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| 505 | 8 | |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Downsizing -- Chapter 1 Downsizing in a Nutshell -- Downsizing: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? -- Who? -- What? -- When? -- Where? -- Why? -- Envisioning Your Future -- Navigating a Major Lifestyle Transition -- Getting All Your Ducks in a Row -- Choosing a lifestyle and housing -- Considering different lifestyle options -- Choosing a location -- Exploring your housing options -- Establishing your timeline -- Creating to-do lists -- Drafting a budget -- Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Decluttering Basics -- Moving Out and Moving On -- Addressing your changing priorities -- Selling your home -- Buying a new home -- Exploring other living arrangements -- Our Downsizing Experience -- Chapter 2 Deciding Whether Downsizing Is Right for You (or Your Parents) -- Recognizing Common Reasons People Downsize -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Downsizing -- Potential benefits of downsizing -- Potential downsizing drawbacks -- Analyzing Your Situation and Mindset -- Examining your situation -- Taking stock of your thoughts and feelings -- Considering Your Loved Ones -- Making sure you're on the same page as your spouse (or siblings) -- Listening to your kids' opinions -- Holding firm with adult children who still live with you -- Considering younger children who live with you -- Involving adult children who don't live with you -- Letting close friends and neighbors in on it -- Making the Tough Call for an Aging Loved One -- Settling a Major Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell Your Home -- Chapter 3 Envisioning Your Future: Lifestyle and Location -- Building Your Vision -- Complete our lifestyle questionnaire | |
| 505 | 8 | |a List your must-haves, nice-to-haves, and please-no's -- Build a vision board -- Gather more details in vision folders -- Choosing a Location: Factors to Consider -- Settled or nomadic -- Pros -- Cons -- Foreign or domestic -- Foreign -- Domestic -- Terrain -- Climate -- Size/population -- Affordability -- Employment opportunities -- Health care -- Proximity to friends and family -- Activities, entertainment, and restaurants -- Getting around -- Walkability -- Transportation -- Crime rates -- Public amenities and cultural centers -- School system -- Existing property or new construction -- Pros -- Cons -- Opting for a Nomadic Existence -- Researching Locations -- Test-Driving a Location or Lifestyle -- Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork -- Developing a Positive Mindset -- Consulting with Family Members (or Not) -- Teaming up with your partner -- Deciding how much input you want and from whom -- Getting everyone else on the same page -- Tabulating Your Net Worth and Monthly Income -- Distinguishing between Essentials and Extras -- Drawing Up Preliminary Plans -- Drafting a budget -- Start-up costs -- Operational costs -- Creating a packing list -- Making a to-do list -- Scheduling activities -- Delegating duties -- Chapter 5 Rallying the Troops -- Tapping Your Family for Help -- Knowing the type of help family members can provide -- Recognizing the type of help you don't want -- Getting a Little Help from Your Friends -- Hiring Professionals -- A financial advisor -- A certified public accountant -- Attorneys -- Appraisers -- Real estate agents -- A bank, mortgage company, or loan officer -- A title company -- A home inspector or builder -- Downsizing pros -- Movers -- An interior designer -- Health-care professionals -- Delegating and Coordinating with Team Members -- Motivating Your Crew -- Helping a Loved One Downsize -- Just talk about it | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Ease the transition -- Start downsizing the least-used areas -- Provide emotional support -- Make it fun -- Part 2 Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Chapter 6 Getting a Handle on Your Finances -- Calculating Your Net Worth -- Gauging Your Cash Flow -- Tabulating your monthly and annual income -- Estimating your monthly and annual expenses -- Calculating your cash flow -- Leveraging the power of debt to help finance your dreams -- Accounting for Medical Insurance and Health-care Costs -- Planning to Live on a Fixed Income -- Exploring ways to trim expenses -- Cap your expenses by category -- Negotiate with service providers -- Tap into government programs -- Optimize your health -- Ask and barter -- Take advantage of freebies -- Exploring ways to generate additional income -- Get a job -- Start a side hustle -- Take on a roommate -- Chapter 7 Planning Your Estate -- Getting up to Speed on Estate Planning Basics -- Step 1: Preparing