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THE ADVENTURER'S GUIDE TO EARLY RETIREMENT A COMMON SENSE APPROACH BILLY AND AKAISHA KADERLI

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LIFESTYLE CHOICES, NEWSLETTERS &  FORUMS

HOUSING ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES

'Worry-Free' Housing People often ask us how we are able to travel for lengths of time and still maintain a home base. Read how we do it!

Resource Page for Active Adults Retirement Living Want to reduce housing costs? Looking for alternatives to your high maintenance home? Information sources and lists of communities to get your mind thinking of the options you have available. Worth Checking out.

Walkscore Find a walkable neighborhood or find the rating of your own neighborhood. You lose weight each time you walk to the grocery store. You spend less money on your car—or you don't own a car. When you shop, you support your local economy. You talk to your neighbors. Check out a real estate Walk Score Tile

Women Living in Community If you are divorced, widowed, in transition, pursuing late-life spirituality, looking for co-housing or community, check out this resource page. If mindfulness and service is your focus, or if you want to approach aging as a positive journey filled with learning, wisdom and possibilities, this is an excellent start.

Beacon Hill Village is designed to make remaining at home a safe, comfortable and cost-effective solution. By partnering with proven providers of services, Beacon Hill Village is able to offer its members preferred access to social and cultural activities, exercise opportunities and household and home maintenance services, as well as medical care and assisted living at home. As a nonprofit, membership organization, it can provide these programs and services more cost-effectively than most conventional retirement communities. Learn how to make your neighborhood or town into a Village by ordering their manual.

The Caretaker Gazette is a unique newsletter containing property caretaking and house sitting jobs, advice, and information for property caretakers, housesitters, and landowners. Published since 1983, it's the only publication in the world dedicated to the property caretaking field. Benefits for subscription members.

Home Exchange is the vacation alternative where two families agree to swap homes for a vacation. Live like a local, not like a tourist. More comfortable than a hotel, pick a country, find a listing, FAQ's. Kids, cars and pets. Worldwide. Membership required.

Homelink International - the largest and most respected home exchange organization in the world. Over fifty years of providing top quality house exchanges. For international home swappers drawn from 69 countries around the world. Save money on a different style of vacation. Membership required.

Couch Surfing is a world wide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. Find out how it works. Is it safe? Save money on housing expenses while traveling and make new friends all over the world! 

Our Retirement Issues Page will give you insight into retirement lifestyles, taking control of your finances, and the choices available to you in pursuing your new retirement. Take advantage of what we have learned from our almost 2 decades of Early Retirement.

LIFESTYLES AND FORUMS

Reduce junk mail The U.S. Postal Service delivers more than 90 billion pieces of direct mail every year. A significant portion of this is unwanted advertising mail, or "junk" mail. Recycling junk mail is a good start, but reducing the amount of junk mail you receive saves landfill space and conserves natural resources.

The CompleteTightwad Gazette This self-styled "Frugal Zealot" wrote and published The Tightwad Gazette for over six years to spread the frugal gospel. Each issue contained tips from her personal experience and from her many readers. The wealth of information contained in all these issues has been compiled into one volume for the first time. Amazon.com

The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure! When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of the local Freecycle group. Main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, and appropriate for all ages.

The Compact - a group of individuals who have committed to a 12-month flight from the consumer grid. They choose to go beyond recycling, to reduce clutter and waste in their homes, and to simplify their lives.

Cost of Working Website especially for parents looking to stay home to raise their children. Assertive philosophy, offers information on working versus staying home, an online calculator, tips for living on one income, and family money saving tips. Check out their resources for home based businesses .

RV ForumThe friendliest place on the web for anyone with an RV... or an interest in RV'ing. Message boards, libraries, An illustrated explanation of the various RV types. checklists, guidelines, tips and techniques.

Woodall's RV site Woodall’s has been providing information about RVing and camping for 70 years. RV camping, tent camping, RV rentals, cabin rentals, activities, bookstore and more.

