Each area of the country has their lifestyles that need to be accommodated, and here, it's outdoor living.

Reed has a great piece on this type of decision - he basically tells people to figure out what is the monthly income they need to get to in order to live the lifestyle they want.

My rental income is income stream #2.My 3rd income stream is the one that allows me to do my real estate investing and to also live a lifestyle that would have been difficult to imagine 15 years ago.

(She is a gem)I now am 29 yrs old and finally ready to set aside the rock star like life style of which I have been living through out my 20's (note: set aside, not give up, LOL)My wife to be and my self do fairly well (At least I think we do) I am a UPS driver and she an RN.we pull around 150k combined.

He continued his frugal lifestyle and soon had saved enough CASH for a house on the "other side of the tracks" in a pretty bad neighborhood.

Someone who has 3k/mo in oil royalties is probably used to a much nicer lifestyle than 3k/mo can afford, so she's going to go out and get it.

I'm also a member of Lifestyles Unlimited although I must say I know very little about them so far.

I am currently selling my time to an employer but am hoping to change a lifestyle so that I may retire someday.

Long term goal is to acquire enough properties to sustain my lifestyle upon retirement from firefighting, which is just 10 short years away.Please help.

If your income is high enough to fund your lifestyle you can get a lot of bang for your buck long term by investing in low/no cash flow investments.