How I retired working only four years of my 50+ year life so far.

[Joe S.]

So I am over 50 years old and I have only worked a regular job say four years and that’s no exaggeration. So according to a lot of posters, I retired years ago. (which I never claimed except in my title.) 😂
I recall, reading many post by people claiming they retired on a handful of properties and next to their name they had Property Manager, real estate agent, Lender, etc. I think you get the point.

So just because a person doesn’t work a 9 to 5 job does it really mean they retired and they can tell the world that they’re retired?

What’s your thoughts????

[JD Martin]

Retired means different things to different people, I guess. For me retired means I don't have to work anymore - I could just hang around and live reasonably well off my past efforts. I consider myself retired these days, as I retired from my career (public executive management) 4 years ago. But I still do some consulting work for my old employer, teach a little on the side, and of course watch over my rentals so from the point of view of just sitting on the beach I guess I'm not retired. But who would want to sit around and do nothing anyway?