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Billy & Akaisha Kaderli |
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PROFILE
TheGuide@RetireEarlyLifestyle.com
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Our successes in both the Brokerage and Restaurant
businesses afforded us the opportunity for early retirement at the age of 38. A bit unconventional, maybe, but that is only part of the
story.
There were many interests to pursue while still mentally
and physically flexible. A few of these choices were global travel,
foreign cuisine, native people's artwork and
customs. Journaling and photographing these travels from a unique perspective
made it easier to remain in
touch with family and friends. Interesting and packed with
information, this collection could be of value to you. All comments
are welcome.
Whether it's Dick's Bar on the tiny island nation of Nevis, West Indies,
volunteering in Mexico, the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, or Halong
Bay, Vietnam, we have tales to tell.
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Traveling in
Bangkok, Thailand |
Enjoy them, and perhaps our paths will
cross someday! |
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Sipping Coffee
in Hanoi, Vietnam |
In late 1979, we purchased
LUTHER'S, a 43 seat restaurant in
the seaside community of Santa Cruz, California, near the yacht harbor. For
10 years, we owned and operated this restaurant, bringing it to local fame.
For the first 5 years, we worked as a team; Billy, the Chef, and
AKAISHA, the
CEO. Dean Witter took a keen interest in Billy, recruiting him for their
brokerage firm. Eventually, Billy became Vice President of investments, and
branch manager of the Aptos office. Meanwhile, Akaisha continued to operate
the restaurant on all levels, which was open 365 days a year, breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
In 1989, we assessed our lives, our dreams and our bank balance.
Making some bold choices, we decided to get on track to becoming early retirees. In
January of 1991, at the age of 38, we retired and moved to Nevis, a 36
square mile dot in the West Indies. From there our perpetual gypsy schedule
began, traveling through the
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West Indies, Venezuela, US, Canada, Mexico, and
many nations in Asia.
We met and married in Santa Cruz,
California 30 years
ago. BILLY was a trained and certified
French chef, having trained in The Celestial (3 Star) and La Maisonette (5
Star) restaurants in Cincinnati, Ohio. During our travels to Europe in 1979
for 6 months, we pursued Michelin Guide restaurants and their chefs.
Upon returning to California, our intention was to buy a restaurant, and incorporate
this food, wine and recipe research. A keen interest in food has
always been a priority.
We have visited and/or lived in scores of countries, gathering stories
and photos along the way.
In 2005,
we wrote the book,
The Adventurer's Guide to
Early Retirement, A Common Sense Approach in order to answer
the many questions asked of us over the years. Often these questions were
similar, and many people had the same concerns or doubts about
their own retirements. Therefore it was more convenient to have our
story accessible in one location offering our approach as a template for
those interested in implementing their own retirement plans.
Since then, we have become contributors to
financial newsletters like The Motley Fool Rule Your Retirement,
and travel and news magazines such as
Good Morning Chiangmai NEWS
and Good Morning Laos. Dr. Cynthia Barnett interviewed us via
teleconference for her Re-Fire, Don't Retire site, and Bob
Clyatt featured us in his book,
Work Less, Live More as an
example of retirees on the move. We also have a video available on our
website,
Meet the Kaderlis, which we believe you will find
both motivating and of practical use.
Because our story is so unique,
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine interviewed us as part of
their cover feature, Make your money last FOREVER! You can
read about us here:
EXTREME
early retirement
Clark Howard, a nationally
syndicated radio talk show host, was also impressed with our story. He
wanted his listeners to benefit from our years of experience, and so
interviewed
us on his radio program.
Even
Oprah XM 156 Radio station wanted to get in on the scoop! Jean
Chatsky of Money News interviewed Mary Beth
Franklin, editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
and our approach to Early Retirement was one of the topics of discussion! We
have been published or interviewed in various newspapers and digital media
around the country and the globe,
Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City Utah, The Arizona Tribune,
Bankrate.com, FOXBusiness, and BoomersTV, Redefining Life After Fifty!. And
our story was featured in an interview by Nicole McGregor on 12 News
Today, KPNX/NBC, Phoenix, Arizona.
We want to emphasize that no one knows what tomorrow will bring. There are many ways to live a life, so
make the most of it! Our
advice to you is: Embrace your future! Follow your dreams!
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