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01-13-2021, 04:50 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hillsboro MO / Dunedin FL
Posts: 76
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Retirement Check in
I walked out the retirement door at 58 on 12/31/2015 with 2.43M in our portfolio. Husband retired at 56 in 12/31/2016. In Dec., the portfolio was at 5.2M. I never expected it.
Maybe could have gone sooner but no one can predict the future.
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01-13-2021, 05:55 AM
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#42
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 29
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Big Milestone for us
I announced to my biz partners I will be retiring in summer of 2023. I'll be 59 1/2 at that time. We will be selling the primary house, and moving to our home on the coast. Sale will pay off the mortgage balance and hopefully let us buy a boat. None of my prior biz partners ever retired before 65 , so I think the group was shocked. Love it!
Good yr last year - market assets up 31%.
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01-13-2021, 07:49 AM
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#43
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: West Plains
Posts: 102
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If you've got your plan mapped out, and you reach your $ goal, don't be afraid to pull the trigger.
My DH retired six years ago at 60 (tried to opt out at 59, but Google didn't want to let him go!) Amazingly enough, our net worth has increased every year since 2015, even though we have been living on our savings and rentals and investments. We haven't been scrimping either. We completely remodeled our home (new kitchen, baths, flooring and repainted) and added a third garage. We spent about 150 days cruising prior to Covid and have pre-paid for a 122 day World Cruise leaving LA on Jan 10, 2022. On Friday, we'll sign the closing documents to buy a home for one of our daughters (the other one will inherit the one we live in.)
This year we are both finally on FRA SS and Medicare, so we'll be pulling less from our savings, investments and rentals. Having multiple streams of income to draw from has made all the difference. We have been incredibly blessed and the best part is my DH and I get to spend our days together, which is why we got married in the first place. Our life is finally our own and that's worth everything.
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01-13-2021, 08:00 AM
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#44
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 29
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Maidensong - Wow very cool for you two!
I know and I've debated that as well.One issue is my buy out is tied to company EBITDA, which just dropped over 30% this year. So, logically the best move is to delay for a year...but trust me I am considering exactly what you mentioned.
We are heavily into boating and a bigger buy out covers a bigger boat, etc..
Everything else is covered right now at about 28x expenses. We could live with our present boat - but we both want to cruise New England in style when we retire. I'm going to hang tough for another 2 years....I think... Totally agree on multiple streams of income.
Love hearing about your success ...makes me smile. Thx.
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01-13-2021, 09:54 AM
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#45
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Oklahoma City
Posts: 106
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Hasn't happened yet, but just signed contract to sell our primary home and a commercial office duplex that sits behind it. We built this house 26 years ago, and the office duplex 20 years ago. My wife used one office space for her children's music studio all that time, until COVID influenced her decision to retire last August. Selling both to the same buyer, who plans to live in the house and use one of the offices for their business and rent out the other.
Our plans are to rent something for about a year, then look for something that fits our new empty nest needs. I'm sure others have gone through this, but trying to wrap our minds around the emotional aspects of selling the home you raised your family in. It's tough!
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01-13-2021, 10:43 AM
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#46
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 29
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Congrats Lienlord - Ain't easy. We downsized a year ago- stayed in the area and will until I retire. It was hard but our kids were supportive and that helped.
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01-15-2021, 09:49 AM
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#47
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Somewhere Cold
Posts: 127
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Hit 1.25M net worth (not including home value) as of this morning!
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01-15-2021, 11:53 AM
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#48
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6
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On paper I've been above my FI number for over a week now, after first hitting it in December.
I don't feel FI. I'm far too young to retire. Also, the golden handcuffs of stock appreciation at my current job make it hard to consider leaving even to another company.
Those golden handcuffs will disappear one way or another, probably in fewer than two years. My next goals are:
- Move assets out of company stock into something more diversified (the tax hit is going to hurt...)
- For my next job, the people and the work should be a much higher priority than salary or "career"
- Check in with myself in five and ten years to make sure that I'm enjoying my work and, if not, do something about it
- Post-pandemic, I owe myself a vacation
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01-15-2021, 10:04 PM
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#49
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 839
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stlguy57
I walked out the retirement door at 58 on 12/31/2015 with 2.43M in our portfolio. Husband retired at 56 in 12/31/2016. In Dec., the portfolio was at 5.2M. I never expected it.
Maybe could have gone sooner but no one can predict the future.
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Just curious. Is this all from market appreciation or was there a windfall/contribution?
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01-16-2021, 06:18 AM
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#50
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hillsboro MO / Dunedin FL
Posts: 76
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Letj
Just curious. Is this all from market appreciation or was there a windfall/contribution?
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This is all market appreciation with no new funds since I'm retired. I'm an aggressive investor, with no bond exposure. I have one index fund (S&P fund) and a significant share of AAPL. I own both of these for the long term and do not trade them. I was up 29% in 2020.
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01-16-2021, 10:20 AM
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#51
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 839
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stlguy57
This is all market appreciation with no new funds since I'm retired. I'm an aggressive investor, with no bond exposure. I have one index fund (S&P fund) and a significant share of AAPL. I own both of these for the long term and do not trade them. I was up 29% in 2020.
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That’s amazing. Congratulations! Getting lucky in the right stock would do it.
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01-18-2021, 09:28 AM
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#52
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 215
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I just realized I hit an unexpected financial milestone in 2020. The gains in my 401k plan outpaced my total salary for the year 2020 for the first time ever. Granted I make a lot less money than I did at my previous job 4 years ago but I’m still impressed.
My mind can’t process the idea that my money could be working to make more money for me than I can earn at a job. I sure do like the idea though!
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