Why this 53-year-old American retiree, family are happier in Portugal – CNBC

In February 2015, Alex Trias, 53, and his wife Noki took their daughter Evie on a vacation to Lisbon, Portugal, and never looked back.Trias, who retired from his career as a corporate tax attorney in 2011, lived with his family in Washington, D.C., where Noki was a nurse and their daughter was enrolled in school. Since retiring, Trias has worked for himself doing real estate and stock investing.He tells CNBC Make It that the idea of retiring early came to him just two weeks into his career as a lawyer. “I quickly realized there was a shelf life to how long I was going to be able to keep up with the 90-hour workweeks my job demanded,” Trias says.”The result was that I saved fanatically and continued to do so for years.”After being in business for himself for just four years, the family had an investment portfolio that paid out enough dividends to live on — an average of $152,000 a year.Alex and Noki Trias retired early and moved to Portugal with their daughter in 2015.Alex TirasJust two days into their Portugal vacation, the family started planning a move to Lisbon. They toured apartments while on the trip and when
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