They split their time between northern Colorado where I grew up and interior British Columbia. Property taxes aren't too high but maintenance on the house plus allergy issues. I dunno. I think it's a dumb ass move.
Exactly what my folks did. I didn't understand what changed but they're determined to sell. They won't even wait for prices to rise as interest rates fall in a few months.
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I'm one of those and actually doing better than when I was working. Sure I wish I'd stuck at steady employment and saved but I get enough now to pay all the bills and have money to blow on hobbies. As a low income senior, almost 70, I also get a provincial top-up that includes Blue Cross medical on top of free basic medical. Even pays a decent amount for transportation to medical appointments but not for eye or dental as I found out recently after submitting slips from appts for those.
We just had our 50th high school reunion.I'm one of those and actually doing better than when I was working. Sure I wish I'd stuck at steady employment and saved but I get enough now to pay all the bills and have money to blow on hobbies. As a low income senior, almost 70, I also get a provincial top-up that includes Blue Cross medical on top of free basic medical. Even pays a decent amount for transportation to medical appointments but not for eye or dental as I found out recently after submitting slips from appts for those.
Things would be different if I didn't own my own place and had to pay the outrageous rents or high mortgage payments so many are faced with but thanks to an early inheritance gift from dear old mom paid cash for my place and only have to pay $125/mth for a loan I took against the place almost 20 years ago. About a year left on that so paying twice as much to finish it off quicker.
Life could be worse.
Wait a hot second there...
Short of winning the lotto or my almost 97yo mom kicking the bucket I'll be broke until I pay off the new debt I foolishly put on myself the last year. I never did graduate high school but went back to school in my 30s to get a diploma in environmental chemistry that was 2 years credit for uni if I had of wanted to go further but life got in the way. A year after I graduated my 2 boy's mother took off so I became a single dad in '92.
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This info actually makes me feel pretty good about my financial decisions."Is your 401(k) balance keeping up with the Joneses? Be honest. You can admit it. You — like most U.S. workers with a 401(k) — are curious about how your personal nest egg stacks up against the average 401(k) balance by age."
The Average 401(k) Balance by Age
Knowing how your 401(k) balance compares to your peers could be the catalyst to save more.
