It's behind an adwall/paywall :(
Right-click link, open in incognito/private window. The Seattle Times and several other newspapers have a paywall where you get the first few articles per week/month free, after that they block you...unless you bypass it by opening the link in a new window with no cookies.
How can they spend $400/month on digital media?!?! Netflix and Redbox? That doesn’t even make sense.
Good question. I just signed into my Comcast account and it looks like I could upgrade to the fanciest TV/Internet/Phone combo package for a base price of $160/month for the first two years. Of course the cable box and rental modem (which I'm sure they're probably paying for) would be extra, and there are numerous premium channels that can be added for "only" $5-10/month each on top of that. What a deal! I can't find a way for them to tell me what the price would be after the introductory period.
Then if you sign up for all the streaming services at once (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, CBS, HBO, etc.) and rent a DVD from Redbox every night, you can probably get up to $400. Good news for them is that if they spend enough time watching TV to actually use each of these services once in a while, they might just be unhealthy enough to fail to outlive their savings after they downsize their house.
Can they even find a condo for $250K in the area?? The Seattle RE market is cray-cray.
In Bellevue? None for sale at that price point right now. There are a handful in Seattle proper, but for more selection in that range you have to go out a bit into the north or south suburbs.
https://www.redfin.com/city/1387/WA/Bellevue/filter/property-type=condo,max-price=250k,viewport=47.81566:47.51369:-122.04234:-122.53226,no-outlineWhat gets me about this thing is that this guy is still earning a salary, has already started taking social security, is spending more than their combined income from three sources (job and social security for two), has a few weeks of spending in his retirement accounts, and thinks he should be able to retire soon. Nope, not going to happen.