November 2020 - Route to Retire

5 Things I Wish We Were Doing Again in Panama

10 Comments / Panama, Life in Early Retirement / Jim @ Route To Retire / November 24, 2020

I’m so glad to be back in Boquete, Panama again. We really thought that we weren’t going to be able to get back here so that’s a wonderful wish that came true for us. You know I love the temperate weather here in the mountains (hard to beat daily 75 degrees temps!). However, we had a rough week here due to the effects of Hurricane Eta. Although Panama doesn’t directly get hurricanes because it sits outside of the hurricane belt, […]

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The Best Chrome Extensions for Online Shopping $$$

10 Comments / Spending, Product and Service Reviews, Saving / Jim @ Route To Retire / November 17, 2020

Last week, I dished out a post of over 6,800 words: Moving to Boquete or Visiting? The Ultimate List of Tips!! This week, I thought I’d keep things a little simpler and let you know about some of the best Google Chrome extensions for online shopping. It’s time to save some money, folks! With the holidays around the corner and the pandemic continuing to do its thing, shopping online should be even more widespread than ever this year. Sometimes I

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Moving to Boquete or Visiting? The Ultimate List of Tips!!

18 Comments / Panama, Travel and Vacation / Jim @ Route To Retire / November 10, 2020

When we decided to make moving to Boquete, Panama a reality a few years ago, I didn’t know too much about the intricacies here. I knew it would be a lot different but you just don’t know what you don’t know. Now that we’ve been here since the middle of 2019, I can tell you that we’ve learned a lot. There are still oddities that make us raise an eyebrow, but we have a much better hold on things nowadays.

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$1.3 Million Net Worth… Yet Scraping By Right Now

30 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Investments, Saving, Spending / Jim @ Route To Retire / November 3, 2020

Anytime you can throw the words “million net worth” into a discussion, the words “scraping by” shouldn’t follow. It just doesn’t fit the bill. Now before I continue, let me say that we’re fine, but we ran into an interesting financial problem that has messed us up this year. And, of course, my job is to share that with you so you can make sure you don’t run into a similar small dilemma. I’m always very forthcoming regarding our money

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