How to cut housing costs as a retiree 11 Articles

by Allen Teal

Cutting housing costs as a retiree requires a willingness to change either where you live or how you live. In some cases, it might require both. Depending on your lifestyle, you may or may not be able to cut costs much o...read more

by Vicky Cheshire-Wade

The degree to which you can cut housing costs depends upon whether or not you are married at the time of retirement. For the sake of argument, let's assume you are single. There are several options. 1. If you own your h...read more

by Rob Bryant

This depends entirely on your situation when you retire. Do you own your own home? Are you renting? If you own your own home and you are still paying on it, there isn't much you can do except take out a second mortgage at ...read more

by Ted Sherman

If you're lucky, you have loving grown-up kids who'll be thrilled to take you in. Oh, sure, and the tooth fairy will bring you milk and cookies every night. Actually, that worst situation would be that you're broke, have n...read more

by C Davison

Cutting housing costs as a retiree depends largely on how old you are now. If you are fortunate enough to be young, follow some smart advice and begin now. We all think our future and retirement particularly are soooo fa...read more

by David Riel

Here's how to cut your housing costs as a retiree, and maybe retire sooner than you'd ever dreamed. First, realize that housing costs are often the biggest expense for most retirees. Hurt worst are those whose properti...read more

by Stacey Monponsett

- Sleep in the living room. Rent the bedroom to an Asian family. - Buy kegs and host an underage beer party, letting kids have all they want for like $20 a head or whatever. When the police arrive, be like "Get these go...read more

by Kenneth Schortgen Jr

You can actually cut your housing costs better if you plan for your retirement home at the same time you start paying for your primary home. If you know you are going to retire after your children are gone, then deciding ...read more

by Will Kester

There are several obvious ways to cut housing costs as a retiree. Move into a smaller and cheaper house, for one. Close off some of a larger house, except when the kids and grandkids come to visit. Watch your heating an...read more

by MikoLyn

As a retiree trying to cut your housing cost, you should downsize your home. One popular choice is the Condominium. The asking price ranges for the minimal to the luxurious. The condo also offers many perks that should in...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

Mom moved in with me .After Dad died she had this big old ugly house and she hated it.We are renting it out now and she loves the extra money.She has a big room with us adjacent to a bathroom and it has it's own entranc...read more