Your Will(s) -- Writing a simple will -- Writing a joint will -- Writing a living will -- Knowing when to use a testamentary trust will -- Step 2: Keeping Your Valuable Assets Out of Probate -- Steering clear of probate without a trust -- Using a trust to protect your assets -- Types of trusts -- Creating a trust -- Placing your assets in the trust -- Deciding how to take title when buying property -- Step 3: Creating a Power of Attorney -- Step 4: Ensuring You Have Some Control over Medical Decisions -- Step 5: Planning Your Business Succession -- Step 6: Buying Life Insurance (or Not) -- Step 7: Documenting Your End-of-Life Plan -- Step 8: Gathering and Organizing Essential Documents -- Step 9: Completing an Estate Planning Checklist -- Chapter 8 Using Your Home to Generate Income -- Leasing Your Home (or a Part of It) -- Taking on the role of landlord -- Using a property management company | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Running your own bed and breakfast -- Selling Your Home -- Borrowing Against Your Home to Cash Out Equity -- Making the Most of a Reverse Mortgage -- Part 3 Decluttering: Sell It, Give It Away, or Trash It -- Chapter 9 Sorting Your Belongings -- Mastering Decluttering Basics -- Stop Cluttering -- Decluttering One Room at a Time -- Bedrooms -- Nightstands -- Dressers -- Vanity -- Closet -- Bathrooms -- Kitchen -- Living room -- Office -- Laundry room -- Garage/shed -- Sorting Your Stuff into Six Categories -- Keep -- Store -- Sell -- Give away -- Donate -- Toss -- Chapter 10 Digitizing Photos, Videos, and Documentation -- Exploring Your Digital Storage Options -- Internal drives -- External drives -- Cloud storage -- Social media storage -- Photo processor storage -- Eliminating Unnecessary Documents, Photos, and Videos -- Downsizing your document collection -- Original documents to keep -- Documents to scan -- Documents to shred -- Deciding which photos to keep -- Paring down your video collection -- Scanning Photos and Documents -- Do it yourself -- Hire it out -- Transforming Photos into Memorabilia -- Digitizing Your Video Collection -- Do it yourself -- Hire a pro -- Chapter 11 Selling Stuff You No Longer Want or Need -- Finding Out How Much Something Is Worth -- Exploring Ways to Sell Your Belongings -- Estate auction -- Estate sale -- Garage/yard sale -- Online listing -- Hiring someone to sell your stuff -- Selling Your Belongings Online -- Hosting an Estate Sale -- Before -- During -- After -- Conducting a Garage Sale -- Chapter 12 Giving Away Some Stuff -- Returning Items to Your "Kids" -- Being Prepared for Disappointment -- Deciding Which Family Member Gets the Family's Treasures -- Offering Your Belongings to Family Members and Others -- Donating Items to Nonprofits -- Salvation Army -- Vietnam Veterans of America -- AMVETS. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Goodwill Industries -- Habitat for Humanity -- The Arc -- Local nonprofit groups -- Pushing It to the Curb -- Chapter 13 Storing Stuff You Can't Part With -- Reconsidering: Will You Really Ever Need This Item? -- Exploring Your Storage Options -- Friends or relatives -- Portable storage containers -- Self-storage units -- Peer-to-peer storage options -- Protecting Your Valuables -- Home safes -- Safety-deposit boxes -- Insuring Your Valuables -- Chapter 14 Disposing of Your Remaining Belongings -- Recycling as Much as Possible -- Having Your Junk Hauled Off in Dumpster -- Disposing of Toxic Items -- Hiring a Company to Haul Away Your Junk -- Part 4 Moving Out and Moving In -- Chapter 15 Gimme Shelter: Choosing a Home -- Finding Your Place in the World: Location, Location, Location -- Deciding Whether to Buy or Rent -- Deciding Whether to Build or Buy -- Estimating the Living Space You'll Need -- Total square footage -- Rooms and room sizes -- Living room and dining room or office/den? -- Entertainment areas -- Office space -- Outdoor living areas - porches, decks, balconies -- Pool or hot tub (or both) -- Basement (or not) -- Garage/parking -- Storage space -- Considering Mobility and Accessibility -- Exploring Your Housing Options -- Traditional house -- Apartment -- Condo -- Granny pod (aka mother-in-law cottage) -- Tiny home -- Mobile home -- RV or van -- 55-and-older community -- Barndominium -- Shipping container home -- Houseboat or cruise ship -- Assisted living facility -- Accounting for Additional Costs -- Utilities -- Maintenance and repairs -- Homeowner or condo association fees -- Property taxes -- Chapter 16 Buying and Selling a Home -- Deciding Whether to Sell or Keep Your Current Home as a Rental -- Deciding Whether to Buy First or Sell First -- Keeping your finger on the pulse of the housing market -- Keeping an eye on interest rates | |
