Financial Mailbag: Annuities, Mortgage Debt, and Spousal Roth IRAs

Candid Conversations: Retirement Talk with Ryan Cravitz

As we close out the year, we wanted to take the chance to answer a bunch of financial questions that we’ve received. It’ll give us the opportunity to cover a wide range of topics that will hopefully address an area of planning you’ve also been curious about. Before we get into these great questions, we’ll share a cautionary tale about a retiree who fell victim to an investment scam, losing nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
Here’s what we discuss in this episode:

0:00 – Intro

0:36 – Retirement scam story

7:30 – Annuity withdrawal

11:07 – Paying off a mortgage

13:54 – Spousal Roth IRA

17:02 – Mortgage tax deduction

18:13 – Income planning

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