By: Dana Dratch
More than 150 years ago a popular phrase urged Americans with unlimited financial prospects, “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.”
Today it’s more like, “Go south, old man and you may outlive your money in Mexico — or Costa Rica.”
Retirement abroad used to be the purview of the well-to-do — a luxurious reward of exotic locations, expanded horizons, prolonged travels and a life without schedules.
These days it’s a matter of survival, or at least a rather drastic financial maneuver to make a dwindling nest egg last longer. (READ MORE HERE)
