Bankruptcy Affecting Seniors

Baby Boomers are those born between 1946 and 1964 and are often a complex group to analyze and target.

Baby Boomers are in all life stages – from single to married with young children to empty nesters and everywhere in between.

Ready For Retirement

And of these boomers, only  25% of this age are confident their savings will last throughout retirement.

Are you one of the 25%? are you ready for retirement? How do you compare to other Boomers?

Most boomers don’t have enough savings and are not managing their accounts well enough, therefore relying heavily on Social Security.

And we know from many studies that life expectancy is longer than ever before, we can now be expected to live in our 90s, and with that, the need for health care is more significant.

And the ever-increasing cost of healthcare, on the whole, cause many families hardships unless they have planned for it.

Some of us may indeed have more access to retirement income than our forebears, but it is also true that a lot of us are also carrying more debt.

Most of us still carry mortgage debt when we reach the retirement age of 65, up from 22% in 1995 to 38% in 2013, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard.

And we are taking more debt into retirement than previous generations, and mortgage debt is the most significant fact. It is believed this is due to the refinancing boom before the housing crash.

According to  Lori Trawinski, senior strategic policy adviser at the AARP Public Policy Institute.

During  the years leading up to 2008, homeowners took advantage of low rates and deductibility of interest to refinance, and The equity was taken out and used  for things like education or a new car,

The higher debt levels will have a variety of effects on us; some of us will be stuck in homes with paying a very high mortgage (or underwater mortgages)  others will use low-interest mortgage debt to keep more cash on hand or to keep other money invested longer.

They are providing financial support.

Some 58 percent of boomers are providing financial assistance to aging parents,

And boomers are even more ready to help their children, whether assisting in buying a home, car, or college fees.

And many of us have children that, for one reason or another, have to move back home, and quite often, these kids do not contribute to the expenses they help create.

In some cases, money is taken out of their retirement accounts to help their kids, but the assistance comes from funds that otherwise could be additional savings.

Some boomers are working around the problem of not having enough savings by staying employed far into their 70s, at least in part-time positions.

But not all of us boomers can work longer because of health reasons; it may not be a realistic option for every person.

Physically demanding jobs are often difficult for older workers, and learning a new skill could be challenging.

One can do certain things to avoid getting into uncontrollable debt.

 Prioritize your needs

Before making a purchase, be sure the item is essential to you. Avoid non-essential items,

Avoiding semi-essential and non*essential will have a positive effect on our finances.

Make behavioral changes

We can make some behavioral changes. For instance, we can cut out the fancy coffee drinks from our favorite coffee place, and we can bring our lunch to work instead of buying lunch from the lunch cart or restaurant,

It may seem like a small amount of money, but when the cost is added every day, you will see the extra amount you save by making behavioral changes and realize how much you can save over time.

Consider debt consolidation

If you are in a lot of debt, you may want to consider speaking to a debt counselor; A debt counselor can be found with any debt consolidation company.

So Instead of paying different debts with different interest rates, you may want to consider this option where you consolidate other loans under a single loan. This can simplify your life and get you out of debt faster.

There is also the option of earning extra income, and this can be done not only by seeking an additional job but by creating your own online business.

I am recommending online marketing, which is also affiliate marketing; you may be wondering what exactly affiliate marketing is.

Affiliate marketing

Wikipedia defines it as “performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate’s marketing efforts.”

Simply put, affiliate marketing is an agreement between you and a company to promote their product and receive a commission if someone buys it.

I know some of us have been scammed by those ads that say, “Make money online!!! Be your boss! Work from home!” and if you are like me, you thought it sounds too good to be true must be a scam.

And I was very skeptical because I also had other thoughts about my ability to work online without supervision; I did not know about online marketing, had no technical knowledge, I am an older boomer, and my typing proficiency was less than 30wpm.

But I came upon an ad about Wealthy Affiliate that offered free membership with no strings attached; no financial information was asked for, so I took the plunge, and I am still there, with no regrets.