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| contents | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Downsizing -- Chapter 1 Downsizing in a Nutshell -- Downsizing: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? -- Who? -- What? -- When? -- Where? -- Why? -- Envisioning Your Future -- Navigating a Major Lifestyle Transition -- Getting All Your Ducks in a Row -- Choosing a lifestyle and housing -- Considering different lifestyle options -- Choosing a location -- Exploring your housing options -- Establishing your timeline -- Creating to-do lists -- Drafting a budget -- Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Decluttering Basics -- Moving Out and Moving On -- Addressing your changing priorities -- Selling your home -- Buying a new home -- Exploring other living arrangements -- Our Downsizing Experience -- Chapter 2 Deciding Whether Downsizing Is Right for You (or Your Parents) -- Recognizing Common Reasons People Downsize -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Downsizing -- Potential benefits of downsizing -- Potential downsizing drawbacks -- Analyzing Your Situation and Mindset -- Examining your situation -- Taking stock of your thoughts and feelings -- Considering Your Loved Ones -- Making sure you're on the same page as your spouse (or siblings) -- Listening to your kids' opinions -- Holding firm with adult children who still live with you -- Considering younger children who live with you -- Involving adult children who don't live with you -- Letting close friends and neighbors in on it -- Making the Tough Call for an Aging Loved One -- Settling a Major Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell Your Home -- Chapter 3 Envisioning Your Future: Lifestyle and Location -- Building Your Vision -- Complete our lifestyle questionnaire List your must-haves, nice-to-haves, and please-no's -- Build a vision board -- Gather more details in vision folders -- Choosing a Location: Factors to Consider -- Settled or nomadic -- Pros -- Cons -- Foreign or domestic -- Foreign -- Domestic -- Terrain -- Climate -- Size/population -- Affordability -- Employment opportunities -- Health care -- Proximity to friends and family -- Activities, entertainment, and restaurants -- Getting around -- Walkability -- Transportation -- Crime rates -- Public amenities and cultural centers -- School system -- Existing property or new construction -- Pros -- Cons -- Opting for a Nomadic Existence -- Researching Locations -- Test-Driving a Location or Lifestyle -- Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork -- Developing a Positive Mindset -- Consulting with Family Members (or Not) -- Teaming up with your partner -- Deciding how much input you want and from whom -- Getting everyone else on the same page -- Tabulating Your Net Worth and Monthly Income -- Distinguishing between Essentials and Extras -- Drawing Up Preliminary Plans -- Drafting a budget -- Start-up costs -- Operational costs -- Creating a packing list -- Making a to-do list -- Scheduling activities -- Delegating duties -- Chapter 5 Rallying the Troops -- Tapping Your Family for Help -- Knowing the type of help family members can provide -- Recognizing the type of help you don't want -- Getting a Little Help from Your Friends -- Hiring Professionals -- A financial advisor -- A certified public accountant -- Attorneys -- Appraisers -- Real estate agents -- A bank, mortgage company, or loan officer -- A title company -- A home inspector or builder -- Downsizing pros -- Movers -- An interior designer -- Health-care professionals -- Delegating and Coordinating with Team Members -- Motivating Your Crew -- Helping a Loved One Downsize -- Just talk about it Ease the transition -- Start downsizing the least-used areas -- Provide emotional support -- Make it fun -- Part 2 Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Chapter 6 Getting a Handle on Your Finances -- Calculating Your Net Worth -- Gauging Your Cash Flow -- Tabulating your monthly and annual income -- Estimating your monthly and annual expenses -- Calculating your cash flow -- Leveraging the power of debt to help finance your dreams -- Accounting for Medical Insurance and Health-care Costs -- Planning to Live on a Fixed Income -- Exploring ways to trim expenses -- Cap your expenses by category -- Negotiate with service providers -- Tap into government programs -- Optimize your health -- Ask and barter -- Take advantage of freebies -- Exploring ways to generate additional income -- Get a job -- Start a side hustle -- Take on a roommate -- Chapter 7 Planning Your Estate -- Getting up to Speed on Estate Planning Basics -- Step 1: Preparing Your Will(s) -- Writing a simple will -- Writing a joint