How to Retire the Cheapskate Way - by Jeff Yeager (Paperback)

About the Book

Combining Yeager's lovable humor and offbeat anecdotes that have garnered him an ever-growing fan base, this guide shares with readers hundreds of retirement secrets and tips.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

Praise for How To Retire the Cheapskate Way

"On paper, it might seem a difficult task: Retire on the cheap while enjoying the standard of living to which you are accustomed or you desire. But Jeff Yeager reports that it's really possible." --The Wall Street Journal's Marketwatch

"If you think you can't possibly pare even a penny from your budget, you're not thinking like Jeff Yeager. [The] 'Ultimate Cheapskate' reveals his tips for finding big savings... Behold the World Easiest Retirement-Savings Plan."--AARP The Magazine

Jeff Yeager knows the secrets to a worry-free retirement, laying out hundreds of surprising ways to get there and unleashing the inner cheapskate in us all!--Jean Chatzky, bestselling author and financial expert

Jeff is the consummate troubador for our clan, offering high-joy, low-cost solutions to life's challenges.--Vicki Robin, co-author of Your Money, Your Life

Full of practical advice and numerous stories of cheapskates who have retired early, this book prompts readers to reexamine how to spend their money. Believing that it's not how much money you make, but how you spend what you do have that makes the difference between an early retirement, fee of debt, or a later one, full of money woes, the author gives simple and sound advice on how to live frugally.--Kirkus

Praise for Jeff Yeager

"Whether you are a born penny pincher or merely cheapskate-curious, you're bound to learn something from the Cheapskate Next Door."
--USA Today

"Jeff Yeager has been one of our favorite guests over the years, and has turned pinching pennies into an art form."
--Matt Lauer

"Yeager is back with another energetic, likeably eccentric lesson on living happily well below your means. Yeager and his 'Miser Advisers' are proof that living more frugally isn't about sacrifice--it's about making choices every day to live a better, happier, more thoughtful life with less."
--Publishers Weekly

What do we all want out of life? To enjoy it to the fullest! Jeff Yeager does a great job showing the way to enjoyment is to be free from debt and clutter, and to have a great time while getting there!
--Janet Luhrs, author of The Simple Living Guide and the Simple Living newsletter, www.simpleliving.com

"Slay your Enoughasaurus and learn to skip the Money Step with help from The Ultimate Cheapskate. Jeff Yeager's edgy humor and surprising insights make this book a very different read than the usual financial tomes. This guy takes thinking outside the box to a new level."
--Gregory Karp, "Spending Smart" newspaper columnist and author of Living Rich by Spending Smart

"Yeager is back with another energetic, likeably eccentric lesson on living happily well below your means. Yeager and his 'Miser Advisers' are proof that living more frugally isn't about sacrifice--it's about making choices every day to live a better, happier, more thoughtful life with less."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

JEFF YEAGER is the author of The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches, The Cheapskate Next Door, and Don't Throw That Away!. He has appeared as a guest correspondent on NBC's Today Show and Discovery's Planet Green network. He is also the author of the popular blog The Green Cheapskate, www.TheDailyGreen.com. Visit him at www.UltimateCheapskate.com.