should pick up and move just as life is settling down. Where to Retire provides guidance in the form of clear snapshots of life in hundreds of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating places to retire in the United States. This guide contains carefully researched, up-to-the-minute information on where you can live graciously, yet affordably, recreation opportunities to fit every lifestyle, the ideal climates for your health and budget as well as where to find the best health care.

Where to Retire, 4th (Choose Retirement Series)

Reference

Looking for a new place to call home? We've done the research for you so you can retire smart! Choose Mexico. 
Retirement can be a time of growth, or adventure, or complete and utter relaxation. Where you spend your retirement years, no matter how you may define them, has to be a place that fulfills your desires and meets your changing needs. 
In Choose Mexico, you'll find advice on how to enjoy familiar U.S. comforts in Mexico as well as tips for the daring who want to experience a more "Mexican lifestyle." Descriptions of scenic, vibrant places, as well as essential information about the resources and activities available in these areas, allow you to make an informed decision about selecting Mexico as your ideal location to enjoy an affordable, active, and safe retirement. 
Includes up-to-date information about Mexico such as real estate, recreation, medical care, culture, business opportunities, and weather statistics.

Choose Mexico: Travel, Investment, and Living Opportunities for Every Budget (Choose Retirement Series)

Travel

Donald Merwin

Mexico

Retirement can be a time to travel, volunteer, or do nothing at all. Unfortunately, not everyone has a company pension or a profitable investment portfolio to support their plans for the retirement years. For many, the main source of retirement dollars will be Social Security benefits. Retirement on a Shoestring explains how to maximize your retirement income and enjoy these years in comfort. John Howells, a nationally recognized expert on retirement living, discusses up-to-date information on such topics as affordable housing, medical care, recreational and cultural opportunities, and senior services. This essential guide provides all the tools for enjoying an affordable, active, and safe retirement. Look inside for strategies on tapping equity, finding a retirement job, trimming utility bills, thriving as a single, mobile home and RV living, continuing education and much more. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 206 pages, charts)

Retirement on a Shoestring, 4th (Choose Retirement Series)

Specialty Travel

Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down. Retirement guru John Howells provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement years. Readers are given guidance in the form of clear snapshots of life in hundreds of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating places to retire in the United States. The author helps the decision-making process by offering a list of items to consider when selecting the ideal community: safety, climate, housing availability; cultural and recreation opportunities in the area; social compatibility; affordability; medical care; distance from relatives and friends; transportation; and jobs and/or volunteer opportunities. This guide tells not how to retire, but where readers can retire happily.

Where to Retire: America's Best and Most Affordable Places (5th Edition)

Retirement these days is a whole new ball game. Today's baby boomers with higher education levels, bigger bank accounts, and longer, healthier lives ahead of them, are seeking a more active retirement than that of their parents' generation. It can be a time of growth, or adventure, or complete and utter relaxation. Where people spend their retirement years, no matter how they define them, has to be a place that fulfills their desires and meets their changing needs. Many people use travel as a means to find their ideal retirement community. This book is written to serve not only as a travel guide but also as an indispensable, authoritative overview of the destination from the perspective of relocation. Choose Costa Rica has many cities, towns, and villages that are ideal for retirees of every stripe. Descriptions of scenic, vibrant places, as well as information about the resources and activities available in these areas, allow readers to make an informed decision about selecting Costa Rica as the ideal location to enjoy an affordable, active, and safe retirement. This book includes up-to-date information about: *Real estate *Recreation *Medical care *Business opportunities *Culture *Weather statistics

Choose Costa Rica for Retirement, 6th: Travel, Investment, and Living Opportunities for Every Budget (Choose Retirement Series)

Central America

Retirement can be a time to travel, volunteer, or do nothing at all. Unfortunately, not everyone has a company pension or a profitable investment portfolio to support their plans for the retirement years. For many, the main source of retirement dollars will be Social Security benefits. Retirement on a Shoestring explains how to maximize retirement income and enjoy these years in comfort. John Howells, a nationally recognized expert on retirement living, discusses up-to-date information on such topics as affordable housing, medical care, recreational and cultural opportunities, and senior services. This essential guide provides all the tools for enjoying an affordable, active, and safe retirement. Discover strategies for: *Tapping equity *Finding a retirement job *Trimming utility bills *Thriving as a single retiree * Mobile home and RV living *Continuing education and much more

RETIREMENT ON A SHOESTRING~5TH CHOOSE RETIREMENT SERIES

The Globe Pequot Press

This revised edition of Gateway's highly successful book on economical retirement south of the border offers up-to-date information on all aspects of locating a safe, comfortable, and affordable retirement site in Mexico. The book addresses the 20 questions most frequently asked by Americans considering relocating to Mexico. Illustrations. Maps.

Choose Mexico: Live Well on $800 a Month (Choose Mexico for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget)

Gateway

Retirement on a Shoestring (2nd Edition)

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