Big State Financial Retirement Blog
November 2017
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Retirement
There’s no getting around it: the holiday season is here. Stores are playing Christmas tunes, there’s bright lights in front of every house, and everyone is beginning to bake their delicious, homemade holiday treats. Walk [...]
Boost Your Retirement Income with Real Estate
Today, the median price for a single-family home is now 23% higher than it was in 2007, right before the financial crash. If the sound of that has you concerned, just remember that there are [...]
Be Thankful for Retirement Planning
It’s almost Thanksgiving, and if you’re hosting this year then you know that preparation and organization is key to a successful feast. First, you need to know how many mouths there will be to feed, [...]
What Kind of Lifestyle Do You Want in Retirement?
What does your ideal retirement look like? There’s a lot of factors to think about when you’re deciding where to spend your life in retirement, who you want to spend it with, and what you [...]
October 2017
Maybe You Can Buy Happiness After All
Everyone knows that you can’t buy happiness. It’s a saying as old as money itself, and despite what decades of advertising have tried to tell us, it’s mostly correct. There isn’t a single soft drink, [...]
September 2017
What’s Your Definition of “Winning” In Retirement?
Inside each of us lives some form of competitive spirit. Whether you are a “go for the throat” type of competitor or take a more passive approach, we all like to win. It’s not in [...]