Not every senior adult is ready to put their house up for sale, writes broker Teresa Boardman. Rather than trying to turn them into listings, it’s time for real estate professionals to reach out to senior homeowners with a helping hand. Continue reading
After Mike McGeeney, 70, worked 38 years for Kansas City Power & Light Company, he retired and then moved with his wife in 2017 to Springfield, Mo. to be closer to their kids and grandkids. Like many retirees, he got to thinking about how he could … Continue reading
(In her blistering new book, Downhill From Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality, sociologist Katherine S. Newman paints a bleak picture of the state of retirement in America. The book comes from two years of analysis and 300 interviews … Continue reading
Like many of us approaching retirement age, just hearing the word retirement triggers my anxiety, particularly when I hear experts say how much boomers my age should be saving. The fortunate boomers have cushions of 401(k)s, pensions and real estate. T… Continue reading