will -- Writing a living will -- Knowing when to use a testamentary trust will -- Step 2: Keeping Your Valuable Assets Out of Probate -- Steering clear of probate without a trust -- Using a trust to protect your assets -- Types of trusts -- Creating a trust -- Placing your assets in the trust -- Deciding how to take title when buying property -- Step 3: Creating a Power of Attorney -- Step 4: Ensuring You Have Some Control over Medical Decisions -- Step 5: Planning Your Business Succession -- Step 6: Buying Life Insurance (or Not) -- Step 7: Documenting Your End-of-Life Plan -- Step 8: Gathering and Organizing Essential Documents -- Step 9: Completing an Estate Planning Checklist -- Chapter 8 Using Your Home to Generate Income -- Leasing Your Home (or a Part of It) -- Taking on the role of landlord -- Using a property management company Running your own bed and breakfast -- Selling Your Home -- Borrowing Against Your Home to Cash Out Equity -- Making the Most of a Reverse Mortgage -- Part 3 Decluttering: Sell It, Give It Away, or Trash It -- Chapter 9 Sorting Your Belongings -- Mastering Decluttering Basics -- Stop Cluttering -- Decluttering One Room at a Time -- Bedrooms -- Nightstands -- Dressers -- Vanity -- Closet -- Bathrooms -- Kitchen -- Living room -- Office -- Laundry room -- Garage/shed -- Sorting Your Stuff into Six Categories -- Keep -- Store -- Sell -- Give away -- Donate -- Toss -- Chapter 10 Digitizing Photos, Videos, and Documentation -- Exploring Your Digital Storage Options -- Internal drives -- External drives -- Cloud storage -- Social media storage -- Photo processor storage -- Eliminating Unnecessary Documents, Photos, and Videos -- Downsizing your document collection -- Original documents to keep -- Documents to scan -- Documents to shred -- Deciding which photos to keep -- Paring down your video collection -- Scanning Photos and Documents -- Do it yourself -- Hire it out -- Transforming Photos into Memorabilia -- Digitizing Your Video Collection -- Do it yourself -- Hire a pro -- Chapter 11 Selling Stuff You No Longer Want or Need -- Finding Out How Much Something Is Worth -- Exploring Ways to Sell Your Belongings -- Estate auction -- Estate sale -- Garage/yard sale -- Online listing -- Hiring someone to sell your stuff -- Selling Your Belongings Online -- Hosting an Estate Sale -- Before -- During -- After -- Conducting a Garage Sale -- Chapter 12 Giving Away Some Stuff -- Returning Items to Your "Kids" -- Being Prepared for Disappointment -- Deciding Which Family Member Gets the Family's Treasures -- Offering Your Belongings to Family Members and Others -- Donating Items to Nonprofits -- Salvation Army -- Vietnam Veterans of America -- AMVETS. Goodwill Industries -- Habitat for Humanity -- The Arc -- Local nonprofit groups -- Pushing It to the Curb -- Chapter 13 Storing Stuff You Can't Part With -- Reconsidering: Will You Really Ever Need This Item? -- Exploring Your Storage Options -- Friends or relatives -- Portable storage containers -- Self-storage units -- Peer-to-peer storage options -- Protecting Your Valuables -- Home safes -- Safety-deposit boxes -- Insuring Your Valuables -- Chapter 14 Disposing of Your Remaining Belongings -- Recycling as Much as Possible -- Having Your Junk Hauled Off in Dumpster -- Disposing of Toxic Items -- Hiring a Company to Haul Away Your Junk -- Part 4 Moving Out and Moving In -- Chapter 15 Gimme Shelter: Choosing a Home -- Finding Your Place in the World: Location, Location, Location -- Deciding Whether to Buy or Rent -- Deciding Whether to Build or Buy -- Estimating the Living Space You'll Need -- Total square footage -- Rooms and room sizes -- Living room and dining room or office/den? -- Entertainment areas -- Office space -- Outdoor living areas - porches, decks, balconies -- Pool or hot tub (or both) -- Basement (or not) -- Garage/parking -- Storage space -- Considering Mobility and Accessibility -- Exploring Your Housing Options -- Traditional house -- Apartment -- Condo -- Granny pod (aka mother-in-law cottage) -- Tiny home -- Mobile home -- RV or van -- 55-and-older community -- Barndominium -- Shipping container home -- Houseboat or cruise ship -- Assisted living facility -- Accounting for Additional Costs -- Utilities -- Maintenance and repairs -- Homeowner or condo association fees -- Property taxes -- Chapter 16 Buying and Selling a Home -- Deciding Whether to Sell or Keep Your Current Home as a Rental -- Deciding Whether to Buy First or Sell First -- Keeping your finger on the pulse of the housing market -- Keeping an eye on interest rates Buying before selling |
