The difference by definition: A closed-ended problem is a problem that only has one solution leading to one answer. Typical closed ended problems are text book questions leading you to the answers that are given in the preceding chapter, what kind of a shampoo to buy (cleverly disguised as an open-ended problem), which president to [...]
Arizona retirement communities offer a wide range of communities all with the fine Arizona weather includedService is promoted as a virtue by those who are being serviced and those who serve. Look around, and you will see that the service sector is thoroughly dominating. This is a sign that people are so rich that they have nothing better to do than to go around and do things for each other [...]
The easiest ways to save money are nothing more than usung your common sense
arizona cities for retirement... You have a lot to choose from
Retire to Yuma...another place to retire in Arizona
Retire to Wickenburg, a nice small town with an old West feel
Retire to Tucson, Arizona's second-largest city
Retire to Surprise... Maybe the name sounds silly, but the Arizona retirement living is great
Retire to Sedona...a great place to visit and some will retire hereThis is a guest post from Mr Money Mustache, a software engineer who retired at age 30 together with his wife. He is now 36 and has a 5 year old kid. You should definitely subscribe to his blog. A few months ago, I had an inexplicable need to start writing about personal finance. Why? [...]
There’s a terrible problem in retirement investing that concerns how much risk you should take with your retirement funds. It’s a seemingly unsolvable financial conundrm of investing in retirement. Let’s take a closer look. On the one hand, you’d like to put all your retirement funds in the bank and keep it safe and secure in FDIC insured accounts. [...]
Retire to Prescott...becoming very popular for best Arizona retirement living
Retire to Payson...in the mountains and close to PhoenixUpon request, I post a picture of the handlebar map holder I just made for my touring bicycle. It’s a thin piece of plywood (or whatever you have, other wood, plastic, metal) cut out to fit standard AAA road maps. It’s attached to a mountain bike handlebar with a quill stem. I drilled some holes [...]
Retire to Mesa,home of the most fun in Arizona retirement
Retire to Lake Havasu City, home of the London Bridge
Retire to Flagstaff, when when you have to have all of the four seasonsFun fact: According to alexa.com, which is a widely used site for tracking web usage, earlyretirementextreme.com has more web traffic than the peacecorps.gov, speaker.gov (Nancy Pelosi’s website), recovery.gov (website tracking where the stimulus money gets spent), supremecourt.gov, … You can compare earlyretirementextreme.com’s number (~69000) to a long list of other government sites. If you want [...]
Use a Mexican dentist, save big bucks, another advantage of retiring in ArizonaMy experiences with the challenges of early retirement may be atypical but then again, I am not aware of that many people who escaped employment before they were close to 50, so for what it is worth, I present to you the three biggest challenges following early retirement. These have, perhaps surprisingly nothing to do [...]
How much money to retire?...It is all up to you to answer this question
How to retire abroad...it is all in how you approach this oppotunityIf you’re fit and you have a lawn you have been unable to get rid off(*), you absolute should own a push reel mower and use it for cross-training. (*) If you must have a lawn because of the home owners association (something about unproductive vegetation increasing property values), I suggest encroaching on it slowly [...]There are three methods of paying for stuff. Some work and pay as they go. Some borrow and pay interest. And other live off the interest. I will try to make this as simple as possible. The three ways look like this You can pay as you go. You save money and then you spend [...]
Retire to Jerome, join 500 residents perched on the side of a mountain
Retire to Cottonwood, small town Arizona retirement living with plenty to do
Retire to Bisbee, Arizona retirement for the artsy, different crowd
Retire to Anthem, a Del Webb master-planned community that is not age restricted
Retire to a cruise ship...it can be wonderful for someActive retirement..what does it mean to you the retireeIf you look a the AARP forums on their web site, you will see that postings and comments of people looking for senior jobs are the most busy forums. You are not alone in your search for a retirement job. However, it’s likely that you need to change the way you think about employment for [...]
Frugal wife...an early retirement necessity?When I first came to the US about five years ago, someone asked me if I rode bikes, as in bicycles. I replied in the affirmative, and then I was asked whether I liked to ride for fun. “For fun?”, yes, you see in the US, people mainly ride bikes recreationally, whereas in Europe, people [...]
Wondering about the best place to retire or have a secret spot you'd like to share? Insider information on where to retire and why each spot is so great.
In retirement planning, many factors must be considered and are used as inputs to retirement calculators. The typical variables are the amount of assets you have, how much retirement income you need, your tax rate and most importantly, your estimated life expectancy. However, it is this author’s opinion that life expectancy is often mishandled in [...]
Travel advice from those who have been there. Where are retirees going for vaction and why? Share your best travel tips.Help Maintain Your Wealth: What Accounts to Withdraw From and When Retirees are interested in preserving their wealth as long as possible. But because different assets are taxed differently – and yearly where required – the order in which you withdraw income from your retirement assets can significantly affect how fast you’ll deplete your wealth. [...]