Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Best Places for Retirement

Zack O'Malley Greenburg at Forbes.com wrote a piece which was featured on Yahoo News this morning about the Best Places for retirement in America.

While Zack reminded everyone of the exorbitant cost of homes in N.Y. and L.A. he also reminded readers that there are some excellent bargains in Real Estate available in many parts of the country. That's good news for many retiring baby boomers who lost a big chunk of their savings to Wall Street. Zack featured Oklahoma City as one of his fav spots for bargain retirement homes. In fact it's his top pick due to low cost of living, stable house prices and very reasonable real estate prices. Moving to Oklahoma could very well become a part of many retirees Personal Retirement Plans.

Memphis, TN comes in second while Raleigh, NC is third, Charlotte, NC fourth and Indianapolis, Ind. fifth. Tucson and Phoenix are also in the top ten list of the best places to retire and in those to cities it would be easy to find the cheapest time to go to Vegas since it is within a days car ride away and some would find that a very attractive plus in a retirement city.
Source: Yahoo! Real Estate

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