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Verfasser aut Downsizing for Dummies Newark John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2022 ©2023 1 Online-Ressource (387 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Downsizing -- Chapter 1 Downsizing in a Nutshell -- Downsizing: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? -- Who? -- What? -- When? -- Where? -- Why? -- Envisioning Your Future -- Navigating a Major Lifestyle Transition -- Getting All Your Ducks in a Row -- Choosing a lifestyle and housing -- Considering different lifestyle options -- Choosing a location -- Exploring your housing options -- Establishing your timeline -- Creating to-do lists -- Drafting a budget -- Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Decluttering Basics -- Moving Out and Moving On -- Addressing your changing priorities -- Selling your home -- Buying a new home -- Exploring other living arrangements -- Our Downsizing Experience -- Chapter 2 Deciding Whether Downsizing Is Right for You (or Your Parents) -- Recognizing Common Reasons People Downsize -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Downsizing -- Potential benefits of downsizing -- Potential downsizing drawbacks -- Analyzing Your Situation and Mindset -- Examining your situation -- Taking stock of your thoughts and feelings -- Considering Your Loved Ones -- Making sure you're on the same page as your spouse (or siblings) -- Listening to your kids' opinions -- Holding firm with adult children who still live with you -- Considering younger children who live with you -- Involving adult children who don't live with you -- Letting close friends and neighbors in on it -- Making the Tough Call for an Aging Loved One -- Settling a Major Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell Your Home -- Chapter 3 Envisioning Your Future: Lifestyle and Location -- Building Your Vision -- Complete our lifestyle questionnaire List your must-haves, nice-to-haves, and please-no's -- Build a vision board -- Gather more details in vision folders -- Choosing a Location: Factors to Consider -- Settled or nomadic -- Pros -- Cons -- Foreign or domestic -- Foreign -- Domestic -- Terrain -- Climate -- Size/population -- Affordability -- Employment opportunities -- Health care -- Proximity to friends and family -- Activities, entertainment, and restaurants -- Getting around -- Walkability -- Transportation -- Crime rates -- Public amenities and cultural centers -- School system -- Existing property or new construction -- Pros -- Cons -- Opting for a Nomadic Existence -- Researching Locations -- Test-Driving a Location or Lifestyle -- Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork -- Developing a Positive Mindset -- Consulting with Family Members (or Not) -- Teaming up with your partner -- Deciding how much input you want and from whom -- Getting everyone else on the same page -- Tabulating Your Net Worth and Monthly Income -- Distinguishing between Essentials and Extras -- Drawing Up Preliminary Plans -- Drafting a budget -- Start-up costs -- Operational costs -- Creating a packing list -- Making a to-do list -- Scheduling activities -- Delegating duties -- Chapter 5 Rallying the Troops -- Tapping Your Family for Help -- Knowing the type of help family members can provide -- Recognizing the type of help you don't want -- Getting a Little Help from Your Friends -- Hiring Professionals -- A financial advisor -- A certified public accountant -- Attorneys -- Appraisers -- Real estate agents -- A bank, mortgage company, or loan officer -- A title company -- A home inspector or builder -- Downsizing pros -- Movers -- An interior designer -- Health-care professionals -- Delegating and Coordinating with Team Members -- Motivating Your Crew -- Helping a Loved One Downsize -- Just talk about it Ease the transition -- Start downsizing the least-used areas -- Provide emotional support -- Make it fun -- Part 2 Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Chapter 6 Getting a Handle on Your Finances -- Calculating Your Net Worth -- Gauging Your Cash Flow -- Tabulating your monthly and annual income -- Estimating your monthly and annual expenses -- Calculating your cash flow -- Leveraging the power of debt to help finance your dreams -- Accounting for Medical Insurance and Health-care Costs -- Planning to Live on a Fixed Income -- Exploring ways to trim expenses -- Cap your expenses by category -- Negotiate with service providers -- Tap into government programs -- Optimize your health -- Ask and barter -- Take advantage of freebies -- Exploring ways to generate additional income -- Get a job -- Start a side hustle -- Take on a roommate -- Chapter 7 Planning Your Estate -- Getting up to Speed on Estate Planning Basics -- Step 1: Preparing Your Will(s) -- Writing a simple will -- Writing a joint will -- Writing a