throwawayretire

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   by throwawayretire 5y ago

   Thanks for the good data, and congrats on your own success. We can’t really get our burn rate below 2%, but it’s also not much higher than 2%. Interesting point to be more conservative in early years, but I don’t think we have that much con
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   by throwawayretire 5y ago

   3% withdrawal for 50 yr equity based retirement is interesting. Hadn’t heard that before. Our burn rate is between 2-3%. So we may in fact be done.
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   by throwawayretire 5y ago

   I’m 45 with a family so this kind of plan is not feasible or necessary. I could simply move to a much less expensive American city and retire. My burn rate is high partially because I live in an expensive city. But i’m not looking for life
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   by throwawayretire 5y ago

   My post wasn’t clear, sorry. I consider FU to be >$10M. So I would think folks in my boat would have $5-$9M in assets. I don’t think $4M is enough for the burn rate I’ve described. It’s close though so sure if someone here retired at $4M
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   Ask HN: Who Has Retired Early?

   25 points by throwawayretire 5y ago|27 comments