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Just like a MD often gives a patient an annual or semi-annual physical exam, it’s time for your 2021 mid-year financial check-up. Let’s look at your job situation; real estate; investments; and tax plan.

In my previous 5/12/2021 article “Knowing Social Security Rules is Important Start”, I covered a case study of how a long-term federal employee could have $75,680 total Social Security (SS) and federal pension income by knowing the rules vs. $47,760, or $27,920 less.

Many decades ago, future retirement income was based on “The 3-Legged Stool”: Social Security, pensions, and whatever you saved.

This year we get to file our 2020 tax return on May 17, 2021 instead of the normal April 15, 2021. But what you really need are powerful tax-reduction strategies.

Last week, I attended a 3-day virtual Cash Flow Expo. Most of the experts specialized in the unique niche of investing in mortgage notes. Their return on investment (ROI) would average 9%.

As I write this article, typical retirement investment options are: 0.88% coupon interest on a 10-year and 1.63% on a 30-year U.S. Treasury Bond; 1% or less on bank CDs; and 2.02% average dividend yield and 4.57% compound growth rate before fees over the last 21 years on S&P 500 stocks.

We’ve just lived through an amazingly turbulent 2020, where the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of tens of millions of Americans.

As I write this article, it looks more likely that Joe Biden will become the next U.S. President. If the Democrats win the runoff for the 2 Senate seats in Georgia, they will control the Senate, House, and the Presidency.