Dividends

People can pick up and move homes for many good reasons.  Sometimes it’s a job, sometimes it’s to be closer to loved ones, and occasionally it’s to retire to cheaper location.

This process of moving to ensure a wonderful retirement is commonly known as geo-arbitrage.  It’s very common for retirees to move, and something the Tako family has been considering for quite awhile now. 

Along with a cheaper cost of living, we’ve been looking for a nice, safe, quiet place to finish raising our kids…

Living off passive income is a bit like spotting a snow leopard in the wild.  Snow leopards are (of course) one of the most rare and elusive creatures on the planet.  They live in the Himalayas at significant altitude (9,800 to 14,800 ft), and it’s estimated there’s less than 10,000 of these extremely rare cats alive today.

Seeing a snow leopard in the wild is exceedingly difficult.  Hardly anyone ever sees them.  Naturalists can spend months in the Himalayas looking, and never actually see one.  Despite this fabled difficulty, it is actually possible to see a snow leopard in the wild…

Yes, it’s that time once again!  Every year I make one of these “net worth” blog posts in January to add-up all the different accounts, and calculate my net worth.  I do this only once per year, so it’s a complete surprise to me when I see the final numbers!

Honestly, I have no clue what my net worth is the other 364.25 days of the year…