The Best Places to Retire - Warm Places with No Snow!
At Great Retirement Places, we are helping retiring Baby Boomers with modest financial resources find affordable places to retire. The best places to live can be found in many areas of the world, but we focus on warm and sunny retirement places where palm trees flourish and where there's no winter ice and snow.We want to help those who are concerned about not having enough money to retire, but who want to find an affordable retirement place offering a comfortable quality of life and a reasonable cost of living. We help you find the best places to retire, where most homes sell for less than $250,000. Your retirement place might be among the cheapest places to live. It really depends on what factors are important to you.
If this brutal economy has left you with an even smaller budget and you seek an affordable retirement place for less than $125,000, please read about the cheapest places to retire. For some, renting is a better option. We'll be looking for great rental opportunities as well.
Find Your Best Place to Retire
Our home here in the Midwest could be the best retirement place, but your hosts, Dave and Linda, just can't handle the cold weather here most of the year. So, we need to decide where to retire. This website is about finding the best places to retire.
Complicating the search for answers, most retirement websites offer little more than real estate "opportunities," financial planning services, or yet another list of the top 10 places to retire. You want actionable information without financial bias, and that's what we offer you.
As we approach full retirement, we spend more and more time exploring warm places in the USA and overseas. Sharing our findings with you seems like a great idea; we hope we can help you find your best place to retire.
We have visited many retirement communities with homes that range from beachside rentals to manufactured homes to tropical condos, townhouses, and villas. We report on what we find on this website and our Boomers Blog.
Baby Boomers' Retirement Options
If you have a large nest egg and/or a generous pension to look forward to, you may not need our help. If you are an investor looking for cheap properties to buy, look elsewhere. We want to help those with limited resources get the help they need to decide where to retire.
If your health is declining or you just need a little help with daily living, independent living, assisted living, or even a nursing home might be right for you. These are great senior living communities offering a vibrant social environment, convenient, comfortable living, and just the level of care you need. Speak with family, friends, and your personal physician about whether one of these communities would be right for you; we don't explore these options at Great Retirement Places.
In the end, if you don't mind winter snow and cold, you can find many affordable places to retire. If you are content where you are and your home is paid for, you can probably retire comfortably there with modest means.
Cheap Retirement Options in the New Economy
In 2006, when we first conceived of a website to help retirees find the best place to retire, we had no idea just how challenging retirement would become. With retirement savings depleted by investment losses and the housing market crisis, finding an affordable place to retire has become much more difficult. Add in soaring healthcare costs, and tight credit, and the task becomes daunting. Now, even our retirement benefits, Social Security and Medicare, are being threatened.So, are the cheapest places to retire necessarily "cheap," or are there great retirement places that are truly affordable? That depends on what lifestyle you want and where you are willing to look for a retirement place. As gloomy as the economy may seem, there are many places in the world, and yes, in the USA, where your dollars buy you more than you'd think, and that offer a comfortable standard of living.
The current market conditions offer an unparalleled opportunity for finding affordable places to retire, even in warm, sunny retirement places. We help you find great retirement places in the U.S. and overseas that offer the warm and sunny climate we seek and yet are surprisingly affordable. Here at Great Retirement Places, you can explore a variety of housing options and locations looking for the best places to retire. But you must be careful; although bankruptcies and short sales have the potential to offer great retirement opportunities, they are definitely "buyer-beware."
Where to Retire?
Where do you want to live when you retire? Before you answer, think about what really matters. Where to retire might not be obvious. You need to think about cost of living, climate, community, your family, your health, and other factors. Then decide which criteria are most important.We have put together a list of questions you should ask yourself to help you decide where to retire. Go through this list and identify all of the characteristics of your best retirement place, and then use these criteria to evaluate any potential retirement place. We will help you find the best retirement locations for those seeking affordable living in a warm and sunny location.
In this search, you'll discover the most affordable places to retire in the U.S., and explore the concept of retiring abroad in beautiful locations where American, Canadian, and British retirees are welcome and the cost of living is a fraction of what it is at home. You'll also learn that living and retiring overseas is not for everyone; the various regions of the world represent challenges you need to be aware of.
Where to retire - questions that will help you decide
