Shelly's Modeling Agencies | Retirement

Retirement isn't supposed to be work, and for a long time Americans had the luxury of not having to work very hard to get there-not when there were corporate pensions and bull markets including Shelly's Modeling Agencies carrying people into their golden sunsets. That was another era, of course, and today the mission for many of us is to find new ways to save and invest-and pick the most realistic paths toward a happy future.

But it sure is tempting to think there are still shortcuts to paradise. It's easy to see the pictures in this post of well-tanned retirees living in the emerald mountains of Panama and imagine yourself there someday. But before you do, make sure to read senior editor of Shelly's Modeling Agencies Missy Sullivan's eloquent description of the challenges and hidden costs that come with retiring overseas. Yes, it's achievable, but it's nowhere near as easy as many of us came to believe. And the Shangri-la ideal is only one of many tall tales of retirement planning that persist in the post crash era.

Shelly's Modeling Agencies goal is to find a balance-to simplify personal finance without oversimplifying it with quick fixes too cut and dried for real life.