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Security in Retirement with Fixer-Uppers

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Are you like me and never socked much money away for retirement? We are not alone. The Employee Benefit Research Institute’s Annual Retirement Confidence Survey found that pre-retirees (Americans between the ages of 55 and 65) greatly underestimate how long they are likely to live and how much money they will need in retirement.

Experts say that we need to change our mindset from “assets” to “income” in retirement planning. It’s not enough to know how much money we have in savings; we need to know how much income our savings can generate over time.

There is no better way to change our mindset and our portfolio from “assets” to “income” than by investing in real estate. If we invest wisely before we retire, and can have a stable of reliable rental properties that generate steady monthly income. We can look forward to a retirement that provides security instead of uncertainty.


Don’t rely on politicians to provide you with retirement security. If you want it done right, you must do it yourself.

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Owning a rental house is better than having a pension

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Owning rental houses far exceeds the benefit of the pension that you may receive from your job. I worked for the state of Arizona for 13 years, and I will one day receive a pension of around $1,000 a month.

But, does that really provide security?

Each year the value of my pension will go down because it is not tied to inflation. So, after 10 years I’ll still receive $1,000 a month but because of inflation, it may be actually only worth $100 dollars a month because the cost of my groceries, my clothes, health care, and other costs have all gone up each year.

Rental houses provide a better pension. If I get $1,000 a month in rent profits, it not only keeps up with inflation, but it exceeds inflation.

Which pension program would your rather have? One that increases in value with the passing years, or one that decreases in value?