I'm 66 and have roommates. It helps me make extra money and pay off my home.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A woman on the left, and a living room on the right.
Darlene McCord-Ochoa helps pay her mortgage by renting out rooms in her home.

Courtesy of Darlene McCord-Ochoa

Living with family isn't a last resort anymore. It's the plan.

Tech Insider : Business
Stock photo of a grandfather watching his granddaughters build a birdhouse in a garage.
The number of people living in multigenerational households in the US quadrupled between 1971 and 2021, according to Pew Research.

Stephen Simpson Inc/Getty Images

The cities where downsizing will save you the most and least

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
A condo building in Houston, Texas
StorageCafe analyzed dozens of big US cities to see how much downsizing would pay off.

Getty Images

Social Security payment calendar 2026: See when beneficiaries will receive monthly checks

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
An open mailbox showing a social security check
Social Security payment days vary depending on each beneficiaries' birth date.

iStock; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

An 'explosion' of solo-agers are struggling with rising costs and little support: 'I'm flying without a net'

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Travel
A healthcare worker helps an elderly woman walk using a rollator. Indoors, home setting.

SDI Productions/Getty Images

What's changing with Social Security in 2026 — from COLA raises to Medicare costs

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
social security card and cash
Social Security COLA, tax rules, and more will change in 2026.

Nodar Chernishev/Getty Images

It's not just boomers — millennials also have a serious stuff problem

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Baby boomer surrounded by piles of toys, clothing, memorabilia, and keepsakes.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Inside the tax that incentivizes boomers to die in their homes, rather than selling — because it's better for their kids

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A faded hand that is passsing a house to another hand.

Nicolas Ortega for BI

A semi-retired boomer's Florida house doubled in value in 7 years, so she sold it and downsized to travel more

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Barbara White, 72, standing outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Barbara White, 72, on a recent trip to Paris, France.

Courtesy of Barbara White

Millennials are richer than their boomer parents. Here's why they love to complain anyway.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
A dark rain cloud raining money on a young Gen Z person

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

Subscribe to baby-boomers