Fonzie, Fred Thompson and Finding retirement income in home equity

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

In this edition:

Have you seen the commercials with former senator and TV actor Fred Thompson and Henry “The Fonz” Winkler touting Reverse mortgages?

Recently I discovered a Retirement Income Strategy that makes a lot of sense. Part of the strategy might involve the use of a reverse mortgage.

Here’s how it works…

Don’t make this Social Security mistake when planning your retirement

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

In this edition:

Whenever we meet with someone who hasn’t retired yet and hasn’t started collecting Social Security. We always hear something
like this, “I want to be conservative in my retirement planning, so let’s assume I never collect on Social Security”!

This is a huge planning mistake that will cause you to make unnecessary sacrifices to your retirement lifestyle! Here’s why…

You should avoid Dave Ramsey’s mutual fund diversification advice

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

In this edition: Here’s 3 reasons why I think you should avoid Dave Ramsey’s recommended strategy for diversifying with mutual funds. If you didn’t watch last week’s episode about Dave and website MotleyFool.com both arguing about whether it’s possible to get 12% returns on your mutual funds, you really should. BTW – I’m still a big fan of Dave’s get … Read More