My cardiologist's office called yesterday and left a message on my answering machine. The message was that the results of my stress test were normal and that I should plan to have another on in one year. Hot damn! That's good news, so I'll celebrate.
I'll celebrate some other things, too. For one, I'll celebrate that my wife and I have begun the search for a house in Mexico, with the help of my brother and his wife who live there. I'm almost 53 and she's almost 60, so neither of us are awfully close to the U.S. government-approved retirement age, but I think we're both very, very ready to retire...if only we can figure out a way to support ourselves. If we can buy a place in Mexico and rent it our for a few years, we may well be able to retire early. In Mexico, our limited resources would go further and it may be possible to use our savings and the proceeds of the sale of our house, etc., to support ourselves until our Social Security and 401Ks, etc., kick in. We have to figure out how to buy the house in Mexico, of course, but we think we might be able to swing getting an inexpensive place. So, we're ready to celebrate, but not loudly...we don't want to count our chickens before they cross the road...or whatever.
I'd like to explore what I have HEARD is possible, that is, using money from a 401K to invest in real estate...I'd love to be able to take money from the 401K and purchase a house/condo in Mexico. Not sure who would be able to tell me straight out whether that is possible. I get conflicting information, depending on which accountant I talk to.
Much work to be done around here today, so I have to stop the bloggery.
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