Possible place to retire How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

That brought me to about a year ago, when my Mom wanted to retire.

In any case, you can easily calculate that.Looking at your objective of retiring in Costa Rica, you have two options:1.

I have a good FT job in education administration, but I want to retire asap, focusing on RE (so, not really retiring, but you get the idea).

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Hey @Joseph Beilke, Costa Rica has been a place for Americans and Europeans to retire for a while.

Quote from @Travis Smith: Age 56 and retiring from farming and I’ve been very good at avoiding income taxes with depreciation and business expenses.  

I'm just beginning but am considering a bigger commitment in the next five years or so by accessing some or even all retirement funds to buy a building (I'm sure people have thoughts on whether or not that is a good idea!).

A low maintenance condo rentable to good tenants sounds like a good starting point to me.I’m 56 and reasonably setup for retirement, so real estate is a stabilizing diversifier for me.

The South Florida will eventually be a retirement home and I got real lucky there so far.