Posted on 05/08/2025 6:07:19 AM PDT by Cronos
I started with $13,000 and invested in one stock at a time. I have owned 6 stocks. I was able to retire 12 years later with 7 figures. Congress and Biden have caused the stocks to go way down since they spent an extra $2 trillion causing the massive inflation and price increases.
Yep. It’s actually two things hand in hand:
1. No Debt.
2. VERY low property taxes.
3. No income tax.
I actually had no idea how much difference it could make in my sanity. And one reason is that suddenly everything is just so simple. I feel a bit like I’m living in the 1800’s. I keep what I make, and I spend it on what I need, right now. And put almost half of it in savings. And yet I have everything I need.
That is just weird. It’s also amazingly peaceful and low stress.
I buy Hunter Biden paintings...priceless!
I envy you! Hubby and I have a 28 acre hunting property - it has a well, septic, and a small cabin. All off grid. Just a few hours from here, so still near our kids.
We currently live on some small acreage north of Altanta, but we are at least debt free. I would really love to retire to our hunting property with my goats/chicken/garden. Raise a cow or two. Plus a crazy amount of turkey and deer there. But hubby doesn’t so I guess we are stuck here. With taxes that cost more than our mortgage ever did 🙄
The difference between he and I, is he always has to be surrounded by people, while I love solitude with animals and nature 😁. We will get it all figured out.
We built a 30x60 shop building, with a 16 foot slice of it turned into a mancave/rehearsal space. It’s where I am now. The great thing about this building is that as a retiree, I’m not constantly underfoot around my wife. It’s almost like I still “go to work every day” except I’m here and every now and then she comes out with an amazing sandwich!
We do have all the amenities and what really makes it nice, and I mean this very seriously, is the internet and online ordering. We have more at our disposal to purchase than we did back when we lived in the city before the internet. We get a delivery almost every day. Some of them are not fans of our 1/4 mile long gravel driveway, though...
BTW, it was easy for us to move to the stick because although we have lots of grandkids (and a great grandson on the way), they are scattered from Kentucky, to Chicago, the Dakotas and Seattle. So travelling is pretty much required no matter what.
Sounds like a great setup! Our land is really not accessible for deliveries (requires 4wd to get there) so I can kinda see it’s not the ideal retirement spot lol
I know two vets who did exactly that.
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