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Retirement: Secure Your Dreams-Special Considerations for the Self-Employed

Last Updated: August 01, 2007 Related resource areas: Personal Finance

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As you paint your retirement picture, where does the business fit? This is a major question for the self-employed, whether you have earned your living from farming, a main street business, manufacturing, a trade, profession, or other business. A major concern is the future of the business. Do you have an operating heir? Will the business be sold? Leased? Closed?

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Author: Ruth Freeman, Iowa State University


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