12.26.23 BEST OF: Back To School For Seniors / Renting To Own A Home

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Happy Holidays! Please enjoy this Best Of episode. Clark returns January 2nd. Word to seniors - A new trend is serving the lifelong learning ethos which may make sense for you and greatly enhance retirement. Also, the increased challenges of homebuying have led to the resurgence of renting to own a home. Clark discusses the opportunity and hazard of these contracts. Retirees Return To College: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Rent-To-Own Home Contracts: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show Why Retirees Are Going Back to College Flexcar: Your flexible alternative to car ownership T-Mobile: Credit Card Payments Will Soon Lose AutoPay Discounts Authorized User vs. Joint Account Holder Best Secured Credit Cards for 2023: Top Picks for Building or Repairing Credit Divvy Wants to Make Rent-to-Own Deals Easy. Many Customers Find Them Hard. How Do I Remove Myself as an Authorized User on a Credit Card? Rich Dad - The Power of the Corporation Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.0	Hope you're having a great holiday week. I am off on Adventures so this is a Best of Edition of the Clark Howard Podcast.
0:36.6	I hope you enjoy it and that you have an enjoyable holiday week. Holiday Week. It's so wonderful to have you here on the Clark Howard show because I love what we're able to do together.
0:55.0	I want to serve you. I want to empower you.
0:58.0	Why? Because I want you to be in a position to take more control of financial decisions in your life.
1:06.1	And there's a trend I want to talk about that you may want to consider if you're near or in retirement age and that's going back to school.
1:17.0	I want to tell you why it might be a neat thing to do.
1:21.0	I'm also going to talk about something that used to be popular, then wasn't for a long
1:26.7	time, and now there's a lot more buzz about it. It's renting to own a home. I want to tell you the opportunity and the
1:35.9	hazards that that presents. So going back to college late in life or at retirement.
1:46.6	I have a friend who is going back to school
1:50.5	to grad school very late in career, still working but very late in career, and is so
1:58.7	excited about it and is getting a skill that will help her employer and benefit her.
2:06.0	It's neat because it's an opportunity to expand your mind.
2:11.0	But I want to talk about what if you're... expand your
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