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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 2428376" data-attributes="member: 52145"><p>I appreciate your blog. I found International Living and I figured it was too general and the real estate prices were too high. I am in the early thinking stages of doing something like this. I try to research people like you that have actually lived overseas and can give real testimonies about the ins and outs of the of undertaking something like this.</p></blockquote><p>You also have to think that retiring here in the U.S. is not too bad if you plan it out right. We live near Lake Tahoe which has a very high cost of living but we are doing fine on HALF our pension.</p><p></p><p>We paid off the house long before retiring and banked all that mortgage money, paid off the cars , have no debt , and bought all the big ticket items like a new kitchen, roof, furniture , repairs , etc , before retiring.</p><p></p><p>We have been retired for a little over a year and our total monthly expenses have ranged from 1200-1500 a month and we are not going without. This includes Christmas and gifts to the grandkids for birthdays, etc. and all the day trips we take. I still go to Costco and buy whatever we want or need.</p><p></p><p>That's half our pension and we still have to wait for Social Security to kick in. We haven't even touched our 401k or IRA's yet. The more we thought about it the better it would be to stay here and travel the world if we feel like it .</p><p></p><p> Best of both worlds. but it is still nice about owning a beach front house in Central America.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 2428376, member: 52145"] I appreciate your blog. I found International Living and I figured it was too general and the real estate prices were too high. I am in the early thinking stages of doing something like this. I try to research people like you that have actually lived overseas and can give real testimonies about the ins and outs of the of undertaking something like this.[/QUOTE] You also have to think that retiring here in the U.S. is not too bad if you plan it out right. We live near Lake Tahoe which has a very high cost of living but we are doing fine on HALF our pension. We paid off the house long before retiring and banked all that mortgage money, paid off the cars , have no debt , and bought all the big ticket items like a new kitchen, roof, furniture , repairs , etc , before retiring. We have been retired for a little over a year and our total monthly expenses have ranged from 1200-1500 a month and we are not going without. This includes Christmas and gifts to the grandkids for birthdays, etc. and all the day trips we take. I still go to Costco and buy whatever we want or need. That's half our pension and we still have to wait for Social Security to kick in. We haven't even touched our 401k or IRA's yet. The more we thought about it the better it would be to stay here and travel the world if we feel like it . Best of both worlds. but it is still nice about owning a beach front house in Central America. [/QUOTE]
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