How to Take Advantage of Your Home Equity in Retirement

Available for Interviews: Don Garman

Don Garman is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Mirador Capital Partners and Co-Founder of Tri-Valley Ventures. A seasoned investor in both public and private companies for over 30 years, Don leads Mirador’s Investment Committee and oversees each of the firm’s proprietary investment strategies.

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Taking Advantage of Your Home Equity in Retirement:

As you’re thinking about retirement, it’s important in today’s world to realize you probably won’t be able to retire solely on returns from your investment accounts. Tapping into your home equity can be an attractive solution depending on where you live.  Here’s what you need to know about that process. 

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5 Ways to Supplement Your Income in Retirement

Available for Interviews: Lauren Moone

Lauren Moone is an Executive Vice President at Mirador Capital Partners and has been providing investment advice for individuals, families, and institutions for over 13 years.

 

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How can we spend our golden years without becoming a burden on our family or enduring multiple moves?

Many people are trying to answer that question. As you’re thinking about retirement, it’s important in today’s world to realize you probably won’t be able to retire solely on Social Security and returns from your investment accounts. 

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Think You Don’t Qualify for a Roth? Think Again! 

Available for Interviews: Lauren Oschman

Lauren Oschman, CFP® is a certified financial planner specializing in financial strategies, tax planning, and is an expert in helping physicians manage their finances.

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Roth Retirement Accounts:
 

As a financial advisor, I’ve spoken with a number of investors recently who are not funding Roth accounts. When I ask why not, they say they were under the impression that they don’t qualify. As Roth gets more attention and we hear more talk of Biden tax increases, I want to make sure everyone knows that there are more ways to fund a Roth than they think, and one may work for them. 

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Should You Retire at Age 50? The Pros & Cons of Retiring Early

Available for Interviews: Don Garman

Don Garman is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Mirador Capital Partners and Co-Founder of Tri-Valley Ventures. A seasoned investor in both public and private companies for over 30 years, Don leads Mirador’s Investment Committee and oversees each of the firm’s proprietary investment strategies.

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Retiring Early
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Most people in the US will retire at or around age 65. For some however, that day can’t come soon enough. Retiring at age 50 has become a popular goal for ambitious savers who want to embark on a second career or embrace an adventurous lifestyle. If you’re thinking about retiring at the age of 50, review these pros and cons to consider if you’re mentally and financially prepared for the coming decades.

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Answer These 5 Questions to Spring Clean Your Finances

Available for Interviews: Lauren Oschman

Lauren Oschman, CFP® is a certified financial planner specializing in financial strategies, tax planning, and is an expert in helping physicians manage their finances.

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HSA Accounts:
 

It’s that time of year, and especially as the country starts to open back up and we may have visitors in our homes again to think about spring cleaning! I like to think about spring cleaning for your finances as well, and after the past year of ups and downs it is especially important to sit down and ask yourself these 5 questions: 

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5 Principles (and the Real Secret) to Accumulating Wealth

Available for Interviews: Lauren Moone

Lauren Moone is an Executive Vice President at Mirador Capital Partners and has been providing investment advice for individuals, families, and institutions for over 13 years.

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Wealthy individuals invariably have great stories to tell about how they grew their business or what they have been able to contribute to their community. However they generally leave out the more mundane means of their success: a sound financial plan. By paying attention to some key principles, investors can leverage their assets most effectively for a successful financial future. These are the five principles to wealth-building:

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Get the Most From These 3 Retirement Accounts (By Paying Attention to Taxes) 

Available for Interviews: Lauren Oschman

Lauren Oschman, CFP® is a certified financial planner specializing in financial strategies, tax planning, and is an expert in helping physicians manage their finances.

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How to Get the Most From Retirement Accounts
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    • Many investors rely heavily on their 401k for their retirement savings, but there are some significant drawbacks to that strategy when it comes to getting the most value out of your money. While investors are conditioned to think about diversifying from an investment perspective, they often don’t think about diversifying from a tax perspective.

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This Money Mind Shift Will Help You Control When You Want to Retire (and Not the IRS)

Available for Interviews: Melissa Myers.

Melissa Myers, CFP® is a comprehensive financial planner and co-founder of Kar-Mel Financial Planners, and the bestselling author of Going Rogue! Unconventional Financial Strategies for Women.

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Retirement and Security:

The IRS Makes You THINK That Retirement Starts at 60. Learn Income Producing Strategies to Set Your Own Retirement Age

    • Typically I’m asked, “Can I afford to retire?” by women in their late 50s and early 60s.
    • Women in their late 40s and early 50s ask, “What can I do to retire before I’m 60?”

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Employees Want More Employer-Paid Benefits

Available for Interviews:  Marc Freedman

Marc Freedman is Certified Expense Reduction Consultant advising businesses on keeping more of the money they make. He is also the author of Expense to Profit: Eliminate The Costs That Sabotage Your Growth.

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      • About half of US employees want more employer help for retirement savings, better work-life balance, and better benefits as a whole
      • Retirement security is important to workers of all ages, expectedly prioritized by generation

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3 Financial Resolutions for 2021 That Everyone Can Keep

Available for Interviews: Harry Abrahamsen

Harry J. Abrahamsen is Founder & CEO Abrahamsen Financial Group. His company offers customized wealth management solutions—creating plans and portfolios that protect, preserve, and grow client’s wealth. He was selected as one of the ten most dependable Wealth Managers in the Mid-Atlantic as published in Forbes magazine.

 

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3 Financial Resolutions for 2021:

As a very turbulent year on many fronts comes to a close, so too does the chapter on our financial summaries. Looking forward, now is a good time to assess where you are and what your financial goals are in the new year. Here are 3 tried to true resolutions that EVERYONE can keep:

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