Sam Mitchell and his dog
Sam Mitchell lives in a tiny home in upstate New York and a trailer home in Florida.
  • Sam Mitchell lives comfortably in a tiny New York home on less than $30,000 a year from Social Security.
  • He left a high-paying real estate career in 2008 before moving to Peru and road-tripping across the US.
  • He said his fellow peak boomers should be more creative about approaching retirement.

Sam Mitchell, 64, has a yearly income of below $30,000 a year from Social Security. But he said he lives "perfectly comfortably."