re: Retiring before 50

This thread is interesting. Staying out of the private jet world, you have several good replies for consideration. A good one is to remain active in retirement. Both mind and body. Don't be bored. Don't be lazy. I "retired" at 55 and my calendar is busy. I start my days later and normally end sooner than my previous life, but have something going on almost daily. It is filled with things I choose to do. I love it.

My version of retirement was eliminating most stress from my life. I worked in a stressful environment for years, and knew I didn't want that life forever. I am married with kids. Kids are grown and their struggles prevent me from being stress free. Lol.

Something that helped me is diversifying into real estate investing. I built a nice amount of money in the stock market by mid 30, then started getting into real estate. Rentals and new residential construction has been good to me. My stock assets made it easy for me to get bank loans to fund my real estate purchases. I now have good options on where my income comes from and can make decisions based on the cycles of the separate types of investments.

Something else worth mentioning is that I invested in both retirement and taxable accounts. The taxable accounts are favored by banks when getting loans for real estate investments. I was not aware of Roth accounts in my younger years, and could have done more there.

Good luck!

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The private jet guy and replies became pure entertainment.

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you are a newb here but you shoulda been here for THE BIG FELLA

you have never seen E dick measuring like with that guy .

It was some classic shite.

can you say LEASED ROLLS ROYCE IN A WHATABURGER DRIVE THRU?

those were the days

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If I didn’t have a wife and kids, I’d be retired at 45. Those fricking blood suckers

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how old are you now?

Yea, lots of folks talking like a wife is a weight chained around their leg. Been married twice. Picked the wrong one first time, but have a winner now.

Kids are a different story. It appears they will be expensive even when I am feeding the worms 6 feet under.

When you get out of Baton Rouge you’ll see a plethora of opportunities. Healthcare IT is fine for Baton Rouge. Wait till you see some of the compensation packages at a FAANG or similar, where you’ll not only be paid above industry standards in cash, but in equity as well, which will speed up the inevitable exit of the rat race. With your technical skill sets and decades of experience, Senior SA’s will always be in high demand at any cloud computing company, you have a lot of great opportunity that is awaiting you.

If my wife keeps working then we’ll be able to retire early 40s if we desire. I expect I’ll seek to retire in my early 50s and probably do some part time teaching at a local college.