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Selected life timeline 2010—2023

He spends little. His retirement is anything but simple.

More than a decade after handing daily property work to a manager, u/AccidentalFI/RE still preferred hiking, games and inexpensive pleasures. Low personal spending coexisted with substantial property wealth and ambitions for an animal sanctuary. Then a rental-business overhaul disrupted the cash flow. The quiet life depended on an enterprise that still needed consequential decisions.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2010 · Personal
Not established

No single departure date or starting balance established.

Source
Reported spending2023 · Personal
$13,500 / year

Personal spending only. Excludes business costs and investments; not the total cost of operating the rental portfolio.

Source
Posts2
2022Year 12
Post 01

Frugality with a purpose beyond the portfolio

“Most of the stuff I enjoy is free or nearly free.”

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Life at the time

  • Hiked, played games and paid veterinary bills after rescuing a cat.
  • Kept an animal sanctuary as a future ambition, not an operating project.

How it felt

  • Enjoyed inexpensive pastimes despite having substantial resources. “Most of the stuff I enjoy is free or nearly free.”
  • Saw continued low spending as a matter of temperament, not deprivation. “I'm also just frugal by nature.”
SimplicityPurposeOutdoors
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Notes

Update date at the available precision. Recollections, current circumstances and future plans are distinguished in the summary.

Expenses; Why Don’t I Spend More?

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

2023Year 13
Post 02

The passive business needs an intervention

“I felt the old property manager was falling into some terrible habits that was leading the business into the "slumlord" territory and even though I tried to get them to change it just wasn't happening.”

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Life at the time

  • Replaced the rental property manager and dealt with vacancies and repair costs. “I did a major business restructure”
  • Hiked with a friend, played games and turned an underused pool area into a weights room. “I spent a lot of time hiking all over the Ozarks.”

How it felt

  • Was unhappy with how the rentals had been managed.
  • Continued choosing familiar interests while the business demanded attention.
HomeOutdoorsChange
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Notes

Update date at the available precision. Recollections, current circumstances and future plans are distinguished in the summary.

What Has Changed Since My Last Update; personal spending.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

Research

Last checked Sep 2026. The accounts are self-reported. This timeline follows selected accounts, including recollections where labeled; it is not a complete archive.

  • Two annual reflections are selected from a longer series.
  • The author continues to own a rental business and make occasional strategic decisions. This is retirement from required daily work, not complete disengagement from business.
  • Property values are estimates, and personal spending excludes business expenses.
  • This is a selection of reviewed updates, not a complete account history. No later life outcome is inferred from the absence of another indexed post.

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