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'Can You Afford to Retire?' Class Set for June 10th in Wheaton
Jim Flanagan of Bentron Financial Group has been advising people at or near retirement age for more than 20 years
Can you afford to retire?
Depending on your situation, it’s a simple question that you may welcome with a sense of accomplishment or receive with more than a little concern.
That provocative, but urgent, question is also the title of a presentation delivered by retirement expert Jim Flanagan on Wednesday, June 10th at the Wheaton Park District Community Center, 1777 S. Blanchard Road.
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Starting at 7 p.m., Jim Flanagan of Bentron Financial Group will guide attendees through several self-evaluation exercises that help reveal their readiness for retirement. Thereafter, attendees will be introduced to 10 critical questions that every retiree must answer before embarking on a successful retirement.
Those in attendance will discuss the basic need for an estate and/or a financial plan. Flanagan will then walk attendees through an estate analysis questionnaire and provide an example of a balance sheet.
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The session fee is $10 for residents and $13 for non-residents.
The Wheaton Park District is online at www.wheatonparkdistrict.com, and can be reached at 630-690-4880. Registration can only be taken in person or online. Anyone with questions about the “Can You Afford to Retire?” program should contact Matthew Wrobel, Adult Education & Recreation Coordinator, at 630-510-5131.
A River Forest native and lifelong resident, Flanagan is the founder of Bentron Financial Group, based in Naperville. He has been advising people at or near retirement age for more than 20 years. For the past 15 years his specialties have included counsel on how and when to tap into Social Security benefits.
In 2005, Flanagan joined the Oak Park/River Forest Township Senior Services Committee, for which he has served as chairman since 2008. In 2010, he founded the Celebrating Seniors Coalition, a not-for-profit organization that, among other services, helps seniors with emergency needs and raises public awareness of issues affecting seniors in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park.
For more information, visit www.CelebratingSeniors.net. Bentron Financial Group is online at www.bentron.com.
