Cities That Will Pay You to Leave Town, Ep #257

Have you considered moving to a new city in retirement? If you work in the tech industry you may find a city willing to pay you to move there. 

In today’s retirement headline segment, we’ll dive into an article written by Christopher Mims at The Wall Street Journal which explores towns that provide incentives to lure highly paid tech workers away from Silicon Valley.

Don’t miss out on the listener question segment especially if you have or are considering an annuity. I’ll explain the various fees, benefits, and drawbacks to these insurance investment products. 

This is the last week to complete our annual listener survey, so if you haven’t filled it out yet, then please do so that you can voice your opinions and help direct the future of this show. 

Outline of This Episode

• [1:22] Some towns are offering moving incentives to remote tech workers 
• [5:14] How could this improve your retirement?
• [6:34] How variable annuity fees are calculated
• [8:40] Annuities can provide many options
• [12:56] My thoughts on annuities
• [16:30] Don’t forget to fill out our annual listener survey

Resources & People Mentioned

• WSJ article - 71 Cities and Towns Are Paying Tech Workers to Abandon Silicon Valley
• Annuity.org article
• Investopedia on annuities
• Capital One article on market risk
• BOOK - Be Your Future Self Now by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
• BOOK - Raise Your Healthy Deserve Level by Gary Kadi
• Annual Listener Survey

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