If you are new to affiliate marketing, there are some processes I would recommend,

Pick a topic

Firstly, pick a topic(  your niche), which should be something you are interested in. or something you are passionate about.

If you cannot decide just what you would like as a niche, Wealthy Affiliate will help you choose the direction of your business from over 1,000,000 different niches.

 Build a website

Next up, you need to build a website! I thought this would be highly confusing and difficult, but it wasn’t. At Wealthy Affiliate, the process takes less than 30 seconds to build a beautiful-looking, mobile, and revenue-ready website.

State-of-the-art, ultra-powerful, and secure hosting will allow you to grow your business with Wealthy Affiliate.

Fill your website with relevant content.

Fill your website with content that will be useful to the people who are interested in your niche and do not think you do not know much about your niche, you will be doing research, and in time you will become an expert.

. Promote your website

When you’ve set this up, all that’s left to do is promote your website to get more people to your content and more potential for commissions from referred sales.

People are your business. Without people, you have nobody to sell or advertise to.

Within the first few lessons at Wealthy Affiliate, you will learn all about the most current traffic techniques and how you can get an ABUNDANCE of relevant customers to your website.

 Find products to promote

Once your website is up and running with relevant content, you are ready to monetize your site.

Once you have traffic, you need to “make money” from this traffic. This is the fun part.

Without spending a dime, you can promote all the top brands in the world through affiliate programs.

As a Wealthy Affiliate member, you’ll learn how to choose from close to 600 MILLION products/services and easily promote them on your website. No inventory. No shipping. No support is required.

This is a video of one of the lessons; this is lesson  6, phase 1. Please take a look

At Wealthy Affiliate, there are two forms of memberships, the FREE and the premium.

The difference between the two is the amount of information and tools available.

With free membership, you will have access to the first phase, ten lessons of the Online Entrepreneur Course.

At the end of phase 1, you will have built your beautiful website, ready for business.

Premium Membership

With the premium membership, you will get the tools to grow and maintain your website.

Here is the premium billing

Here is a tip from me, you can join for free and look around; I think you will be impressed, and if you would like to see more, you can go premium for a month (if you go within the first seven days, you pay only $19.00) and you will see the excellent information and tools that will be available.

Here is a video of one of our live presentations available to premium members.

I am not telling anyone that affiliate marketing will be an overnight success; it is not.

It is going to take time and dedication. patience, and hard work, I would like to share a post by one of our members

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/joes946/blog/i-want-to-make-money-quick/a_aid/5373fe86

Do not doubt your success. I have a favorite quote that keeps me motivated. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

My final thoughts

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to earn money online. No significant expense is involved, no additional rent to pay, no building upkeep, no stock, no handling of customers, and no returns.

You can work from anywhere, not commuting to and from an office, make your schedule,

Here are some comments from a couple of our members

“Wealthy Affiliate transformed me. It turned this ordinary guy with no clear career path into someone who will ALWAYS be able to generate an income online. At Wealthy Affiliate, you get ABSOLUTE clarity in every aspect within an otherwise foggy and often confusing ‘online biz’ industry. Thank you for everything, Wealthy Affiliate!”

Marcus (Marcus WFHW)

Current Premium Member

It’s been over a decade since joining WA, and it has helped me achieve financial and personal freedom that a job could never provide me. At one point, my wife and I could quit our jobs, buy our dream home and travel the world with our daughter due to the business WA helped me build. Here’s to another decade of success for all of us!”

Eddy (EddySalomon)

Current Premium Member

Now you can become a member for free; after looking around the platform, I would suggest you at least build your website, and if you decide affiliate marketing is not something you want to do, you can quit, and you would have lost nothing.

In becoming a member of Wealthy Affiliate, if you have not committed to Wealthy Affiliate, you can stop anytime.

You can become a member by clicking on any of the links throughout this post, and I will be your coach. Wealthy Affiliate also boasts a community of accommodating members drawn from 193 countries.

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