My husband and I have missed birthday dinners and parties with friends for 4 years to get financially free.

5) You get invited to buy a table at your nieces High school graduation awards dinner for only $325.00?

If your personal financial situation is strong, such as you have a very high paying job, but have a high quality lifestyle that you could pull back $100 dinners for a few months if you needed to absorb a blow, you can have less cash and vis versa. 

My kids are little and I dont miss a school event or a dinner at home which is frankly the biggest freedom Im enjoying.I tried changing spark plugs on boat and ended up breaking a fuel pump so maybe your husband is a little more handy than me so he can find other avenues of accomplishment lol.

They often find the most convenient contractor to fix the problems, perhaps you "hire" your parents as a property manager as needed and buy them dinner in return.Good luck!

There is just a lot that COULD go wrong, and if the deal goes sideways that could make for some very uncomfortable Thanksgiving day dinners if you know what I mean.

We personally enjoy walking to dinner, drinks, the park, and groceries when we run out of a thing or two in the middle of the week, so for us walk score is important.

And I will have to ask Carl when we have dinner next time whats up with those .. 

@Jason V. curious question; do you go out for dinner ever?

Buy a lot in a Development, preferrably as construction is BEGINNING....shop around, check out the deed restrictions, make sure it's what U would think about KEEPING & maybe even building there Yourself....hold onto it until 2-3-4 houses are either completed or under construction....check out the price....if it hasn't doubled since there was "nothing", I'll buy You dinner (& buy that lot 4 5% over what U paid for it)This isn't "rocket science", it's smarter, & Lord Knows, safer!