Good Sam's Club is an RV club, a motor home club and a camping club. Forums, newsletters, events.

Income Tax Friendly States Which states have no personal income tax? Seven states - Alaska, Florida Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Two others, New Hampshire and Tennessee, tax only dividend and interest income. More info on this site...

RVing with Kids These pages focus on RV'ing with kids as a full time life style. However, grandparents and vacationing families will also find good ideas for traveling with kids.  Information about  homeschooling, travel activities, living in a small space, and working on the road.

Workampers are adventuresome individuals, couples and families who have chosen a wonderful lifestyle that combines any kind of part-time or full-time work with RV camping. You can work to supplement your retirement income or to support a full-time, or near full-time, RV lifestyle. The #1 Source of Job Opportunities For RVers for 18 years.

Escapees RV Club a total support network for RV'ers. Discussion forums, volunteer opportunities, FAQ's, events calendar, legal information and Links.

Loners on Wheels In the RV world, where singles mingle. An international RV Club of single men and women who enjoy traveling, camping, RV caravanning and the camaraderie and lifestyle of singles; not a matchmaking or dating service - offers companionship and support, forums, events.

Live Your Road Trip Dream  is a how-to-guide that includes step-by-step information on planning the trip you've always wanted to take, but didn't know how to make a reality. Learn how to take an extended trip for the cost of staying home, written by Carol and Phil White. The book covers Road trip budgets, road trip tips, travel guide information for those wanting to take an adventure.

Coach Share CoachShare fractional ownership gives you the convenience, access and advantages of a Class A luxury coach for a fraction of the cost of owning your own. Our Five Star, all inclusive service includes insurance, storage, home delivery and pickup, maintenance, cleaning, and much more. Our professional coach management program assures our owners their coach will always be in top condition when they are ready to use it. CoachShare has made luxury coach ownership practical, cost effective and simple.

RV Lifts of America If you are traveling with your motorcycle and an RV, this RV motorcycle lift will solve all of the problems that come with having to own a trailer as well. No more reversing/backing up problems or having to put the trailer in overflow. No more being turned down for a space because you are too long, and best of all, no more maintenance, tires, registration, or insurance on the trailer.

ToyBoxCovers  Custom and ready fit covers for your Toy Hauler.

OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND, ACTIVITIES

Magic Bus New Zealand's trusted transportation for backpackers and independent travellers. You choose where you start, where you stay, how long you take and what you do.

Living Car Free Carfree cities, details, forums, books, links and more.

Wikipedia List of Car Free Places to Live around the world.

Check out Race Walk for race walking information, and workout information that anyone can learn. Or check out the map-and-compass navigational sport of orienteering. Get outdoors, get in shape, feel better and save a little cash on entertainment costs!

Orienteering is the sport of navigation with map and compass. The object is to run, walk, ski, or mountain bike to a series of points shown on the map, choosing routes — both on and off trail — that will help you find all the points and get back to the finish in the shortest amount of time. Great exercise and lots of fun!

BOOKS

The Complete Guide to Full-Time RVing: Live on the Open Road, Moeller. Older book, but great information. It's the one we read back in the 80's when we considered Early Retirement living options.

Live Your Road Trip Dream is a how-to-guide that includes step-by-step information on planning the trip you've always wanted to take, but didn't know how to make a reality. Learn how to take an extended trip for the cost of staying home, written by Carol and Phil White. The book covers Road trip budgets, road trip tips, travel guide information for those wanting to take an adventure.

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin. A real classic.

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston There is very little of actual Feng Shui here, and certainly nothing you can't get elsewhere, but the clutter problem gets full and complete treatment. Kingston reminds us that clutter is stuck energy that keeps you stuck in undesirable life patterns. Therefore, you can "sort out your life by sorting out your junk."  Amazon.com

Billy and Akaisha continue to journal and photograph their world travels.

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