Recent content by CurtSeattle

Yes. Only foreign earned income will be investment withdrawals so should be minimal taxation compared to the last 30 years or so for me.

What do you anticipate your monthly expenses at on average? Hopefully, double mine or you are making me even MORE nervous about FIRE'ing early! haha!

haha! I'm just getting my place ready for you all to visit! I hope $800k is enough to fund my future at 4% withdrawal rate until SS hits in 22 years.

I'm 48 in about a month. Forgot to mention that. oops!

Congratulations! I think I am going to FIRE in 2019 and that means my fiance is all FIRE'd up too. We plan on moving after taking some time to travel around Central and South America and see what we like best. Cost of Living is $1,500/month to $2,000/month where we are looking, so very...

All good points! I will have to check out the spreadsheet calculator as I have not yet. Panama is most likely location and they are very stable and very friendly with U.S. (but I understand things can change). Taxation is nonexistent for the most part in Panama on foreign earned (U.S. in...

Hi! I just walked from a high paying job after 18 years b/c of poor treatment. Imagine my surprise when I discovered FIRE at the start of my new job search! Put some time in with the FIRECalc calculator and it seems I can surprise my fiancé with good news that we can retire now (I'm 48 and...