Not exact matches
While setting
up 401 (k) accounts
for your company might not be feasible, there are
lots of great options to
save for retirement in a tax advantaged account when you are self - employed.
Jon and his wife want to retire early and live
up to age 95, which means they need to
save a
lot of money
for a long
retirement.
There are
lots of refinements that can be made to come
up with a better estimate of how much you should
save for retirement, but this simplified approach should highlight the most important message
for retirement savings: you must start early and
save a significant percentage of your employment income to have a reasonable probability of having enough
retirement income to live comfortably
for up to 30 years in
retirement.
That's a
lot of money you could use to build
up your
retirement fund or
save for your kids» college.
Catch -
up contributions are a good option
for those who perhaps did not contribute a
lot to their plans in the past,
for those who waited until later in life to start
saving for retirement, and
for those who just want to ensure a comfortable
retirement.
«If a real estate professional has not done a
lot of savings in their 20s, 30s, or 40s,» he says, «then in their 50s, that's when people wake
up to fact they need to be
saving aggressively
for retirement.