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Category: Retirement

  • A Calculated Risk Or A Risky Gamble?

    A Calculated Risk Or A Risky Gamble?

    One of our goals with FinazzoFun is to share our adventures in a realistic way; we don’t want to share the good things, the pretty pictures, and the laughs without also sharing the shitty days, dirty beaches, foibles and follies. Today I want to dig into some of the nitty gritty about the visa application…

  • 2022: An Approximate Timeline

    2022: An Approximate Timeline

    One of the most common questions people are asking right now is “when?!”, so, without further ado I present our estimated timeline for the rest of the year. All events are subject to change based on fate, whimsy, and the cascading effects of other changes. 5/5: We finally chose an international shipping company, signed our…

  • April Retirement Status

    April Retirement Status

    Car: One of the first things we did in April was sell our 2015 VW Convertible. It had pretty low mileage, about 45,000, and was in great condition. We used Carvana and the process was super easy. The only downside was that we had to drive it to Salem, which is a 3.5 hour drive…

  • Why Portugal?

    Why Portugal?

    “How did you choose Portugal?” is one of the most common questions people ask about our upcoming move. When we started looking at early retirement options some of the major factors were: cost of living, location, cultural transition, weather, healthcare, and safety. Let’s go through those bits! Cost of Living For a variety of historical…

  • March Retirement Status

    March Retirement Status

    Michelle and I have been working hard to make our dream of early retirement come true ASAP. Since this is our first post we’ll go into some history and extra details about the process. If you want more specific info about anything, post a comment and we’ll do our best to answer all your questions!…

  • Finazzos Set Up Our Blog

    Hello, this is Andrew & Michelle. We are getting ready to set up our blog. We are preparing our move to Portugal in the upcoming months. This will be the spot we use to keep in touch with family and friends. We’ll be sharing info about our retirement process, international move, and all the adventures…