🏡 Home Sharing to Reduce Costs in Retirement (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE: How House-Sharing Can Help Your Retirement Plan

Rent-paying roommates can provide extra income, offset housing costs and help you age in place.

By Jane Wollman Rusoff, AARP.

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Published March 10, 2025.

When Lise Beane’s husband, Paul, died suddenly in 2002 at age 55, he left behind $60,000 in debt and a panicked wife. The couple had been married for 25 years, living comfortably in a Boston condominium. They had no children. Now Lise, who was working part time as a freelance writer, was financially insecure and facing an uncertain future.

“Living alone and in debt for the rest of my life was a horrible thought,” she recalls. “I was trying to keep a roof over my head."

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Personally I would rather "downsize" than lose my privacy at age 67 this year 2025.

ALWAYS needed that and as I AGE more so.

Too old for the stress too of having folks who may NOT pay their part of things.

But glad AARP published this. May work for some folks.

Nicole  👵