living will -- Knowing when to use a testamentary trust will -- Step 2: Keeping Your Valuable Assets Out of Probate -- Steering clear of probate without a trust -- Using a trust to protect your assets -- Types of trusts -- Creating a trust -- Placing your assets in the trust -- Deciding how to take title when buying property -- Step 3: Creating a Power of Attorney -- Step 4: Ensuring You Have Some Control over Medical Decisions -- Step 5: Planning Your Business Succession -- Step 6: Buying Life Insurance (or Not) -- Step 7: Documenting Your End-of-Life Plan -- Step 8: Gathering and Organizing Essential Documents -- Step 9: Completing an Estate Planning Checklist -- Chapter 8 Using Your Home to Generate Income -- Leasing Your Home (or a Part of It) -- Taking on the role of landlord -- Using a property management company Running your own bed and breakfast -- Selling Your Home -- Borrowing Against Your Home to Cash Out Equity -- Making the Most of a Reverse Mortgage -- Part 3 Decluttering: Sell It, Give It Away, or Trash It -- Chapter 9 Sorting Your Belongings -- Mastering Decluttering Basics -- Stop Cluttering -- Decluttering One Room at a Time -- Bedrooms -- Nightstands -- Dressers -- Vanity -- Closet -- Bathrooms -- Kitchen -- Living room -- Office -- Laundry room -- Garage/shed -- Sorting Your Stuff into Six Categories -- Keep -- Store -- Sell -- Give away -- Donate -- Toss -- Chapter 10 Digitizing Photos, Videos, and Documentation -- Exploring Your Digital Storage Options -- Internal drives -- External drives -- Cloud storage -- Social media storage -- Photo processor storage -- Eliminating Unnecessary Documents, Photos, and Videos -- Downsizing your document collection -- Original documents to keep -- Documents to scan -- Documents to shred -- Deciding which photos to keep -- Paring down your video collection -- Scanning Photos and Documents -- Do it yourself -- Hire it out -- Transforming Photos into Memorabilia -- Digitizing Your Video Collection -- Do it yourself -- Hire a pro -- Chapter 11 Selling Stuff You No Longer Want or Need -- Finding Out How Much Something Is Worth -- Exploring Ways to Sell Your Belongings -- Estate auction -- Estate sale -- Garage/yard sale -- Online listing -- Hiring someone to sell your stuff -- Selling Your Belongings Online -- Hosting an Estate Sale -- Before -- During -- After -- Conducting a Garage Sale -- Chapter 12 Giving Away Some Stuff -- Returning Items to Your "Kids" -- Being Prepared for Disappointment -- Deciding Which Family Member Gets the Family's Treasures -- Offering Your Belongings to Family Members and Others -- Donating Items to Nonprofits -- Salvation Army -- Vietnam Veterans of America -- AMVETS. Goodwill Industries -- Habitat for Humanity -- The Arc -- Local nonprofit groups -- Pushing It to the Curb -- Chapter 13 Storing Stuff You Can't Part With -- Reconsidering: Will You Really Ever Need This Item? -- Exploring Your Storage Options -- Friends or relatives -- Portable storage containers -- Self-storage units -- Peer-to-peer storage options -- Protecting Your Valuables -- Home safes -- Safety-deposit boxes -- Insuring Your Valuables -- Chapter 14 Disposing of Your Remaining Belongings -- Recycling as Much as Possible -- Having Your Junk Hauled Off in Dumpster -- Disposing of Toxic Items -- Hiring a Company to Haul Away Your Junk -- Part 4 Moving Out and Moving In -- Chapter 15 Gimme Shelter: Choosing a Home -- Finding Your Place in the World: Location, Location, Location -- Deciding Whether to Buy or Rent -- Deciding Whether to Build or Buy -- Estimating the Living Space You'll Need -- Total square footage -- Rooms and room sizes -- Living room and dining room or office/den? -- Entertainment areas -- Office space -- Outdoor living areas - porches, decks, balconies -- Pool or hot tub (or both) -- Basement (or not) -- Garage/parking -- Storage space -- Considering Mobility and Accessibility -- Exploring Your Housing Options -- Traditional house -- Apartment -- Condo -- Granny pod (aka mother-in-law cottage) -- Tiny home -- Mobile home -- RV or van -- 55-and-older community -- Barndominium -- Shipping container home -- Houseboat or cruise ship -- Assisted living facility -- Accounting for Additional Costs -- Utilities -- Maintenance and repairs -- Homeowner or condo association fees -- Property taxes -- Chapter 16 Buying and Selling a Home -- Deciding Whether to Sell or Keep Your Current Home as a Rental -- Deciding Whether to Buy First or Sell First -- Keeping your finger on the pulse of the housing market -- Keeping an eye on interest rates Buying before selling Electronic books Roberts, Kathleen Sonstige oth Kraynak, Joseph Sonstige oth Roberts, Kyle Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Roberts, Ralph R. Downsizing for Dummies Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2022 9781119910060 |
