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How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment: New, Tax-Free Methods for Using a Vacation Home for Recreation, Retirement…AND Investment!

Retiree — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:20:30 +0000

Strategies for lifelong, tax-free second home ownership This book explains how to invest profitably in a vacation or future retirement home. Featuring success stories from second home buyers and often-overlooked financing options, How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment provides dozens of strategies and proven how-to avenues for finding the perfect home that will eventually pay for itself. Real estate experts Tom Kelly and John Tuccillo show readers how to save thousands through exchanges and exemptions and include valuable Web resources for both second home buyers and real estate investors. Readers will discover how to: Choose a second home and location with maximum appreciation potential Use a vacation home as a cash cow rental Subdivide a property Minimize the hassle factor of an investment --while maximizing rental income

Green Chair

Retiree — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:20:30 +0000

A 32-year woman has just been released from jail on charges of sex with a minor, who is one month away from being legal. Sheâ��s eager to write off his love as a youthful mistake. Heâ��s eager to protect his newly-freed girlfriend from a world that doesnâ��t want to accept them. But does either one of them really know what they want? And more importantly, do they have anything in common besides sex?

From the Retirement Home

Retiree — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:20:30 +0000

PBS Frontline: My Retirement Dreams

Retiree — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:20:30 +0000

"Should I retire or not? Am I going to be bored? Depressed? This is how filmmaker Marian Marzynski begins his exploration into the land of retirement - Southern Florida's condo communities. It's a humorous, whimsical and sometimes poignant look at what happens to Americans after they reach the age of 65. Marzynski - who is approaching 60 and describes himself as trapped somewhere between a "baby boomer and a geezer" - forms relationships with several retirees and gets to know their dreams, their satisfactions and their struggles as they socialize and ponder the meaning of their lives. At the start, Marzynski finds the world of senior citizens a bit depressing, at least the way they live it in Florida's condos for seniors. It's a segregated society with the old and young living apart; the retirees are cut-off from family and old friends. Marzynski also discovers that many hold onto the past and miss their productive years of work. It's part of the culture of America he says: "We are a society not only obsessed with looks and youth, but also hard work ethics. For those who never slowed down from work, the idea of retirement can be frightening; they don't know what to do after." From classes at the Elders Institute at Florida International University to the sprawling Century Village complex which offers retirees activities and personal security, Marzynski's journey reveals the landscape of a uniquely American way of growing old He ends his journey, however, much more upbeat than he expected. He meets retirees who keep pushing and seeking adventure - people like Betty Sullivan and Howard Saltzman who relish liberation from old routines and a chance to 'reinvent' themselves - taking classes, making new friends, falling in love. Yes, life can be an adventure after all they say, including this final chapter.

The Complete Guide to Second Homes for Vacations, Retirement, and Investment

Retiree — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:20:30 +0000

The Complete Guide to Second Homes for Vacations, Retirement, and Investment Choosing the perfect location Finding the right home Forecasting investment potential How to save thousands on financing Hereâ��s the knowledge you need to find, buy, and get the most fun and profit from your second home If youâ��ve been thinking about buying a second home for getaways, vacations, investment, or retirement, now is the time to do it. Youâ��ll gain from low interest rates, easier financing, large tax savings, and strong potential for appreciation. Smart buyers are getting into the market now, before aging boomers push prices even higher. But whatâ��s the best way to afford a second home? How much should you pay? What are the tax benefits? How can you be sure youâ��re getting good value for your money? What kinds of financing are possible? How can you negotiate the best deals and bargain prices? Nationally renowned real estate expert Dr. Gary Eldred provides complete answers to these and all your other questions concerning the purchase of a second home. In a simple and clear style, he fills you in on everything you need to know to:Develop a strategy to increase affordability Research the market to find your best location Choose a home that will quickly appreciate Make the most of current tax-saving techniquesSelect the right homeownerâ��s insuranceRent to minimize risk and maximize profitCreate value through home improvementsVacation free worldwide through home exchanges

Away from Her

Retiree — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:20:30 +0000

"I'm going," says a lovely, understated Julie Christie, in a heart-wrenching moment of recognition that Alzheimer's is slowly descending on her. "But I'm not gone." Away from Her, the directorial debut of young Canadian actress Sarah Polley, allows two themes--the growth of love, and the limits of the mind--to intertwine, uplift, fall, and rise again, throughout its arc. What should be relentlessly depressing is instead a film of great courage, humor, defiance--and a quality that Christie's character, Fiona, calls out in another defining moment: grace. Away from Her chronicles a love story between Fiona and her longtime husband, Grant, played with bearlike stolidity by Gordon Pinsett, as the couple struggle with the onset and acceleration of Fiona's Alzheimer's disease. Moments of lucidity and wry observation pepper Fiona's decline, and Christie gives an unforgettable performance as a woman who is both ordinary and singular to those whom she's touched. The story is set against a frigid Canadian winter, with fields of snow as a background underscoring the bleakness of Fiona's diagnosis; yet life is constant and surprising, in the call of a meadowlark or the resurrected memory of a skunk lily. A scene of Fiona out for her daily cross-country ski shows Christie's gorgeous, sensual face in closeup against the snow, framed by a babushka, reminding the viewer of a similar scene of the decades-younger Christie in Dr. Zhivago. It's impossible not to be touched by the gifts of this extraordinary actress, through the life of this everywoman, whose very presence is shot through with grace. --A.T Hurley

From the Retirement Home

Retiree — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:20:30 +0000

Retirement Homes Are Murder

Retiree — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:20:30 +0000

Remembering nothing from the day before, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect when he finds a dead body in the trash chute of a retirement home. As Paulâ��s snooping and short-term memory loss get him in trouble with the local police, his new friends and granddaughter Jennifer help him solve an expanding list of crimes. Paul finds romance as he struggles to escape a murderer intent on a repeat performance.

Retirement Countdown Clock – Classic

Retiree — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:20:30 +0000

Count down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the better life! The Retirement Countdown Clock stands 3 x 5 tall, and comes in a beautiful gift box with a long-lasting lithium battery. Once you have reached that important milestone, the clock can also be used to display the current date and time, so it serves as a wonderful memento, as well as a practical gift to be remembered for years to come!

Nolo’s Essential Retirement Tax Guide: Your Health, Home, Investments & More

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:29:11 +0000

Retire and keep your hard-earned cash! When you retire, your potential tax deductions change considerably -- and if you're a baby boomer on your way to retirement, you'll want to keep your hands on as much of your money as possible. That's why you need Nolo's Essential Retirement Tax Guide, the first book of its kind that helps boomers and their parents understand their tax benefits in plain English. Find out how to save on taxes, step by step: doing volunteer work accounting for increased medical expenses buying a boat, RV or second home making charitable donations paying for a grandchild's education living off your investments selling or renting out a home starting a business giving financial help to your family With Nolo's Essential Retirement Tax Guide, you get winning strategies and the legal information you need to keep the tax collector happy while saving you a bundle --so you can have enough money to enjoy your golden years.