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3134: Your Retirement Checklist by Mike Ballew of Egg Stack on Financial Freedom and Money Goals

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3134: Mike Ballew delivers a no-nonsense breakdown of the essential financial and logistical steps to take before retiring, from ditching debt and adjusting investments to creating an end-of-life plan. His straight-talking approach helps listeners understand why guessing isn’t a strategy when it comes to building a secure, lasting retirement. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://eggstack.com/blog/2021-12-05-Your-Retirement-Checklist/ Quotes to ponder: "Retiring is a little like traveling to Mars. If there’s not enough fuel in the tank, you’re going to get stuck there." "The biggest favor you will ever do yourself is to get a 15-year mortgage." "You need to sit down with a financial advisor or avail yourself to sophisticated retirement planning software that can analyze your situation and determine how much retirement savings you really need." Episode references: Risk Parity Radio Podcast (Frank Vasquez): https://www.riskparityradio.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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your retirement checklist by Mike Balloo of Eggstack.com.

1:16.1

As you approach retirement, it's important to take inventory to make certain all of the necessary arrangements are made.

1:24.4

Once you make the big leap, it's too late for a do-over. You need a checklist, and what follows

1:30.5

is a good start. Pay off debt. The best case scenario is to be debt-free when you enter retirement.

1:39.3

Debt is a necessary evil when you're young and first starting out, but by the time you retire, you should have

1:45.4

outgrown it. Loan payments are not something retirees should be dealing with. The biggest favor you will

1:52.4

ever do yourself is to get a 15-year mortgage. You pay off your mortgage in half the time, but the

1:59.3

payments are not twice as much. If you already

2:02.6

have a 30-year mortgage, you can achieve the same result by paying it off at the higher 15-year

2:08.7

rate. Retiring is a little like traveling to Mars. Another component to being debt-free is to put

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