| spellingShingle | Roberts, Ralph R. Downsizing for Dummies Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Downsizing -- Chapter 1 Downsizing in a Nutshell -- Downsizing: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? -- Who? -- What? -- When? -- Where? -- Why? -- Envisioning Your Future -- Navigating a Major Lifestyle Transition -- Getting All Your Ducks in a Row -- Choosing a lifestyle and housing -- Considering different lifestyle options -- Choosing a location -- Exploring your housing options -- Establishing your timeline -- Creating to-do lists -- Drafting a budget -- Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Decluttering Basics -- Moving Out and Moving On -- Addressing your changing priorities -- Selling your home -- Buying a new home -- Exploring other living arrangements -- Our Downsizing Experience -- Chapter 2 Deciding Whether Downsizing Is Right for You (or Your Parents) -- Recognizing Common Reasons People Downsize -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Downsizing -- Potential benefits of downsizing -- Potential downsizing drawbacks -- Analyzing Your Situation and Mindset -- Examining your situation -- Taking stock of your thoughts and feelings -- Considering Your Loved Ones -- Making sure you're on the same page as your spouse (or siblings) -- Listening to your kids' opinions -- Holding firm with adult children who still live with you -- Considering younger children who live with you -- Involving adult children who don't live with you -- Letting close friends and neighbors in on it -- Making the Tough Call for an Aging Loved One -- Settling a Major Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell Your Home -- Chapter 3 Envisioning Your Future: Lifestyle and Location -- Building Your Vision -- Complete our lifestyle questionnaire List your must-haves, nice-to-haves, and please-no's -- Build a vision board -- Gather more details in vision folders -- Choosing a Location: Factors to Consider -- Settled or nomadic -- Pros -- Cons -- Foreign or domestic -- Foreign -- Domestic -- Terrain -- Climate -- Size/population -- Affordability -- Employment opportunities -- Health care -- Proximity to friends and family -- Activities, entertainment, and restaurants -- Getting around -- Walkability -- Transportation -- Crime rates -- Public amenities and cultural centers -- School system -- Existing property or new construction -- Pros -- Cons -- Opting for a Nomadic Existence -- Researching Locations -- Test-Driving a Location or Lifestyle -- Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork -- Developing a Positive Mindset -- Consulting with Family Members (or Not) -- Teaming up with your partner -- Deciding how much input you want and from whom -- Getting everyone else on the same page -- Tabulating Your Net Worth and Monthly Income -- Distinguishing between Essentials and Extras -- Drawing Up Preliminary Plans -- Drafting a budget -- Start-up costs -- Operational costs -- Creating a packing list -- Making a to-do list -- Scheduling activities -- Delegating duties -- Chapter 5 Rallying the Troops -- Tapping Your Family for Help -- Knowing the type of help family members can provide -- Recognizing the type of help you don't want -- Getting a Little Help from Your Friends -- Hiring Professionals -- A financial advisor -- A certified public accountant -- Attorneys -- Appraisers -- Real estate agents -- A bank, mortgage company, or loan officer -- A title company -- A home inspector or builder -- Downsizing pros -- Movers -- An interior designer -- Health-care professionals -- Delegating and Coordinating with Team Members -- Motivating Your Crew -- Helping a Loved One Downsize -- Just talk about it Ease the transition -- Start downsizing the least-used areas -- Provide emotional support -- Make it fun -- Part 2 Protecting and Leveraging Your Assets -- Chapter 6 Getting a Handle on Your Finances -- Calculating Your Net Worth -- Gauging Your Cash Flow -- Tabulating your monthly and annual income -- Estimating your monthly and annual expenses -- Calculating your cash flow -- Leveraging the power of debt to help finance your dreams -- Accounting for Medical Insurance and Health-care Costs -- Planning to Live on a Fixed Income -- Exploring ways to trim expenses -- Cap your expenses by category -- Negotiate with service providers -- Tap into government programs -- Optimize your health -- Ask and barter -- Take advantage of freebies -- Exploring ways to generate additional income -- Get a job -- Start a side hustle -- Take on a roommate -- Chapter 7 Planning Your Estate -- Getting up to Speed on Estate Planning Basics -- Step 1: Preparing Your Will(s) -- Writing a simple will -- Writing a joint will -- Writing a living will -- Knowing when to use a testamentary trust will -- Step 2: Keeping Your Valuable Assets Out of Probate -- Steering clear of probate without a trust -- Using a trust to protect your assets -- Types of trusts -- Creating a trust -- Placing your assets in the trust -- Deciding how to take title when buying property -- Step 3: Creating a Power of Attorney -- Step 4: Ensuring You Have Some Control over Medical Decisions -- Step 5: Planning Your Business Succession -- Step 6: Buying Life Insurance (or Not) -- Step 7: Documenting Your End-of-Life Plan -- Step 8: Gathering and Organizing Essential Documents -- Step 9: Completing an Estate Planning Checklist -- Chapter 8 Using Your Home to Generate Income -- Leasing Your Home (or a Part of It) -- Taking on the role of landlord -- Using a property management company Running your own bed and breakfast -- Selling Your Home -- Borrowing Against Your Home to Cash Out Equity -- Making the Most of a Reverse Mortgage -- Part 3 Decluttering: Sell It, Give It Away, or Trash It -- Chapter 9 Sorting Your Belongings -- Mastering Decluttering Basics -- Stop Cluttering -- Decluttering One Room at a Time -- Bedrooms -- Nightstands -- Dressers -- Vanity -- Closet -- Bathrooms -- Kitchen -- Living room -- Office -- Laundry room -- Garage/shed -- Sorting Your Stuff into Six Categories -- Keep -- Store -- Sell -- Give away -- Donate -- Toss -- Chapter 10 Digitizing Photos, Videos, and Documentation -- Exploring Your Digital Storage Options -- Internal drives -- External drives -- Cloud storage -- Social media storage -- Photo processor storage -- Eliminating Unnecessary Documents, Photos, and Videos -- Downsizing your document collection -- Original documents to keep -- Documents to scan -- Documents to shred -- Deciding which photos to keep -- Paring down your video collection -- Scanning Photos and Documents -- Do it yourself -- Hire it out -- Transforming Photos into Memorabilia -- Digitizing Your Video Collection -- Do it yourself -- Hire a pro -- Chapter 11 Selling Stuff You No Longer Want or Need -- Finding Out How Much Something Is Worth -- Exploring Ways to Sell Your Belongings -- Estate auction -- Estate sale -- Garage/yard sale -- Online listing -- Hiring someone to sell your stuff -- Selling Your Belongings Online -- Hosting an Estate Sale -- Before -- During -- After -- Conducting a Garage Sale -- Chapter 12 Giving Away Some Stuff -- Returning Items to Your "Kids" -- Being Prepared for Disappointment -- Deciding Which Family Member Gets the Family's Treasures -- Offering Your Belongings to Family Members and Others -- Donating Items to Nonprofits -- Salvation Army -- Vietnam Veterans of America -- AMVETS. Goodwill Industries -- Habitat for Humanity -- The Arc -- Local nonprofit groups -- Pushing It to the Curb -- Chapter 13 Storing Stuff You Can't Part With -- Reconsidering: Will You Really Ever Need This Item? -- Exploring Your Storage Options -- Friends or relatives -- Portable storage containers -- Self-storage units -- Peer-to-peer storage options -- Protecting Your Valuables -- Home safes -- Safety-deposit boxes -- Insuring Your Valuables -- Chapter 14 Disposing of Your Remaining Belongings -- Recycling as Much as Possible -- Having Your Junk Hauled Off in Dumpster -- Disposing of Toxic Items -- Hiring a Company to Haul Away Your Junk -- Part 4 Moving Out and Moving In -- Chapter 15 Gimme Shelter: Choosing a Home -- Finding Your Place in the World: Location, Location, Location -- Deciding Whether to Buy or Rent -- Deciding Whether to Build or Buy -- Estimating the Living Space You'll Need -- Total square footage -- Rooms and room sizes -- Living room and dining room or office/den? -- Entertainment areas -- Office space -- Outdoor living areas - porches, decks, balconies -- Pool or hot tub (or both) -- Basement (or not) -- Garage/parking -- Storage space -- Considering Mobility and Accessibility -- Exploring Your Housing Options -- Traditional house -- Apartment -- Condo -- Granny pod (aka mother-in-law cottage) -- Tiny home -- Mobile home -- RV or van -- 55-and-older community -- Barndominium -- Shipping container home -- Houseboat or cruise ship -- Assisted living facility -- Accounting for Additional Costs -- Utilities -- Maintenance and repairs -- Homeowner or condo association fees -- Property taxes -- Chapter 16 Buying and Selling a Home -- Deciding Whether to Sell or Keep Your Current Home as a Rental -- Deciding Whether to Buy First or Sell First -- Keeping your finger on the pulse of the housing market -- Keeping an eye on interest rates Buying before selling |
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