Thinking about retiring to a beach town...

Buying a home in a beach town is an expensive proposition, but in some spots there are bargains to be found.

Real estate research firm RealtyTrac identified beach towns with fewer than 50,000 residents that had a high quality of life and then investigated which of those were home to the best bargains. The study, released this month, measured the median price of homes in towns relative to prices in other beach towns, as well as the home prices that weren’t too close to their housing-bubble peaks. For quality of life, it looked at good weather and air quality, and a low density of registered criminal offenders.   Read more

Source-MarketWatch

Verifying Social Security Records to Maximize Your Benefits

If you are relying on social security as a portion of your retirement income, you’ll want to make sure your income is calculated correctly.

Verifying your personal and earnings information through your Social Security Statement every year is an important step in protecting the calculation of your future earnings. Changes to Social Security benefits including how they are claimed was changed by congress in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, increasing the importance that marriage and year of birth details are verified.  Read more...

Fixed Indexed Annuities-Is one right for you?

Not sure about what an annuity can do for you and your retirement...Watch this video to see if one is right for you.  Check it out:  http://andrewmaisch.retirevillage.com/