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I was a successful realtor, even owned a small company with my husband, but when the real estate market tanked beginning in 2008 it started costing us more money to do business than we were making. We decided to take a time-out, maybe pretend we were retired, and wait for the market to improve. Our original plan was to travel but, while we are fine for day to day expenses, our investments aren't generating enough income to let us do what we planned.