We are in a very interesting time! As I am writing this, I am working on my application AiRA (https://aira.tiredtoretire.com/) that does retirement planning. If you are familiar with Boldin, then look at this is as a different view of the same but, for me, it’s answering harder questions while opening the sausage maker so […]
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Hey Everybody! I’m Vincent. I am so passionate about this topic. I don’t know why? Maybe because deep in my heart, I want to be free. I believe in Freedom. Freedom of speech, Freedom to do your Hobbies and the Freedom to be who you want to be. When I started looking at my own
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My Retirement Journey As of this writing, I am in Thailand exploring the possibility of retiring in Southeast Asia. I don’t want to make this a political blog, but you can’t help but watch and see that the United States has changed to the point where one could conclude that it has degraded to a
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There is this massive argument and analysis on when the appropriate time is to take Social Security. 62 is the earliest age when you can start to take Social Security and if you look on the Internet and on YouTube you will see a lot of discussion on whether this is the appropriate time to
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The greatest investor, by any account, is Warren Buffet and if you follow investing you know that he didn’t do anything special except buy good companies like Coca Cola or Microsoft, held them for a REALLY LONG TIME and continued to reinvest. He also lived a life of frugality and reason. Not the flashy yachts
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I just came off a 2.5 month Beta test of my intended plan for retirement. If you are reading this, chances are you are probably contemplating or will be entering into retirement. Retirement is a strange concept. If you are so lucky to do so, most of us are used to Working and Saving. Retirement
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Hey everybody!Thanks for stopping by my Blog/Vlog/YouTube hub. This is my very first post, and I’m glad you found it. I’m a DIY retirement guy. I spent most of my career on Wall Street, working in software integration for investment firms—the same firms that manage our retirement money. I know… ironic, right? After nearly 15
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