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Updated over 9 years ago, 09/03/2015
Have money but no job desperate need advice
hello, I will try and keep this short and to the point. My husband was forced to take an early retirement at age 58. He has cancer in his spine that 6 months ago caused him to be pAralyzed from hips down. So then I quit my good job to have access of my pension savings to pay for his treatments that ins wouldn't cover. I'm 61 so not old enough to get social security. I'm his caregiver so can't work outside the house but am looking into a job remotely. I was in IT work before. My husband use to have a contractors license and we both looked forward to flipping a few houses because we like the satisfaction of before and after. Financial advisors say keep money liquid and we think realestate investment. We don't have A lot of savings left. $150,000. And his monthly pension isn't much. We sold our home 2 yrs ago and bought house for daughters to live in in Mesa Arizona for a future investment before we knew he was sick. We love reading all the success stories on Bigger Pockets and wish we could be creative enough too to at least not become homeless. Any advice? What would you do in our shoes? Thanks for taking the time to read this :)