RETIRED!!!

Congratulations skater! You guys are well loved and respected in this forum, 5 pages and still going. Thank you for continuing to be generous and sharing your knowledge.

 

When does the apprentice start

 

Same here. Actually made my first offer on a place today! Thanks Skate & BH for the kick along the other night. You guys are a real inspiration. Well done on this mile stone and enjoy the extra time you will now have.

 

When ever he is ready. Won't take long to train him up lol.

 

Congratulations Skater, and BH!

You've been an inspiration to many - evidenced by the trail of well wishers in this thread.

 

Gosh! That's simply brilliant. Congrats @skater

Now to go back to your interview on SS and read it again.

 

@Bargain Hunter will need his hand to heal first. The stitches are now out, but it's very tender. It's going to take a while before he can use it again properly. Even writing and using a mouse hurts at this stage.

 

What happened to him Skater?

 

Carpel Tunnel release. That's why he retired now! He was due to finish on 24th September, but his doctor booked him for urgent surgery. When he told his boss that he'd be virtually useless for some weeks after the surgery (he knew he was finishing in Sept), they agreed to call it quits after he'd trained a new guy.

 

Ah fair enough....there seems to be alot of people who suffer from carpel.. I hope he recovers quickly so you can both enjoy the fruits of your well deserved newly found financial freedom. Enjoy! It sure beats working for a living.

 

Wishing him a speedy recovery

 

Yes, we keep hearing of others that have had the same thing, and it varys from person to person with the recovery time.

 

Hi Skater

Inspirational stuff.

I remember you responding to Dazz about buying eagles (commercial) vs little birdies(residential) and how it was possible to live off rent through residential real estate. You have now done exactly that. Fantastic achievement!

Just a question about your PPOR and paying it off completely. Did you recycle your non-deductible PPOR debt to buy IPs (essentially reducing non-deductible to zero) or did you pay down your PPOR completely (principal and interest)?

 

Congratulations. You both deserve it. You've worked hard and made it happen. I'm hoping to post my "I'm outta here" post in 4 months. My friend has offered me her house in Bali next year for 2 months while she travels. Mmm! Tempting.

Ha!! Cry me a river Sash. Poor thing you!!

 

Congratulations skater and bn!!
Well deserved!!! And definitely something for the rest of us to aspire to
Sit back and enjoy

 

Yes....if the river comes up much more...I will probably drown....

 

No, it's recycled but there's no non-deductible debt on it.

 

Boo-hoo! It's all your own doing! You could retire tomorrow, but you want to keep slugging away. Life's good on the other side, you know.

 

Four months, hey? So 2016 & you're free to holiday more than you do now, as if that's possible.

 

The offer is there for andrew whenever he is ready. I am happy to help him out wherever I can. Might be best to wait until the new year. You don't want to push it to much with the sort of work that we do as it can put him out for longer. Feel free to message me if you have any questions and I am more than happy to answer for you and Andrew.