Coasting in Retirement is dedicated to the financial planning and investment management needs of pre-retirees and retirees living an active lifestyle along our part of the Gulf Coast. Host Josh Null and co-host Michelle Melton dive into relevant financial topics, plus have a little fun with the "Michelle with the News of the Week" and "Josh's Crystal Ball & Big Mouth" segments. Josh's practice Gulf Coast Financial Advisors serves clients in the Panhandle of Florida, Lower Alabama, and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana. You can hear the original broadcast of Coasting in Retirement every Sunday from Noon to 1 PM CT on 106.5 FM in Mobile, Alabama.
Rule 72(t) is a section of the IRS code that covers the exceptions and processes that allow you to withdraw money from your qualified retirement accounts be age 59 ½ and not pay the typical 10th early withdrawal penalty.
A Roth Conversion is a pretty simple concept to grasp. Basically, you take a withdrawal from the assets that you have accumulated in a pre-tax qualified account, or in plain English, a traditional IRA, and then that withdrawal is deposited into a Roth IRA account soon thereafter.
What if I told you that there is process that involves both forward looking tax planning and systematically looking into every nook and cranny for tax efficiencies? Would you be interested?
Are REITs in trouble? Commercial Real Estate problems and 4 other current threats to your retirement nest egg (and what to do about it).
With the recent bank failures, high inflation, high interest rates, stock market volatility, etc., it sure can feel that everything everywhere is falling apart all at once, at times.