| Think of frugal retirement and you conjure up seniors | | | | Living in an RV. During the summers...we hauled the |
| eating dog food and living in an unheated apartment. | | | | boat during hurricane season and came to the US...we |
| Not so...there are ways to retire, spend less and still | | | | traveled the US in our motorhome, mostly in the west. |
| have a lot of fun. | | | | We used the RV as a means to find our "permanent" |
| We retired in 1994; we are still retired, and have stayed | | | | retirement home. This is a wonderful way to retire. |
| retired by adopting lifestyles that are cheap living and | | | | People that live year round in their mobile home are |
| fun as well. | | | | called full-timers. Replace all the costs associated with |
| We have experience in the following lifestyles: | | | | home ownership, with park space rental of around |
| Living on a sailboat in the Caribbean. From 1994 to | | | | $450 a month and you are seeing the country frugally. |
| 2002, we lived on a 35-foot sailboat and cruised from | | | | Downsizing. When we retired to the boat, we went |
| Trinidad and Venezuela in the south to the Virgin | | | | from 1800 square feet to about 50 square feet. I do |
| Islands in the north. We spent around $1,000 a month | | | | not want to hear that you cannot downsize from a |
| while in the islands. Talk about fun, it was great. We | | | | house to a condominium...you can and you will be living |
| breathed fresh air 24 hours a day...wore swimsuits, | | | | cheaply and well. You will soon be aware of how we |
| T-shirts and cover-ups every day...met great, | | | | allow ourselves to be controlled by our possessions |
| like-minded people...and were exposed to some of the | | | | and keep up with the neighbor lifestyle. |
| greatest islands in the world. Jimmy Buffett, we led the | | | | So if your retirement portfolio is not what it once was, |
| life you sing about for eight wonderful years...and it | | | | and you think you may not be able to retire...take hope. |
| was cheap living. | | | | Let us show you how we did it. Enjoy. |