[thesmallestcat]

This guy and his wife are making $160k gross in 2003, and that's on the fifth year. I plugged that into a .gov inflation calculator just now and got $216k equivalent today! Some numbers are omitted, but they're nearing $200k by 2004 and certainly clearing it by 2006. Then when he "retires" he's pulling 50k with a side business? Everything about this is misleading.

[jonmb]

Root of Good did it too with a modest income compared to Mr. Money Mustache.

http://www.rootofgood.com

Lots of people have done this successfully, making use of the "4% rule". Though it's always helpful to have a fun side income.