How to Retire the Cheapskate Way: The Ultimate Cheapskate's Guide to a Better, Earlier, Happier Retirement

By Jeff Yeager

Unlike most retirement planning and lifestyle books that focus on investing – or at the other end of the spectrum, on how to get the senior discount on a Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny’s –  this new book from Jeff Yeager, America’s favorite cheapskate,  makes the compelling case that you can have a joyous, worry-free retirement by merely spending smart and focusing on what you truly want and expect out of retirement. 

Combining Yeager’s loveable humor and offbeat anecdotes that have garnered him an ever-growing fan base, How to Retire the Cheapskate Way shares with readers hundreds of retirement secrets and tips, including:

·How to Simple-size Your Way to  a Better Retirement

·The 20 Secret Cheapskate Principles for Retiring Comfortably on Less...Maybe Even on Social Security Alone

·How to Survive the Medical Maelstrom (without resorting to DIY surgery at home)

·Plus Dozens of Fun Ways to Both Earn a Little Extra Income During Retirement and Painlessly Cut Your Expenses

Yeager, who serves as the official “Savings Expert” for AARP and its 40+ million members, weaves together both everyday practical tips and life-changing financial strategies with the real life stories of frugal retirees  as well as people of all ages who are working toward a better, earlier, happier retirement The Cheapskate Way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jan 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780307956439

Jeff Yeager

Jeff Yeager has run nonprofit agencies, and is now a writer and the creator of the Web site ultimatecheapskate.com. He has appeared on the Today Show several times. He lives happily and frugally in Accokeek, Maryland, with his wife, Denise.

Reviews for How to Retire the Cheapskate Way

[amniot · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I am a frugal person and have read a lot of books like this one. This is definitely one of the best. Yeager doesn't waste a lot of time on pep talks, and provides a lot of very specific advice (much of which we have already been doing, which was reassuring). The chapters explaining Medicare and Social Security are particularly helpful. He also provides inspiring stories about a wide range of people, and has a humorous (but still serious enough) writing style. The Tightwad Gazette would make a good complement to this one, as that book goes much more into the details of daily life and cultivating a frugal mindset. Jeff Yeager's book looks at the bigger financial picture. I borrowed it from the library to read on my Kindle, but this might be a book worth buying to have handy for reference and inspiration.

[rufusraider · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A good book on retirement with a different take on how to prepare for retirement. I just wish I had read this book years ago. I have never considered myself to be a cheapskate, but my wife have followed a number of the principles in the book over the years.