Today we continue the story of one of the Millionaire Money Mentors who chronicled the days leading up to his retirement. If you missed the start of this series, you can catch up by reading part one. As I noted in the first post, I'm leaving out all the conversation, feedback, suggestions, etc. from other members and mentors and simply letting the author tell his own … [Read more...]
Countdown to Retirement, Part 1
I have done many retirement interviews here on ESI Money -- giving readers a glimpse of what it's like after retirement. These are very popular and I'll keep doing them (volunteers, anyone?), but something unusual (and awesome) happened in the Millionaire Money Mentors forums that I have to share here (FYI, I'm doing so with the author's permission). A few months ago, one … [Read more...]
Retirement Interview 30
Here’s our latest interview with a retiree as we seek to learn from those who have actually taken the retirement plunge. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview was conducted in February. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... GENERAL … [Read more...]
Retirement Interview 29
Here’s our latest interview with a retiree as we seek to learn from those who have actually taken the retirement plunge. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview was conducted in November. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... GENERAL … [Read more...]
Retirement Interview 28
Here’s our latest interview with a retiree as we seek to learn from those who have actually taken the retirement plunge. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview was conducted in November. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... GENERAL … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 4.5 Years
Well, it's time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI. I'm getting ever-so-close to the five year mark!!!!! If you didn't catch the last one, here it is. You may want to read it as some of the items mentioned in this post will assume you know what's in the former piece. The past three months have continued to be full of … [Read more...]
2020 Financial Year in Review and 2021 Forecast
As I've done every year on this site, I want to review my past year's financial results as well as make a forecast for the year to come. FYI, I'm writing this at the beginning of January even though it won't post for a month or so. As such, the numbers I'll be sharing aren't final yet (I'll sort through the official ones when I do my taxes). These have not been verified, … [Read more...]
Alternative Housing Stories
My post titled How to Live in Airbnbs for the Price of an Apartment Lease generated a lot of conversation about alternative housing arrangements. There were several comments from people who had actually taken steps to go from a more traditional house set-up to something different. I reached out to them and three people agreed to tell us their housing-related … [Read more...]
What Comes after ESI? The ISE Phase of FIRE
We discuss a lot in the Millionaire Money Mentors forums. Sometimes we are fun, sometimes we are practical, and sometimes we get into theory and philosophy. This post mostly covers the last two areas. It came about in a discussion of extravagant purchase members had made or were contemplating. This topic was a spinoff from an initial conversation about moving from … [Read more...]
How to Live in Airbnbs for the Price of an Apartment Lease
One key retirement question revolves around housing. Where will you live? Will you stay where you are or move? If moving, within the same city or elsewhere? And what type of house? We have been considering these questions as it seems absurd to have two of us and a cat live in a 3,600 square foot house. As of now, our two kids, my son-in-law, and my daughter's four cats … [Read more...]
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