Hi Karin, I was in the Plumbing Contractor business for 25 years but that's not what I retired on...I was lucky enough to marry a very smart and business savy women. She invested all of our profits into rental properties for 20 years, and now that there all paid off we just play with our money now...of course after Uncle Sam gets his share. (We've been very blessed) We had to decide when was enough-enough, and said to heck with it, lets play for awhile ! I don't miss the 8 to 5 at all and neither do'es my wife.