Five Steps to a Stress-Free Retirement

Whether you’re just entering the workforce or are facing retirement in the foreseeable future, NOW is the time to start planning for the retirement lifestyle you deserve. With just a little willpower and the right action plan, access the keys to making your golden years stress free. Topics covered include: types of debt and ways to reduce this financial burden, practical tips that make saving easy, the truth about owning life insurance, and ways to allocate assets and structure income more effectively.

As a young professional entering the business world and beginning your career, it’s not uncommon to think you have a lifetime ahead of you to plan for retirement. Yet as we all know, the older we get the quicker time seems to pass. Don’t miss out on current opportunities to start ensuring your retirement years will indeed be “golden.” Sometimes, taking control of a major to-do like planning for retirement is as simple as knowing where and how to start. With the five steps detailed in this book, you’ll be able to first identify a path for achieving your short- and long-term goals. Then, you’ll learn more about allocating your assets in a way that makes it easier to create the income you need to live the retiree lifestyle you desire. Although you may be familiar with the concepts in this book, breaking them down into actionable, realistic steps for enjoying a stress-free retirement is something that can benefit every American in every stage of the planning process.

As the founder and President of Wealth Partners Corporation, Steve Hoover is adept at helping individuals, families, business owners and executives implement strategies for achieving their wealth management goals and successfully managing their financial futures. He specializes in providing tailored solutions to owners of closely held companies and senior level executives in the Kansas City area. With more than two decades of industry experience, he understands how to help clients in all stages of the planning process navigate their financial journey and address their five most common concerns: • Preserving wealth • Mitigating taxes • Taking care of their heirs • Ensuring their assets are not unjustly taken • Planning for charitable giving Steve founded Wealth Partners Corporation in 2003 and its personal planning subsidiary, The Retirement Pilot, in 2011. He uses a comprehensive consultative approach designed to gain a detailed understanding of his clients’ core values before finding customized solutions for addressing both their short-and long-term goals. Outside the office, Steve works to educate investors and business owners about how to more successfully prepare for the future they deserve. His workshops have been widely attended by employees of notable local and national companies such as St. Luke Health Systems, Olathe Medical Center, Interstate Brands Corporation, General Electric, AT&T, Sprint, Ford, General Motors and Hallmark. Steve has been voted a Kansas City Magazine FIVE STAR Best in Client Satisfaction financial advisor by his clients six years running. After being raised in Leawood, Kansas, Steve went on to attend and graduate from the University of Kansas in 1985. He and his wife, Sherri, currently reside in Leawood and have two children, Lauren and Cole.