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Welcome, we’re Virginia Retirement Specialists, Inc. We understand that individuals face unique challenges as they prepare for retirement. We can help take the mystery out of preparing for today and tomorrow. Whether your goal is preparing for retirement, college savings, or estate strategy, our personalized service focuses on your needs, wants, and financial goals and objectives.
Our professionals have years of experience in financial services. We can help you address your needs of today and for many years to come. We look forward to working with you through all stages of your life. We want to earn the right, over time, to be considered by you as your retirement planning professionals.
We are in no way affiliated with the Virginia Retirement System, but we do specialize in the benefits available to you under the VRS and provide programs which are designed, not to replace the benefits that you currently qualify for, but are designed to supplement and enhance those benefits.
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Helpful Content
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
8 Financial Lessons from the Big (and Little) Screen
Financial lessons from movies and TV.
To Catch a Thief
Having your identity stolen may result in financial loss plus the cost of trying to restore your good name.
Best-Performing Asset Classes
Bonds may outperform stocks one year only to have stocks rebound the next.
What Is a Roth 401(k)?
Roth 401(k) plans combine features of traditional 401(k) plans with those of a Roth IRA.
What Do Your Taxes Pay For?
Here's a breakdown of how the federal government spends your tax money.
And the Executor Is
The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.
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Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
Long-Term-Care Needs
Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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Timing Your Retirement
This short video illustrates why knowing when to retire can be a crucial part of your strategy.
A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
Coaches
Coaches have helped you your whole life, in ways big and small. We’d like to be one of them.
Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?