We moved from Los Angeles to rural Oregon to save money. It’s been great, but small-town life has its downsides.
We’ve saved money on a lot of things when we moved from Los Angeles to a small town in…
Financially independent investors with 100+ doors explain the 6 ways to make money in real estate
Letizia Alto and Kenji Asakura are real estate investors and the creators of Semi-Retired MD. Letizia Alto and Kenji…
He left the US and moved to Malaysia to retire a decade ago. Now, he lives in a $620-a-month apartment in the capital.
Andrew Taylor spent seven years in Penang, a state in the northwestern part of Malaysia, before he moved to…
A couple invested $100,000 into a shipping container home that they plan to turn into a rental property
Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a shipping container home. Lexi and Diego Newkirk had big plans for the sprawling…
A boomer struggled on $1,764 monthly in Social Security until she moved into a trailer to work at America’s parks: ‘It literally saved me’
Lisa Williams, a 64-year-old former housekeeper, has traveled the US since 2022, “work camping” in national and state parks….
I spent years in California searching for a city that felt like home — but I finally found it when I moved to Florida
I spent years searching for my perfect city in California until I finally realized my ideal home might just…
I’m a boomer living on $4,996 monthly. My houseboat saves me money and keeps me young.
Cheryl Fellenz, 81, is happily retired on a houseboat in Maryland. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…
This small Texas town is topping the charts as one of the best places to live
Flower Mound, Texas, is named after an actual mound covered in wildflowers during the spring. Back in 2001, Dave…
Most people who left New York headed to these states for greener pastures
New York City lost nearly 500,000 residents between 2022 and 2023. In 2021, Taylor and Tatum Barnes decided to…
I bought a house using a VA loan, becoming the only family member to own a home. I feel guilty that my siblings never will.
The author bought his home using a VA loan. Growing up, I always had one goal: homeownership. I wanted…