re: Anyone retire early early?

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thank you for sharing this. May I ask, did his profession not allow him to continue working in it even at a limited capacity? Like was his role all or nothing?

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He was self employed. Dealt in salvage and trucking a lot, but did really well for himself in the late eighties. Would buy physical assets of bankrupt companies in the northeast and flip them in the south. Keep in mind this was before the internet boom and information flow was very limited. So he would go to bank fire sell auctions in Chicago and New York / New Jersey and buy in bulk then split up and sell (for lack of a better term).

When he was done he was done. He sold everything at once. Honestly don’t think he realized how long he was going to be retired.

He thought several times about going back in business in 2008/09 but ultimately decided not to bc of the way and speed business was done. One of his many regrets. But he still wouldn’t have been happy IMO. Would have just added another level of stress to him. He always thought someone was out to screw him and that’s how he operated his whole life. Business and personal.