Americans are at risk of falling short of what they may need to live on financially in retirement. One potential reason is lifestyle creep, or the tendency to upgrade your lifestyle as you earn more. An upgrade people are often tempted to make – the purchase of a second home – may be particularly risky for long-term planning, financial advisors say. "Those bigger purchases, if not done really deliberately and diligently, can almost end up being almost like a grenade in your otherwise well-planned retirement," said Patrick McGinn, president of Retirement Resources Investment Corp. in Peabody, Massachusetts. Importantly, the return on those liquid investments may far exceed what someone may earn on a second home.

---

Persons: Patrick McGinn, Stephen Cohn, Cohn Organizations: Retirement Resources Investment Corp, CNBC, Finance, Sage Financial Group Locations: Peabody , Massachusetts, U.S, West Conshohocken , Pennsylvania