Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, and applied capitalism

Building an intentional early retirement community

Published in May 5th, 2011
Posted by in Early Retirement, housing, Strategy
46 Comments

Suppose someone initiated a real estate development project in a fairly central location close (no need for cars) to markets and jobs with housing sizes ranging from 100–500 sqft, optional lawns (likely no lawns), but plenty of plots for gardening, likely arranged in a permaculture fashion. These could either be part of the rent or [...]

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A retirement career as a caretaker (in exotic locations)

Published in April 23rd, 2011
Posted by in Early Retirement, housing, Work
6 Comments

I stumbled over this over at cooltools. It sounds like an interesting concept: Be a caretaker and live for free, monetarily speaking, in exotic locations, moving to a new place occasionally. It would fit in very well for (early) retires, particularly those, who could default to an RV or an understanding family, or workers who [...]

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My dreams of becoming a “slumlord”

Published in April 4th, 2011
Posted by in Early Retirement, housing
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I would actually much prefer to gain my income directly from housing (or my own business) rather than the stock market (REIT’s being a decent compromise). So far I have thought of buying an N-plex and living in one of the units. However, I just found out that it is possible to buy mobile home [...]

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